Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were 27 participating athletes plus one non-starter. The main contenders for the gold medal in Barcelona were the American Sandra Farmer-Patrick, the Soviet World champion Tatyana Ledovskaya and Great Britain's Sally Gunnell. Ledovskaya, who had so narrowly lost the gold to Debbie Flintoff-King at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, won the gold medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo in 53.11 seconds, with Gunnell winning silver in 53.16. Those
Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles These are the official results of the men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The emerging American star Kevin Young was unbeaten prior to the Barcelona Olympics, aside from a marginal loss to Winthrop Graham in the semi final round (Graham running his personal best to date in that effort). Running in lane 4, Young appeared to have the slowest reaction to the gun of the field. To his inside, Graham was the first over the first hurdle. Using a left leg lead, 13