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Edwin Corley Moses (born August 31, 1955) is an American former hurdler who won gold medals in the 400 m hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals (122 consecutive races) and set the world record in the event four times.
The first world record in the men's 400 metres hurdles was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. That inaugural record was the performance by Charles Bacon at the 1908 Olympics. [1] Three athletes, all from the United States, have had long-standing records.
Edwin Corley Moses is an American former track and field athlete who won gold medals in the 400 meter hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals ...
None of the Americans were particularly prominent; the United States team was led by Edwin Moses, a hurdler competing in his first international meet, though he would go on to become the preeminent athlete in the event. [2] Antigua and Barbuda, Bulgaria, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia each made their debut in the event.
Edwin Moses always loved the sport of track and field.But reaching the Olympics always seemed like a tall order.. At a young age, Moses was a lot smaller than the other runners. In high school, he ...
Not long after Edwin Moses figured out how to attack the solution to track's ultimate math problem, he transformed himself into the best hurdler in history. That, in turn, gave the engineer-turned-Olympic champion the platform to go after more difficult issues that, even today, more than 40 years later, nobody has totally untangled.
Edwin Moses, United States: 47.02 seconds August 31, 1983 On his 28th birthday, in a race at Koblenz, Germany, the American hurdler gave himself a new world record as a birthday present.
Also returning was 1976 gold medalist Edwin Moses of the United States, who had not competed in 1980 due to the American-led boycott. Moses had not lost a 400 metres hurdles race since 26 August, 1977; he had won 89 consecutive finals since then, including the inaugural 1983 World Championship.