Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre hurdles

The men's 400 metre hurdles was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. This event was held for the first time at the Olympics. The competition took part on July 14 and July 15 1900. The race was held on a track of 500 metres in circumference. Five athletes from four nations competed in the longest of the three hurdling events.

Medallists

Tewksbury won easily, with Lewis finishing in second. This meant that Nedvěd, placing third, was the only athlete eliminated in the round.

First round, heat 2

With only two athletes in the heat and both to qualify, neither hurdler ran anywhere near full speed. Tauzin crossed the line first by a small margin, though it did not matter.

Final

Lewis did not start because the final was held on July 15, a Sunday. For all three of the hurdlers who did start, it was the first race of the event that posed any sort of challenge. Tewksbury still did not have much difficulty, leading from the start to win by about five metres.

ources

* [http://olympic.org International Olympic Committee] .
* De Wael, Herman. "Herman's Full Olympians": "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically at [http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath1900.html ] .
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