400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lanes the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly spaced around the track. The hurdles are positioned and weighted so that they fall forward if bumped into with sufficient force, to prevent injury to the runners. Although
Slovakia at the 1996 Summer Olympics Slovakia at the 1996 Summer Olympics Slovakia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. It was the first Summer Games since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, and so the Czech Republic and Slovakia competed as independent teams. Men's 5,000 metres Men's 400m Hurdles Men's Discus Throw Men's 50 km Walk Women's High Jump Women's Triple Jump Women's Long Jump Men's 400 metres Men's 20 km Walk Men's 110m hurdles Men's 10.000 metres Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Flat water White water Men's Individual Road Race Men's Individual Time Trial Women's Individual Road