Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles


The men's 400 metres hurdles hurdling event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place on July 31 and August 1 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Results

Heats

Four heats were held; the fastest three runners advanced to the semifinals round.
Heat one
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Morgan Taylor55.8
2Sten Pettersson56.1
3Khristos Mantikas56.4
4Seiken Cho56.5
5Alfonso González56.7

Heat Two
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Bob Tisdall54.8
2Fritz Nottbrock55.0
3Glenn Hardin55.0
4Sylvio Padilha55.1
-Tom CoulterDQ

Heat Three
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Joe Healey54.2
2André Adelheim54.3
3Kell Areskoug54.6
4Evangelos Moiropoulos55.2

Heat Four
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Luigi Facelli55.0
2Lord Burghley55.1
3George Golding55.2
4Carlos dos Reis Filho55.8

Semifinals

Two heats were held; the fastest three runners advanced to the final round.
Heat One
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Glenn Hardin52.8OR
2Morgan Taylor52.9
3Lord Burghley53.0
4George Golding53.1
5Sten Pettersson53.5
6Fritz Nottbrock53.7

Heat Two
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Bob Tisdall52.8=OR
2Kell Areskoug53.2
3Luigi Facelli53.2
4Joe Healey53.2
5André Adelheim53.8
6Khristos Mantikas

Final

Tisdall's time was rejected as a world record as he knocked over the last hurdle, as per the rules of the time; Hardin was therefore credited as world record holder, equalling his own time of 52.0.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Bob Tisdall51.7
Glenn Hardin51.85=WR
Morgan Taylor51.96
4Lord Burghley52.01
5Luigi Facelli53.0
6Kell Areskoug54.6

Key: WR = world record; OR = Olympic record; =OR = tied Olympic record; DQ = disqualified