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Glenn Hardin broke the world record three times and was the record holder for over 21 years, between 1932 and 1953. Edwin Moses set his first record in 1976 and improved his own world record three times. He held the record from 1976 until 1992, when it was beaten by Kevin Young with a time of 46.78 seconds at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running.These are the current world records in various five-year-groups, maintained by WMA, the World Association of Masters Athletes, which is designated by the World Athletics (formerly IAAF) to conduct the worldwide sport of Masters ...
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 awards in a men's 400 m hurdles race were given in 1860 when a race was held in Oxford, England, over a course of 440 yards (402.336 m).While running the course, participants had to clear twelve wooden hurdles, over 100 centimetres tall, that had been spaced in even intervals.
Other criteria for inclusion include any athlete who held a world record (WR) or was ranked in the top three of their event by Track and Field News magazine (rankings since 1947). Finally, it includes any athlete ranked (by time) in the top three of a hurdles event for any given year since 1980.
Norway's Karsten Warholm needed a world record to beat Rai Bejamin in the men's 400m hurdles.
James Doyle Bolding, II (November 3, 1949 – July 31, 2011) was an American track and field athlete, primarily known for the 400 metres hurdles.. He was the current world record holder in the now rarely run 440-yard hurdles, [1] the predecessor to the current 400 metre hurdles (the 440 yard event is 2.336m, or seven feet eight inches, longer in distance).
McLaughlin-Levrone, the world record holder in the 400 hurdles, last competed in the event in August 2022. The 24-year-old displayed no signs of rust at the Edwin Moses Classic in Atlanta, as she ...