| Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 3000 m | women | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 38 competitors, with five qualifying heats (38 runners) and two semifinals (16) before the final (8) took place on Sunday September 25, 1988.
Contents |
| Gold | Andre Phillips United States (USA) |
| Silver | Amadou Dia Ba Senegal (SEN) |
| Bronze | Edwin Moses United States (USA) |
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.
| Date | Event | Athlete | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 25, 1988 | Final | Andre Phillips (USA) | 47.19s | OR |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 Mbaye (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 (BRN) | 51.34 |
| 7. | Yousif Al-Dossary (KSA) | 53.51 |
|
||||||||