Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

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Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
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VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates23 September 1988 (quarterfinals)
24 September 1988 (semifinals)
25 September 1988 (final)
Competitors38 from 28 nations
Winning time47.19 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Andre Phillips
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Amadou Dia Ba
 Senegal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Edwin Moses
 United States
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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).

Background[]

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 format[]

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]

Records[]

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World record  Edwin Moses (USA) 47.02 Koblenz, West Germany 31 August 1983
Olympic record  Edwin Moses (USA) 47.64 Montreal, Canada 25 July 1976

Andre Phillips set a new Olympic record in the final with a time of 47.19 seconds.

Schedule[]

All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Friday, 23 September 1988 11:10 Quarterfinals
Saturday, 24 September 1988 16:00 Semifinals
Sunday, 25 September 1988 13:35 Final

Results[]

Quarterfinals[]

The quarterfinals were held on Friday September 23, 1988.

Quarterfinal 1[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Amadou Dia Ba  Senegal 49.41 Q
2 Klaus Ehrle  Austria 50.10 Q
3 John Graham  Canada 50.30 Q
4 Hwang Hong-Chul  South Korea 50.52
5 Philip Harries  Great Britain 50.81
6 Jasem Aldowaila  Kuwait 51.87
7 Dambar Kunwar  Nepal 56.80
— Sven Nylander  Sweden DNS

Quarterfinal 2[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Harald Schmid  West Germany 49.77 Q
2 Simon Kitur  Kenya 49.88 Q
3 Alain Cuypers  Belgium 50.42 Q
4 Ahmed Ghanem  Egypt 50.44
5 Ryoichi Yoshida  Japan 50.49
6 Samuel Matete  Zambia 51.06
7 Domingo Cordero  Puerto Rico 51.26
8 Jorge Fidel Ponce  Honduras 55.38

Quarterfinal 3[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Edwin Moses  United States 49.38 Q
2 Edgar Itt  West Germany 50.10 Q
3 José Alonso  Spain 50.12 Q
4 Leigh Miller  Australia 50.53
5 Branislav Karaulić  Yugoslavia 51.32
6 Allan Ince  Barbados 52.76
7 Oral Selkridge  Antigua and Barbuda 53.44

Quarterfinal 4[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Kevin Young  United States 49.35 Q
2 Kriss Akabusi  Great Britain 49.62 Q
3 Gideon Yego  Kenya 49.80 Q
4 Jozef Kucej  Czechoslovakia 49.89
5 Rok Kopitar  Yugoslavia 50.54
6 Hamidou M'Baye  Senegal 50.58
7 Benjamin Grant  Sierra Leone 51.73
8 Joseph Rodan  Fiji 53.66

Quarterfinal 5[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Andre Phillips  United States 49.34 Q
2 Winthrop Graham  Jamaica 49.40 Q
3 Joseph Maritim  Kenya 49.64 Q
4 Toma Tomov  Bulgaria 49.66 q
5 Max Robertson  Great Britain 50.67
6 Ahmed Hamada Jassim  Bahrain 51.34
7 Yousif Al-Dossary  Saudi Arabia 53.51

Semifinals[]

The semifinals were held on Saturday September 24, 1988.

Semifinal 1[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes LANE
1 3 Edwin Moses  United States 47.89 Q
2 5 Kevin Young  United States 48.56 Q
3 1 Harald Schmid  West Germany 48.93 Q
4 6 Kriss Akabusi  Great Britain 49.22 Q
5 4 Joseph Maritim  Kenya 49.50
6 8 José Alonso  Spain 49.57
7 2 Klaus Ehrle  Austria 51.04
8 7 John Graham  Canada 51.33

Semifinal 2[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes LANE
1 5 Andre Phillips  United States 48.19 Q
2 6 Winthrop Graham  Jamaica 48.37 Q
3 4 Amadou Dia Ba  Senegal 48.48 Q
4 2 Edgar Itt  West Germany 48.86 Q
5 3 Toma Tomov  Bulgaria 48.90
6 1 Simon Kitur  Kenya 49.74
7 7 Alain Cuypers  Belgium 49.75
— 8 Gideon Yego  Kenya DSQ

Final[]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Andre Phillips  United States 47.19 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Amadou Dia Ba  Senegal 47.23 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Edwin Moses  United States 47.56
4 2 Kevin Young  United States 47.94
5 4 Winthrop Graham  Jamaica 48.04
6 7 Kriss Akabusi  Great Britain 48.69
7 1 Harald Schmid  West Germany 48.76
8 8 Edgar Itt  West Germany 48.78

Results summary[]

Rank Athlete Nation Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Andre Phillips  United States 49.34 48.19 47.19 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Amadou Dia Ba  Senegal 49.41 48.48 47.23 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Edwin Moses  United States 49.38 47.89 47.56
4 Kevin Young  United States 49.35 48.56 47.94
5 Winthrop Graham  Jamaica 49.40 48.37 48.04
6 Kriss Akabusi  Great Britain 49.62 49.22 48.69
7 Harald Schmid  West Germany 49.77 48.93 48.76
8 Edgar Itt  West Germany 50.10 48.86 48.78
9 Toma Tomov  Bulgaria 49.66 48.90 Did not advance
10 Joseph Maritim  Kenya 49.64 49.50
11 José Alonso  Spain 50.12 49.57
12 Simon Kitur  Kenya 49.88 49.74
13 Alain Cuypers  Belgium 50.42 49.75
14 Klaus Ehrle  Austria 50.10 51.04
15 John Graham  Canada 50.30 51.33
16 Gideon Yego  Kenya 49.80 DSQ
17 Jozef Kucej  Czechoslovakia 49.89 Did not advance
18 Ahmed Ghanem  Egypt 50.44
19 Ryoichi Yoshida  Japan 50.49
20 Hwang Hong-Chul  South Korea 50.52
21 Leigh Miller  Australia 50.53
22 Rok Kopitar  Yugoslavia 50.54
23 Hamidou M'Baye  Senegal 50.58
24 Max Robertson  Great Britain 50.67
25 Philip Harries  Great Britain 50.81
26 Samuel Matete  Zambia 51.06
27 Domingo Cordero  Puerto Rico 51.26
28 Branislav Karaulić  Yugoslavia 51.32
29 Ahmed Hamada Jassim  Bahrain 51.34
30 Benjamin Grant  Sierra Leone 51.73
31 Jasem Aldowaila  Kuwait 51.87
32 Allan Ince  Barbados 52.76
33 Oral Selkridge  Antigua and Barbuda 53.44
34 Yousif Al-Dossary  Saudi Arabia 53.51
35 Joseph Rodan  Fiji 53.66
36 Jorge Fidel Ponce  Honduras 55.38
37 Dambar Kunwar  Nepal 56.80
— Sven Nylander  Sweden DNS

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b c "400 metres Hurdles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 January 2021.

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