Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
| Men's 400 metres hurdles at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
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Edwin Moses |
 United States
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Michael Shine |
United States
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Yevgeniy Gavrilenko |
 Soviet Union
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These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. The competition was held on July 23, 1976, and on July 25, 1976.
Edwin Moses won the final in a world record and Olympic record time of 47.63 seconds. His time was initially noted as one hundredth slower, but this was rounded up after an analysis of the photo finish.
These are the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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