Education
Louisiana State University.
Louisiana State University.
Born in Derma, Mississippi, Glenn Hardin was the world"s dominant 400 m hurdler in the 1930s and was equally tough in the 400 m flat race. Hardin lowered the record to 51.8 in the 1934 Amateur Athletic Union championships and then bettered it to 50.6 during a meet in Stockholm later that year. That record would stand for the next nineteen years.
Hardin was unbeatable between the 1932 and 1936 Olympics, winning the Amateur Athletic Union title in 1933, 1934 and 1936 in 400 m hurdles and National Collegiate Athletic Association championships title in 1933 and 1934 in 440 yd (400 m) hurdles.
Hardin finished his career at the Berlin Olympics, beating John Loaring from Canada by 0.3 seconds.