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The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women.. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once around the stadium.
The 400 metres hurdles at the Summer Olympics is the longest hurdling event held at the multi-sport event. The men's 400 m hurdles has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900, with a sole gap at the 1912 Summer Olympics. The women's event was added to the programme over eighty years later, at the 1984 Olympics. It is the most ...
The women's 400 metres hurdles is an outdoor track event over a distance of 400 metres with ten hurdles at the height of 76.2 cm (30 inches). [1] The world records of this women's event have been recognised by World Athletics (called the International Association of Athletics Federations until 2019) since 1974. [2]
The first world record in the men's 400 metres hurdles was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. That inaugural record was the performance by Charles Bacon at the 1908 Olympics. [1] Three athletes, all from the United States, have had long-standing records.
Edwin Corley Moses (born August 31, 1955) is an American former hurdler who won gold medals in the 400 m hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics.Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals (122 consecutive races) and set the world record in the event four times.
Quincy Wilson competes in the Men's 4 x 400m relay preliminary round. ... and the U.S. is likely to try to find room for 400 meters gold medalist Quincy Hall and 400 hurdles medal contender Rai ...
The following table is an overview of national records in the 400 metres hurdles. Outdoor. Men. Country Time Athlete Date Place Ref.
Aug 6, 2024; Saint-Denis, FRANCE; Anna Cockrell (USA) talks with an official at the start in the women’s 400m hurdles semifinals during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Stade de France.