1932 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m (men)

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Olympic rings
LA Memorial Coliseum Entrance.JPG
sport athletics
discipline 400 meter run
gender Men
Attendees 27 athletes from 15 countries
Competition location Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Competition phase August 4, 1932 (preliminary / quarter-finals)
August 5, 1932 (semi-final / final)
Medalist
gold medal Bill Carr ( USA ) United States 48United States 
Silver medal Ben Eastman ( USA ) United States 48United States 
Bronze medal Alex Wilson ( CAN ) Canada 1921Canada 

The men's 400-meter run at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles was held on August 4 and 5, 1932 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum . 27 athletes took part. For the first time at the Olympic Games, starting pistols , electronic timekeeping and target photos were used, but electronic timekeeping was only used unofficially.

The American Bill Carr was Olympic champion in a new world record time ahead of his compatriot Ben Eastman and the Canadian Alex Wilson .

Existing records

Conducting the competition

On August 4th, the runners competed in six preliminary runs. The three fastest athletes each qualified for the quarter-finals on the same day. The four best runners from the four quarter-finals also made it to the next round, the semifinals. In the preliminary rounds, the top three qualified for the final. The two semi-finals and the final were played on August 5th.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue. The run times given are the hand-stopped results from the official report. The remeasured results of the electrical timing are, if available, in the note.

Prelims

Date: August 4, 1932

Forward 1

space Surname nation time annotation
1 Adolf Metzner German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire 50.4 s
2 Seikan Oki Japan 1870Japan Japan 50.5 s
3 Alex Wilson Canada 1921Canada Canada 50.5 s
3 Kell Areskoug SwedenSweden Sweden 50.7 s

Forward 2

The Mexican Carlos de Anda failed in the preliminary round.
space Surname nation time annotation
1 Ben Eastman United States 48United States United States 49.0 s
2 Joachim Büchner German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire 49.3 s
3 Hjalle Johannesen NorwayNorway Norway 49.5 s
4th Carlos de Anda Mexico 1918Mexico Mexico 49.8 s

Forward 3

space Surname nation time annotation
1 Börje Strandvall FinlandFinland Finland 49.8 s
2 James Ball Canada 1921Canada Canada 50.0 s
3 Iwao Masuda Japan 1870Japan Japan 50.1 s
4th Sten Pettersson SwedenSweden Sweden 50.2 s

Forward 4

space Surname nation time annotation
1 Bill Carr United States 48United States United States 48.8 s
2 George Golding AustraliaAustralia Australia 49.0 s
3 Crew Stoneley United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 49.1 s
4th Walter Nehb German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire 49.4 s
5 Christos mantikas Second Hellenic RepublicSecond Hellenic Republic Greece 49.6 s
6th Manuel Álvarez Mexico 1918Mexico Mexico 49.9 s

Forward 5

space Surname nation time annotation
1 Felix Rinner AustriaAustria Austria 49.2 s
2 Godfrey Rampling United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 49.5 s
3 William Walters South Africa 1928South African Union South African Union 49.8 s
4th Stuart Black New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 49.9 s
5 Seiken Cho Japan 1870Japan Japan 50.0 s

Forward 6

space Surname nation time annotation
1 James Gordon United States 48United States United States 50.6 s
2 Ray Lewis Canada 1921Canada Canada 50.7 s
3 Domingus Puglisi Brazil 1889Brazil Brazil 50.8 s
4th Richard Arguello Mexico 1918Mexico Mexico 50.9 s

Quarter finals

Date: August 4, 1932

Run 1

space Surname nation time annotation
1 Bill Carr United States 48United States United States 48.4 s
2 William Walters South Africa 1928South African Union South African Union 48.5 s
3 George Golding AustraliaAustralia Australia 48.6 s
4th Alex Wilson Canada 1921Canada Canada 49.6 s
5 Domingos Puglisi Brazil 1889Brazil Brazil 50.1 s
6th Iwao Masuda Japan 1870Japan Japan k. A.

Run 2

space Surname nation time annotation
1 James Gordon United States 48United States United States 48.6 s
2 Godfrey Rampling United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 48.8 s
3 Joachim Büchner German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire 48.9 s
4th James Ball Canada 1921Canada Canada 49.3 s
5 Hjalle Johannesen NorwayNorway Norway 49.4 s
6th Seikan Oki Japan 1870Japan Japan k. A.

Run 3

space Surname nation time annotation
1 Ben Eastman United States 48United States United States 48.8 s
2 Felix Rinner AustriaAustria Austria 48.9 s
3 Börje Strandvall FinlandFinland Finland 49.0 s
4th Crew Stoneley United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 49.1 s
5 Ray Lewis Canada 1921Canada Canada 49.1 s
6th Adolf Metzner German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire 49.2 s

Semifinals

The German Joachim Büchner, Olympic Knight from 1928 , was eliminated in the semi-finals.

Date: August 5, 1932

Run 1

space Surname nation time annotation
1 Bill Carr United States 48United States United States 47.2 s OR
2 Alex Wilson Canada 1921Canada Canada 47.8 s
3 George Golding AustraliaAustralia Australia 48.0 s
4th Godfrey Rampling United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 48.0 s
5 Felix Rinner AustriaAustria Austria 48.8 s
6th Joachim Büchner German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire 49.2 s

Run 2

space Surname nation time annotation
1 Ben Eastman United States 48United States United States 47.6 s
2 William Walters South Africa 1928South African Union South African Union 48.2 s
3 James Gordon United States 48United States United States 48.2 s
4th Börje Strandvall FinlandFinland Finland 48.4 s
5 Crew Stoneley United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 48.6 s
6th James Ball Canada 1921Canada Canada 49.0 s

final

space Surname nation time annotation
1 Bill Carr United States 48United States United States 46.2 s WR - electronic: 46.28 s
2 Ben Eastman United States 48United States United States 46.4 s electronic: 46.50 s
3 Alex Wilson Canada 1921Canada Canada 47.4 s
4th William Walters South Africa 1928South African Union South African Union 48.2 s
5 James Gordon United States 48United States United States 48.2 s
6th George Golding AustraliaAustralia Australia 48.8 s

Date: August 5, 1932

The two Americans William Carr and Ben Eastman fought for the gold medal among themselves. By early July was Eastman, who's with 46.4 over 440  yards the pre-existing 400-meters - a world record s had significantly undercut by 47.0, the clear favorite. But on July 2, 1932, he was beaten by the hitherto little known Bill Carr and so the outcome of this race was open again. After 300 meters Eastman was ahead by a tenth of a second. In the end, Carr had the better reserves and won the gold medal with a two-tenths advantage with a new world record. Third was Canadian Alex Wilson, who had already won silver in the 800 m three days earlier, one second behind Eastman .

For the USA it was the sixth success in the eighth Olympic final over 400 meters. At the same time it was the fourth double success for the US team in this discipline.

literature

  • Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 227f

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 548 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. SportsReference (Eng.)