Seoul ,25 September 1988, Games of the XXIV Olympiad. Men's athletics: Edwin MOSES of the United States finishes 3rd in the 400m hurdles final. Credit: Getty Images

Other names: MOSES, Edwin Corley

Born: 31 August 1955

Birthplace: Dayton (United States)

Nationality: United States

Sport: Athletics

ATTENDANCE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Montreal 1976

Los Angeles 1984

Seoul 1988

AWARDS

Olympic medals:

Gold: 2

Bronze: 1

Other results:

World Championships

Gold: 2 (83, 87)

122 Hurdles Victories in a Row

In 1976, Edwin Moses was a 20-year-old engineering student at Morehouse College, a school without a track and which he entered with an academic scholarship rather than an athletic scholarship. The Montréal Olympics was his first international competition. Despite his inexperience, Moses won the 400m hurdles by eight metres, the largest margin of victory in the event's history. He also broke the world record. Moses missed the 1980 Moscow Games because of the U. S. boycott. However he returned to the Olympics in 1984 and won a second gold medal. Between September 1977 and June 1987, Moses won 122 consecutive races including 107 finals in meets that took him to 22 different countries. In 1988, Moses competed at the Seoul Olympics and earned a bronze medal at the age of 33. Since his retirement from competition, Moses has been active in the struggle against the use of performance-enhancing drugs.