Men 400m Hurdles Athletics IV Olympic Games London, Great Britain 1908 - Wednesday, 22nd July - Gold Medal: Charles Bacon, United States
FinaltimeL
1. Charles BaconUSA United States55.0s WR4
2. Harry HillmanUSA United States55.3s e3
3. Jimmy TremeerGBR Great Britain57.0s e2
4. Leslie BurtonGBR Great Britain58.0s e1

world Men 400m Hurdles History

Venue: White City Stadium - track of 536.45 metres=​1⁄3 mile.
15 competitors from 6 nations.

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Semi-Finals - Tuesday, 21st July.

Winner of each of 4 Semis advanced to Final.
Semi 1time
1. Harry HillmanUSA United States56.4s OR
2. Harry CoeUSA United States (57.0s)
-. Evert KoopsNED NetherlandsDNF
Semi 2time
1. Charles BaconUSA United States58.8s
-. Oswald GroeningsGBR Great BritainDNF
-. Nándor KovácsHUN HungaryDNF
Semi 3time
1. Leslie BurtonGBR Great Britain59.8s
2. Frederick HarmerGBR Great Britain1:00.3
3. Wyatt GouldGBR Great BritainUnknown
Semi 4time
1. Jimmy TremeerGBR Great Britain1:00.6
-. G. BurtonGBR Great BritainDNF
There were 12 heats, seven contained a single runner, and one heat list- ed had no competitors. Olympic records were set in the heats by Bacon with 57.0, then Hillman in the second round with 56.4. Hillman needed that time, as Harry Coe ran 57.0 behind him. Coe had the galling expe- rience of running the second fastest time of the semi-finals and yet not making the final, as only the winners qualified. The two Americans were well clear of the Britons by halfway, and at the last hurdle, Hillman led by half a metre, but Bacon was swifter on the run-in, win- ning by two yards. Bacon’s time became the first ratified world record.

Heats - Monday, 20th July.

Winners of each of 12 Heats advanced to ^_ Semi-Finals.
Heat 1time
1. Evert KoopsNED Netherlandswalkover
Heat 2time
1. Harry CoeUSA United States58.8s
2. John DenshamGBR Great Britain (59.0s)
Heat 3time
1. Charles BaconUSA United States57.0s OR
2. Henry St Aubyn MurrayANZ Australasia (59.8s)
Heat 4time
1. Frederick HarmerGBR Great Britainwalkover
Heat 5time
1. Geoffrey BurtonGBR Great Britainwalkover
Heat 6time
1. Harry HillmanUSA United States59.2s
-. Georges DuboisFRA FranceDNF
Heat 7time
1. Oswald GroeningsGBR Great Britainwalkover
Heat 8time
1. Wyatt GouldGBR Great Britainwalkover
Heat 9time
1. Nándor KovácsHUN Hungarywalkover
Heat 10time
1. Jimmy TremeerGBR Great Britainwalkover
Heat 11time
cancelled as there were no starters.
Heat 12time
1. Leslie BurtonGBR Great Britain1:00.4
2. Henri MeslotFRA France1:01.01:01.0
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