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Career highlights
Olympic Games
gold 400-metre hurdles 1976, 1984
World Championships
gold 400-metre hurdles 1983, 1987
He first broke the world record in 1976, and set a time of 47.02 seconds in 1983. He was twice Olympic champion and twice world champion.
Nordic flags bearing the Scandinavian cross are based on the Danish flag, known as the Dannebrog, ‘Danish cloth’. Effective date: 1 May 1893.
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