Edwin Moses

Event: 400m Hurdles

Inducted to Hall of Fame: 1981

Edwin may have retired from intermediate hurdles competition more than a dozen years ago, but his impact on the event is still felt today. On the all-time top 25 performance list for 400m hurdlers, Edwin's name still appears 13 times.

Edwin won two gold medals in Olympic competition, and missed out on what almost assuredly would have been his third due to the 1980 U.S. Olympic boycott. He broke the world record four times, won the first two World Championships, and once went almost a decade -- and 122 finals -- without losing a race.

Edwin started his Mt. SAC Relays career in 1977 on an auspicious note by establishing a stadium record (49.83). He returned in 1979 to set a meet record (48.50) that remained unsurpassed until 2002. In '79 he also set the stadium record (47.89) which remains unbroken to this day.

Born: 1955

College: Morehouse College

• 1977: 1st, 49.83
• 1979: 1st, 48.50
• 1981: 1st, 48.61

• PR: 47.02
• Broke World Record 4 times:
  • 1976: 47.64
  • 1977: 47.45
  • 1980: 47.13
  • 1983: 47.02
• Broke American Record 6 times:
  • 1976: 48.30
  • 1976: 48.29
  • 1976: 47.64
  • 1977: 47.45
  • 1980: 47.13
  • 1983: 47.02
• Olympic Gold Medal, 1976
  • 47.63 (WR)
• Olympic Gold Medal, 1984
  • 47.75
• Olympic Bronze Medal, 1988
  • 47.56
• World Champion, 1983
  • 47.50
• World Champion, 1987
  • 47.46
• World Cup Champion, 1977
  • 47.58
• World Cup Champion, 1979
  • 47.53
• World Cup Champion, 1981
  • 47.37
• U.S. National Champion
  • 1977: 47.45 WR
  • 1979: 47.89
  • 1981: 47.59
  • 1983: 47.84
  • 1987: 47.99