Mowen Boino (born 16 December 1979) is a Papua New Guinean track and field athlete, who specialized in 400 metres and in 400 metres hurdles. He is a three-time Olympian and four-time national record holder for the 400 m hurdles. He also achieved his personal best time of 50.37 seconds at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.
Boino first competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he set a national record for Papua New Guinea in the 400 m hurdles, with a possible fastest time of 51.38 seconds. He continued to improve his athletic performance at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, when he finished last in the fourth heat of the men's 400 m hurdles, by forty-one hundredths of a second ahead of his national record set from Sydney, with a time of 50.97 seconds.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Boino competed again for the men's 400 m hurdles. He ran in the fourth heat, against seven other athletes, including defending champion Félix Sánchez of the Dominican Republic. Boino finished the race in sixth place by thirty-seven hundredths of a second (0.37) behind Sánchez, with a seasonal best time of 51.47 seconds.
Personal bests Event Result Venue Date 100 m 11.72 s (NWI) Brisbane 21 May 2010 200 m 23.26 s (wind: +1.7 m/s) Brisbane 29 Mar 2014 400 m 47.97 s Canberra 25 Mar 2012 110 m hurdles 14.58 s (wind: +1.8 m/s) / Mata Utu 6 Sep 2013 400 m hurdles 50.37 s Melbourne 21 Mar 2006
International competitions Representing 1999South Pacific GamesSanta Rita, Guam10th (h)400 m50.823rd400 m hurdles52.812nd4 × 400 m relay3:14.472000Oceania ChampionshipsAdelaide, Australia4th400 m48.992nd400 m hurdles52.50Olympic GamesSydney, Australia8th (h)400 m hurdles51.382001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada6th (h)400 m hurdles51.82South Pacific Mini GamesMiddlegate, Norfolk Island3rd400 m49.672nd110 m hurdles15.65 (-3.0 m/s)1st400 m hurdles53.662nd4 × 400 m relay3:18.982002Commonwealth GamesManchester, United Kingdom28th (qf)400 m48.74 s10th (h)400 m hurdles51.05World CupMadrid, Spain9th400 m hurdles51.66Oceania ChampionshipsChristchurch, New Zealand4th400 m50.482nd110 m hurdles15.52 (-3.6 m/s)1st400 m hurdles53.061st800 m medley relay1:31.172003Melanesian ChampionshipsLae, Papua New Guinea3rd400 m hurdles56.41st4 × 400 m relay3:20.4South Pacific GamesSuva, Fiji7th400 m49.213rd110 m hurdles15.37 (-1.6 m/s)1st400 m hurdles51.931st4 × 400 m relay3:11.432004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece7th (h)400 m hurdles50.972006Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia13th (sf)400 m hurdles50.78Oceania ChampionshipsApia, Samoa1st110 m hurdles15.02 (-0.9 m/s)1st400 m hurdles51.622007Melanesian ChampionshipsCairns, Queensland, Australia4th400m48.711st400 m hurdles51.43World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan6th (h)400 m hurdles52.45Pacific GamesApia, Samoa7th400 m50.033rd110 m hurdles14.97(+1.3 m/s)1st400 m hurdles51.352nd4 × 400 m relay3:11.962008Olympic GamesBeijing, China6th (h)400 m hurdles51.47Oceania ChampionshipsSaipan, Northern Mariana Islands1st400 m hurdles52.072010Commonwealth GamesDelhi, India4th (h)400 m hurdles51.40Oceania ChampionshipsCairns, Australia2nd400 m hurdles51.842011Oceania Championships(Regional Division West)Apia, Samoa1st400 m48.051st400 m hurdles51.88Pacific GamesNouméa, New Caledonia1st110 m hurdles14.95 (-0.7 m/s)1st400 m hurdles50.96 GR1st4 × 400 m relay3:12.342013Oceania ChampionshipsPapeete, French Polynesia – 400 mDNF1st400 m hurdles51.97World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia33rd (h)400 m hurdles51.49Pacific Mini GamesMata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna1st110 m hurdles14.58 (+1.8 m/s)1st400 m hurdles53.342nd4 × 400 m relay3:16.192014Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom —400 m hurdlesDQOceania ChampionshipsRarotonga, Cook Islands —110 m hurdlesDQ2015Oceania ChampionshipsCairns, Queensland, Australia3rd110 m hurdles14.92 (+1.4 m/s)2nd400 m hurdles52.192016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States25th (h)400 m49.812018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia20th (h)400 m hurdles51.61
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