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400 metres Hurdles, Men

Date	29 July – 1 August 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	55 from 35 countries

The last two World Championships had been won by Americans – 1995 by Derrick Adkins, and 1993 by the Barcelona Olympic champion, Kevin Young. Both years, the runner-up had been Zambia’s Samuel Matete. Matete had been the 1991 World Champion and was favored at the 1992 Olympics, but a hamstring problem kept him from the final. He was favored in Atlanta, having run the best times earlier in the year, and having beaten Adkins in four of five races in 1996.

Adkins and Matete moved into the lead in the final at the seventh hurdle, but Adkins took the lead going in to the straight and held on for the gold medal, Matete getting silver.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Derrick Adkins	USA	48.46 (1 h7)	47.76 (1 h1)	47.54 (1)	Gold
2	Samuel Matete	ZAM	48.21 (1 h3)	48.28 (3 h2)	47.78 (2)	Silver
3	Calvin Davis	USA	48.94 (1 h6)	47.91 (1 h2)	47.96 (3)	Bronze
4	Sven Nylander	SWE	49.54 (2 h6)	48.21 (2 h1)	47.98 (4)
5	Rohan Robinson	AUS	48.89 (2 h3)	48.28 (4 h2)	48.30 (5)
6	Fabrizio Mori	ITA	48.90 (2 h1)	48.43 (3 h1)	48.41 (6)
7	Éverson Teixeira	BRA	48.52 (2 h7)	48.28 (2 h2)	48.57 (7)
8	Eronildes Araújo	BRA	48.52 (1 h2)	48.45 (4 h1)	48.78 (8)
5 h1 r2/3	Dusán Kovács	HUN	49.23 (2 h4)	48.57 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	Neil Gardner	JAM	48.59 (4 h7)	48.30 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r2/3	Ken Harnden	ZIM	48.54 (3 h7)	48.61 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	Laurent Ottoz	ITA	48.92 (2 h2)	48.52 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r2/3	Jon Ridgeon	GBR	49.31 (1 h5)	49.43 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	Ibou Faye	SEN	48.84 (1 h1)	48.84 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r2/3	Bryan Bronson	USA	49.06 (1 h4)	50.32 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r2/3	Marc Dollendorf	BEL	49.49 (2 h5)	48.91 (8 h2)	–
3 h1 r1/3	Kazuhiko Yamazaki	JPN	49.07 (3 h1)	–	–
3 h2 r1/3	Carlos Silva	POR	49.09 (3 h2)	–	–
3 h3 r1/3	Erick Keter	KEN	49.03 (3 h3)	–	–
3 h4 r1/3	Paweł Januszewski	POL	49.63 (3 h4)	–	–
3 h5 r1/3	Ruslan Mashchenko	RUS	49.94 (3 h5)	–	–
3 h6 r1/3	Ashraf Saber	ITA	49.71 (3 h6)	–	–
4 h1 r1/3	Dinsdale Morgan	JAM	49.16 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r1/3	Mubarak Sultan Al-Nubi Faraj	QAT	49.27 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	Vadim Zadoinov	MDA	49.73 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	Hideaki Kawamura	JPN	49.88 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r1/3	Egīls Tēbelis	LAT	50.73 (4 h5)	–	–
4 h6 r1/3	Gideon Biwott	KEN	49.74 (4 h6)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	Kenny Aladefa	NGR	49.60 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	Miro Kocuvan	SLO	49.66 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily	KSA	49.94 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	Julius Masvanhise	ZIM	50.16 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	Domingo Cordero	PUR	51.20 (5 h5)	–	–
5 h6 r1/3	Tom McGuirk	IRL	50.76 (5 h6)	–	–
5 h7 r1/3	Shunji Karube	JPN	48.96 (5 h7)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	Peter Crampton	GBR	49.78 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	Jean-Paul Bruwier	BEL	49.69 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	Hamidou M'Baye	SEN	50.30 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	Jozef Kucej	SVK	50.31 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r1/3	Marcel Schelbert	SUI	51.20 (6 h5)	–	–
6 h6 r1/3	Cléverson da Silva	BRA	51.23 (6 h6)	–	–
6 h7 r1/3	Gary Jennings	GBR	50.41 (6 h7)	–	–
7 h1 r1/3	Gilbert Hashan	MRI	49.94 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r1/3	Barnabas Kinyor	KEN	49.82 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r1/3	Llewellyn Herbert	RSA	51.13 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r1/3	Amadou Sy Savané	GUI	50.90 (7 h4)	–	–
7 h5 r1/3	Curt Young	PAN	55.20 (7 h5)	–	–
7 h6 r1/3	Óscar Pitillas	ESP	51.35 (7 h6)	–	–
7 h7 r1/3	Íñigo Monreal	ESP	52.23 (7 h7)	–	–
8 h1 r1/3	Salvador Vila	ESP	50.55 (8 h1)	–	–
8 h2 r1/3	Mugur Mateescu	ROU	49.97 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h4 r1/3	Simon Hollingsworth	AUS	52.16 (8 h4)	–	–
8 h6 r1/3	Lancelot Gittens	GUY	54.79 (8 h6)	–	–
8 h7 r1/3	Ivan Wakit	PNG	53.42 (8 h7)	–	–
AC h5 r1/3	Winthrop Graham	JAM	– (DNF h5)	–	–

Round One

Date	29 July 1996
Format	Top 2 in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Reaction Time
1	Samuel Matete	ZAM	48.21	0.291	Q
2	Derrick Adkins	USA	48.46	0.305	Q
=3	Eronildes Araújo	BRA	48.52	0.195	Q
=3	Éverson Teixeira	BRA	48.52	0.325	Q
5	Ken Harnden	ZIM	48.54	0.294	q
6	Neil Gardner	JAM	48.59	0.311	q
7	Ibou Faye	SEN	48.84	0.370	Q
8	Rohan Robinson	AUS	48.89	0.203	Q
9	Fabrizio Mori	ITA	48.90	0.356	Q
10	Laurent Ottoz	ITA	48.92	0.179	Q
11	Calvin Davis	USA	48.94	0.186	Q
12	Shunji Karube	JPN	48.96	0.238
13	Erick Keter	KEN	49.03	0.222
14	Bryan Bronson	USA	49.06	0.301	Q
15	Kazuhiko Yamazaki	JPN	49.07	0.307
16	Carlos Silva	POR	49.09	0.318
17	Dinsdale Morgan	JAM	49.16	0.256
18	Dusán Kovács	HUN	49.23	0.340	Q
19	Mubarak Sultan Al-Nubi Faraj	QAT	49.27	0.246
20	Jon Ridgeon	GBR	49.31	0.163	Q
21	Marc Dollendorf	BEL	49.49	0.285	Q
22	Sven Nylander	SWE	49.54	0.263	Q
23	Kenny Aladefa	NGR	49.60	0.282
24	Paweł Januszewski	POL	49.63	0.253
25	Miro Kocuvan	SLO	49.66	0.268
26	Jean-Paul Bruwier	BEL	49.69	0.415
27	Ashraf Saber	ITA	49.71	0.396
28	Vadim Zadoinov	MDA	49.73	0.197
29	Gideon Biwott	KEN	49.74	0.347
30	Peter Crampton	GBR	49.78	0.230
31	Barnabas Kinyor	KEN	49.82	0.340
32	Hideaki Kawamura	JPN	49.88	0.282
=33	Gilbert Hashan	MRI	49.94	0.221
=33	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily	KSA	49.94	0.601
=33	Ruslan Mashchenko	RUS	49.94	0.266
36	Mugur Mateescu	ROU	49.97	0.298
37	Julius Masvanhise	ZIM	50.16	0.360
38	Hamidou M'Baye	SEN	50.30	0.258
39	Jozef Kucej	SVK	50.31	0.211
40	Gary Jennings	GBR	50.41	0.262
41	Salvador Vila	ESP	50.55	0.243
42	Egīls Tēbelis	LAT	50.73	0.344
43	Tom McGuirk	IRL	50.76	0.204
44	Amadou Sy Savané	GUI	50.90	0.198
45	Llewellyn Herbert	RSA	51.13	0.269
46	Domingo Cordero	PUR	51.20	0.322
47	Marcel Schelbert	SUI	51.20	0.263
48	Cléverson da Silva	BRA	51.23	0.342
49	Óscar Pitillas	ESP	51.35	0.263
50	Simon Hollingsworth	AUS	52.16	0.399
51	Íñigo Monreal	ESP	52.23	0.257
52	Ivan Wakit	PNG	53.42	0.280
53	Lancelot Gittens	GUY	54.79	0.280
54	Curt Young	PAN	55.20	0.192
DNF	Winthrop Graham	JAM	–	0.306

Heat #1

Time	11:45

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	Ibou Faye	SEN	48.84	0.370	Q
2	Fabrizio Mori	ITA	48.90	0.356	Q
3	Kazuhiko Yamazaki	JPN	49.07	0.307
4	Dinsdale Morgan	JAM	49.16	0.256
5	Kenny Aladefa	NGR	49.60	0.282
6	Peter Crampton	GBR	49.78	0.230
7	Gilbert Hashan	MRI	49.94	0.221
8	Salvador Vila	ESP	50.55	0.243

Heat #2

Time	11:50

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	Eronildes Araújo	BRA	48.52	0.195	Q
2	Laurent Ottoz	ITA	48.92	0.179	Q
3	Carlos Silva	POR	49.09	0.318
4	Mubarak Sultan Al-Nubi Faraj	QAT	49.27	0.246
5	Miro Kocuvan	SLO	49.66	0.268
6	Jean-Paul Bruwier	BEL	49.69	0.415
7	Barnabas Kinyor	KEN	49.82	0.340
8	Mugur Mateescu	ROU	49.97	0.298

Heat #3

Time	11:55

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	Samuel Matete	ZAM	48.21	0.291	Q
2	Rohan Robinson	AUS	48.89	0.203	Q
3	Erick Keter	KEN	49.03	0.222
4	Vadim Zadoinov	MDA	49.73	0.197
5	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily	KSA	49.94	0.601
6	Hamidou M'Baye	SEN	50.30	0.258
7	Llewellyn Herbert	RSA	51.13	0.269

Heat #4

Time	12:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	Bryan Bronson	USA	49.06	0.301	Q
2	Dusán Kovács	HUN	49.23	0.340	Q
3	Paweł Januszewski	POL	49.63	0.253
4	Hideaki Kawamura	JPN	49.88	0.282
5	Julius Masvanhise	ZIM	50.16	0.360
6	Jozef Kucej	SVK	50.31	0.211
7	Amadou Sy Savané	GUI	50.90	0.198
8	Simon Hollingsworth	AUS	52.16	0.399

Heat #5

Time	12:05

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	Jon Ridgeon	GBR	49.31	0.163	Q
2	Marc Dollendorf	BEL	49.49	0.285	Q
3	Ruslan Mashchenko	RUS	49.94	0.266
4	Egīls Tēbelis	LAT	50.73	0.344
5	Domingo Cordero	PUR	51.20	0.322
6	Marcel Schelbert	SUI	51.20	0.263
7	Curt Young	PAN	55.20	0.192
DNF	Winthrop Graham	JAM	–	0.306

Heat #6

Time	12:10

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	Calvin Davis	USA	48.94	0.186	Q
2	Sven Nylander	SWE	49.54	0.263	Q
3	Ashraf Saber	ITA	49.71	0.396
4	Gideon Biwott	KEN	49.74	0.347
5	Tom McGuirk	IRL	50.76	0.204
6	Cléverson da Silva	BRA	51.23	0.342
7	Óscar Pitillas	ESP	51.35	0.263
8	Lancelot Gittens	GUY	54.79	0.280

Heat #7

Time	12:15

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	Derrick Adkins	USA	48.46	0.305	Q
2	Éverson Teixeira	BRA	48.52	0.325	Q
3	Ken Harnden	ZIM	48.54	0.294	q
4	Neil Gardner	JAM	48.59	0.311	q
5	Shunji Karube	JPN	48.96	0.238
6	Gary Jennings	GBR	50.41	0.262
7	Íñigo Monreal	ESP	52.23	0.257
8	Ivan Wakit	PNG	53.42	0.280

Semi-Finals

Date	31 July 1996
Format	Top 4 in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Reaction Time
1	Derrick Adkins	USA	47.76	0.195	Q
2	Calvin Davis	USA	47.91	0.224	Q
3	Sven Nylander	SWE	48.21	0.184	Q
4	Éverson Teixeira	BRA	48.28	0.209	Q
5	Samuel Matete	ZAM	48.28	0.276	Q
6	Rohan Robinson	AUS	48.28	0.285	Q
7	Neil Gardner	JAM	48.30	0.180
8	Fabrizio Mori	ITA	48.43	0.187	Q
9	Eronildes Araújo	BRA	48.45	0.288	Q
10	Laurent Ottoz	ITA	48.52	0.172
11	Dusán Kovács	HUN	48.57	0.300
12	Ken Harnden	ZIM	48.61	0.331
13	Ibou Faye	SEN	48.84	0.345
14	Marc Dollendorf	BEL	48.91	0.281
15	Jon Ridgeon	GBR	49.43	0.225
16	Bryan Bronson	USA	50.32	0.287

Heat #1

Time	19:15

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	Derrick Adkins	USA	47.76	0.195	Q
2	Sven Nylander	SWE	48.21	0.184	Q
3	Fabrizio Mori	ITA	48.43	0.187	Q
4	Eronildes Araújo	BRA	48.45	0.288	Q
5	Dusán Kovács	HUN	48.57	0.300
6	Ken Harnden	ZIM	48.61	0.331
7	Jon Ridgeon	GBR	49.43	0.225
8	Bryan Bronson	USA	50.32	0.287

Heat #2

Time	19:20

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	Calvin Davis	USA	47.91	0.224	Q
2	Éverson Teixeira	BRA	48.28	0.209	Q
3	Samuel Matete	ZAM	48.28	0.276	Q
4	Rohan Robinson	AUS	48.28	0.285	Q
5	Neil Gardner	JAM	48.30	0.180
6	Laurent Ottoz	ITA	48.52	0.172
7	Ibou Faye	SEN	48.84	0.345
8	Marc Dollendorf	BEL	48.91	0.281

Final Round

Date	1 August 1996 — 20:25

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	Derrick Adkins	USA	47.54	0.294
2	Samuel Matete	ZAM	47.78	0.184
3	Calvin Davis	USA	47.96	0.267
4	Sven Nylander	SWE	47.98	0.225
5	Rohan Robinson	AUS	48.30	0.283
6	Fabrizio Mori	ITA	48.41	0.192
7	Éverson Teixeira	BRA	48.57	0.201
8	Eronildes Araújo	BRA	48.78	0.199