A Chart of Olympic 400m Hurdles Finals Since 1948

Another Olympic event that was fascinating this year was the 400m Hurdles — both the Men and Women races had some very impressive world record times!

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Numbers app, Illustrator, After Effects, Google/Wikipedia

SOURCES

Olympic finals results:

• https://www.olympedia.org

World Leading Times and World Records — I was unable to find the world leading times for the 1955 & 1958 seasons:

• https://www.worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/hurdles/400-metres-hurdles/outdoor/women/senior
• https://www.worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/hurdles/400-metres-hurdles/outdoor/men/senior
• http://trackfield.brinkster.net

Edwin Moses:

• https://olympics.com/en/video/edwin-moses-the-unbeatable-hurdler