Olympic Track and Field 2016: Men's 400m Hurdles Winners, Times and Results

Kerron Clement of the United States captured the gold medal in the men's 400-meter hurdles Thursday at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.

Clement's winning time of 47.73 seconds represented his best result of the season, and he needed every bit of it to hold off a late surge from Kenya's Boniface Mucheru Tumuti, who finished just five-hundredths of a second behind. Yasmani Copello of Turkey rounded out the podium by taking bronze.

Let's check out the complete race results from Olympic Stadium:

Place	Athlete	Country	Time
Gold	Kerron Clement	USA	47.73
Silver	Boniface Mucheru Tumuti	KEN	47.78
Bronze	Yasmani Copello	TUR	47.92
4	Thomas Barr	IRL	47.97
5	Annsert Whyte	JAM	48.07
6	Rasmus Magi	EST	48.40
7	Haron Koech	KEN	49.09
n/a	Javier Culson	PUR	DQ

And here's a look at the updated medal table for the Games:

The race received an immediate shake-up after Puerto Rico's Javier Culson got disqualified for a false start. The 32-year-old veteran was the reigning bronze medalist in the event and figured to contend for another top-three finish this time around.

BBC Sport passed along a snapshot of a dejected Culson:

It's a difficult situation because it's hard to watch an athlete's Olympic dreams end because of a split-second mistake. At the same time, false-starting in a 400-meter race is something that shouldn't happen, and Culson's reaction showcased that frustration.

Ultimately, it gave everybody else in the field a slightly better chance of earning a medal, and Clement took full advantage to earn Team USA's 31st gold of the Rio Games.

The University of Florida product was clearly losing steam as he jumped the final few hurdles coming down the homestretch. He had just enough energy left in the tank to hold on to the top spot, though.

While the American women have enjoyed a strong start on the track in Brazil, Clement's victory finally gets the U.S. men on the gold-medal scoreboard in track, as noted by SportsCenter:

MileSplit US highlighted American decathlete Ashton Eaton taking a quick break from his own competition to congratulate his teammate:

Although Tumuti missed out on gold by fractions of a second, his silver medal is still a terrific accomplishment. He failed to even make it out of the opening round of qualifying four years ago in London, finishing sixth in his heat with a time of 50.33 seconds.

So he improved his time by more than 2.5 seconds to earn silver in Rio. It continues an already-memorable year for the Kenyan, who won the 400-meter hurdles at the African Championships.

Copello, the reigning European champion in the event, picked up his first Olympic medal as well. He edged Thomas Barr of Ireland by the same margin as the difference between first and second (five-hundredths) to take the final podium spot.

All told, the IAAF noted it was a race where a lot of records fell:

That's why it took a special effort from Clement to come out on top. It wasn't necessarily pretty over the final 100 meters, but he gave himself enough of an edge to hold on for gold and take another step toward ensuring the United States' dominance of the medal count.