Host City: Los Angeles, United States |
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final. |
Date Started: August 3, 1984 |
Format: Top two in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the semi-finals. |
Date Finished: August 5, 1984 |
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(Competitors: 45; Countries: 30; Finalists: 8) |
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Venue(s): Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
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Overview by IAAF |
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Moses had won 89 finals in row before LA, and was a prohibitive favourite. He was fastest in the first round with 49.33, 0.01 quicker than Schmid, with all six heat winners breaking 50 seconds. Moses was again fastest in the semi-finals, this time with 48.51 while teammates Hawkins (48.94), and Harris, winner of the other semi-final in 48.92, were the next fastest. After a rare false start by Moses the field was away at the second time of asking, and Moses was 4m clear of Schmid by the fifth hurdle (21.1 versus 21.6). The former champion was never in any danger as he won by 3m from Harris. The 18 year-old surged past Schmid after the ninth hurdle after he had accidentally caught the German with his right arm one hurdle earlier. Three years later, at the World Championships, the order of the first five was the same in the best race of the decade, with Moses running 47.46 and the next two finishing just 0.02 behind him. It was in that year that Moses lost to Harris, after 107 consecutive wins since 1977. With his Los Angeles win Moses became the only man to regain an Olympic 400m hurdles title. |
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Summary by Sports-reference.com |
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By the time of the 1984 Olympics, Edwin Moses had won 89 consecutive finals in the 400 hurdles and was an overwhelming favorite. He had won the 1976 Olympics, had been unable to compete in 1980 because of the American boycott, but did win the inaugural World Championships in 1983. Going into Los Angeles, Moses had recorded 27 of the 32 times under 48 seconds. The next best hurdlers in the event were considered to be Harald Schmid (FRG), 1978 and 1982 European Champion, and the young American Danny Harris, who had only started running the event a few months prior to the US Olympic Trials. In the final, Moses actually false started, but on the fair start he was not seriously challenged, winning by three metres over Harris, and regaining his gold medal. |
Records
These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.
World Record |
47.02 |
Edwin Moses |
Koblenz (FRG) |
August 31, 1983 |
Olympic Record |
47.64 |
Edwin Moses |
Montreal (CAN) |
July 25, 1976 |
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Results |
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400 m hurdles |
Men |
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Final |
5 August |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
47.75 |
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Edwin Moses |
United States |
USA |
31 Aug 55 |
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2 |
48.13 |
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Danny Harris |
United States |
USA |
7 Sep 65 |
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3 |
48.19 |
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Harald Schmid |
West Germany |
FRG |
29 Sep 57 |
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4 |
48.97 |
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Sven Nylander |
Sweden |
SWE |
1 Jan 62 |
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5 |
49.28 |
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Amadou Dia Bâ |
Senegal |
SEN |
22 Sep 58 |
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6 |
49.42 |
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Tranel Hawkins |
United States |
USA |
17 Sep 62 |
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7 |
50.69 |
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Michael Zimmerman |
Belgium |
BEL |
1 Jan 60 |
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8 |
53.78 |
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Henry Amike |
Nigeria |
NGR |
4 Oct 61 |
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400 m hurdles |
Men |
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Semifinal 1 |
4 August |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
48.51 |
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Edwin Moses |
United States |
USA |
31 Aug 55 |
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2 |
48.94 |
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Tranel Hawkins |
United States |
USA |
17 Sep 62 |
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3 |
49.44 |
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Amadou Dia Bâ |
Senegal |
SEN |
22 Sep 58 |
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4 |
49.79 |
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Michael Zimmerman |
Belgium |
BEL |
1 Jan 60 |
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5 |
49.80 |
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Simon Kitur |
Kenya |
KEN |
12 Jun 59 |
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6 |
50.08 |
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Uwe Schmitt |
West Germany |
FRG |
17 Aug 61 |
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7 |
50.16 |
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Greg Rolle |
Bahamas |
BAH |
14 Oct 59 |
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8 |
50.70 |
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Antônio Euzébio Ferreira |
Brazil |
BRA |
2 Mar 60 |
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400 m hurdles |
Men |
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Semifinal 2 |
4 August |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
48.92 |
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Danny Harris |
United States |
USA |
7 Sep 65 |
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2 |
49.03 |
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Sven Nylander |
Sweden |
SWE |
1 Jan 62 |
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3 |
49.04 |
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Harald Schmid |
West Germany |
FRG |
29 Sep 57 |
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4 |
49.36 |
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Henry Amike |
Nigeria |
NGR |
4 Oct 61 |
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5 |
49.58 |
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Karl Smith |
Jamaica |
JAM |
15 Sep 59 |
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6 |
49.89 |
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Franz Meier |
Switzerland |
SUI |
16 Sep 56 |
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7 |
49.92 |
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Ryoichi Yoshida |
Japan |
JPN |
2 Mar 65 |
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8 |
50.06 |
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Rik Tommelein |
Belgium |
BEL |
1 Nov 62 |
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400 m hurdles |
Men |
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Heat 1 |
3 August |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
49.33 |
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Edwin Moses |
United States |
USA |
31 Aug 55 |
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2 |
49.85 |
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Antônio Euzébio Ferreira |
Brazil |
BRA |
2 Mar 60 |
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3 |
49.90 |
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Michael Zimmerman |
Belgium |
BEL |
1 Jan 60 |
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4 |
50.25 |
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Thomas Futterknecht |
Austria |
AUT |
24 Dec 62 |
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5 |
50.47 |
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Thomas Nyberg |
Sweden |
SWE |
17 Apr 62 |
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6 |
50.99 |
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Gérard Brunel |
France |
FRA |
17 Aug 57 |
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7 |
51.08 |
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Ahmed Abdelhalim Ghanem |
Egypt |
EGY |
12 Jan 59 |
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8 |
51.27 |
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Philip Beattie |
Great Britain |
GBR |
8 Sep 63 |
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400 m hurdles |
Men |
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Heat 2 |
3 August |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
49.34 |
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Harald Schmid |
West Germany |
FRG |
29 Sep 57 |
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2 |
49.66 |
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Karl Smith |
Jamaica |
JAM |
15 Sep 59 |
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3 |
49.81 |
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Franz Meier |
Switzerland |
SUI |
16 Sep 56 |
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4 |
50.05 |
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Rik Tommelein |
Belgium |
BEL |
1 Nov 62 |
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5 |
50.14 |
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Shigenobu Omori |
Japan |
JPN |
13 Sep 60 |
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6 |
50.39 |
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Yeoryiós Vamvakas |
Greece |
GRE |
1 Jan 60 |
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7 |
51.44 |
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Oswaldo Zea |
Venezuela |
VEN |
23 Apr 63 |
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400 m hurdles |
Men |
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Heat 3 |
3 August |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
49.88 |
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Sven Nylander |
Sweden |
SWE |
1 Jan 62 |
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2 |
50.24 |
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Ryoichi Yoshida |
Japan |
JPN |
2 Mar 65 |
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3 |
50.27 |
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René Meledje Djédjémel |
Cote d'Ivoire |
CIV |
5 Jun 58 |
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4 |
50.55 |
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Peter Rwamuhanda |
Uganda |
UGA |
11 Dec 53 |
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5 |
51.39 |
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Franck Jonot |
France |
FRA |
1 Apr 61 |
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6 |
52.15 |
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Martin Gillingham |
Great Britain |
GBR |
9 Sep 63 |
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7 |
53.62 |
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Vincent Confait |
Seychelles |
SEY |
28 Oct 59 |
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8 |
56.98 |
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Nicolas Chaparro |
Paraguay |
PAR |
10 Sep 62 |
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400 m hurdles |
Men |
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Heat 4 |
3 August |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
49.51 |
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Tranel Hawkins |
United States |
USA |
17 Sep 62 |
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2 |
49.70 |
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Simon Kitur |
Kenya |
KEN |
12 Jun 59 |
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3 |
49.77 |
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Uwe Schmitt |
West Germany |
FRG |
17 Aug 61 |
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4 |
50.62 |
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Ahmad Hamada |
Bahrain |
BRN |
18 Sep 61 |
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5 |
51.14 |
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Ian Newhouse |
Canada |
CAN |
25 Dec 56 |
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6 |
51.27 |
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Christer Gullstrand |
Sweden |
SWE |
26 Mar 59 |
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7 |
52.85 |
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Jean Pierre Abossolo |
Cameroon |
CMR |
18 Dec 56 |
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8 |
54.52 |
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Domingos Mendes |
Mozambique |
MOZ |
10 Aug 61 |
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400 m hurdles |
Men |
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Heat 5 |
3 August |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
49.94 |
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Amadou Dia Bâ |
Senegal |
SEN |
22 Sep 58 |
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2 |
50.11 |
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Henry Amike |
Nigeria |
NGR |
4 Oct 61 |
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3 |
50.46 |
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Ken Gray |
Jamaica |
JAM |
9 Dec 62 |
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4 |
50.80 |
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Martin Briggs |
Great Britain |
GBR |
4 Jan 64 |
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5 |
51.47 |
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Pierre Leveille |
Canada |
CAN |
19 Feb 62 |
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6 |
51.99 |
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Meshak Munyoro |
Kenya |
KEN |
24 Aug 58 |
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7 |
54.36 |
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Faustin Butera |
Rwanda |
RWA |
20 Sep 55 |
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8 |
55.50 |
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Khamis Ibrahim Khamis |
United Arab Emirates |
UAE |
60 |
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400 m hurdles |
Men |
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Heat 6 |
3 August |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
49.81 |
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Danny Harris |
United States |
USA |
7 Sep 65 |
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2 |
50.41 |
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Greg Rolle |
Bahamas |
BAH |
14 Oct 59 |
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3 |
51.02 |
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Lloyd Guss |
Canada |
CAN |
22 Jan 59 |
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4 |
51.27 |
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Athanásios Kaloyiánnis |
Greece |
GRE |
10 Sep 65 |
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5 |
51.45 |
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Jasem Al-Duaillah |
Kuwait |
KUW |
9 Mar 63 |
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DNF |
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José Alonso |
Spain |
ESP |
12 Feb 57 |
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