Samuel Matete

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.

Samuel Matete

Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Zambia
Olympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	400 m hurdles
World Championships
	1991 Tokyo	400 m hurdles
	1993 Stuttgart	400 m hurdles
	1995 Gothenburg	400 m 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.^[1] He represented Zambia in the 400 m hurdles on four occasions (1988 to 2000) and was the silver medallist at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.^[2]

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.^[3]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Zambia
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	5th (h)	400 m	46.88[4]
			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[4]
	World Cup	Havana, Cuba	1st	400 m hurdles	48.88[5]
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.14[5]
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[5]
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.66[5]
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[5]
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)