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
Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics Brazil competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. After getting the best results ever in 1996, with fifteen medals, including three golds, the Brazilian athletes were disappointing in Australia, winning twelve medals, but no golds. 205 competitors, 111 men and 94 women, took part in 96 events in 23 sports. Men's 100m Men's 200m Men's 200m Men's 400m Men's 800m Men's 1,500m Men's 110m Hurdles Men's 400m Hurdles Men's 4 × 100 m Men's Long Jump Men's Marathon Women's Javelin Throw Women's Long Jump Women's Triple Jump Men's Flyweight (– 48 kg)