Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

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Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Ed moses.jpg
Edwin Moses (1987)
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates23 July 1976 (quarterfinals)
24 July 1976 (semifinals)
25 July 1976 (final)
Competitors22 from 16 nations
Winning time47.64 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Edwin Moses
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Michael Shine
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Yevgeniy Gavrilenko
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1972
1980  

The men's 400 metres hurdles was an event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. The competition was held from July 23, 1976, to July 25, 1976. [1] There were 22 competitors from 16 nations. [2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. American Edwin Moses won the final in a world record and Olympic record time of 47.64 seconds, winning by 1.05 seconds. His time was initially noted as one hundredth slower, but this was rounded up after an analysis of the photo finish. [3] It was the United States' first victory in the event since 1964 and 12th overall. Fellow American Michael Shine took silver. Yevgeniy Gavrilenko earned the Soviet Union's first medal in the event since 1952 with his bronze. Great Britain's three-Games podium streak in the event ended.

Background

This was the 16th 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.

Two of the eight finalists from the 1972 Games returned: the joint sixth-place finishers Yevgeny Gavrilenko of the Soviet Union and Stavros Tziortzis of Greece. The favorite would have been reigning champion John Akii-Bua of Uganda, but the African boycott of the 1976 Games prevented him from competing. Without him, the field was relatively weak. European and Commonwealth champion Alan Pascoe of Great Britain was hampered by a leg injury. None of the Americans were particularly prominent; the United States team was led by Edwin Moses, a hurdler competing in his first international meet, though he would go on to become the preeminent athlete in the event. [2]

Antigua and Barbuda, Bulgaria, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 16th appearance, the only nation to have competed at every edition of the event to that point.

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 4 quarterfinal heats with 5 or 6 athletes each. The top 4 men in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals. 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 1976 Summer Olympics.

World recordFlag of Uganda.svg  John Akii-Bua  (UGA)47.82 Munich, West Germany 2 September 1972
Olympic recordFlag of Uganda.svg  John Akii-Bua  (UGA)47.82 Munich, West Germany 2 September 1972

Edwin Moses set a new world record in the final with a time of 47.64 seconds.

Schedule

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 23 July 197610:00Quarterfinals
Saturday, 24 July 197615:00Semifinals
Sunday, 25 July 197617:30Final

Results

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on July 23, 1976.

Quarterfinal 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Stavros Tziortzis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 50.42Q
2 Dámaso Alfonso Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 50.76Q
3 Jean-Claude Nallet Flag of France.svg  France 50.77Q
4 José Carvalho Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 50.99Q
5 Don Hanly Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 51.90

Quarterfinal 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Quentin Wheeler Flag of the United States.svg  United States 50.32Q
2 Harald Schmid Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 50.57Q
3 Jean-Pierre Perrinelle Flag of France.svg  France 50.78Q
Dmitry Stukalov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 50.78Q
5 Peter Grant Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 51.07

Quarterfinal 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Michael Shine Flag of the United States.svg  United States 50.91Q
2 Yevgeniy Gavrilenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 50.93Q
3 Jerzy Hewelt Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 51.39Q
4 Yanko Bratanov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 51.84Q
5 Abdul Latif Youssef Hashem Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 53.06
6 Conrad Mainwaring Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 54.67

Quarterfinal 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Edwin Moses Flag of the United States.svg  United States 49.95Q
2 Alan Pascoe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 51.66Q
3 Georgios Parris Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 51.91Q
4 Julio Ferrer Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 52.45Q
5 Kamil Al-Abbasi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 55.00
Jesús Villegas Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia DNF

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on July 24, 1976.

Semifinal 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Michael Shine Flag of the United States.svg  United States 49.90Q
2 José Carvalho Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 49.97Q
3 Yanko Bratanov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 50.11Q
4 Quentin Wheeler Flag of the United States.svg  United States 50.22Q
5 Dmitry Stukalov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 50.47
6 Jean-Pierre Perrinelle Flag of France.svg  France 50.82
Georgios Parris Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece DNF
Harald Schmid Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany DSQ

Semifinal 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Edwin Moses Flag of the United States.svg  United States 48.29Q
2 Yevgeniy Gavrilenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 49.73Q
3 Dámaso Alfonso Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 49.84Q
4 Alan Pascoe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 49.95Q
5 Jean-Claude Nallet Flag of France.svg  France 50.08
6 Stavros Tziortzis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 50.30
7 Jerzy Hewelt Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 50.57
8 Julio Ferrer Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 51.04

Final

The final was held on July 25, 1976.

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Edwin Moses Flag of the United States.svg  United States 47.64 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Michael Shine Flag of the United States.svg  United States 48.69
Bronze medal icon.svg Yevgeniy Gavrilenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 49.45
4 Quentin Wheeler Flag of the United States.svg  United States 49.86
5 José Carvalho Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 49.94
6 Yanko Bratanov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 50.03
7 Dámaso Alfonso Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 50.19
8 Alan Pascoe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 51.29

Results summary

RankAthleteNationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Edwin Moses Flag of the United States.svg  United States 49.9548.2947.64 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Michael Shine Flag of the United States.svg  United States 50.9149.9048.69
Bronze medal icon.svg Yevgeniy Gavrilenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 50.9349.7349.45
4 Quentin Wheeler Flag of the United States.svg  United States 50.3250.2249.86
5 José Carvalho Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 50.9949.9749.94
6 Yanko Bratanov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 51.8450.1150.03
7 Dámaso Alfonso Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 50.7649.8450.19
8 Alan Pascoe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 51.6649.9551.29
9 Jean-Claude Nallet Flag of France.svg  France 50.7750.08Did not advance
10 Stavros Tziortzis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 50.4250.30
11 Dmitry Stukalov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 50.7850.47
12 Jerzy Hewelt Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 51.3950.57
13 Jean-Pierre Perrinelle Flag of France.svg  France 50.7850.82
14 Julio Ferrer Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 52.4551.04
15 Georgios Parris Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 51.91DNF
Harald Schmid Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 50.57DSQ
17 Peter Grant Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 51.07Did not advance
18 Don Hanly Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 51.90
19 Abdul Latif Youssef Hashem Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 53.06
20 Conrad Mainwaring Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 54.67
21 Kamil Al-Abbasi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 55.00
22 Jesús Villegas Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia DNF

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