400M hurdles men

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The Men's 400M Hurdles is an Olympic event. The event is conducted by running one lap around a 400M track with the runners jumping over hurdles.

2008 Olympic Trials

Men 400 Meter Hurdles
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       World: W 46.78  8/6/1992    Kevin Young, USA
    American: A 46.78  8/6/1992    Kevin Young, Foot Locker AC
          OT: T 47.37  7/17/1988   Edwin Moses, Team adidas
     Hayward: S 47.69  1993        Kevin Young, USA
    Name                    Year Team                    Finals
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Finals
  1 Bershawn Jackson             Nike                     48.17
  2 Kerron Clement               Nike                     48.36
  3 Angelo Taylor                Nike                     48.42
  4 Justin Gaymon                Georgia                  48.46
  5 Johnny Dutch                 South Carolina           48.52
  6 Brandon Johnson              Nike                     48.72
  7 Reuben McCoy                 Auburn                   49.18
  8 LaRon Bennett                unattached               50.89

2008 Olympic Games

The Americans swept the event earning the gold, silver and bronze medals.

Heats

Heat[2]	Lane	Name	Nationality	Results	Notes
1	2	Kenji Narisako	Japan	49.63
1	3	Pieter de Villiers	South Africa	49.24	Q
1	4	Bershawn Jackson	United States	49.20	Q
1	5	Harouna Garba	Niger	55.14
1	6	Mahau Suguimati	Brazil	49.45	Q
1	7	Edivaldo Monteiro	Portugal	49.89	SB
1	8	Jonathan Williams	Belize	49.61	q
2	3	Alexander Derevyagin	Russia	49.19	q
2	4	Bayano Kamani	Panama	49.05	q SB
2	5	Alwyn Myburgh	South Africa	48.92	Q SB
2	6	Danny McFarlane	Jamaica	48.86	Q
2	7	Ibrahima Maiga	Mali	50.57
2	8	Angelo Taylor	United States	48.67	Q
3	3	Meng Yan	China	49.73	SB
3	4	Marek Plawgo	Poland	49.17	Q
3	5	Markino Buckley	Jamaica	48.65	Q PB
3	6	Aleksey Pogorelov	Kyrgyzstan	51.47
3	7	Javier Culson	Puerto Rico	49.60	q
3	8	L.J. van Zyl	South Africa	48.86	Q
4	2	Yevgeniy Meleshenko	Kazakhstan	DNF
4	3	Isa Phillips	Jamaica	49.55	Q
4	4	Mowen Boino	Papua New Guinea	51.47	SB
4	5	Felix Sanchez	Dominican Republic	51.10
4	6	Kerron Clement	United States	49.42	Q
4	7	Dai Tamesue	Japan	49.82
4	8	Periklis Iakovakis	Greece	49.50	Q

Semifinals

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Angelo Taylor (USA)	47.94	Q
2	Bershawn Jackson (USA)	48.02	Q
3	L.J van Zyl (RSA)	48.57	Q
4	Marek Plawgo (POL)	48.75	Q
5	Isa Phillips (JAM)	48.85
6	Alexander Derevyagin (RUS)	49.23
7	Pieter de Villiers (RSA)	49.44
8	Javier Culson (PUR)	49.85

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Kerron Clement (USA)	48.27	Q
2	Danny McFarlane (JAM)	48.33	Q
3	Markino Buckley (JAM)	48.50	Q
4	Periklis Iakovakis (GRE)	48.69	Q
5	Alwyn Myburgh (RSA)	49.16
6	Jonathan Williams (BIZ)	49.64
7	Mahau Suguimati (BRA)	50.16
8	Bayano Kamani (PAN)	50.48

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time[3]
1	Angelo Taylor (USA)	47:25
2	Kerron Clement (USA)	47:98
3	Bershawn Jackson (USA)	48:06
4	Danny McFarlane (JAM)	48:30
5	L.J van Zyl (RSA)	48:42
6	Marek Plawgo (POL)	48:52
7	Markino Buckley (JAM)	48:60
8	Periklis Iakovakis (GRE)	49:96

References

1. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/events/2008/OlympicTrials-TF/results/F17.asp
2. ↑ 400 Metres Hurdles - M. Heats. IAAF. Retrieved on 2008-08-13.
3. ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode=3659/racedate=08-18-2008/sex=M/discCode=400H/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#det Retrieved 2008-08-18.