Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre hurdles

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the men's 400 metre hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 55 competitors.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Derrick Adkins United States (USA)	Samuel Matete Zambia (ZAM)	Calvin Davis United States (USA)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record	46.78	Kevin Young	Barcelona (ESP)	August 6, 1992
Olympic Record	46.78	Kevin Young	Barcelona (ESP)	August 6, 1992

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME	LANE
	Derrick Adkins (USA)	47.54	6
	Samuel Matete (ZAM)	47.78	1
	Calvin Davis (USA)	47.96	5
4.	Sven Nylander (SWE)	47.98	4
5.	Rohan Robinson (AUS)	48.30	8
6.	Fabrizio Mori (ITA)	48.41	7
7.	Everson Teixeira (BRA)	48.57	3
8.	Eronilde de Araujo (BRA)	48.78	2

Semi finals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME	LANE
1.	Derrick Adkins (USA)	47.76	3
2.	Sven Nylander (SWE)	48.21	1
3.	Fabrizio Mori (ITA)	48.43	2
4.	Eronilde de Araujo (BRA)	48.45	6
5.	Dusan Kovacs (HUN)	48.57	8
6.	Ken Harnden (ZIM)	48.61	7
7.	Jon Ridgeon (GBR)	49.43	4
8.	Bryan Bronson (USA)	50.32	5

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME	LANE
1.	Calvin Davis (USA)	47.91	3
2.	Everson Teixeira (BRA)	48.28	4
3.	Samuel Matete (ZAM)	48.28	6
4.	Rohan Robinson (AUS)	48.28	7
5.	Neil Gardner (JAM)	48.30	1
6.	Laurent Ottoz (ITA)	48.52	2
7.	Ibou Faye (SEN)	48.84	5
8.	Marc Dollendorf (BEL)	48.91	8

Non-Qualifiers

RANK	FINAL	TIME
—	Shunji Karube (JPN)	48.96
—	Erick Keter (KEN)	49.03
—	Kazuhiko Yamazaki (JPN)	49.07
—	Carlos Silva (POR)	49.09
—	Dinsdale Morgan (JAM)	49.16
—	Mubarak Faraj (QAT)	49.27
—	Kehinde Aladefa (NGR)	49.60
—	Pawel Januszewski (POL)	49.63
—	Miro Kocuvan (SLO)	49.66
—	Jean-Paul Bruwier (BEL)	49.69
—	Ashraf Saber (ITA)	49.71
—	Vadim Zadoynov (MDA)	49.73
—	Gideon Biwott (KEN)	49.74
—	Peter Crampton (GBR)	49.78
—	Barnabas Kinyor (KEN)	49.82
—	Hideaki Kawamura (JPN)	49.88
—	Gilbert Hashan (MRI)	49.94
—	Hadi Somayli (KSA)	49.94
—	Ruslan Mashchenko (RUS)	49.94
—	Mugur Mateescu (ROU)	49.97
—	Julius Masvanise (ZIM)	50.16
—	Hamadou Mbaye (SEN)	50.30
—	Jozef Kucej (SVK)	50.31
—	Gary Jennings (GBR)	50.41
—	Salvador Vila (ESP)	50.55
—	Egils Tebelis (LAT)	50.73
—	Tom McGuirk (IRL)	50.76
—	Amadou Sy Savane (GUI)	50.90
—	Llewellyn Herbert (RSA)	51.13
—	Domingo Cordero (PUR)	51.20
—	Marcel Schelbert (SUI)	51.20
—	Cleverson Silva (BRA)	51.23
—	Oscar Pitillas (ESP)	51.35
—	Simon Hollingsworth (AUS)	52.16
—	Inigo Monreal (ESP)	52.23
—	Ivan Wakit (PNG)	53.42
—	Lancelot Gittens (GUY)	54.79
—	Curt Young (PAN)	55.20
—	Winthrop Graham (JAM)	DNF

See also

• 1992 Men's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Barcelona)
• 1993 Men's World Championships 400m Hurdles (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Men's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Helsinki)
• 1995 Men's World Championships 400m Hurdles (Gothenburg)
• 1997 Men's World Championships 400m Hurdles (Athens)
• 1998 Men's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Budapest)
• 1999 Men's World Championships 400m Hurdles (Seville)
• 2000 Men's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Sydney)

References

• Official Report
• Results