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

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.

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
Derrick Adkins
 United States
Samuel Matete
 Zambia
Calvin Davis
 United States
Athletics at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
10 km walkwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen
Wheelchair races

Background

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

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

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

World record Kevin Young (USA)46.78Barcelona, Spain6 August 1992
Olympic record Kevin Young (USA)46.78Barcelona, Spain6 August 1992

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

Schedule

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Date Time Round
Monday, 29 July 199611:45Quarterfinals
Wednesday, 31 July 199619:15Semifinals
Thursday, 1 August 199620:25Final

Results

Quarterfinal 1
RankLane AthleteNation TimeNotes
17 Ibou Faye Senegal 48.84Q
28 Fabrizio Mori Italy 48.90Q
35 Kazuhiko Yamazaki Japan 49.07
46 Dinsdale Morgan Jamaica 49.16
54 Kehinde Aladefa Nigeria 49.60
63 Peter Crampton Great Britain 49.78
71 Gilbert Hashan Mauritius 49.94
82 Salvador Vila Spain 50.55

Quarterfinal 2
RankLane AthleteNation TimeNotes
12 Eronilde de Araujo Brazil 48.52Q
21 Laurent Ottoz Italy 48.92Q
37 Carlos Silva Portugal 49.09
43 Mubarak Faraj Qatar 49.27
54 Miro Kocuvan Slovenia 49.66
68 Jean-Paul Bruwier Belgium 49.69
75 Barnabas Kinyor Kenya 49.82
86 Mugur Mateescu Romania 49.97

Quarterfinal 3
RankLane AthleteNation TimeNotes
15 Samuel Matete Zambia 48.21Q
22 Rohan Robinson Australia 48.89Q
33 Erick Keter Kenya 49.03
46 Vadim Zadoynov Moldova 49.73
57 Hadi Somayli Saudi Arabia 49.94
68 Hamadou Mbaye Senegal 50.30
74 Llewellyn Herbert South Africa 51.13

Quarterfinal 4
RankLane AthleteNation TimeNotes
15 Bryan Bronson United States 49.06Q
26 Dusan Kovacs Hungary 49.23Q
33 Pawel Januszewski Poland 49.63
44 Hideaki Kawamura Japan 49.88
58 Julius Masvanise Zimbabwe 50.16
62 Jozef Kucej Slovakia 50.31
71 Amadou Sy Savane Guinea 50.90
87 Simon Hollingsworth Australia 52.16

Quarterfinal 5
RankLane AthleteNation TimeNotes
11 Jon Ridgeon Great Britain 49.31Q
28 Marc Dollendorf Belgium 49.49Q
33 Ruslan Mashchenko Russia 49.94
45 Egīls Tēbelis Latvia 50.73
56 Domingo Cordero Puerto Rico 51.20
64 Marcel Schelbert Switzerland 51.20
72 Curt Young Panama 55.20
—7 Winthrop Graham Jamaica DNF

Quarterfinal 6
RankLane AthleteNation TimeNotes
12 Calvin Davis United States 48.94Q
28 Sven Nylander Sweden 49.54Q
36 Ashraf Saber Italy 49.71
45 Gideon Biwott Kenya 49.74
51 Tom McGuirk Ireland 50.76
67 Cleverson Silva Brazil 51.23
74 Óscar Pitillas Spain 51.35
83 Lancelot Gittens Guyana 54.79

Quarterfinal 7
RankLane AthleteNation TimeNotes
16 Derrick Adkins United States 48.46Q
28 Everson Teixeira Brazil 48.52Q
33 Ken Harnden Zimbabwe 48.54q
47 Neil Gardner Jamaica 48.30q
51 Shunji Karube Japan 48.96
64 Gary Jennings Great Britain 50.41
72 Inigo Monreal Spain 52.23
85 Ivan Wakit Papua New Guinea 53.42

Semifinal 1
RankLane AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 3 Derrick Adkins United States 47.76Q
2 1 Sven Nylander Sweden 48.21Q
3 2 Fabrizio Mori Italy 48.43Q
4 6 Eronilde de Araujo Brazil 48.45Q
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
RankLane AthleteNation TimeNotes
1 3 Calvin Davis United States 47.91Q
2 4 Everson Teixeira Brazil 48.28Q
3 6 Samuel Matete Zambia 48.28Q
4 7 Rohan Robinson Australia 48.28Q
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
RankLane AthleteNation Time
6 Derrick Adkins United States 47.54
1 Samuel Matete Zambia 47.78
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
Rank AthleteNation QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Derrick Adkins United States 48.4647.7647.54
Samuel Matete Zambia 48.2148.2847.78
Calvin Davis United States 48.9447.9147.96
4 Sven Nylander Sweden 49.5448.2147.98
5 Rohan Robinson Australia 48.8948.2848.30
6 Fabrizio Mori Italy 48.9048.4348.41
7 Everson Teixeira Brazil 48.5248.2848.57
8 Eronilde de Araujo Brazil 48.5248.4548.78
9 Neil Gardner Jamaica 48.5948.30Did not advance
10 Laurent Ottoz Italy 48.9248.52
11 Dusan Kovacs Hungary 49.2348.57
12 Ken Harnden Zimbabwe 48.5448.61
13 Ibou Faye Senegal 48.8448.84
14 Marc Dollendorf Belgium 49.4948.91
15 Jon Ridgeon Great Britain 49.3149.43
16 Bryan Bronson United States 49.0650.32
17 Shunji Karube Japan 48.96Did 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

References
  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. "400 metres Hurdles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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