Samuel Matete

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Samuel Matete (born 27 July 1968 in Chingola) is a retired male track and field athlete from Zambia, who competed mainly in 400 metres hurdles.

Career

Noted for his exceptionally fast finish, he was one of the world's leading hurdlers in the early to mid-1990s, and became the first Zambian track and field world champion in 1991. This was the first time that an African athlete had won that event.[http://www.lusakatimes.com/2009/05/19/matete-to-train-athletes/ Matete to train athletes]. Lusaka Times. Retrieved on 2012-04-25. He represented Zambia in the 400 m hurdles on four occasions (1988 to 2000) and was the silver medallist at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175304/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/samuel-matete-1.html Samuel Matete]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2012-04-25.

His personal best of 47.10 seconds, achieved during the Weltklasse Zürich in 1991, is the current African record and ranks ninth on the all-time list.[http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=0/sex=M/all=y/legal=A/disc=400H/detail.html 400 Metres Hurdles All Time]. IAAF (2011-09-09). Retrieved on 2012-04-25.

Competition record

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{ZAM}}
rowspan=3\|1988 \|rowspan=2\|World Junior Championships \|rowspan=2\|Sudbury, Canada \|5th (h) \|400 m \|46.88Disqualified in the semifinals
5th \|400 m hurdles \|51.70
Olympic Games \|Seoul, South Korea \|26th (h) \|400 m hurdles \|51.06
1990 \|Commonwealth Games \|Auckland, New Zealand \|5th \|400 m hurdles \|50.34
1991 \|World Championships \|Tokyo, Japan \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|400 m hurdles \|47.64
rowspan=3\|1992 \|Olympic Games \|Barcelona, Spain \|24th (h) \|400 m hurdles \|49.89
rowspan=2\|World Cup \|rowspan=2\|Havana, Cuba \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|400 m hurdles \|48.88Representing Africa
bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|4 × 400 m relay \|3:02.14
rowspan=2\|1993 \|Universiade \|Buffalo, United States \|4th \|400 m hurdles \|50.31
World Championships \|Stuttgart, Germany \|bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \|400 m hurdles \|47.60
rowspan=4\|1994 \|Commonwealth Games \|Victoria, Canada \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|400 m hurdles \|48.67
Goodwill Games \|St. Petersburg, Russia \|bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \|400 m hurdles \|47.98
rowspan=2\|World Cup \|rowspan=2\|London, United Kingdom \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|400 m hurdles \|48.77
bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|4 × 400 m relay \|3:02.66
1995 \|World Championships \|Gothenburg, Sweden \|bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \|400 m hurdles \|48.03
1996 \|Olympic Games \|Atlanta, United States \|bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \|400 m hurdles \|47.78
1997 \|World Championships \|Athens, Greece \|5th \|400 m hurdles \|48.11
rowspan=3\|1998 \|Goodwill Games \|Uniondale, United States \|7th \|400 m hurdles \|48.96
African Championships \|Dakar, Senegal \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|400 m hurdles \|48.58
World Cup \|Johannesburg, South Africa \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|400 m hurdles \|48.08
1999 \|World Championships \|Seville, Spain \|12th (sf) \|400 m hurdles \|49.28
2000 \|Olympic Games \|Sydney, Australia \|10th (sf) \|400 m hurdles \|48.98

colspan="6"|Representing {{ZAM}}

rowspan=3|1988

|rowspan=2|World Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Sudbury, Canada

|5th (h)

|400 m

|46.88Disqualified in the semifinals

5th

|400 m hurdles

|51.70

Olympic Games

|Seoul, South Korea