Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
November 29, 2023
The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 38 competitors, with five qualifying heats (38 runners) and two semifinals (16) before the final (8) took place on Sunday September 25, 1988.[1] One athlete did not start, so there were 37 competitors from 28 nations.[2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Andre Phillips of the United States, the nation's second consecutive and 14th overall victory in the event. Amadou Dia Ba earned Senegal's first medal in the event with his silver. Dia Ba broke up a potential American sweep, as 1976 and 1984 champion Edwin Moses took bronze and Kevin Young placed fourth. Moses was the second man to earn three medals in the event (after Morgan Taylor from 1924 to 1932).
This was the 19th time the event was held. It had been introduced along with the men's 200 metres hurdles in 1900, with the 200 being dropped after 1904 and the 400 being held through 1908 before being left off the 1912 programme. However, when the Olympics returned in 1920 after World War I, the men's 400 metres hurdles was back and would continue to be contested at every Games thereafter.
Three of the eight finalists from the 1984 Games returned: gold medalist (and 1976 champion) Edwin Moses of the United States, bronze medalist Harald Schmid of West Germany, and fifth-place finisher Amadou Dia Bâ of Senegal. Fourth-place finisher Sven Nylander of Sweden was entered but did not start. Moses had won over 100 consecutive finals in nearly 10 years starting in August 1977, but had finally been beaten in June 1987. No longer unbeatable, Moses had still won the 1987 World Championships and the 1988 U.S. Olympic trials—both very strong fields.[2]
Barbados, Fiji, Honduras, Nepal, Sierra Leone, and South Korea each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 18th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.
Competition formatedit
The competition used the three-round format used every Games since 1908 (except the four-round competition in 1952): quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. Ten sets of hurdles were set on the course. The hurdles were 3 feet (91.5 centimetres) tall and were placed 35 metres apart beginning 45 metres from the starting line, resulting in a 40 metres home stretch after the last hurdle. The 400 metres track was standard.
There were 5 quarterfinal heats with between 7 and 8 athletes each. The top 3 men in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals along with the next fastest 1 overall. The 16 semifinalists were divided into 2 semifinals of 8 athletes each, with the top 4 in each semifinal advancing to the 8-man final.[2]
Recordsedit
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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^ abc"400 metres Hurdles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
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The men s 400 metres hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul South Korea had an entry list of 38 competitors with five qualifying heats 38 runners and two semifinals 16 before the final 8 took place on Sunday September 25 1988 1 One athlete did not start so there were 37 competitors from 28 nations 2 The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress The event was won by Andre Phillips of the United States the nation s second consecutive and 14th overall victory in the event Amadou Dia Ba earned Senegal s first medal in the event with his silver Dia Ba broke up a potential American sweep as 1976 and 1984 champion Edwin Moses took bronze and Kevin Young placed fourth Moses was the second man to earn three medals in the event after Morgan Taylor from 1924 to 1932 Men s 400 metres hurdlesat the Games of the XXIV OlympiadSoviet stamp commemorating 1988 Olympic athleticsVenueOlympic StadiumDates23 September 1988 quarterfinals 24 September 1988 semifinals 25 September 1988 final Competitors38 from 28 nationsWinning time47 19 ORMedalistsAndre Phillips United StatesAmadou Dia Ba SenegalEdwin Moses United States 19841992 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Records 4 Schedule 5 Results 5 1 Quarterfinals 5 1 1 Quarterfinal 1 5 1 2 Quarterfinal 2 5 1 3 Quarterfinal 3 5 1 4 Quarterfinal 4 5 1 5 Quarterfinal 5 5 2 Semifinals 5 2 1 Semifinal 1 5 2 2 Semifinal 2 5 3 Final 6 Results summary 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksBackground editThis was the 19th time the event was held It had been introduced along with the men s 200 metres hurdles in 1900 with the 200 being dropped after 1904 and the 400 being held through 1908 before being left off the 1912 programme However when the Olympics returned in 1920 after World War I the men s 400 metres hurdles was back and would continue to be contested at every Games thereafter Three of the eight finalists from the 1984 Games returned gold medalist and 1976 champion Edwin Moses of the United States bronze medalist Harald Schmid of West Germany and fifth place finisher Amadou Dia Ba of Senegal Fourth place finisher Sven Nylander of Sweden was entered but did not start Moses had won over 100 consecutive finals in nearly 10 years starting in August 1977 but had finally been beaten in June 1987 No longer unbeatable Moses had still won the 1987 World Championships and the 1988 U S Olympic trials both very strong fields 2 Barbados Fiji Honduras Nepal Sierra Leone and South Korea each made their debut in the event The United States made its 18th appearance most of any nation having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games Competition format editThe competition used the three round format used every Games since 1908 except the four round competition in 1952 quarterfinals semifinals and a final Ten sets of hurdles were set on the course The hurdles were 3 feet 91 5 centimetres tall and were placed 35 metres apart beginning 45 metres from the starting line resulting in a 40 metres home stretch after the last hurdle The 400 metres track was standard There were 5 quarterfinal heats with between 7 and 8 athletes each The top 3 men in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals along with the next fastest 1 overall The 16 semifinalists were divided into 2 semifinals of 8 athletes each with the top 4 in each semifinal advancing to the 8 man final 2 Records editThese were the standing world and Olympic records in seconds prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics World record nbsp Edwin Moses USA 47 02 Koblenz West Germany 31 August 1983Olympic record nbsp Edwin Moses USA 47 64 Montreal Canada 25 July 1976Andre Phillips set a new Olympic record in the final with a time of 47 19 seconds Schedule editAll times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings UTC 10 Date Time RoundFriday 23 September 1988 11 10 QuarterfinalsSaturday 24 September 1988 16 00 SemifinalsSunday 25 September 1988 13 35 FinalResults editQuarterfinals edit The quarterfinals were held on Friday September 23 1988 Quarterfinal 1 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Amadou Dia Ba nbsp Senegal 49 41 Q2 Klaus Ehrle nbsp Austria 50 10 Q3 John Graham nbsp Canada 50 30 Q4 Hwang Hong Chul nbsp South Korea 50 525 Philip Harries nbsp Great Britain 50 816 Jasem Aldowaila nbsp Kuwait 51 877 Dambar Kunwar nbsp Nepal 56 80 Sven Nylander nbsp Sweden DNSQuarterfinal 2 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Harald Schmid nbsp West Germany 49 77 Q2 Simon Kitur nbsp Kenya 49 88 Q3 Alain Cuypers nbsp Belgium 50 42 Q4 Ahmed Ghanem nbsp Egypt 50 445 Ryoichi Yoshida nbsp Japan 50 496 Samuel Matete nbsp Zambia 51 067 Domingo Cordero nbsp Puerto Rico 51 268 Jorge Fidel Ponce nbsp Honduras 55 38Quarterfinal 3 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Edwin Moses nbsp United States 49 38 Q2 Edgar Itt nbsp West Germany 50 10 Q3 Jose Alonso nbsp Spain 50 12 Q4 Leigh Miller nbsp Australia 50 535 Branislav Karaulic nbsp Yugoslavia 51 326 Allan Ince nbsp Barbados 52 767 Oral Selkridge nbsp Antigua and Barbuda 53 44Quarterfinal 4 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Kevin Young nbsp United States 49 35 Q2 Kriss Akabusi nbsp Great Britain 49 62 Q3 Gideon Yego nbsp Kenya 49 80 Q4 Jozef Kucej nbsp Czechoslovakia 49 895 Rok Kopitar nbsp Yugoslavia 50 546 Hamidou M Baye nbsp Senegal 50 587 Benjamin Grant nbsp Sierra Leone 51 738 Joseph Rodan nbsp Fiji 53 66Quarterfinal 5 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Andre Phillips nbsp United States 49 34 Q2 Winthrop Graham nbsp Jamaica 49 40 Q3 Joseph Maritim nbsp Kenya 49 64 Q4 Toma Tomov nbsp Bulgaria 49 66 q5 Max Robertson nbsp Great Britain 50 676 Ahmed Hamada Jassim nbsp Bahrain 51 347 Yousif Al Dossary nbsp Saudi Arabia 53 51Semifinals edit The semifinals were held on Saturday September 24 1988 Semifinal 1 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes LANE1 3 Edwin Moses nbsp United States 47 89 Q2 5 Kevin Young nbsp United States 48 56 Q3 1 Harald Schmid nbsp West Germany 48 93 Q4 6 Kriss Akabusi nbsp Great Britain 49 22 Q5 4 Joseph Maritim nbsp Kenya 49 506 8 Jose Alonso nbsp Spain 49 577 2 Klaus Ehrle nbsp Austria 51 048 7 John Graham nbsp Canada 51 33Semifinal 2 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes LANE1 5 Andre Phillips nbsp United States 48 19 Q2 6 Winthrop Graham nbsp Jamaica 48 37 Q3 4 Amadou Dia Ba nbsp Senegal 48 48 Q4 2 Edgar Itt nbsp West Germany 48 86 Q5 3 Toma Tomov nbsp Bulgaria 48 906 1 Simon Kitur nbsp Kenya 49 747 7 Alain Cuypers nbsp Belgium 49 75 8 Gideon Yego nbsp Kenya DSQFinal edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes nbsp 6 Andre Phillips nbsp United States 47 19 OR nbsp 5 Amadou Dia Ba nbsp Senegal 47 23 NR nbsp 3 Edwin Moses nbsp United States 47 564 2 Kevin Young nbsp United States 47 945 4 Winthrop Graham nbsp Jamaica 48 046 7 Kriss Akabusi nbsp Great Britain 48 697 1 Harald Schmid nbsp West Germany 48 768 8 Edgar Itt nbsp West Germany 48 78Results summary editRank Athlete Nation Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Notes nbsp Andre Phillips nbsp United States 49 34 48 19 47 19 OR nbsp Amadou Dia Ba nbsp Senegal 49 41 48 48 47 23 NR nbsp Edwin Moses nbsp United States 49 38 47 89 47 564 Kevin Young nbsp United States 49 35 48 56 47 945 Winthrop Graham nbsp Jamaica 49 40 48 37 48 046 Kriss Akabusi nbsp Great Britain 49 62 49 22 48 697 Harald Schmid nbsp West Germany 49 77 48 93 48 768 Edgar Itt nbsp West Germany 50 10 48 86 48 789 Toma Tomov nbsp Bulgaria 49 66 48 90 Did not advance10 Joseph Maritim nbsp Kenya 49 64 49 5011 Jose Alonso nbsp Spain 50 12 49 5712 Simon Kitur nbsp Kenya 49 88 49 7413 Alain Cuypers nbsp Belgium 50 42 49 7514 Klaus Ehrle nbsp Austria 50 10 51 0415 John Graham nbsp Canada 50 30 51 3316 Gideon Yego nbsp Kenya 49 80 DSQ17 Jozef Kucej nbsp Czechoslovakia 49 89 Did not advance18 Ahmed Ghanem nbsp Egypt 50 4419 Ryoichi Yoshida nbsp Japan 50 4920 Hwang Hong Chul nbsp South Korea 50 5221 Leigh Miller nbsp Australia 50 5322 Rok Kopitar nbsp Yugoslavia 50 5423 Hamidou M Baye nbsp Senegal 50 5824 Max Robertson nbsp Great Britain 50 6725 Philip Harries nbsp Great Britain 50 8126 Samuel Matete nbsp Zambia 51 0627 Domingo Cordero nbsp Puerto Rico 51 2628 Branislav Karaulic nbsp Yugoslavia 51 3229 Ahmed Hamada Jassim nbsp Bahrain 51 3430 Benjamin Grant nbsp Sierra Leone 51 7331 Jasem Aldowaila nbsp Kuwait 51 8732 Allan Ince nbsp Barbados 52 7633 Oral Selkridge nbsp Antigua and Barbuda 53 4434 Yousif Al Dossary nbsp Saudi Arabia 53 5135 Joseph Rodan nbsp Fiji 53 6636 Jorge Fidel Ponce nbsp Honduras 55 3837 Dambar Kunwar nbsp Nepal 56 80 Sven Nylander nbsp Sweden DNSSee also edit1987 Men s World Championships 400m Hurdles Rome 1990 Men s European Championships 400m Hurdles Split 1991 Men s World Championships 400m Hurdles Tokyo References edit Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games Men s 400 metres Hurdles sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 7 October 2017 a b c 400 metres Hurdles Men Olympedia Retrieved 19 January 2021 External links edit in English Official Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php 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