Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The Men's 400 metres Hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entry list of 23 competitors, with three qualifying heats (23 runners), two semi-finals (16) before the final (8) took place on Saturday July 26, 1980.[1]

Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueLenin Stadium
Dates25–26 July
Competitors23 from 20 nations
Winning time48.70
Medalists
Volker Beck
 East Germany
Vasyl Arkhypenko
 Soviet Union
Gary Oakes
 Great Britain
Athletics at the
1980 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
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

Final
RANK FINAL TIME
 Volker Beck (GDR) 48.70
 Vasyl Arkhypenko (URS) 48.86
 Gary Oakes (GBR) 49.11
4.  Nikolay Vasilyev (URS) 49.34
5.  Rok Kopitar (YUG) 49.67
6.  Horia Toboc (ROU) 49.84
7.  Franz Meier (SUI) 50.00
8.  Yanko Bratanov (BUL) 56.35

Semi finals
  • Held on Friday 1980-07-25
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Volker Beck (GDR) 50.36
2.  Rok Kopitar (YUG) 50.55
3.  Horia Toboc (ROU) 50.58
4.  Harry Schulting (NED) 50.61
5.  Aleksandr Kharlov (URS) 50.64
6.  József Szalai (HUN) 51.06
7.  Antônio Dias Ferreira (BRA) 52.31
—  Christer Gullstrand (SWE) DNS


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Vasyl Arkhypenko (URS) 49.80
2.  Nikolay Vasilyev (URS) 49.87
3.  Gary Oakes (GBR) 50.07
4.  Franz Meier (SUI) 50.12
5.  Yanko Bratanov (BUL) 50.17
6.  Ryszard Szparak (POL) 50.41
7.  John Akii-Bua (UGA) 51.10
8.  Juan Lloveras (ESP) 51.86

Heats
  • Held on Thursday 1980-07-24
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Nikolay Vasilyev (URS) 50.09
2.  Antônio Dias Ferreira (BRA) 50.14
3.  Volker Beck (GDR) 50.35
4.  Ryszard Szparak (POL) 50.45
5.  John Akii-Bua (UGA) 50.87
6.  Horia Toboc (ROU) 50.89
7.  Davison Lishebo (ZAM) 51.73


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Harry Schulting (NED) 50.01
2.  József Szalai (HUN) 50.23
3.  Gary Oakes (GBR) 50.39
4.  Aleksandr Kharlov (URS) 50.79
5.  José Casabona (ESP) 51.26
—  Wilfred Kareng (BOT) DNF
—  Leonel Teller (NCA) DNF
—  Ali Hassan Kadhum (IRQ) DNS


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Vasyl Arkhypenko (URS) 50.22
2.  Franz Meier (SUI) 50.32
3.  Rok Kopitar (YUG) 50.34
4.  Juan Lloveras (ESP) 50.48
5.  Yanko Bratanov (BUL) 50.56
6.  Christer Gullstrand (SWE) 50.95
7.  Amer Maaraoui (SYR) 53.26
8.  Abdultif Hashem (KUW) 53.31

See also
  • 1976 Men's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Montreal)
  • 1978 Men's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Prague)
  • 1982 Men's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Athens)
  • 1983 Men's World Championships 400m Hurdles (Helsinki)
  • 1984 Men's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Los Angeles)

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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