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Samuel Matete

Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Zambia
Olympic Games
Silver	1996 Atlanta	400 m hurdles
World Championships
Gold	1991 Tokyo	400 m hurdles
Silver	1993 Stuttgart	400 m hurdles
Silver	1995 Gothenburg	400 m hurdles

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. He represented Zambia in the 400 m hurdles on four occasions (1988 to 2000) and was the silver medallist at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

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.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Zambia
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	5th (h)	400 m	46.88
			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	1st	400 m hurdles	47.64
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	24th (h)	400 m hurdles	49.89
	World Cup	Havana, Cuba	1st	400 m hurdles	48.88
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.14
1993	Universiade	Buffalo, United States	4th	400 m hurdles	50.31
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	2nd	400 m hurdles	47.60
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	1st	400 m hurdles	48.67
	Goodwill Games	St. Petersburg, Russia	2nd	400 m hurdles	47.98
	World Cup	London, United Kingdom	1st	400 m hurdles	48.77
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.66
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	400 m hurdles	48.03
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	2nd	400 m hurdles	47.78
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	5th	400 m hurdles	48.11
1998	Goodwill Games	Uniondale, United States	7th	400 m hurdles	48.96
	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	1st	400 m hurdles	48.58
	World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	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

Personal bests

• 400 metres hurdles - 47.10 seconds (1991)
• 400 metres - 44.88 seconds (1991)
• 200 metres - 21.04 seconds (1989)
• 100 metres - 10.77 seconds (1989)

See also

In Spanish: Samuel Matete para niños