| Date | 3 – 6 August 1992 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Estadio Olímpico de Montjuïc, Barcelona |
| Participants | 47 from 35 countries |
The favorite in 1992 was Zambia’s Samuel Matete, who had won the 1991 World Championships. However, a hamstring problem hurt him in the semi-finals and he did not qualify for the final.
In the final, Kevin Young (USA) pulled into the lead at the fourth hurdle and continued pushing the pace. Young’s PR going into Barcelona was 47.72, but he had designs on breaking the 47-second barrier and put signs up in his room at the Olympic Village reading “46.89” – the time he was aiming for. Maintaining a 13-stride pattern around the final turn, Young kept putting on the pressure and crossed the line in 46.78, a stunning world record. Behind him, Jamaica’s Winthrop Graham won silver, and Britain’s Kriss Akabusi won bronze, as they had at the 1991 World Championships.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | R1 | SF | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1785 | Kevin Young |  USA | 48.76 (1 h1) | 47.63 (2 h2) | 46.78 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 1046 | Winthrop Graham |  JAM | 48.51 (1 h7) | 47.62 (1 h2) | 47.66 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 684 | Kriss Akabusi |  GBR | 48.98 (1 h6) | 48.01 (1 h1) | 47.82 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 626 | Stéphane Diagana |  FRA | 48.41 (2 h3) | 48.28 (2 h1) | 48.13 (4) | |||
| 5 | 1577 | Niklas Wallenlind |  SWE | 48.71 (2 h7) | 48.35 (3 h1) | 48.63 (5) | |||
| 6 | 573 | Oleg Tverdokhleb |  EUN | 48.68 (3 h3) | 49.11 (3 h2) | 48.63 (6) | |||
| 7 | 619 | Stéphane Caristan | FRA | 49.16 (2 h1) | 49.50 (4 h2) | 48.86 (7) | |||
| 8 | 1746 | David Patrick | USA | 49.56 (2 h5) | 48.47 (4 h1) | 49.26 (8) | |||
| 5 h1 r2/3 | 1740 | McClinton Neal | USA | 49.13 (1 h4) | 48.71 (5 h1) | – | |||
| 5 h2 r2/3 | 1119 | Barnabas Kinyor |  KEN | 48.90 (3 h7) | 49.52 (5 h2) | – | |||
| 6 h1 r2/3 | 1116 | Erick Keter | KEN | 48.28 (1 h3) | 49.01 (6 h1) | – | |||
| 6 h2 r2/3 | 1573 | Sven Nylander | SWE | 49.49 (1 h5) | 49.64 (6 h2) | – | |||
| 7 h1 r2/3 | 821 | Carsten Köhrbrück |  GER | 49.37 (2 h4) | 49.41 (7 h1) | – | |||
| 8 h1 r2/3 | 151 | Eronildes Araújo |  BRA | 49.10 (2 h6) | 49.66 (8 h1) | – | |||
| AC h2 r2/3 | 1815 | Samuel Matete |  ZAM | 49.89 (1 h2) | – (DQ h2) | – | |||
| 2 h2 r1/3 | 811 | Olaf Hense | GER | 49.97 (2 h2) | – (DNS h2) | – | |||
| 3 h1 r1/3 | 1145 | Gideon Yego | KEN | 49.23 (3 h1) | – | – | |||
| 3 h2 r1/3 | 1425 | Domingo Cordero |  PUR | 50.19 (3 h2) | – | – | |||
| 3 h4 r1/3 | 1495 | Amadou Dia Bâ |  SEN | 49.47 (3 h4) | – | – | |||
| 3 h5 r1/3 | 1600 | Jozef Kucej |  TCH | 50.28 (3 h5) | – | – | |||
| 3 h6 r1/3 | 1015 | Fabrizio Mori |  ITA | 49.16 (3 h6) | – | – | |||
| 4 h1 r1/3 | 879 | Athanasios Kalogiannis |  GRE | 49.52 (4 h1) | – | – | |||
| 4 h2 r1/3 | 1105 | Kazuhiko Yamazaki |  JPN | 50.30 (4 h2) | – | – | |||
| 4 h3 r1/3 | 224 | Mark Jackson |  CAN | 49.18 (4 h3) | – | – | |||
| 4 h4 r1/3 | 1482 | Dries Vorster |  RSA | 49.75 (4 h4) | – | – | |||
| 4 h5 r1/3 | 1194 | Hubert Rakotombélontsoa |  MAD | 51.54 (4 h5) | – | – | |||
| 4 h6 r1/3 | 49 | Simon Hollingsworth |  AUS | 49.74 (4 h6) | – | – | |||
| 4 h7 r1/3 | 1091 | Yoshihiko Saito | JPN | 49.01 (4 h7) | – | – | |||
| 5 h1 r1/3 | 971 | Aleksey Bazarov |  ISR | 50.33 (5 h1) | – | – | |||
| 5 h2 r1/3 | 576 | Vadim Zadoinov | EUN | 51.21 (5 h2) | – | – | |||
| 5 h3 r1/3 | 1415 | Pedro Rodrigues |  POR | 49.46 (5 h3) | – | – | |||
| 5 h5 r1/3 | 1611 | Paea Kokohu |  TGA | 56.99 (5 h5) | – | – | |||
| 5 h6 r1/3 | 1384 | Paweł Woźniak |  POL | 50.30 (5 h6) | – | – | |||
| 5 h7 r1/3 | 183 | Asen Markov |  BUL | 50.21 (5 h7) | – | – | |||
| 6 h1 r1/3 | 198 | Jacques-Henri Brunet |  CAF | 52.59 (6 h1) | – | – | |||
| 6 h2 r1/3 | 1358 | Baobo Neuendorf |  PNG | 53.30 (6 h2) | – | – | |||
| 6 h3 r1/3 | 1344 | Ghulam Abbas |  PAK | 50.57 (6 h3) | – | – | |||
| 6 h6 r1/3 | 1619 | Charnon Keanchan |  THA | 50.60 (6 h6) | – | – | |||
| 6 h7 r1/3 | 1507 | Giovanni Fanny |  SEY | 52.63 (6 h7) | – | – | |||
| 7 h1 r1/3 | 1656 | Abdullah Sabt Ghulam |  UAE | 56.20 (7 h1) | – | – | |||
| 7 h2 r1/3 | 895 | Amadou Sy Savané |  GUI | 54.26 (7 h2) | – | – | |||
| 7 h3 r1/3 | 580 | Autiko Daunakamakama |  FIJ | 53.90 (7 h3) | – | – | |||
| 7 h6 r1/3 | 898 | Richard Bentley |  GUM | 57.04 (7 h6) | – | – | |||
| 7 h7 r1/3 | 327 | Alex Foster |  CRC | 52.93 (7 h7) | – | – | |||
| AC h4 r1/3 | 137 | Pedro Chiamulera | BRA | – (DNF h4) | – | – | |||
| AC h5 r1/3 | 755 | Max Robertson | GBR | – (DNF h5) | – | – | |||
| AC h5 r1/3 | 1066 | Mark Thompson | JAM | – (DQ h5) | – | – | |||
| 1650 | Fadhel Khayati |  TUN | – (DNS h4) | – | – | ||||
| 1586 | Zaid Abou Hamed |  SYR | – (DNS h4) | – | – |
| Date | 3 August 1992 — 12:15 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top 2 in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the semi-finals. |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Kevin Young | USA | 48.76 | ||
| 2 | 6 | Stéphane Caristan | FRA | 49.16 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Gideon Yego | KEN | 49.23 | ||
| 4 | 5 | Athanasios Kalogiannis | GRE | 49.52 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Aleksey Bazarov | ISR | 50.33 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Jacques-Henri Brunet | CAF | 52.59 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Abdullah Sabt Ghulam | UAE | 56.20 |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Samuel Matete | ZAM | 49.89 | 5 | |
| 2 | 7 | Olaf Hense | GER | 49.97 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Domingo Cordero | PUR | 50.19 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Kazuhiko Yamazaki | JPN | 50.30 | ||
| 5 | 8 | Vadim Zadoinov | EUN | 51.21 | 6 | |
| 6 | 3 | Baobo Neuendorf | PNG | 53.30 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Amadou Sy Savané | GUI | 54.26 |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Erick Keter | KEN | 48.28 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Stéphane Diagana | FRA | 48.41 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Oleg Tverdokhleb | EUN | 48.68 | ||
| 4 | 7 | Mark Jackson | CAN | 49.18 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Pedro Rodrigues | POR | 49.46 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Ghulam Abbas | PAK | 50.57 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Autiko Daunakamakama | FIJ | 53.90 |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | McClinton Neal | USA | 49.13 | 7 | |
| 2 | 4 | Carsten Köhrbrück | GER | 49.37 | ||
| 3 | 6 | Amadou Dia Bâ | SEN | 49.47 | 8 | |
| 4 | 3 | Dries Vorster | RSA | 49.75 | ||
| 8 | Pedro Chiamulera | BRA | – | |||
| 2 | Fadhel Khayati | TUN | – | |||
| 5 | Zaid Abou Hamed | SYR | – |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Sven Nylander | SWE | 49.49 | ||
| 2 | 6 | David Patrick | USA | 49.56 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Jozef Kucej | TCH | 50.28 | ||
| 4 | 8 | Hubert Rakotombélontsoa | MAD | 51.54 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Paea Kokohu | TGA | 56.99 | ||
| 3 | Max Robertson | GBR | – | |||
| 2 | Mark Thompson | JAM | – |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Kriss Akabusi | GBR | 48.98 | ||
| 2 | 8 | Eronildes Araújo | BRA | 49.10 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Fabrizio Mori | ITA | 49.16 | ||
| 4 | 7 | Simon Hollingsworth | AUS | 49.74 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Paweł Woźniak | POL | 50.30 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Charnon Keanchan | THA | 50.60 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Richard Bentley | GUM | 57.04 |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Winthrop Graham | JAM | 48.51 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Niklas Wallenlind | SWE | 48.71 | ||
| 3 | 7 | Barnabas Kinyor | KEN | 48.90 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Yoshihiko Saito | JPN | 49.01 | ||
| 5 | 8 | Asen Markov | BUL | 50.21 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Giovanni Fanny | SEY | 52.63 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Alex Foster | CRC | 52.93 |
| Date | 5 August 1992 — 19:15 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top 4 in each heat advanced to the final. |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time (automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1046 | Winthrop Graham | JAM | 47.62 | ||
| 2 | 1785 | Kevin Young | USA | 47.63 | ||
| 3 | 684 | Kriss Akabusi | GBR | 48.01 | ||
| 4 | 626 | Stéphane Diagana | FRA | 48.28 | ||
| 5 | 1577 | Niklas Wallenlind | SWE | 48.35 | ||
| 6 | 1746 | David Patrick | USA | 48.47 | ||
| 7 | 1740 | McClinton Neal | USA | 48.71 | ||
| 8 | 1116 | Erick Keter | KEN | 49.01 | ||
| 9 | 573 | Oleg Tverdokhleb | EUN | 49.11 | ||
| 10 | 821 | Carsten Köhrbrück | GER | 49.41 | ||
| 11 | 619 | Stéphane Caristan | FRA | 49.50 | ||
| 12 | 1119 | Barnabas Kinyor | KEN | 49.52 | ||
| 13 | 1573 | Sven Nylander | SWE | 49.64 | ||
| 14 | 151 | Eronildes Araújo | BRA | 49.66 | ||
| 1815 | Samuel Matete | ZAM | – | |||
| 811 | Olaf Hense | GER | – |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Kriss Akabusi | GBR | 48.01 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Stéphane Diagana | FRA | 48.28 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Niklas Wallenlind | SWE | 48.35 | ||
| 4 | 1 | David Patrick | USA | 48.47 | ||
| 5 | 8 | McClinton Neal | USA | 48.71 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Erick Keter | KEN | 49.01 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Carsten Köhrbrück | GER | 49.41 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Eronildes Araújo | BRA | 49.66 |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Winthrop Graham | JAM | 47.62 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Kevin Young | USA | 47.63 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Oleg Tverdokhleb | EUN | 49.11 | ||
| 4 | 7 | Stéphane Caristan | FRA | 49.50 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Barnabas Kinyor | KEN | 49.52 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Sven Nylander | SWE | 49.64 | ||
| 1 | Samuel Matete | ZAM | – | |||
| 8 | Olaf Hense | GER | – |
| Date | 6 August 1992 — 19:00 |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Kevin Young | USA | 46.78 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Winthrop Graham | JAM | 47.66 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Kriss Akabusi | GBR | 47.82 | ||
| 4 | 6 | Stéphane Diagana | FRA | 48.13 | ||
| 5 | 8 | Niklas Wallenlind | SWE | 48.63 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Oleg Tverdokhleb | EUN | 48.63 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Stéphane Caristan | FRA | 48.86 | ||
| 8 | 7 | David Patrick | USA | 49.26 |
