Men 400m Hurdles Athletics XIV Olympic Games London 1948 - Saturday 31st July

Men 400m Hurdles Athletics XIV Olympic Games London 1948 - Saturday 31st July - Gold Medal: Roy Cochran, United States

Final		time		+time	L	t.a.	Y
1. Roy Cochran	USA	51.1s	OR		3	51.3s	29
2. Duncan White	SRI	51.8s		+0.76	5	52.1s	30
3. Rune Larsson	SWE	52.2s		+1.00	6	52.3s	24
4. Dick Ault	USA	52.4s		+1.26	4	52.6s	22
5. Yves Cros	FRA	53.3s		+2.18	1	53.6s	24
6. Ottavio Missoni	ITA	54.0s		+2.85	2	54.2s	27

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Venue: Empire Stadium, London.

Competitors: 25; Countries: 17

Semi-Finals - Friday 30.07

First 3 from each 2 semi-finals progressed to Final.

Semi 1		time		+time	t.a.	Y
1. Rune Larsson	SWE	51.9s	OR		52.0	24
2. Dick Ault	USA	52.1s		+0.15		22
3. Duncan White	SRI	52.1s		+0.34		30
4. Jean-Claude Arifon	FRA	52.3s		+0.39		21
5. Jeff Kirk	USA	52.5s		+0.49		24
6. Jacques André	FRA	56.3s				29

Semi 2		time		+time	t.a.	Y
1. Roy Cochran	USA	51.9s	=OR		51.8	29
2. Yves Cros	FRA	52.5s		+0.84		24
3. Ottavio Missoni	ITA	53.4s		+1.50		27
4. Harry Whittle	GBR	53.4s		+1.58		26
5. Bebbe Storskrubb	FIN	53.5s		+1.85		31
6. John Holland	NZL	53.9s		+2.07		21

After uneventful heats with White the fastest man in 53.6, the semi- finals offered much more excitement, Larsson won the first race in 51.9, not as fast as Tisdall in 1932, but still an Olympic record. Ault just took second ahead of White (both 52.1), with Arifon in the outside lane, just behind in 52.2. Jeff Kirk (USA) placed fifth, 0.9 quicker than Missoni, who qualified from the other semi, a rare instance of poor seeding. Missoni won fame and fortune in later life as a fashion design- er in Italy. Cochran, the favourite, and US number one as far back as 1939, won the second semi in 51.9, well ahead of Cros (52.5). Cochran and White led the final until the fourth hurdle, when Cochran took command and opened up a 5m gap on the field. He won easily, with White comfort- ably holding off Larsson for the silver medal.

Heats- Friday 30.07

First 2 from each 6 heats progressed to Semi-Finals.

Heat 1		time	t.a.	Y
1. Roy Cochran	USA	53.9s	54.0	29
2. Jacques André	FRA	54.5s		29
3. Hermenegildo Alberti	ARG	54.6s		23
4. Jaime Aparicio	COL	55.1s		18

Heat 2		time	t.a.	Y
1. Harry Whittle	GBR	56.9s	56.9	26
2. Jean-Claude Arifon	FRA	56.9s		21
3. Lazaros Petropoulakis	GRE	57.9s		23
4. Mohsin Nazar Khan	PAK	59.5s		20

Heat 3		time	t.a.	Y
1. John Holland	NZL	54.6s		21
2. Bebbe Storskrubb	FIN	54.6s		31
3. Kemal Horulu	TUR	55.1s
4. Michael Pope	GBR	55.3s		21

Heat 4		time	t.a.	Y
1. Ottavio Missoni	ITA	53.9s	54.1	27
2. Rune Larsson	SWE	54.5s		24
3. Ron Unsworth	GBR	55.1s		24
4. Sergio Guzmán	CHI	55.9s		24
5. Mario Rosas	COL	55.9s

Heat 5		time	t.a.	Y
1. Dick Ault	USA	54.7s		22
2. Yves Cros	FRA	55.7s		24
3. Werner Christen	SUI	56.7s		34
4. Huang Liangzheng	CHN	57.7s		26

Heat 6		time	t.a.	Y
1. Duncan White	SRI	53.6s	53.8	30
2. Jeff Kirk	USA	54.3s		24
3. Alf Westman	SWE	54.5s		27
4. Bill LaRochelle	CAN	54.9s		22

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London 1948 index

Athletics London 1948
Men 100m	Women 100m
Men 200m	Women 200m
Men 400m
Men 800m
Men 1500m
Men 5000m
Men 10000m
Men Marathon
Men 110m Hurdles	Women 80m Hurdles
Men 400m Hurdles
Men 3000m Steeplechase
Men 4x100m Relay	Women 4x100m Relay
Men 4x400m Relay
Men High Jump	Women High Jump
Men Pole Vault
Men Long Jump	Women Long Jump
Men Triple Jump
Men Shot Put	Women Shot Put
Men Discus Throw	Women Discus Throw
Men Hammer Throw
Men Javelin Throw	Women Javelin Throw
Men 10km Track Walk
Men 50km Walk

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Men Decathlon
Men 100m Decathlon
Men Long Jump Decathlon
Men Shot Put Decathlon
Men High Jump Decathlon
Men 400m Decathlon
Men 110m Hurdles Decathlon
Men Discus Throw Decathlon
Men Pole Vault Decathlon
Men Javelin Throw Decathlon
Men 1500m Decathlon
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