2008 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m hurdles (men)
 
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| sport | athletics |
| discipline | 400 meter hurdles |
| gender | Men |
| place | Beijing National Stadium |
| Attendees | 27 athletes from 19 countries |
| Competition phase | August 15-18, 2008 |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Angelo Taylor ( USA )
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 silver |
Kerron Clement ( USA )
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 bronze |
Bershawn Jackson ( USA )
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The 400-meter hurdles of the men at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing was from 15 to 18 August 2008 at the National Stadium Beijing held. 26 athletes took part.
There was a triple US victory. Gold medalist went to Angelo Taylor , silver went to Kerron Clement , and bronze went to Bershawn Jackson .
Current title holders
| Olympic champion 2004 |
Félix Sánchez ( Dominican Republic )
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47.63 s | Athens 2004 |
| World Champion 2007 |
Kerron Clement ( USA )
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47.61 s | Osaka 2007 |
| European champion 2006 |
Periklis Iakovakis ( Greece )
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48.46 s | Gothenburg 2006 |
| Pan American Champion 2007 |
Adam Kunkel ( Canada )
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48.24 s | Rio de Janeiro 2007 |
| Central America and Caribbean champions 2008 | Isa Phillips ( Jamaica )
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49.98 s | Cali 2008 |
| South America Champion 2007 | Raphael Fernandes ( Brazil )
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49.81 s | São Paulo 2007 |
| Asian champion 2007 | Yevgeny Meleschenko ( Kazakhstan )
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50.01 s | Amman 2007 |
| Africa Champion 2008 |
Louis Jacobus van Zyl ( South Africa )
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48.91 s | Addis Ababa 2008 |
| Oceania Champion 2008 | Mowen Boino ( Papua New Guinea )
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52.07 s | Saipan 2008 |
Existing records
| World record | 46.78 s |
Kevin Young ( USA )
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Barcelona , Spain | August 6, 1992 |
| Olympic record | Final of Barcelona , Spain |
Prelims
There were four preliminary runs. The first three hurdlers - highlighted in light blue - and the other four fastest athletes - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.
Forward 1
August 15, 2008 , 9:55 pm
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bershawn Jackson |
United States
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49.20 s | |
| 2 | Pieter de Villiers |
South Africa
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49.24 s | |
| 3 | Mahau Suguimati |
Brazil
|
49.45 s | |
| 4th | Jonathan Williams |
 Belize
|
49.61 s | |
| 5 | Kenji Narisako |
 Japan
|
49.63 s | |
| 6th | Edivaldo Monteiro |
 Portugal
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49.89 s | |
| 7th | Harouna Garba |
 Nigeria
|
55.14 s |
Forward 2
August 15, 2008 , 10:05 pm
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angelo Taylor |
United States
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48.67 s | |
| 2 | Danny McFarlane |
Jamaica
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48.86 s | |
| 3 | Alwyn Myburgh |
South Africa
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48.92 s | |
| 4th | Bayano Kamani |
 Panama
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49.05 s | |
| 5 | Alexandr Derevyagin |
 Russia
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49.19 s | |
| 6th | Ibrahima Maiga |
 Mali
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50.57 s |
Forward 3
August 15, 2008 , 10:15 pm
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Markino Buckley |
Jamaica
|
48.65 s | PB |
| 2 | Louis Jacobus van Zyl |
South Africa
|
48.86 s | |
| 3 | Marek Plawgo |
 Poland
|
49.17 s | |
| 4th | Javier Culson |
 Puerto Rico
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49.60 s | |
| 5 | Yan Meng |
 People's Republic of China
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49.73 s | |
| 6th | Alexei Pogorelov |
 Kyrgyzstan
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51.47 s |
Forward 4
August 15, 2008 , 10:25 pm
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerron Clement |
United States
|
49.42 s | |
| 2 | Periklis Iakovakis |
Greece
|
49.50 s | |
| 3 | Isa Phillips |
Jamaica
|
49.55 s | |
| 4th | Dai Tamasue |
Japan
|
49.82 s | |
| 5 | Félix Sánchez |
Dominican Republic
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51.10 s | |
| 6th | Mowen Boino |
Papua New Guinea
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51.47 s | |
| DNF | Yevgeny Meleschenko |
Kazakhstan
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Semifinals
The semifinals were held in two runs, in which the four best sprinters - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Run 1
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August 16, 2008 , 9:15 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angelo Taylor |
United States
|
47.94 s | |
| 2 | Bershawn Jackson |
United States
|
48.02 s | |
| 3 | Louis Jacobus van Zyl |
South Africa
|
48.57 s | |
| 4th | Marek Plawgo |
Poland
|
48.75 s | |
| 5 | Isa Phillips |
Jamaica
|
48.85 s | |
| 6th | Alexandr Derevyagin |
Russia
|
49.23 s | |
| 7th | Pieter de Villiers |
South Africa
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49.44 s | |
| 8th | Javier Culson |
Puerto Rico
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49.85 s |
Run 2
August 16, 2008 , 9:24 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerron Clement |
United States
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48.27 s | |
| 2 | Danny McFarlane |
Jamaica
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48.33 s | |
| 3 | Markino Buckley |
Jamaica
|
48.50 s | |
| 4th | Periklis Iakovakis |
Greece
|
48.69 s | |
| 5 | Alwyn Myburgh |
South Africa
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49.16 s | |
| 6th | Jonathan Williams |
Belize
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49.64 s | |
| 7th | Mahau Suguimati |
Brazil
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50.16 s | |
| 8th | Bayano Kamani |
Panama
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50.45 s |
final
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angelo Taylor |
United States
|
47.25 s | PB |
| 2 | Kerron Clement |
United States
|
47.98 s | |
| 3 | Bershawn Jackson |
United States
|
48.06 s | |
| 4th | Danny McFarlane |
Jamaica
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48.30 s | |
| 5 | Louis Jacobus van Zyl |
South Africa
|
48.42 s | |
| 6th | Marek Plawgo |
Poland
|
48.52 s | |
| 7th | Markino Buckley |
Jamaica
|
48.60 s | |
| 8th | Periklis Iakovakis |
Greece
|
49.96 s |
August 18, 2008 , 10:00 p.m.
The favorites were above all the 2007 US world champion Kerron Clement, his predecessor as 2005 world champion Bershawn Jackson, also USA. Strong competition came from his own camp with the vice world champion from 2007 and Olympic champion from 2004 Félix Sánchez from the Dominican Republic as well as the Olympic champion from 2000 Angelo Taylor, who had shown himself in very good form in the semifinals. However, Sánchez started injured in Beijing and was eliminated in the preliminary stages. Another group of favorites included World Cup third Marek Plawgo from Poland, World Cup fifth Danny McFarlane from Jamaica and Greek Periklis Iakovakis as reigning European champion and World Cup sixth from 2007.
In the final, three US-Americans, two Jamaicans and one runner each from Greece, Poland and South Africa competed.
Co-favorite Taylor clearly dominated this race. Even on the back straight he was clearly ahead. He also demonstrated great stamina over the last hundred meters. Angelo Taylor became Olympic champion with a lead of 73 hundredths of a second. His compatriots Clement and Jackson fought for the silver medal. On the home stretch, Kerron Clement finally prevailed and was second eight hundredths of a second ahead of Bershawn Jackson. The Americans got all the medals here. Danny McFarlane was fourth ahead of Louis Jacobus van Zyl and Marek Plawgo as the best European.
Angelo Taylor repeated his Olympic victory in Athens in 2000.
For the United States it was the 18th Olympic victory in the 24th Olympic final over 400 meter hurdles .
Olympic champion Angelo Taylor from the United States
Silver medal for the American Kerron Clement
Bronze medalist Bershawn Jackson from the USA
Jamaican Danny McFarlane finished fourth
Fifth place for the South African L. J. van Zyl
Sixth-placed Pole Marek Plawgo
The Greek Periklis Iakovakis has to be satisfied with eighth place
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Web links
- SportsReference 400m hurdles , accessed June 1, 2018
- Official Report of the XXVIIIth Olympiad, Results Athletics , English / French (PDF, 3054 KB), accessed on June 1, 2018
Video
- Angelo Taylor 400 Meter Hurdle Olympic Victory , published May 22, 2008 on youtube.com, accessed June 1, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Campeonato CAC de Atletismo 2008 on athlecac.org, accessed on June 1, 2018
- ↑ Campeonato Sudamericano de Atletismo 2007 on athlecac.org, accessed on June 1, 2018
- ↑ 17th Asian Athletics Championship 2007 ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at athleticsasia.org (PDF, 417 KB), accessed June 1, 2018
- ↑ Oceania Area Championships - 25/06/2008 to 28/06/2008 on athletics-oceania.com (PDF, 130 KB), accessed on June 1, 2018
- ↑ IAAF, 400 m hurdles men , accessed on April 25, 2018
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