400 metres hurdles at the Olympics
400 metres hurdles at the Olympic Games | |
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Overview | |
Sport | Athletics |
Gender | Men and women |
Years held | Men: 1900 – 1908, 1920 – 2016 Women: 1984 – 2016 |
Olympic record | |
Men | 45.94 Karsten Warholm (2021) |
Women | 51.46 Sydney McLaughlin (2021) |
Reigning champion | |
Men | Karsten Warholm (NOR) |
Women | Sydney McLaughlin (USA) |
The 400 metres hurdles at the Summer Olympics is the longest hurdling event held at the multi-sport event. The men's 400 m hurdles has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900, with a sole gap at the 1912 Summer Olympics. The women's event was added to the programme over eighty years later, at the 1984 Olympics. It is the most prestigious 400 m hurdles race at elite level.
The Olympic records for the event are 45.94 seconds for men, set by Karsten Warholm in 2021, and 51.46 seconds for women, set by Sydney McLaughlin in 2021. The record has been broken at the Olympics on eight occasions: 1908 (the first official IAAF record), 1920, 1932, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1992, and 2021. The women's world record had never been broken in Olympic competition prior to 2021.[1]
Edwin Moses is the most successful athlete in the event, having won two gold and one bronze medal. Glenn Davis, Angelo Taylor and Felix Sanchez have also won two Olympic 400 m hurdles titles. Morgan Taylor is the only other athlete beside Moses that has won three medals in the event. Deon Hemmings is the most successful woman, with her 1996 gold and 2000 silver medals, and is the only female athlete to win multiple medals. It is relatively common for 400 m hurdles athletes to also be part of their nation's team for the 4×400 metres relay at the Olympics.
The United States is by far the most successful nation in the men's event with 18 gold medals and 40 medals overall—more than half the medals available. American men have swept the medals on five occasions. The American women have the highest medal total, with nine, but the nation managed to achieve its first victory only in 2016, when Dalilah Muhammad won the event. Russia and Jamaica are the only nations to win multiple women's gold medals, with two each. Great Britain is the first nation to have won a gold medal in both the men's and women's event, having three champions in total. In 2016, the United States became the second.
Medal summary[]
Men[]
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1900 Paris |
Walter Tewksbury United States |
Henri Tauzin France |
George Orton Canada |
1904 St. Louis |
Harry Hillman United States |
Frank Waller United States |
George Poage United States |
1908 London |
Charles Bacon United States |
Harry Hillman United States |
Jimmy Tremeer Great Britain |
1912 Stockholm | not included in the Olympic program | ||
1920 Antwerp |
Frank Loomis United States |
John Norton United States |
August Desch United States |
1924 Paris |
Morgan Taylor United States |
Erik Wilén Finland |
Ivan Riley United States |
1928 Amsterdam |
David Burghley Great Britain |
Frank Cuhel United States |
Morgan Taylor United States |
1932 Los Angeles |
Bob Tisdall Ireland |
Glenn Hardin United States |
Morgan Taylor United States |
1936 Berlin |
Glenn Hardin United States |
John Loaring Canada |
Miguel White Philippines |
1948 London |
Roy Cochran United States |
Duncan White Ceylon |
Rune Larsson Sweden |
1952 Helsinki |
Charles Moore United States |
Yuriy Lituyev Soviet Union |
John Holland New Zealand |
1956 Melbourne |
Glenn Davis United States |
Eddie Southern United States |
Josh Culbreath United States |
1960 Rome |
Glenn Davis United States |
Clifton Cushman United States |
Dick Howard United States |
1964 Tokyo |
Rex Cawley United States |
John Cooper Great Britain |
Salvatore Morale Italy |
1968 Mexico City |
David Hemery Great Britain |
Gerhard Hennige West Germany |
John Sherwood Great Britain |
1972 Munich |
John Akii-Bua Uganda |
Ralph Mann United States |
David Hemery Great Britain |
1976 Montreal |
Edwin Moses United States |
Michael Shine United States |
Yevgeniy Gavrilenko Soviet Union |
1980 Moscow |
Volker Beck East Germany |
Vasyl Arkhypenko Soviet Union |
Gary Oakes Great Britain |
1984 Los Angeles |
Edwin Moses United States |
Danny Harris United States |
Harald Schmid West Germany |
1988 Seoul |
André Phillips United States |
Amadou Dia Ba Senegal |
Edwin Moses United States |
1992 Barcelona |
Kevin Young United States |
Winthrop Graham Jamaica |
Kriss Akabusi Great Britain |
1996 Atlanta |
Derrick Adkins United States |
Samuel Matete Zambia |
Calvin Davis United States |
2000 Sydney |
Angelo Taylor United States |
Hadi Al-Somaily Saudi Arabia |
Llewellyn Herbert South Africa |
2004 Athens |
Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic |
Danny McFarlane Jamaica |
Naman Keïta France |
2008 Beijing |
Angelo Taylor United States |
Kerron Clement United States |
Bershawn Jackson United States |
2012 London |
Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic |
Michael Tinsley United States |
Javier Culson Puerto Rico |
2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Kerron Clement United States |
Boniface Mucheru Tumuti Kenya |
Yasmani Copello Turkey |
2020 Tokyo |
Karsten Warholm Norway |
Rai Benjamin United States |
Alison dos Santos Brazil |
Multiple medalists[]
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Edwin Moses | United States (USA) | 1976–1988 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
2 | Glenn Davis | United States (USA) | 1956–1960 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Angelo Taylor | United States (USA) | 2000–2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Félix Sánchez | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 2004–2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
5 | Harry Hillman | United States (USA) | 1904–1908 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Glenn Hardin | United States (USA) | 1932–1936 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Kerron Clement | United States (USA) | 2008, 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
8 | Morgan Taylor | United States (USA) | 1924–1932 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
9 | David Hemery | Great Britain (GBR) | 1968–1972 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Medals by country[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 19 | 13 | 10 | 42 |
2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
3 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Uganda (UGA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
9 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
10 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
13 | Ceylon (CEY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Kenya (KEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Senegal (SEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
19 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Women[]
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1984 Los Angeles |
Nawal El Moutawakel Morocco |
Judi Brown United States |
Cristieana Cojocaru Romania |
1988 Seoul |
Debbie Flintoff-King Australia |
Tatyana Ledovskaya Soviet Union |
Ellen Fiedler East Germany |
1992 Barcelona |
Sally Gunnell Great Britain |
Sandra Farmer-Patrick United States |
Janeene Vickers United States |
1996 Atlanta |
Deon Hemmings Jamaica |
Kim Batten United States |
Tonja Buford-Bailey United States |
2000 Sydney |
Irina Privalova Russia |
Deon Hemmings Jamaica |
Nezha Bidouane Morocco |
2004 Athens |
Fani Halkia Greece |
Ionela Târlea-Manolache Romania |
Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova Ukraine |
2008 Beijing |
Melaine Walker Jamaica |
Sheena Tosta United States |
Tasha Danvers Great Britain |
2012 London |
Natalya Antyukh Russia |
Lashinda Demus United States |
Zuzana Hejnová Czech Republic |
2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Dalilah Muhammad United States |
Sara Petersen Denmark |
Ashley Spencer United States |
2020 Tokyo |
Sydney McLaughlin United States |
Dalilah Muhammad United States |
Femke Bol Netherlands |
Multiple medalists[]
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Deon Hemmings | Jamaica (JAM) | 1996–2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Dalilah Muhammad | United States (USA) | 2016–2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Medalists by country[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
2 | Jamaica (JAM) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4= | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4= | Morocco (MAR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6= | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6= | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
9= | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
9= | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11= | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
11= | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
11= | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
11= | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Finishing times[]
Top ten fastest Olympic times[]
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References[]
- Participation and athlete data
- Athletics Men's 400 metres Hurdles Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.
- Athletics Women's 400 metres Hurdles Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.
- Olympic record progressions
- Mallon, Bill (2012). TRACK & FIELD ATHLETICS - OLYMPIC RECORD PROGRESSIONS. Track and Field News. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.
- Specific
- ^ "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 554, 664. Archived from the original (pdf) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2009.
- ^ "Men's 400m Hurdles".
- ^ "Women's 400m Hurdles".
External links[]
- IAAF 400 metres hurdles homepage
- Official Olympics website
- Olympic athletics records from Track & Field News
- 400 metres hurdles at the Olympics
- 400 metres hurdles
- Athletics events at the Olympics