Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 38 competitors, with five qualifying heats (38 runners) and two semifinals (16) before the final (8) took place on Sunday September 25, 1988.[1]

Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates23 September 1988 (heats)
24 September 1988 (semi-finals)
25 September 1988 (final)
Competitors38 from 28 nations
Winning time47.19 OR
Medalists
Andre Phillips
 United States
Amadou Dia Ba
 Senegal
Edwin Moses
 United States
Athletics at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
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
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen
Wheelchair races

Medalists
GoldAndre Phillips
 United States
SilverAmadou Dia Ba
 Senegal
BronzeEdwin Moses
 United States

Records

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record 47.02 Edwin Moses Koblenz (FRG) August 31, 1983
Olympic Record 47.64 Edwin Moses Montreal (CAN) July 25, 1976

The following Olympic record was set during this competition.

DateEventAthleteTimeORWR
September 25, 1988Final Andre Phillips (USA)47.19sOR

Final
RANK FINAL TIME LANE
 Andre Phillips (USA) 47.19 (OR) 6
 Amadou Dia Ba (SEN) 47.23 (NR) 5
 Edwin Moses (USA) 47.56 3
4.  Kevin Young (USA) 47.94 2
5.  Winthrop Graham (JAM) 48.04 4
6.  Kriss Akabusi (GBR) 48.69 7
7.  Harald Schmid (FRG) 48.76 1
8.  Edgar Itt (FRG) 48.78 8

Semi finals
  • Held on Saturday September 24, 1988
RANK HEAT 1 TIME LANE
1.  Edwin Moses (USA) 47.89 3
2.  Kevin Young (USA) 48.56 5
3.  Harald Schmid (FRG) 48.93 1
4.  Kriss Akabusi (GBR) 49.22 6
5.  Joseph Maritim (KEN) 49.50 4
6.  José Alonso (ESP) 49.57 8
7.  Klaus Ehrle (AUT) 51.04 2
8.  John Graham (CAN) 51.33 7


RANK HEAT 2 TIME LANE
1.  Andre Phillips (USA) 48.19 5
2.  Winthrop Graham (JAM) 48.37 6
3.  Amadou Dia Ba (SEN) 48.48 4
4.  Edgar Itt (FRG) 48.86 2
5.  Toma Tomov (BUL) 48.90 3
6.  Simon Kitur (KEN) 49.74 1
7.  Alain Cuypers (BEL) 49.75 7
–  Gideon Yego (KEN) DSQ 8

Qualifying heats
  • Held on Friday September 23, 1988
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Amadou Dia Ba (SEN) 49.41
2.  Klaus Ehrle (AUT) 50.10
3.  John Graham (CAN) 50.30
4.  Hwang Hong-Chul (KOR) 50.52
5.  Philip Harries (GBR) 50.81
6.  Jasem Aldowaila (KUW) 51.87
7.  Dambar Kunwar (NEP) 56.80
—  Sven Nylander (SWE) DNS


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Harald Schmid (FRG) 49.77
2.  Simon Kitur (KEN) 49.88
3.  Alain Cuypers (BEL) 50.42
4.  Ahmed Ghanem (EGY) 50.44
5.  Ryoichi Yoshida (JPN) 50.49
6.  Samuel Matete (ZAM) 51.06
7.  Domingo Cordero (PUR) 51.26
8.  Jorge Fidel Ponce (HON) 55.38


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Edwin Moses (USA) 49.38
2.  Edgar Itt (FRG) 50.10
3.  José Alonso (ESP) 50.12
4.  Leigh Miller (AUS) 50.53
5.  Branislav Karaulić (YUG) 51.32
6.  Allan Ince (BAR) 52.76
7.  Oral Selkridge (ANT) 53.44


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Kevin Young (USA) 49.35
2.  Kriss Akabusi (GBR) 49.62
3.  Gideon Yego (KEN) 49.80
4.  Jozef Kucej (TCH) 49.89
5.  Rok Kopitar (YUG) 50.54
6.  Hamidou M'Baye (SEN) 50.58
7.  Benjamin Grant (SLE) 51.73
8.  Joseph Rodan (FIJ) 53.66


RANK HEAT 5 TIME
1.  Andre Phillips (USA) 49.34
2.  Winthrop Graham (JAM) 49.40
3.  Joseph Maritim (KEN) 49.64
4.  Toma Tomov (BUL) 49.66
5.  Max Robertson (GBR) 50.67
6.  Ahmed Hamada Jassim (BRN) 51.34
7.  Yousif Al-Dossary (KSA) 53.51

See also
  • 1987 Men's World Championships 400m Hurdles (Rome)
  • 1990 Men's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Split)
  • 1991 Men's World Championships 400m Hurdles (Tokyo)
  • 1992 Men's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Barcelona)

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
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