Summer Olympics 2020 / Athletics - 400 m hurdles (men)
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sport | athletics |
discipline | 400 meter hurdles |
gender | Men |
Attendees | ?? Athletes from ?? Countries |
Competition location | Olympic Stadium |
Competition phase | July 31 to August 4, 2020 |
The men's 400-meter hurdles at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will take place from July 31 to August 4 in the newly built Olympic Stadium.
Current title holders
Olympic champion |
Kerron Clement ( United States )
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47.73 s | Rio de Janeiro 2016 |
World Champion |
Karsten Warholm ( Norway )
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47.42 s | Doha 2019 |
European champion |
Karsten Warholm ( Norway )
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47.64 s | Berlin 2018 |
North / Central America / Caribbean champions |
Kyron McMaster ( British Virgin Islands )
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48.18 s | Toronto 2018 |
South America champion |
Alison dos Santos ( Brazil )
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49.88 s | Lima 2019 |
Asian champion |
Abderrahman Samba ( Qatar )
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47.51 s | Doha 2019 |
African champions | Algiers 2020 | ||
Oceania Champion |
Ian Dewhurst ( Australia )
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50.79 s | Townsville 2019 |
Existing records
World record |
Kevin Young ( United States )
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46.78 s | Barcelona , Spain | August 6, 1992 |
Olympic record | Final of Barcelona , Spain |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 675 , accessed on October 4, 2018