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400 metres Hurdles, Men

Date	23 – 25 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade olympique, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	22 from 16 countries

The favorite in this event coming into 1976 was the defending champion John Akii-Bua, but the African boycott kept him out of the competition. Also highly considered was 1974 European and Commonwealth Champion Alan Pascoe (GBR), but a leg injury had him at less than his best in Montréal. Akii-Bua’s absence prevented what could have been one of the great races of the Olympics.

In Akii-Bua’s absence, the race turned into a showcase coming out party for Edwin Moses, the man who would soon become known as the greatest practitioner of the event ever. Little known outside collegiate circles before 1976, he had failed to qualify for the NCAA championship earlier in the year but ran away from the field at the US Trials to qualify for the Olympic team. He won the gold medal by over a second in a world record 47.63. American Mike Shine closed quickly for the silver medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	943	Edwin Moses	USA	49.95 (1 h4)	48.29 (1 h2)	47.63 (1)	Gold	WR
2	959	Mike Shine	USA	50.91 (1 h3)	49.90 (1 h1)	48.69 (2)	Silver
3	880	Yevgeny Gavrilenko	URS	50.93 (2 h3)	49.73 (2 h2)	49.45 (3)	Bronze
4	967	Quentin Wheeler	USA	50.32 (1 h2)	50.22 (4 h1)	49.86 (4)
5	748	José Carvalho	POR	50.99 (4 h1)	49.97 (2 h1)	49.94 (5)
6	121	Yanko Bratanov	BUL	51.84 (4 h3)	50.11 (3 h1)	50.03 (6)
7	203	Dámaso Alfonso	CUB	50.76 (2 h1)	49.84 (3 h2)	50.19 (7)
8	376	Alan Pascoe	GBR	51.66 (2 h4)	49.95 (4 h2)	51.29 (8)
5 h1 r2/3	906	Dmitry Stukalov	URS	50.78 (=3 h2)	50.47 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	330	Jean-Claude Nallet	FRA	50.77 (3 h1)	50.08 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r2/3	331	Jean-Pierre Perrinelle	FRA	50.78 (=3 h2)	50.82 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	469	Stavros Tziortzis	GRE	50.42 (1 h1)	50.30 (6 h2)	–
7 h2 r2/3	712	Jerzy Hewelt	POL	51.39 (3 h3)	50.57 (7 h2)	–
8 h2 r2/3	762	Julio Ferrer	PUR	52.45 (4 h4)	51.04 (8 h2)	–
AC h1 r2/3	439	Harald Schmid	FRG	50.57 (2 h2)	[50.30] (DQ h1)	–
AC h1 r2/3	468	Georgios Parris	GRE	51.91 (3 h4)	– (DNF h1)	–
5 h1 r1/3	57	Don Hanly	AUS	51.90 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	56	Peter Grant	AUS	51.07 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	620	Abdul Latif Abbas	KUW	53.06 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	20	Kamil Al-Abbasi	KSA	55.00 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	13	Conrad Mainwaring	ANT	54.67 (6 h3)	–	–
AC h4 r1/3	202	Jesús Villegas	COL	– (DNF h4)	–	–

Round One

Date	23 July 1976 — 10:00
Format	Top 4 in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	943	Edwin Moses	USA	49.95	Q
2	967	Quentin Wheeler	USA	50.32	Q
3	469	Stavros Tziortzis	GRE	50.42	Q
4	439	Harald Schmid	FRG	50.57	Q
5	203	Dámaso Alfonso	CUB	50.76	Q
6	330	Jean-Claude Nallet	FRA	50.77	Q
7	331	Jean-Pierre Perrinelle	FRA	50.78	Q
8	906	Dmitry Stukalov	URS	50.78	Q
9	959	Mike Shine	USA	50.91	Q
10	880	Yevgeny Gavrilenko	URS	50.93	Q
11	748	José Carvalho	POR	50.99	Q
12	56	Peter Grant	AUS	51.07
13	712	Jerzy Hewelt	POL	51.39	Q
14	376	Alan Pascoe	GBR	51.66	Q
15	121	Yanko Bratanov	BUL	51.84	Q
16	57	Don Hanly	AUS	51.90
17	468	Georgios Parris	GRE	51.91	Q
18	762	Julio Ferrer	PUR	52.45	Q
19	620	Abdul Latif Abbas	KUW	53.06
20	13	Conrad Mainwaring	ANT	54.67
21	20	Kamil Al-Abbasi	KSA	55.00
DNF	202	Jesús Villegas	COL	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	2	Stavros Tziortzis	GRE	50.42	Q
2	5	Dámaso Alfonso	CUB	50.76	Q
3	1	Jean-Claude Nallet	FRA	50.77	Q
4	4	José Carvalho	POR	50.99	Q
5	3	Don Hanly	AUS	51.90

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	5	Quentin Wheeler	USA	50.32	Q
2	1	Harald Schmid	FRG	50.57	Q
=3	4	Jean-Pierre Perrinelle	FRA	50.78	Q
=3	2	Dmitry Stukalov	URS	50.78	Q
5	3	Peter Grant	AUS	51.07

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	5	Mike Shine	USA	50.91	Q
2	6	Yevgeny Gavrilenko	URS	50.93	Q
3	2	Jerzy Hewelt	POL	51.39	Q
4	3	Yanko Bratanov	BUL	51.84	Q
5	1	Abdul Latif Abbas	KUW	53.06
6	4	Conrad Mainwaring	ANT	54.67

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	4	Edwin Moses	USA	49.95	Q
2	2	Alan Pascoe	GBR	51.66	Q
3	1	Georgios Parris	GRE	51.91	Q
4	6	Julio Ferrer	PUR	52.45	Q
5	3	Kamil Al-Abbasi	KSA	55.00
DNF	5	Jesús Villegas	COL	–

Semi-Finals

Date	24 July 1976 — 15:00
Format	Top 4 in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	943	Edwin Moses	USA	48.29	Q
2	880	Yevgeny Gavrilenko	URS	49.73	Q
3	203	Dámaso Alfonso	CUB	49.84	Q
4	959	Mike Shine	USA	49.90	Q
5	376	Alan Pascoe	GBR	49.95	Q
6	748	José Carvalho	POR	49.97	Q
7	330	Jean-Claude Nallet	FRA	50.08
8	121	Yanko Bratanov	BUL	50.11	Q
9	967	Quentin Wheeler	USA	50.22	Q
10	469	Stavros Tziortzis	GRE	50.30
11	906	Dmitry Stukalov	URS	50.47
12	712	Jerzy Hewelt	POL	50.57
13	331	Jean-Pierre Perrinelle	FRA	50.82
14	762	Julio Ferrer	PUR	51.04
DNF	468	Georgios Parris	GRE	–
DQ	439	Harald Schmid	FRG	[50.30]

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	7	Mike Shine	USA	49.90	Q
2	6	José Carvalho	POR	49.97	Q
3	5	Yanko Bratanov	BUL	50.11	Q
4	8	Quentin Wheeler	USA	50.22	Q
5	2	Dmitry Stukalov	URS	50.47
6	1	Jean-Pierre Perrinelle	FRA	50.82
DNF	4	Georgios Parris	GRE	–
DQ	3	Harald Schmid	FRG	[50.30]

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	5	Edwin Moses	USA	48.29	Q
2	7	Yevgeny Gavrilenko	URS	49.73	Q
3	6	Dámaso Alfonso	CUB	49.84	Q
4	1	Alan Pascoe	GBR	49.95	Q
5	4	Jean-Claude Nallet	FRA	50.08
6	2	Stavros Tziortzis	GRE	50.30
7	3	Jerzy Hewelt	POL	50.57
8	8	Julio Ferrer	PUR	51.04

Final Round

Date	25 July 1976 — 17:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	4	Edwin Moses	USA	47.63	WR
2	1	Mike Shine	USA	48.69
3	8	Yevgeny Gavrilenko	URS	49.45
4	7	Quentin Wheeler	USA	49.86
5	3	José Carvalho	POR	49.94
6	2	Yanko Bratanov	BUL	50.03
7	6	Dámaso Alfonso	CUB	50.19
8	5	Alan Pascoe	GBR	51.29