Kevin Young (hurdler)

thumb|Kevin Young in 2012 Kevin C. Young (born September 16, 1966) is an American former athlete. He was the winner of the 400 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics. In the final of this event he set a world record and Olympic record of 46.78 seconds, the first time the 47-second barrier was broken, and a world record that stood for nearly 29 years until it was broken by Karsten Warholm on July 1, 2021. Quotes My world record should have been broken years ago by Angelo Taylor, and then it should have been broken by Kerron Clement. They’re supposed to be able to with their talent level. I knocked over the last hurdle, set the world record, kept running around the track and everybody went home to go visit the president, I had to stay in Europe to go to the rest of my meets. The two of them should just concentrate on racing and put the record thing in the back of their mind, don’t even think about it, If they focus on competing and run fast, the record will go down. The athlete with the oldest world record in men’s track wants it to fall, NBC SORTS,May 16 2019 External links Category:1966 births Category:Track and field athletes Category:Sportspeople from the United States Category:Olympic gold medalists Category:African Americans Category:People from California