Men 400m Hurdles Athletics XX Olympic Games Munich (FRG) 1972 - 2th September - Gold Medal: John Akii-Bua, Uganda
FinaltimeLage
1. John Akii-BuaUGA Uganda47.82s WR122
2. Ralph MannUSA United States48.51s623
3. David HemeryGBR Great Britain48.52s528
4. James SeymourUSA United States48.64s423
5. Rainer SchubertFRG West Germany49.65s730
6. Yevgeniy GavrilenkoURS Soviet Union49.66s221
6. Stavros TziortzisGRE Greece49.66s823
8. Yuriy ZorinURS Soviet Union50.25s324
world Men 400m Hurdles History
Olympic Men 400m Hurdles 1968
Olympic Men 400m Hurdles 1976
Competitors: 37; Countries: 25

Semi-Finals - 01.09

Semi 1time
1. John Akii-BuaUGA Uganda49.25s
2. Ralph MannUSA United States49.53s
3. David HemeryGBR Great Britain49.66s
4. Rainer SchubertFRG West Germany49.80s
5. Rolf ZieglerFRG West Germany49.88s
6. Ivan DanisTCH Czechoslovakia50.01s
7. Victor SavchenkoURS Soviet Union50.28s
8. Jean-Pierre CorvalFRA France50.75s
Semi 2time
1. James SeymourUSA United States49.33s
2. Evgeni GavrilenkoURS Soviet Union49.34s
3. Yuri ZorinURS Soviet Union49.60s
4. Stavros TziortzisGRE Greece50.06s
5. Tadeusz KulczyckiPOL Poland50.80s
6. Gary KnokeAUS Australia52.79s
-. Christian RudolphGDR East Germany
-. Dieter-Wolfgang ButtnerFRG West Germany
The fastest heat winners were Hemery with 49.72, Gavrilenko (49.73) and Dieter Büttner (FRG, 49.78). Hemery led the first semi until the eighth hurdle, when Akii-Bua surged past to win in 49.25 from Mann (49.53) and an easing up Hemery (49.66). In the second semi-final Gary Knoke heard an echo when the gun went off and didn’t leave his blocks. Seymour and Christian Rudolph (GDR) led at the 10th hurdle, but Rudolph fell and Buttner then fell over him, thereby missing qual- ification. In the final Hemery led by the first hurdle, and reached the fifth in 21.1, with Akii-Bua and Mann just over a metre behind. Akii-Bua, run- ning 13 strides to halfway, and then 14s alternating his hurdling leg, gained on Hemery and caught him at the eighth. Radiating energy, the Ugandan ran away from the reigning champion to cross the line with the first ever sub-48 clocking, wonderful under any conditions, but staggering from lane 1 for a hurdler leading with his right leg. Hemery flagged a little on the run-in, which was enough for Mann to catch him on the line. Seymour was a metre behind, after hitting the first hurdle so hard he almost fell.

Heats - 31.08

Heat 1time
1. Dieter-Wolfgang ButtnerFRG West Germany49.78s
2. Victor SavchenkoURS Soviet Union49.90s
3. Jean-Pierre CorvafFRA France50.15s
4. Tadeusz KulczyckiPOL Poland50.19s
5. Manuel SorianoESP Spain50.88s
6. Fatwell KimaiyoKEN Kenya51.23s
7. Roberto FrinolliITA Italy51.69s
8. Jaime RandrianalijaonaMAD Madagascar52.75s
Heat 2time
1. Evgeni GavrilenkoURS Soviet Union49.73s
2. James SeymourUSA United States49.81s
3. Rolf ZieglerFRG West Germany50.17s
4. Roger JohnsonNZL New Zealand50.48s
5. Mike MureiKEN Kenya51.63s
6. Chung-Ping LeeROCROC52.61s
7. Gladstone AgbamuNGR Nigeria53.58s
-. John SherwoodGBR Great Britain
Heat 3time
1. Christian RudolphGDR East Germany50.00s
2. Ralph MannUSA United States50.18s
3. Rainer SchubertFRG West Germany50.23s
4. Ari SalinFIN Finland50.45s
5. Jean-Pierre PerrinelleFRA France51.81s
6. Jose de Jesus CaravalhoPOR Portugal52.64s
7. Hassen BergaouiTUN Tunisia53.70s
Heat 4time
1. John Akii-BuaUGA Uganda50.35s
2. Stavros TziortzisGRE Greece50.54s
3. Ivan DanisTCH Czechoslovakia50.62s
4. Bruce FieldAUS Australia51.46s
5. Hans Jorg WirzSUI Switzerland52.34s
6. Richard BruggemanUSA United States54.36s
7. Julio E. FerrerPUR Puerto Rico54.83s
-. Francisco Rojas SotoPAR Paraguay
Heat 5time
1. David HemeryGBR Great Britain49.72s
2. Gary KnokeAUS Australia50.10s
3. Yuri ZorinURS Soviet Union50.35s
4. William KoskeiKEN Kenya50.58s
5. Giorgio BallatiITA Italy50.90s
6. Jose HidalgoVEN Venezuela54.00s
7. Norman BrinkworthPAK Pakistan54.67s
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index Athletics
Munchen 1972 index
Munchen
Athletics Munchen 1972
Men 100mWomen 100m
Men 200mWomen 200m
Men 400mWomen 400m
Men 800mWomen 800m
Men 1500mWomen 1500m
Men 5000m
Men 10000m
Men Marathon
Men 110m HurdlesWomen 100m Hurdles
Men 400m Hurdles
Men 3000m Steeplechase
Men 4x100m RelayWomen 4x100m Relay
Men 4x400m RelayWomen 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
Women 100m Hurdles Pentathlon
Women Shot Put Pentathlon
Women High Jump Pentathlon
Women Long Jump Pentathlon
Women 200m Pentathlon
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