Mowen Boino

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Mowen Boino
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Born (1979-12-16) 16 December 1979 (age 45)
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s)400 m, 400 m hurdles
ClubQEII Track Club (AUS)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400 m: 48.08
400 m hurdles: 50.37
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
(South) Pacific Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Suva 400 m hurdles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Suva 4x400 m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Apia 400 m hurdles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Nouméa 110 m hurdles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Nouméa 400 m hurdles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Nouméa 4x400 m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Port Moresby 400 m hurdles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Port Moresby 4x00 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 Santa Rita 4x400 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Apia 4x400 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Port Moresby 110 m hurdles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Santa Rita 400 m hurdles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Suva 110 m hurdles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Apia 110 m hurdles
(South) Pacific Mini Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 Middlegate 400 m hurdles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Middlegate 110 m hurdles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Middlegate 4x400 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 Middlegate 400 m
Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Christchurch 400 m hurdles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Christchurch 800 m medley relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Apia 110 m hurdles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Apia 400 m hurdles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Saipan 400 m hurdles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Apia 400 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Apia 400 m hurdles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Pepeete 400 m hurdles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Christchurch 110 m hurdles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Adelaide 400 m hurdles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Cairns 400 m hurdles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Cairns 400 m hurdles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Cairns 110 m hurdles
Updated on 23 August 2016

Mowen Boino (born 16 December 1979) is a Papua New Guinean track and field athlete, who specialized in 400 metres and in 400 metres hurdles. [1] He is a three-time Olympian and four-time national record holder for the 400 m hurdles. He also achieved his personal best time of 50.37 seconds at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia. [2]

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Boino first competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he set a national record for Papua New Guinea in the 400 m hurdles, with a possible fastest time of 51.38 seconds. He continued to improve his athletic performance at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, when he finished last in the fourth heat of the men's 400 m hurdles, by forty-one hundredths of a second ahead of his national record set from Sydney, with a time of 50.97 seconds.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Boino competed again for the men's 400 m hurdles. He ran in the fourth heat, against seven other athletes, including defending champion Félix Sánchez of the Dominican Republic. Boino finished the race in sixth place by thirty-seven hundredths of a second (0.37) behind Sánchez, with a seasonal best time of 51.47 seconds. [3]

Personal bests

EventResultVenueDate
100 m11.72 s(NWI) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brisbane 21 May 2010
200 m23.26 s(wind: +1.7 m/s) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brisbane 29 Mar 2014
400 m47.97 s Flag of Australia (converted).svg Canberra 25 Mar 2012
110 m hurdles14.58 s(wind: +1.8 m/s) Flag of France.svg / Flag of Wallis and Futuna.svg Mata Utu 6 Sep 2013
400 m hurdles50.37 s Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne 21 Mar 2006

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
1999 South Pacific Games Santa Rita, Guam 10th (h)400 m50.82
3rd400 m hurdles52.81
2nd4 × 400 m relay3:14.47
2000 Oceania Championships Adelaide, Australia 4th400 m48.99
2nd400 m hurdles52.50
Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 8th (h)400 m hurdles 51.38
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 6th (h)400 m hurdles 51.82
South Pacific Mini Games Middlegate, Norfolk Island 3rd400 m49.67
2nd110 m hurdles15.65 (-3.0 m/s)
1st400 m hurdles53.66
2nd4 × 400 m relay3:18.98
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom 28th (qf)400 m 48.74 s
10th (h)400 m hurdles 51.05
World Cup Madrid, Spain 9th400 m hurdles 51.66
Oceania Championships Christchurch, New Zealand 4th400 m50.48
2nd110 m hurdles15.52 (-3.6 m/s)
1st400 m hurdles53.06
1st800 m medley relay1:31.17
2003 Melanesian Championships Lae, Papua New Guinea 3rd400 m hurdles56.4
1st4 × 400 m relay3:20.4
South Pacific Games Suva, Fiji 7th400 m49.21
3rd110 m hurdles15.37 (-1.6 m/s)
1st400 m hurdles51.93
1st4 × 400 m relay3:11.43
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 7th (h)400 m hurdles 50.97
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 13th (sf)400 m hurdles 50.78
Oceania Championships Apia, Samoa 1st110 m hurdles15.02 (-0.9 m/s)
1st400 m hurdles51.62
2007 Melanesian Championships Cairns, Queensland, Australia 4th400m48.71
1st400 m hurdles51.43
World Championships Osaka, Japan 6th (h)400 m hurdles 52.45
Pacific Games Apia, Samoa 7th400 m50.03
3rd110 m hurdles14.97(+1.3 m/s)
1st400 m hurdles51.35
2nd4 × 400 m relay3:11.96
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 6th (h)400 m hurdles 51.47
Oceania Championships Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands 1st400 m hurdles52.07
2010 Commonwealth Games Delhi, India 4th (h)400 m hurdles 51.40
Oceania Championships Cairns, Australia 2nd400 m hurdles51.84
2011 Oceania Championships
(Regional Division West)
Apia, Samoa 1st400 m48.05
1st400 m hurdles51.88
Pacific Games Nouméa, New Caledonia 1st110 m hurdles14.95 (-0.7 m/s)
1st400 m hurdles50.96 GR
1st4 × 400 m relay3:12.34
2013 Oceania Championships Papeete, French Polynesia 400 mDNF
1st400 m hurdles51.97
World Championships Moscow, Russia 33rd (h)400 m hurdles 51.49
Pacific Mini Games Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna 1st110 m hurdles14.58 (+1.8 m/s)
1st400 m hurdles53.34
2nd4 × 400 m relay3:16.19
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 400 m hurdles DQ
Oceania Championships Rarotonga, Cook Islands 110 m hurdlesDQ
2015 Oceania Championships Cairns, Queensland, Australia 3rd110 m hurdles14.92 (+1.4 m/s)
2nd400 m hurdles52.19
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 25th (h)400 m 49.81
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 20th (h)400 m hurdles 51.61

References

  1. Mowen Boino - Biography, Commonwealth Games Federation , retrieved 22 May 2015
  2. "Boino's remarkable record". Oceania Athletics Association. 22 March 2006. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  3. "Men's 400m Hurdles Round 1 – Heat 4". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.