![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Roy_Cochran_1942.jpg/640px-Roy_Cochran_1942.jpg&w=640&q=50)
Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
Olympic athletics event / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games took place July 30 and July 31. There were 25 competitors from 17 nations.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was won by American Roy Cochran.[2] It was the nation's second consecutive and seventh overall victory in the event. Duncan White won Ceylon's first Olympic medal in any event with his silver. As of the 2016 Games, it remains the only medal won by a male competitor from Ceylon/Sri Lanka; the nation has won one other medal, Susanthika Jayasinghe's silver in the 2000 women's 200 metres. Sweden's first medal in the men's 400 metres hurdles was won by Rune Larsson, taking bronze.
Quick Facts Men's 400 metres hurdles at the Games of the XIV Olympiad, Venue ...
Men's 400 metres hurdles at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() Roy Cochran (1942) | ||||||||||
Venue | Wembley Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | July 30 (heats, semifinals) July 31 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 25 from 17 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 51.1 OR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||
Close
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/TV-icon-2.svg/110px-TV-icon-2.svg.png)
@ 21:42