Yoshihiko Saito
Yoshihiko Saito (斎藤 嘉彦, Saitō Yoshihiko, born 12 February 1972 in Tomioka, Gunma) is a retired Japanese athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.He was the first Asian to run under 49 seconds in the event.[1] With a personal best time of 48.64 seconds, achieved in October 1998 in Kumamoto, he is a former Asian record holder.The Asian record currently belongs to Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily with 47.53 seconds,[2] and the Japanese record to Dai Tamesue.This biographical article relating to Japanese athletics is a stub.
Tomioka, GunmaAlma materHosei UniversityTrack and field400 metres hurdlesathleticsWorld Indoor Championships1993 Toronto4×400 m relayAsian Games1994 Hiroshima1998 BangkokAsian Championships1991 Kuala LumpurEast Asian Games1997 BusanUniversiade1991 Sheffield400 m hurdles1993 Buffalo1995 FukuokaWorld Junior Championships1990 PlovdivAsian Junior Championships1990 BeijingJapaneseKumamotoHadi Soua'an Al-SomailyDai TamesueBeijing, ChinaPlovdiv, Bulgaria3:07.58Sheffield, United Kingdom3:07.82World ChampionshipsTokyo, JapanKuala Lumpur, MalaysiaOlympic GamesBarcelona, Spain3:01.35Toronto, Canada3:07.30Buffalo, United StatesStuttgart, Germany3:02.43Hiroshima, JapanGothenburg, Sweden3:01.46Fukuoka, Japan3:02.51Busan, South KoreaAthens, GreeceBangkok, ThailandJapanese Championships400 metresMaebashiList of Asian Games medalists in athleticsWorld AthleticsOlympediaAsian Athletics ChampionsTai Shi-YanAli Hassan KadhumTakashi NagaoAhmed Hamada JassimHwang Hong-cheolZid Abou HamedMubarak Al-NubiYevgeniy MeleshenkoKenji NarisakoTakatoshi AbeYasuhiro FuekiYuta KonishiEric CrayAbderrahman SambaBassem HemeidaJapan Championships in AthleticsMasao IchiharaToyoji AiharaEitaro OkanoHirokazu YasudaKeiji OgushiKeiki IijimaSalvatore MoraleJuan Carlos DyrzkaKiyoo YuiKenth ÖhmanShigenori OmoriRyoichi YoshidaSamuel MateteShunji KarubeKazuhiko YamazakiHideaki KawamuraTakayuki KishimotoYuki MatsushitaKeisuke NozawaTaio KanaiKazuki KurokawaKen Toyoda