Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
| Men's 400 metres hurdles at the Games of the III Olympiad
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| Venue | Francis Field | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 31 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 4 from 1 nation | ||||||||||||
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Harry Hillman |
 United States
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Frank Waller |
United States
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George Poage |
United States
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The men's 400 metres hurdles was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second time the event was held. 4 athletes, all from the United States, participated. The competition was held on August 31, 1904.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1904 Summer Olympics.
(*) unofficial 440 yards (= 402.34 m)
(**) This track was 500 metres in circumference.
Harry Hillman ran 53.0 but he knocked over a hurdle and the hurdles were only 30 inches (76 cm) high.
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