1988 Olympics Men’s 400m Hurdles Final, Seoul, South Korea

The great Edwin Moses finally meets his match in Andre Phillips as Phillips wins in a new Olympic record of seconds. Behind him, Amadou Dia Ba of Senegal comes away from scoring a monumental upset as he shatters the African record, running . Future WR holder and Olympic champion Kevin Young finishes 4th in his first global final, while Winthrop Graham and Kriss Akabusi finish sequentially in the same order as they would 4 years later, albeit in 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
Back to Top