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

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 hurdles
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Soviet stamp commemorating 1988 Olympic athletics
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates23 September 1988 (quarterfinals)
24 September 1988 (semifinals)
25 September 1988 (final)
Competitors38 from 28 nations
Winning time47.19 OR
Medalists
Andre Phillips
 United States
Amadou Dia Ba
 Senegal
Edwin Moses
 United States
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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)47.02Koblenz, West Germany31 August 1983
Olympic record Edwin Moses (USA)47.64Montreal, Canada25 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 198811:10Quarterfinals
Saturday, 24 September 198816:00Semifinals
Sunday, 25 September 198813:35Final

Results

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on Friday September 23, 1988.

Quarterfinal 1
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Amadou Dia Ba Senegal 49.41Q
2 Klaus Ehrle Austria 50.10Q
3 John Graham Canada 50.30Q
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 AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Harald Schmid West Germany 49.77Q
2 Simon Kitur Kenya 49.88Q
3 Alain Cuypers Belgium 50.42Q
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 AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Edwin Moses United States 49.38Q
2 Edgar Itt West Germany 50.10Q
3 José Alonso Spain 50.12Q
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 AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Kevin Young United States 49.35Q
2 Kriss Akabusi Great Britain 49.62Q
3 Gideon Yego Kenya 49.80Q
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 AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 Andre Phillips United States 49.34Q
2 Winthrop Graham Jamaica 49.40Q
3 Joseph Maritim Kenya 49.64Q
4 Toma Tomov Bulgaria 49.66q
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 AthleteNation TimeNotes LANE
1 3 Edwin Moses United States 47.89Q
2 5 Kevin Young United States 48.56Q
3 1 Harald Schmid West Germany 48.93Q
4 6 Kriss Akabusi Great Britain 49.22Q
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 AthleteNation TimeNotes LANE
1 5 Andre Phillips United States 48.19Q
2 6 Winthrop Graham Jamaica 48.37Q
3 4 Amadou Dia Ba Senegal 48.48Q
4 2 Edgar Itt West Germany 48.86Q
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
RankLane AthleteNation TimeNotes
6 Andre Phillips United States 47.19OR
5 Amadou Dia Ba Senegal 47.23NR
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 AthleteNation QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalNotes
Andre Phillips United States 49.3448.1947.19OR
Amadou Dia Ba Senegal 49.4148.4847.23NR
Edwin Moses United States 49.3847.8947.56
4 Kevin Young United States 49.3548.5647.94
5 Winthrop Graham Jamaica 49.4048.3748.04
6 Kriss Akabusi Great Britain 49.6249.2248.69
7 Harald Schmid West Germany 49.7748.9348.76
8 Edgar Itt West Germany 50.1048.8648.78
9 Toma Tomov Bulgaria 49.6648.90Did not advance
10 Joseph Maritim Kenya 49.6449.50
11 José Alonso Spain 50.1249.57
12 Simon Kitur Kenya 49.8849.74
13 Alain Cuypers Belgium 50.4249.75
14 Klaus Ehrle Austria 50.1051.04
15 John Graham Canada 50.3051.33
16 Gideon Yego Kenya 49.80DSQ
17 Jozef Kucej Czechoslovakia 49.89Did 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. "400 metres Hurdles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
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