Men 400m Hurdles Athletics XIX Olympic Games Mexico 1968 - Tuesday 15.10 - Gold Medal: Dave Hemery, Great Britain
FinaltimeelectrL
1. Dave HemeryGBR Great Britain48.1s WR48.12s6
2. Gerhard HennigeFRG West Germany49.0s49.02s2
3. John SherwoodGBR Great Britain49.0s49.03s8
4. Geoff VanderstockUSA United States49.0s49.07s3
5. Vyacheslav SkomorokhovURS Soviet Union49.1s49.12s5
6. Ron WhitneyUSA United States49.2s49.27s7
7. Rainer SchubertFRG West Germany49.2s49.30s1
8. Roberto FrinolliITA Italy50.1s50.13s4
world Men 400m Hurdles History
Olympic Men 400m Hurdles 1964
Olympic Men 400m Hurdles 1972
Competitors: 30; Countries: 24
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Semi-Finals 14.10

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Heats

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Semi-Finals Monday 14.10

Semi 1time
1. Roberto FrinolliITA Italy49.2s
2. Geoff VanderstockUSA United States49.2s
3. John SherwoodGBR Great Britain49.3s
4. Rainer SchubertFRG West Germany49.3s
5. Juan DyrzkaARG Argentina49.8s
6. Jaakko TuominenFIN Finland50.8s
7. John CooperGBR Great Britain50.8s
8. V­ctor MaldonadoVEN Venezuela52.2s
Semi 2time
1. Gerhard HennigeFRG West Germany49.1s
2. Rainer WhitneyUSA United States49.2s
3. David HemeryGBR Great Britain49.3s
4. Viacheslav SkomarokhovURS Soviet Union49.6s
5. Gary KnokeAUS Australia49.6s
6. Robert PoirierFRA France51.2s
7. Roger JohnsonNZL New Zealand51.8s
8. Mamadou SarrSEN Senegal52.1s
The altitude which had hurt so many distance runners here was a god- send to the 400m hurdlers, as all eight finalists ran faster in Mexico City than they ever did at low altitude. Six men ran quicker than 50 sec- onds in the first round, two more than in all Olympic history prior to 1958. Fastest was race favourite Whitney who edged Schubert 49.0 (49.06) to 49.1 (49.15), while Kimaru Songok (KEN) had the chasten- ing experience of running 50.65, a time good enough to make any pre- vious final, without getting through to the next round. Frinolli ran a lifetime best of 49.2 (49.14) in the first semi, 0.07 ahead of world record holder Vanderstock. Hennige equalled Schubert’s European record with 49.1 in the other semi, though, like his teammate, his time was .01 slower than Frinolli. Unfortunate losers in the semis were Juan Dyrzka (ARG) and Gary Knoke (AUS) who ran 49.82 and 49.61 in fifth place in the two races. As in 1964 Frinolli was off first in the final, and led by a metre at the first hurdle. By the fourth hurdle Skomorokhov and Hemery had joined the Italian up front, and at the fifth hurdle all three were timed in 21.5. Hemery was in the lead by halfway (23.3), and his superior hurdling technique and strength began to tell. His lead extended from 0.2 at the sixth barrier to 0.7 at the last hurdle. His second half of 24.8 was only approached by Whitney (24.9) who misjudged the race badly, being 9m behind Hemery at halfway.

Heats - Sunday 13.10 4

Heat 1time
1. Gerhard HennigeFRG West Germany49.5s
2. Geoff VanderstockUSA United States50.6s
3. Viacheslav SkomarokhovURS Soviet Union50.7s
4. V­ctor MaldonadoVEN Venezuela51.4s
5. Kiyoo YuiJPN Japan51.5s
6. Robert McLarenCAN Canada51.8s
7. Miguel OliveraCUB Cuba51.9s
8. Mohamed AsswaiLBALBA54.3s
Heat 2time
1. Juan DyrzkaARG Argentina49.8s
2. Roger JohnsonNZL New Zealand51.3s
3. John CooperGBR Great Britain51.4s
4. Mamadou SarrSEN Senegal51.5s
5. Wesley BrookerCAN Canada51.5s
6. William QuayeGHA Ghana51.6s
Heat 3time
1. Rainer WhitneyUSA United States49.0s
2. Rainer SchubertFRG West Germany49.1s
3. Gary KnokeAUS Australia49.8s
4. John SherwoodGBR Great Britain50.2s
5. Wilhelm WeistandPOL Poland50.7s
6. Wilfried GeeromsBEL Belgium51.2s
7. Santiago GordonCHI Chile52.4s
8. Abdul ZambroseMAL Malaya53.2s
Heat 4time
1. Roberto FrinolliITA Italy49.9s
2. David HemeryGBR Great Britain50.3s
3. Robert PoirierFRA France50.5s
4. Jaakko TuominenFIN Finland50.6s
5. Kimaru SongokKEN Kenya50.6s
6. Alejandro SänchezMEX Mexico51.6s
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index Athletics
Mexico City 1968 index
Mexico_City_1968
Athletics Mexico City 1968
Men 100mWomen 100m
Men 200mWomen 200m
Men 400mWomen 400m
Men 800mWomen 800m
Men 1500m
Men 5000m
Men 10000m
Men Marathon
Men 110m HurdlesWomen 80m Hurdles
Men 400m Hurdles
Men 3000m Steeplechase
Men 4x100m RelayWomen 4x100m Relay
Men 4x400m Relay
Men High JumpWomen High Jump
Men Pole Vault
Men Long JumpWomen Long Jump
Men Triple Jump
Men Shot PutWomen Shot Put
Men Discus ThrowWomen Discus Throw
Men Hammer Throw
Men Javelin ThrowWomen Javelin Throw
Men 20km Walk
Men 50km Walk
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Men DecathlonWomen Pentathlon
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