400m hurdles, running event is failure compete for time running the 400m while jump over hurdles.

Video, is a state of the women's 400m hurdles final at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

Regulations commentary seen in 5 minutes

The competition area

  • 10I run one around the 400m track is located hurdle of the die.

Start

  • Using the starting block, will start in the crouch start.
  • (Aka Flying) will not be allowed in each race only once a false start.

Failure

  • Men's 0.914m, the height of the hurdle is women's 0.762m.
  • Distance to the first hurdle from the start is 40.0m until goal from hurdle 35.0m, last 45.0m, hurdle interval.
  • I will be disqualified or through the outside of the hurdle, and the hurdle or intentionally defeat.

Finish

  • Will finish when the body of the player reaches the finish line.
  • In every race, you can use a photo to determine the ranking system of recording and measurement.

The road to gold medal

  • Proceed through the semi-finals and finals → → qualifying.
  • 1The number of name players performed in eight human race, it was faster than most of the top three or four and each race will advance to the next round.

World Record / Japanese record

400m hurdles

 RecordNameDate
Worldmen46"78Kevin Young (United States of America)1992/08/06
Worldwomen52"34Yulia Pechonkina (Russia)2003/08/08
Japanmen47"89End large for2001/08/10
Japanwomen55"34Kubokura Satomi2011/06/26