Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres

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The men's 400 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held in four rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, between 4 and 7 August 2024. This will be the 30th time that the men's 400 metres is contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 48 athletes will be able to qualify for the event by entry standard or ranking.

Background

The men's 400 metres has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the inaugural edition in1896. The reigning Olympic champion Steven Gardiner from the Bahamas.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (Nation) Time (s) Location Date
World record  Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) 43.03[2] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 14 August 2016
Olympic record
World leading  Quincy Hall (USA) 43.80[3] Fontvieille, Monaco 12 July 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[4]
Area Record Athlete (Nation) Time (s)
Africa (records)  Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) 43.03 WR
Asia (records)  Yousef Masrahi (KSA) 43.93
Europe (records)  Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR) 44.07
North, Central America

and Caribbean (records)

 Michael Johnson (USA) 43.18
Oceania (records)  Darren Clark (AUS) 44.38
South America (records)  Anthony Zambrano (COL) 43.93

Qualification

For the men's 400 metres event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.[5] 48 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 45.00 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[5]

Rounds

Heats

The heats are scheduled to be held on 4 August, starting at 19:05 (UTC+2) in the evening.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
Steven Gardiner  Bahamas
Rusheen Mcdonald  Jamaica
Christopher Morales Williams  Canada
Matthew Hudson-Smith  Great Britain
Bayapo Ndori  Botswana
Alexander Doom  Belgium
Quincy Hall  United States
Michael Norman  United States
Christopher Bailey  United States
Kirani James  Grenada
Lythe Pillay  South Africa
Charlie Dobson  Great Britain
Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen  Norway
Sean Bailey  Jamaica
Deandre Watkin  Jamaica
Matheus Lima  Brazil
Samuel Ogazi  Nigeria
Jereem Richards  Trinidad and Tobago
Leungo Scotch  Botswana
Muzala Samukonga  Zambia
Zablon Ekwam  Kenya
Zakithi Nene  South Africa
Luca Sito  Italy
Kentaro Sato  Japan
Liemarvin Bonevacia  Netherlands
Lucas Carvalho  Brazil
João Coelho  Portugal
Reece Holder  Australia
Busang Kebinatshipi  Botswana
Attila Molnár  Hungary
Fuga Sato  Japan
Michael Joseph  Saint Lucia
Alexander Ogando  Dominican Republic
Elián Larregina  Argentina
Oleksandr Pohorilko  Ukraine
Jean Paul Bredau  Germany
Chidi Okezie  Nigeria
Jonathan Sacoor  Belgium
Gilles Biron  France
Yuki Joseph Nakajima  Japan
Dylan Borlée  Belgium
Cheikh Touradou Diouf  Senegal
Lionel Spitz  Switzerland
Matěj Krsek  Czech Republic
Davide Re  Italy
Aruna Darshana  Sri Lanka
Ammar Ibrahim  Qatar
Anthony Zambrano  Colombia

Repechage round

The repechage round is scheduled to be held on 5 August, starting at 11:20 (UTC+2) in the morning.[1]

Semi-finals

The semi-finals are scheduled to be held on 6 August, starting at 19:35 (UTC+2) in the evening.[1]

Final

The final is scheduled to be held on 7 August, starting at 21:20 (UTC+2) in the evening.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – 400 Metres men", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – 400 Metres men", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Records – 400 Metres men". World Athletics. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  5. ^ a b Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
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