In Barcelona, Kevin Young clocked 46.78s to set a World record. Moses had set the previous record at 47.02s in Koblenz, Germany, in 1983. Between 1968 and 1992 four of the seven finals in the 400m hurdles produced World records.
Three editions after Edwin Moses set a World record to claim the 400m hurdles gold in Montreal, another World record was set in that event at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Kevin Young, the 26-year-old American, who had finished fourth in the previous edition, hit the front by the fifth hurdle and from then on it was smooth hurdling. Young clocked 46.78s, the only sub-47-sec timing to date in athletics history. In his Olympic Village room in Barcelona Young had the inscription on the wall “46.89”! Moses had set the previous record at 47.02s in Koblenz, Germany, in 1983. Between 1968 and 1992 four of the seven finals in the 400m hurdles produced world records.
Fermin Cacho was the slowest Olympic 1500m winner in 36 years. But his speed on the home straight produced a surprise result in Barcelona to the delight of the thousands of Spaniards who thronged the Olympic stadium. Noureddine Morceli of Algeria was the overwhelming favourite, but Cacho kicked hard from 250 metres for a fabulous finish. Morceli could manage only the seventh place. Rachid El Basir of Morocco took silver and Mohamed Suleiman won for Qatar its first Olympic medal, the bronze. Cacho won in 3:40.12.
At 32 years, Linford Christie was only into his second Olympics. He had put in his best in the 100m in Seoul but could only get third (upgraded to second following Ben Johnson’s disqualification). World record holder Carl Lewis had not qualified from the US trials this time, and that meant Leroy Burrell and Dennis Mitchell were the main American challengers. As it turned out Namibia’s Frankie Fredericks was the Briton’s closest rival, taking the silver in 10.02 to Christie’s 9.96s. Christie became the oldest sprinter to win the short dash in the Olympics.
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