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

These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. The competition was held on July 23, 1976, and on July 25, 1976.[1]

Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date23 July 1976 (heats)
24 July 1976 (semi-final)
25 July 1976 (final)
Competitors23 from 16 nations
Winning time47.64 WR
Medalists
Edwin Moses
 United States
Michael Shine
 United States
Yevgeniy Gavrilenko
 Soviet Union
Athletics at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

Edwin Moses won the final in a world record and Olympic record time of 47.64 seconds. His time was initially noted as one hundredth slower, but this was rounded up after an analysis of the photo finish.[2]

Records

These are the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics.

World Record 47.82 John Akii-Bua Munich (FRG) September 2, 1972
Olympic Record 47.82 John Akii-Bua Munich (FRG) September 2, 1972

Final
  • Held on July 25, 1976
RANK FINAL TIME
 Edwin Moses (USA) 47.64 (WR)
 Michael Shine (USA) 48.69
 Yevgeniy Gavrilenko (URS) 49.45
4.  Quentin Wheeler (USA) 49.86
5.  José Carvalho (POR) 49.94
6.  Yanko Bratanov (BUL) 50.03
7.  Dámaso Alfonso (CUB) 50.19
8.  Alan Pascoe (GBR) 51.29

Semifinals
  • Held on July 24, 1976
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Michael Shine (USA) 49.90
2.  José Carvalho (POR) 49.97
3.  Yanko Bratanov (BUL) 50.11
4.  Quentin Wheeler (USA) 50.22
5.  Dmitry Stukalov (URS) 50.47
6.  Jean-Pierre Perrinelle (FRA) 50.82
—  Georgios Parris (GRE) DNF
—  Harald Schmid (FRG) DQ


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Edwin Moses (USA) 48.29
2.  Yevgeniy Gavrilenko (URS) 49.73
3.  Dámaso Alfonso (CUB) 49.84
4.  Alan Pascoe (GBR) 49.95
5.  Jean-Claude Nallet (FRA) 50.08
6.  Stavros Tziortzis (GRE) 50.30
7.  Jerzy Hewelt (POL) 50.57
8.  Julio Ferrer (PUR) 51.04

Heats
  • Held on July 23, 1972
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Stavros Tziortzis (GRE) 50.42
2.  Dámaso Alfonso (CUB) 50.76
3.  Jean-Claude Nallet (FRA) 50.77
4.  José Carvalho (POR) 50.99
5.  Don Hanly (AUS) 51.90


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Quentin Wheeler (USA) 50.32
2.  Harald Schmid (FRG) 50.57
3.  Jean-Pierre Perrinelle (FRA) 50.78
3.  Dmitry Stukalov (URS) 50.78
5.  Peter Grant (AUS) 51.07


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Michael Shine (USA) 50.91
2.  Yevgeniy Gavrilenko (URS) 50.93
3.  Jerzy Hewelt (POL) 51.39
4.  Yanko Bratanov (BUL) 51.84
5.  Abdul Latif Youssef Hashem (KUW) 53.06
6.  Conrad Mainwaring (ANT) 54.67


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Edwin Moses (USA) 49.95
2.  Alan Pascoe (GBR) 51.66
3.  Georgios Parris (GRE) 51.91
4.  Julio Ferrer (PUR) 52.45
5.  Kamil Al-Abbasi (KSA) 55.00
—  Jesús Villegas (COL) DNF

See also
  • 1972 Men's Olympic 400 metres hurdles (Munich)
  • 1978 Men's European Championships 400 metres hurdles (Prague)
  • 1980 Men's Olympic 400 metres hurdles (Moscow)

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  2. Olympic Games Medallists (Athletics - Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-07-04.
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