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unusual facts about 400-metre hurdles



1993 Big Bayou Canot train wreck

The 1975 Tasman Bridge disaster in Hobart, the capital city of Australia's island state of Tasmania, when a bridge was hit by a 7,000 ton bulk carrier, causing a 400 foot section of roadway to fall 120 feet into the river below.

Andrew Gemmell

At the 2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships, Gemmell won gold in the boy's 400-meter individual medley.

Battle of Raab

At Malborghetto Valbruna, 400 soldiers held a blockhouse against 15,000 Frenchmen between 15 and 17 May and only 50 men survived.

Bobby Bear

The 'Bobby Bear Club' started in the early 1930s, similar to Pip, Squeak and Wilfred and Teddy Tail clubs, and the 1932 annual states that over 400,000 members had joined.

Bombing of Cologne in World War II

At this stage of the war RAF Bomber Command only had a regular front line strength of around 400 aircraft, and were in the process of transitioning from the twin engined medium bombers of the pre-war years to the newer more effective four-engined 'heavies' such as the Handley Page Halifax and Avro Lancaster.

Calvin Davis

Davis competed collegiately for the University of Arkansas, primarily as a flat 400 meter sprinter, not learning the hurdles until later.

Civljane

Located in inland Dalmatia, north from the town of Vrlika, on the route between towns of Knin and Vrlika, Civljane village spread on 17.80 km2, on the field near the spring of river Cetina, on altitude of approximate 400 m, just under south base of mountain Dinara.

Clovis Asong

He won a gold medal in the 400 m at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games, beating World Youth Championship silver medalist Alphas Kishoyian.

Cole Museum of Zoology

Specimens include a male Indian circus elephant skeleton, a 5 metre Reticulated Python skeleton containing 400 vertebrae, a fossil of the largest spider to ever have lived, and a False Killer Whale skeleton.

Connections Academy

On September 15, 2011, Pearson, an international learning company, acquired Connections Education for in excess of $400 million, with an eye to establishing a position in the virtual school segment and the opportunity to apply Connections Education’s skills and technologies in new segments and geographic markets.

Deep Throats

Brian decides to become a taxicab driver, but soon becomes intent on exposing the corruption of Mayor West to the public after receiving a $400 parking ticket for parking his taxicab on a handicapped zone without permit next to a store where Brian bought some milk for Lois.

Derba, Amaro

It is situated about 400 km south of the capital Addis Ababa.

Dewoitine D.332

On the return flight when only 400 km (250 mi) from its destination, Le Bourget airport, Emeraude struck a hill near Corbigny in a violent snowstorm and was destroyed.

Dharshan Munidasa

In December 2011, Munidasa in collaboration with close friends, Sri Lankan Cricketing Legends Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara opened the Ministry of Crab, housed in the recently refurbished 400-year-old ‘Old Dutch Hospital’ Shopping Precinct.

Dileep Rao

Lee Unkrich is reported with an "average" of over $400 million, but this is from a voice appearance in a single film.

Drift Sight

By 1917 it was in widespread use in the RNAS, and was selected for the Handley Page O/400 bomber in RFC service as well.

Early access

DayZ, a multiplayer zombie-based game, gained more than 400,000 sales within one week of being on Early Access.

Edgar Itt

Edgar Itt (born June 8, 1967, Gedern) was a West German athlete who competed for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metre relay with his team mates Norbert Dobeleit, Jörg Vaihinger and Ralf Lübke.

Edgar Steele

In her petition, she asked for numerous damages, including child support payments of $1,400 per month, two of the family's vehicles, and their horse ranch in Sagle, Idaho.

Gesinnungsgemeinschaft der Neuen Front

After the death of Kühnen in 1991, the leadership of the GdNF, which had about 400 fully active members, passed to Worch, Winfried Arnulf Priem and Austrian neo-Nazi leader Gottfried Küssel.

Gilsland

It has a population of about 400, most of whom live on the Northumberland side of the River Irthing and Poltross Burn.

Government Secure Intranet

GSi uses SMTP as mail transport protocol, and the conversion from the then prevalent X.400 email facilities to SMTP proved for many departments an improvement in reliability and speed.

Grand County High School

It enrolls over 400 students in grades 9-12 from Moab, Castle Valley, and Thompson Springs in Grand County and Spanish Valley in San Juan County.

Greater Flamingo

In Zoo Basel's breeding program over 400 birds have been hatched with an average of between 20 and 27 per year since 2000.

Gregory of Nazianzus

"'Religion' as the Cipher for Identity: The Cases of Emperor Julian, Libanius, and Gregory Nazianzus," Harvard Theological Review 93.4 (2000): 373–400.

Harald Schmid

Schmid won bronze with the 4x400 m relay team at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal as well as an individual bronze in 400 m hurdles at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984.

Helga Seidler

Helga Seidler (née Fischer born August 5, 1949 in Oberneuschönberg) is a former East German athlete who mainly competed in the women's 400 metres event.

Hollenfels Castle

The first mention of Hollenfels was in 1129 when Ludolf, Lord of Hollenfels, was given the water rights of the abbey of Marienthal which lies just 400 metres away.

Hydatius

Hydatius was born around the year 400 in the environs of Civitas Lemica, a Roman town near modern Xinzo de Limia in the Spanish Galician province of Ourense.

James Edwards Rains

A benefactor lent him $400 to attend Yale, where he graduated second in the Class of 1854 at Yale Law School.

Jonathan Borlée

On May 31, 2008 Kévin and Jonathan took part in the 4 x 400 m on a meeting in Neerpelt.

Karel Doorman-class support ship

All sensor systems are housed in an integrated mast, provided by Thales Nederland, called the I-Mast 400, comprising a SeaMaster 400 SMILE air warning radar, a SeaWatcher 100 active phased-array surface detection and tracking radar and the GateKeeper infra-red/electro-optical (EO) warning system.

Kofi Yamgnane

He became well known in France in 1989 after being elected mayor of a village of Brittany, Saint-Coulitz (less than 400 inhabitants), and at this time, one out of only two black mayors in Metropolitan France (and the only black man in his city), the other was Auguste Senghor, mayor of Le May-sur-Èvre, a town (3,891 inhabitants) in the Maine-et-Loire département, from 1989 to 2008, when he became mayor of another town, Saint-Briac (Ille-et-Vilaine).

Michelle Scutt

Competing for Wales at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, she won a silver medal in the 400 metres, behind Australia's Raelene Boyle.

Of One Belief

The Group was established on December 7, 2007 at a general meeting in the Elk Restaurant in Toome, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, which was attended by over 400 people.

Payton Jordan

Billy Mills' upset victory in the 10,000 meters in 1964, the legendary leap of 29’2-1/2 by Bob Beamon in the long jump, the (third and) fourth gold medal in the discus by Al Oerter, the 100 meters sprint world record of 9.9 seconds by Jim Hines, Tommie Smith’s gold medal win in the 200 meters in 19.8 seconds, and Lee Evans’ world record (43.8 seconds) in the 400 meters were among the many Olympic highlights achieved when Jordan was coach.

Pig Business

Controversy also surrounds the half-owned Smithfield Foods pig sheds near the village of La Gloria, Mexico, where as many as 1,800 villagers living near the plant had already complained of respiratory problems and 400 had been treated before the 2009 swine flu outbreak.

Pocono Raceway

On the September 30, 2012, edition of Speed Channel's WindTunnel with Dave Despain, Bernard officially confirmed that the IndyCar Series would return to Pocono with a 400-mile race on July 7, 2013.

Prix Jean de Chaudenay

It was run at Saint-Cloud over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and it was scheduled to take place each year in May or June.

Remote surgery

To date Dr. Anvari, a laparoscopic surgeon in Hamilton, Canada, has conducted numerous remote surgeries on patients in North Bay, a city 400 kilometres from Hamilton.

Rüsselsheim massacre

On the night of August 25, the British RAF sent 116 Lancasters into Russelsheim in order to attack the Opel Plant on a bombing mission, dropping 674 2,000-lb bombs and more than 400,000 incendiaries on the city, destroying the plant and damaging the railtracks, more by far any previous air raid in World War II.

Santa Catalina Monastery

The dowry expected of a woman who wished to enter as a choir nun--indicated by wearing a black veil—and who thereby accepted the duty of the daily recitation of the Divine Office, was 2,400 silver coins, equivalent to about $150,000 (U.S.) today.

Shin-ik Hahm

He studied Music Education,College of Education at Konkuk University in Seoul,and left for the United States in 1983 with just US$400 in his pocket.

Shrawley

"...This type of woodland is a feature of eastern England and its occurrence here is unusual in the West Midlands. The woodland also has a long history of management with records going back to the beginning of the eighteenth century. ... The streams and pools included in this site add to the site’s conservation value ... the rare soft hornwort occurs in one of the pools. Over 400 species of fungi have been recorded in the woodland. ...".

Symphora Béhi

Her personal best times are 11.74 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2004 in her birth city Paris; 23.70 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Montgeron; and 52.38 seconds in the 400 metres, achieved in June 2009 in Strasbourg.

Thirayuth Boonmee

Protests reached their peak in 13 October, when 400,000 demonstrators gathered in front of the Democracy Monument and parliament.

TS Empire State VI

In November 2012 the Empire State VI was activated by the Department of Defense to provide housing and support for over 400 New York City/New Jersey area first responders, AmeriCorps - FEMA Corps and FEMA's Surge Capacity Force Personnel after Hurricane Sandy impacted the region.

William Osler Health Centre

It serves a geographic area of over 2,400 square kilometres including Brampton and Etobicoke.

Wiverton Hall

In June 1643, Queen Henrietta, on her way from Newark, wrote to the King: ‘I shall sleep at Werton Wiverton, and thence to Ashby, where we will resolve what way to take.’ Among other royal visitors were Prince Rupert of the Rhine and his brother Prince Maurice, who after visiting the King in Newark rode to Wiverton with about 400 troops and stayed there until they could settle their future plans.


see also

Elio Catola

Elio Catola (born 19 November 1935 in Uliveto Terme, Pisa) was an Italian athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metre hurdles.

Mozambique at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Mutola did run a seasonal best in the final, while Kurt Couto, who did not advance in the 400 metre hurdles, set a new national record in that event.