Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
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Men's 400 metres hurdles at the Games of the XXII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Lenin Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | 24–26 July | |||||||||
Competitors | 22 from 19 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 48.70 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had a start list of 22 competitors from 19 nations, with three quarterfinals (22 runners), two semifinals (16), and a final (8) that took place on Saturday July 26, 1980.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Volker Beck of East Germany, the nation's first medal in the event. Vasyl Arkhypenko earned silver, the second consecutive Games that the Soviet Union reached the podium in the event. Gary Oakes put Great Britain back on the podium after a one-Games absence with his bronze.