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400-Meter Hurdles Men's Olympic Medalists

By Mike Rosenbaum, About.com

The gold, silver, and bronze medal winners in the men’s 400-meter hurdles from the Summer Olympic games.

  • 1900
    GOLD Walter Tewksbury, USA 57.6
    SILVER Henri Tauzin, FRA 58.3
    BRONZE George Orton, CAN 58.9

  • 1904
    GOLD Harry Hillman, USA 53.0
    SILVER Frank Waller, USA 53.2
    BRONZE George Poage, USA 58.4

  • 1908
    GOLD Charles Bacon, USA 55.0
    SILVER Harry Hillman, USA 55.3
    BRONZE Jimmy Tremeer, GBR 57.0

  • 1920
    GOLD Frank Loomis, USA 54.0
    SILVER John Norton, USA 54.6
    BRONZE August Desch, USA 54.7

  • 1924
    GOLD Morgan Taylor, USA 52.6
    SILVER Erik Wilén, FIN 53.8
    BRONZE Ivan Riley, USA 54.2

  • 1928
    GOLD Lord Burghley, GBR 53.4
    SILVER Frank Cuhel, USA 53.6
    BRONZE MorganTaylor, USA 53.6

  • 1932
    GOLD Robert Tisdall, IRL 51.67
    SILVER Glenn Hardin, USA 51.85
    BRONZE MorganTaylor, USA 51.96

  • 1936
    GOLD Glenn Hardin, USA 52.4
    SILVER John Loaring, CAN 52.7
    BRONZE Miguel White, PHI 52.8

  • 1948
    GOLD Roy Cochran, USA 51.1
    SILVER Duncan White, SRI 51.8
    BRONZE Rune Larsson, SWE 52.2

  • 1952
    GOLD Charlie Moore, USA 51.06
    SILVER Yuriy Lituyev, URS 51.51
    BRONZE John Holland, NZL 52.26

  • 1956
    GOLD Glenn Davis, USA 50.29
    SILVER Eddie Southern, USA 50.94
    BRONZE Josh Culbreath, USA 51.74

  • 1960
    GOLD Glenn Davis, USA 49.51
    SILVER Clifton Cushman, USA 49.77
    BRONZE Dick Howard, USA 49.90

  • 1964
    GOLD Rex Cawley, USA 49.6
    SILVER John Cooper, GBR 50.1
    BRONZE Salvatore Morale, ITA 50.1

  • 1968
    GOLD David Hemery, GBR 48.12
    SILVER Gerhard Hennige, FRG 49.02
    BRONZE John Sherwood, GBR 49.03

  • 1972
    GOLD John Akii-Bua, UGA 47.82
    SILVER Ralph Mann, USA 48.51
    BRONZE David Hemery, GBR 48.52

  • 1976
    GOLD Edwin Moses, USA 47.63
    SILVER Mike Shine, USA 48.69
    BRONZE Yevgeniy Gavrilenko, URS 49.45

  • 1980
    GOLD Volker Beck, GDR 48.70
    SILVER Vasiliy Arkhipenko, URS 48.86
    BRONZE Gary Oakes, GBR 49.11

  • 1984
    GOLD Edwin Moses, USA 47.75
    SILVER Danny Harris, USA 48.13
    BRONZE Harald Schmid, FRG 48.19

  • 1988
    GOLD Andre Phillips, USA 47.19
    SILVER Amadou Dia Bâ, SEN 47.23
    BRONZE Edwin Moses, USA 47.56

  • 1992
    GOLD Kevin Young, USA 46.78
    SILVER Winthrop Graham, JAM 47.66
    BRONZE Kriss Akabusi, GBR 47.82

  • 1996
    GOLD Derrick Adkins, USA 47.54
    SILVER Samuel Matete, ZAM 47.78
    BRONZE Calvin Davis, USA 47.96

  • 2000
    GOLD Angelo Taylor, USA 47.50
    SILVER Hadi Al-Somaily, KSA 47.53
    BRONZE Llewellyn Herbert, RSA 47.81

  • 2004
    GOLD Felix Sánchez, DOM 47.63
    SILVER Danny McFarlane, JAM 48.11
    BRONZE Naman Keita, FRA 48.26

  • 2008
    GOLD Angelo Taylor, USA 47.25
    SILVER Kerron Clement, USA 47.98
    BRONZE Bershawn Jackson, USA 48.06


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