Charles Bacon

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Men's Athletics
Olympic medal record
Gold	1908 London	400 m hurdles

Charles Joseph Bacon, Jr. (January 9, 1883 – November 15, 1968) was an American athlete who won the 400 metres hurdles at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Just month and a half before the London Olympics, Bacon ran in Philadelphia a new unofficial world record of 55.8 in the 400 metres hurdles.

At the Olympic Games, he and fellow American Harry Hillman went over the last hurdle simultaneously, after which Bacon pulled away on the straight to win in a new world record of 55.0 seconds. This record was recognised by IAAF, thus Bacon became the first world record holder in the 400 metres hurdles.

Olympic champions in men's 400 m hurdles
1900: John Tewksbury \| 1904: Harry Hillman \| 1908: Charles Bacon \| 1920: Frank Loomis \| 1924: Morgan Taylor \| 1928: David Burghley \| 1932: Bob Tisdall \| 1936: Glenn Hardin \| 1948: Roy Cochran \| 1952: Charles Moore \| 1956: Glenn Davis \| 1960: Glenn Davis \| 1964: Rex Cawley \| 1968: David Hemery \| 1972: John Akii-Bua \| 1976 Edwin Moses \| 1980 Volker Beck \| 1984: Edwin Moses \| 1988: André Phillips \| 1992: Kevin Young \| 1996: Derrick Adkins \| 2000: Angelo Taylor \| 2004: Felix Sanchez

Olympic champions in men's 400 m hurdles