| Men's 400 metre hurdles at the Games of the III Olympiad |
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| Venue | Francis Field | |||||||||
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| Dates | August 31 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 4 from 1 nation | |||||||||
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| «1900 | 1908» | |||||||||
| Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics  |
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| Track events | ||
| 60 m | men | |
| 100 m | men | |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 200 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 2590 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 mile team race | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Standing long jump | men | |
| Standing triple jump | men | |
| Standing high jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| 56 pound weight throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Triathlon | men | |
| Decathlon | men | |
The men's 400 metre hurdles was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second time the event was held. 4 athletes, all from the United States, participated. The competition was held on August 31, 1904.
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Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1904 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 56.4(*) |  Jerome Buck |
New York (USA) | September 19, 1896 |
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| Olympic Record | 57.6(**) | Walter Tewksbury |
Paris (FRA) | July 15, 1900 |
(*) unofficial 440 yards (= 402.34 m)
(**) This track was 500 metres in circumference.
Harry Hillman ran 53.0 but the hurdles were only 30 inches (= 76 centimetre) high.
Results
Final
| Place | Athlete | Time |
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| 1 |  Harry Hillman (USA) |
53.0 |
| 2 | Frank Waller (USA) |
53.2 |
| 3 | George Poage (USA) |
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| 4 | George Varnell (USA) |
Sources
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich". http://olympic.w.interia.pl/. Retrieved 13 December 2006. (Polish)
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