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Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

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Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Derrick Adkins (2018)
VenueCentennial Olympic Stadium
Dates29 July 1996 (quarterfinals)
31 July 1996 (semifinals)
1 August 1996 (final)
Competitors55 from 35 nations
Winning time47.54
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Derrick Adkins
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Samuel Matete
 Zambia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Calvin Davis
 United States
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The men's 400 metres hurdles was an event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were 55 competitors from 35 nations.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Derrick Adkins of the United States, the nation's fourth consecutive and 16th overall victory in the event. Samuel Matete of Zambia earned that nation's first medal in the event with his silver. American Calvin Davis took bronze.

Background

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This was the 21st 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.

One of the eight finalists from the 1992 Games returned: silver medalist (and 1988 finalist) Winthrop Graham of Jamaica. Samuel Matete of Zambia, the favorite in 1992 before a hamstring injury kept him out of the final, was favored again after adding two World Championship silver medals (1993 and 1995) to his 1991 victory. American Derrick Adkins had won the 1995 World Championship and was also a serious contender.[2]

Guyana, Latvia, Mauritius, Moldova, Panama, Qatar, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Zimbabwe each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 20th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format

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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 7 quarterfinal heats with 7 or 8 athletes each. The top 2 men in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals along with the next fastest 2 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

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World record  Kevin Young (USA) 46.78 Barcelona, Spain 6 August 1992
Olympic record  Kevin Young (USA) 46.78 Barcelona, Spain 6 August 1992

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

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All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Date Time Round
Monday, 29 July 1996 11:45 Quarterfinals
Wednesday, 31 July 1996 19:15 Semifinals
Thursday, 1 August 1996 20:25 Final

Results

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Quarterfinals

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Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 7 Ibou Faye  Senegal 48.84 Q
2 8 Fabrizio Mori  Italy 48.90 Q
3 5 Kazuhiko Yamazaki  Japan 49.07
4 6 Dinsdale Morgan  Jamaica 49.16
5 4 Kehinde Aladefa  Nigeria 49.60
6 3 Peter Crampton  Great Britain 49.78
7 1 Gilbert Hashan  Mauritius 49.94
8 2 Salvador Vila  Spain 50.55

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 2 Eronilde de Araujo  Brazil 48.52 Q
2 1 Laurent Ottoz  Italy 48.92 Q
3 7 Carlos Silva  Portugal 49.09
4 3 Mubarak Faraj  Qatar 49.27
5 4 Miro Kocuvan  Slovenia 49.66
6 8 Jean-Paul Bruwier  Belgium 49.69
7 5 Barnabas Kinyor  Kenya 49.82
8 6 Mugur Mateescu  Romania 49.97

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Samuel Matete  Zambia 48.21 Q
2 2 Rohan Robinson  Australia 48.89 Q
3 3 Erick Keter  Kenya 49.03
4 6 Vadim Zadoynov  Moldova 49.73
5 7 Hadi Somayli  Saudi Arabia 49.94
6 8 Hamadou Mbaye  Senegal 50.30
7 4 Llewellyn Herbert  South Africa 51.13

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Bryan Bronson  United States 49.06 Q
2 6 Dusan Kovacs  Hungary 49.23 Q
3 3 Pawel Januszewski  Poland 49.63
4 4 Hideaki Kawamura  Japan 49.88
5 8 Julius Masvanise  Zimbabwe 50.16
6 2 Jozef Kucej  Slovakia 50.31
7 1 Amadou Sy Savane  Guinea 50.90
8 7 Simon Hollingsworth  Australia 52.16

Quarterfinal 5

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 1 Jon Ridgeon  Great Britain 49.31 Q
2 8 Marc Dollendorf  Belgium 49.49 Q
3 3 Ruslan Mashchenko  Russia 49.94
4 5 Egīls Tēbelis  Latvia 50.73
5 6 Domingo Cordero  Puerto Rico 51.20
6 4 Marcel Schelbert  Switzerland 51.20
7 2 Curt Young  Panama 55.20
— 7 Winthrop Graham  Jamaica DNF

Quarterfinal 6

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 2 Calvin Davis  United States 48.94 Q
2 8 Sven Nylander  Sweden 49.54 Q
3 6 Ashraf Saber  Italy 49.71
4 5 Gideon Biwott  Kenya 49.74
5 1 Tom McGuirk  Ireland 50.76
6 7 Cleverson Silva  Brazil 51.23
7 4 Óscar Pitillas  Spain 51.35
8 3 Lancelot Gittens  Guyana 54.79

Quarterfinal 7

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Derrick Adkins  United States 48.46 Q
2 8 Everson Teixeira  Brazil 48.52 Q
3 3 Ken Harnden  Zimbabwe 48.54 q
4 7 Neil Gardner  Jamaica 48.30 q
5 1 Shunji Karube  Japan 48.96
6 4 Gary Jennings  Great Britain 50.41
7 2 Inigo Monreal  Spain 52.23
8 5 Ivan Wakit  Papua New Guinea 53.42

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Derrick Adkins  United States 47.76 Q
2 1 Sven Nylander  Sweden 48.21 Q
3 2 Fabrizio Mori  Italy 48.43 Q
4 6 Eronilde de Araujo  Brazil 48.45 Q
5 8 Dusan Kovacs  Hungary 48.57
6 7 Ken Harnden  Zimbabwe 48.61
7 4 Jon Ridgeon  Great Britain 49.43
8 5 Bryan Bronson  United States 50.32

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Calvin Davis  United States 47.91 Q
2 4 Everson Teixeira  Brazil 48.28 Q
3 6 Samuel Matete  Zambia 48.28 Q
4 7 Rohan Robinson  Australia 48.28 Q
5 1 Neil Gardner  Jamaica 48.30
6 2 Laurent Ottoz  Italy 48.52
7 5 Ibou Faye  Senegal 48.84
8 8 Marc Dollendorf  Belgium 48.91

Final

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Derrick Adkins  United States 47.54
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 Samuel Matete  Zambia 47.78
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Calvin Davis  United States 47.96
4 4 Sven Nylander  Sweden 47.98
5 8 Rohan Robinson  Australia 48.30
6 7 Fabrizio Mori  Italy 48.41
7 3 Everson Teixeira  Brazil 48.57
8 2 Eronilde de Araujo  Brazil 48.78

Results summary

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Rank Athlete Nation Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1st place, gold medalist(s) Derrick Adkins  United States 48.46 47.76 47.54
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Samuel Matete  Zambia 48.21 48.28 47.78
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Calvin Davis  United States 48.94 47.91 47.96
4 Sven Nylander  Sweden 49.54 48.21 47.98
5 Rohan Robinson  Australia 48.89 48.28 48.30
6 Fabrizio Mori  Italy 48.90 48.43 48.41
7 Everson Teixeira  Brazil 48.52 48.28 48.57
8 Eronilde de Araujo  Brazil 48.52 48.45 48.78
9 Neil Gardner  Jamaica 48.59 48.30 Did not advance
10 Laurent Ottoz  Italy 48.92 48.52
11 Dusan Kovacs  Hungary 49.23 48.57
12 Ken Harnden  Zimbabwe 48.54 48.61
13 Ibou Faye  Senegal 48.84 48.84
14 Marc Dollendorf  Belgium 49.49 48.91
15 Jon Ridgeon  Great Britain 49.31 49.43
16 Bryan Bronson  United States 49.06 50.32
17 Shunji Karube  Japan 48.96 Did not advance
18 Erick Keter  Kenya 49.03
19 Kazuhiko Yamazaki  Japan 49.07
20 Carlos Silva  Portugal 49.09
21 Dinsdale Morgan  Jamaica 49.16
22 Mubarak Faraj  Qatar 49.27
23 Kehinde Aladefa  Nigeria 49.60
24 Pawel Januszewski  Poland 49.63
25 Miro Kocuvan  Slovenia 49.66
26 Jean-Paul Bruwier  Belgium 49.69
27 Ashraf Saber  Italy 49.71
28 Vadim Zadoynov  Moldova 49.73
29 Gideon Biwott  Kenya 49.74
30 Peter Crampton  Great Britain 49.78
31 Barnabas Kinyor  Kenya 49.82
32 Hideaki Kawamura  Japan 49.88
33 Gilbert Hashan  Mauritius 49.94
Hadi Somayli  Saudi Arabia 49.94
Ruslan Mashchenko  Russia 49.94
36 Mugur Mateescu  Romania 49.97
37 Julius Masvanise  Zimbabwe 50.16
38 Hamadou Mbaye  Senegal 50.30
39 Jozef Kucej  Slovakia 50.31
40 Gary Jennings  Great Britain 50.41
41 Salvador Vila  Spain 50.55
42 Egīls Tēbelis  Latvia 50.73
43 Tom McGuirk  Ireland 50.76
44 Amadou Sy Savane  Guinea 50.90
45 Llewellyn Herbert  South Africa 51.13
46 Domingo Cordero  Puerto Rico 51.20
Marcel Schelbert  Switzerland 51.20
48 Cleverson Silva  Brazil 51.23
49 Óscar Pitillas  Spain 51.35
50 Simon Hollingsworth  Australia 52.16
51 Inigo Monreal  Spain 52.23
52 Ivan Wakit  Papua New Guinea 53.42
53 Lancelot Gittens  Guyana 54.79
54 Curt Young  Panama 55.20
55 Winthrop Graham  Jamaica DNF

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b "400 metres Hurdles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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