2000 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m (men)
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sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 400 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 69 athletes from 47 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Stadium Australia | ||||||||
Competition phase | September 22, 2000 (preliminary round) September 23, 2000 (quarter-finals) September 24, 2000 (semi-finals) September 25, 2000 (final) |
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The men's 400-meter race at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney was held on September 22, 23, 24 and 25, 2000 at Stadium Australia . 69 athletes took part.
The American Michael Johnson became Olympic champion . He won ahead of fellow countryman Alvin Harrison and Jamaican Gregory Haughton .
Athletes from Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.
Current title holders
Olympic champion 1996 |
Michael Johnson ( USA )
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43.49 s | Atlanta 1996 |
World Champion 1999 | 43.18 s | Seville 1999 | |
European champion 1998 |
Iwan Thomas ( Great Britain )
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44.52 s | Budapest 1998 |
Pan American Champion 1999 |
Gregory Haughton ( Jamaica )
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44.59 s | Winnipeg 1999 |
Central America and Caribbean champions 1999 |
Michael McDonald ( Jamaica )
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45.21 s | Bridgetown 1999 |
South American Champion 1999 | Anderson Jorge dos Santos ( Brazil )
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45.39 s | Bogotá 1999 |
Asian champion 2000 | Ibrahim Ismail Muftah ( Qatar )
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44.66 s | Jakarta 2000 |
African Champion 2000 |
Éric Milazar ( Mauritius )
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45.62 s | Algiers 2000 |
Oceania Champion 2000 | Jeffrey Bai ( Papua New Guinea )
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48.50 s | Adelaide 2000 |
Existing records
World record | 43.18 s |
Michael Johnson ( USA )
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Seville , Spain | August 26, 1999 |
Olympic record | 43.49 s | Atlanta Final , USA | July 29, 1996 |
Note: All times are local Sydney time ( UTC + 10 ).
Preliminary round
A total of nine preliminary runs were completed. The first three athletes per run qualified for the quarter-finals. In addition, the five fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified runners are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.
Forward 1
September 22, 2000, 10:40 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Avard Moncur |
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45.23 | |
2 | Daniel Caines |
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45.39 | |
3 | Casey Vincent |
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45.49 | |
4th | Dmitri Golovastov |
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45.90 | |
5 | Takahiko Yamamura |
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46.25 | |
6th | Carlos Santa |
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46.40 | |
7th | Piotr Rysiukiewicz |
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46.67 | |
8th | Gerald Clervil |
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46.69 | NO |
Forward 2
September 22, 2000, 10:45 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Jew Monye |
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45.79 | |
2 | Patrick Dwyer |
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45.82 | |
3 | Alejandro Cardenas |
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46.14 | |
4th | Neil de Silva |
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46.84 | |
5 | Gustavo Aguirre |
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47.03 | |
6th | Troy McIntosh |
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47.06 | |
DNF | Jonas Motiejūnas |
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Kennedy Ochieng |
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Forward 3
September 22, 2000, 10:50 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Sanderlei Parrela |
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45.55 | |
2 | Danny McFarlane |
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45.84 | |
3 | Sofiane Labidi |
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45.84 | |
4th | Jun Osakada |
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45.88 | |
5 | Tawanda Chiwira |
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46.50 | |
6th | Nduka Awazie |
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46.81 | |
7th | Johnson Kubisa |
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46.97 | |
DNF | Evripides Demosthenous |
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Forward 4
September 22, 2000, 10:55 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Gregory Haughton |
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45.63 | |
2 | David Kirui |
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45.69 | |
3 | Marc Raquil |
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45.72 | |
4th | Arnaud Malherbe |
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45.73 | |
5 | Sunday Bada |
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45.75 | |
6th | Ato Stephens |
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45.91 | |
7th | Benjamin Youla |
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47.54 | |
8th | Ilija Dzhivondov |
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48.64 |
Forward 5
September 22, 2000, 11:00 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Hendrick Mokganyetsi |
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45.22 | |
2 | Piotr Haczek |
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45.61 | |
3 | Alessandro Attene |
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45.79 | |
4th | Rohan Pradeep Kumar |
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46.00 | |
5 | Salaheddine Bakar al-Safi |
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46.16 | |
6th | Zsolt Szeglet |
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46.19 | |
7th | Jamie Baulch |
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46.52 |
Forward 6
September 22, 2000, 11:05 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Alvin Harrison |
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44.96 | |
2 | Davian Clarke |
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45.30 | |
3 | Robert Maćkowiak |
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45.39 | |
4th | Anastasios Gousis |
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46.38 | |
5 | Fawzi Al-Shammari |
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46.38 | |
6th | Paramjit Singh |
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46.64 | |
7th | Philip Mukomana |
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47.11 |
Forward 7
September 22, 2000, 11:10 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Michael Johnson |
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45.25 | |
2 | David Canal |
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45.53 | |
3 | Ibrahima Wade |
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45.72 | |
4th | Malik Louahla |
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46.06 | |
5 | Sean Baldock |
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46.85 | |
6th | Fabian Rollins |
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46.85 | |
7th | Oleksandr Kajdasch |
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46.88 |
Forward 8
September 22, 2000, 11:15 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Hamdan Al-Bishi |
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45.22 | NO |
2 | Sugath Thilakaratne |
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45.48 | |
3 | Ibrahim Ismail Muftah |
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45.48 | |
4th | Eric Milazar |
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45.66 | |
5 | Štefan Balošák |
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46.42 | |
6th | Kenji Tabata |
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46.59 | |
7th | Rudieon Sylvan |
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48.17 | |
8th | Basheer Al-Khewani |
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49.72 |
Forward 9
September 22, 2000, 11:20 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Antonio Pettigrew |
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45.62 | |
2 | Chris Brown |
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45.80 | |
3 | Davis Kamoga |
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45.92 | |
4th | Matija Šestak |
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45.95 | |
5 | Tomas Coman |
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46.17 | |
6th | Juan Pedro Toledo |
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46.82 | |
DNF | Daniel Batman |
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Quarter finals
In each of the four quarter-finals, the first four athletes qualified for the semi-finals (highlighted in light blue).
Run 1
September 23, 2000, 9:25 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Michael Johnson |
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45.31 | |
2 | Piotr Haczek |
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45.43 | |
3 | Avard Moncur |
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45.43 | |
4th | Casey Vincent |
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45.45 | |
5 | Eric Milazar |
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45.52 | |
6th | Sugath Thilakaratne |
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45.54 | |
7th | David Canal |
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45.54 | |
8th | Arnaud Malherbe |
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45.59 |
Run 2
September 23, 2000, 9:32 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Davian Clarke |
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45.06 | |
2 | Antonio Pettigrew |
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45.35 | |
3 | Hamdan Al-Bishi |
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45.35 | |
4th | Danny McFarlane |
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45.40 | |
5 | Ibrahima Wade |
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45.61 | |
6th | Davis Kamoga |
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45.74 | |
7th | David Kirui |
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46.00 | |
8th | Jun Osakada |
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46.15 |
Run 3
September 23, 2000, 9:39 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Alvin Harrison |
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44.25 | |
2 | Gregory Haughton |
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45.08 | |
3 | Alessandro Attene |
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45.35 | |
4th | Patrick Dwyer |
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45.38 | |
5 | Dmitri Golovastov |
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45.66 | |
6th | Chris Brown |
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45.76 | |
7th | Sofiane Labidi |
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46.01 | |
8th | Jew Monye |
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46.32 |
Run 4
September 23, 2000, 9.46 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Robert Maćkowiak |
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45.01 | |
2 | Hendrick Mokganyetsi |
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45.15 | |
3 | Daniel Caines |
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45.37 | |
4th | Sanderlei Parrela |
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45.55 | |
5 | Marc Raquil |
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45.56 | |
6th | Alejandro Cardenas |
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45.66 | |
7th | Sunday Bada |
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45.83 | |
8th | Ibrahim Ismail Muftah |
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45.96 |
Semifinals
The first four runners in each of the two races (highlighted in light blue) qualified for the final.
Run 1
September 24, 2000, 9:00 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Alvin Harrison |
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44.53 | |
2 | Michael Johnson |
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44.65 | |
3 | Gregory Haughton |
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44.93 | |
4th | Sanderlei Parrela |
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45.17 | |
5 | Avard Moncur |
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45.18 | |
6th | Piotr Haczek |
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45.66 | |
7th | Patrick Dwyer |
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45.70 | |
8th | Hamdan Al-Bishi |
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45.98 |
Run 2
September 24, 2000, 9:07 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Antonio Pettigrew |
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45.24 | |
2 | Danny McFarlane |
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45.38 | |
3 | Hendrick Mokganyetsi |
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45.52 | |
4th | Robert Maćkowiak |
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45.53 | |
5 | Daniel Caines |
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45.55 | |
6th | Casey Vincent |
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45.61 | |
7th | Alessandro Attene |
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46.41 | |
DNF | Davian Clarke |
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final
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Michael Johnson |
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43.84 | |
2 | Alvin Harrison |
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44.40 | |
3 | Gregory Haughton |
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44.70 | |
4th | Sanderlei Parrela |
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45.01 | |
5 | Robert Maćkowiak |
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45.14 | |
6th | Hendrick Mokganyetsi |
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45.26 | |
7th | Danny McFarlane |
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45.55 | |
DOP | Antonio Pettigrew |
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September 25, 2000, 8:25 pm
All three Americans and two Jamaicans had qualified for the final. The field was completed by one starter each from Brazil, Poland and South Africa.
The 1996 Olympic champion , world record holder and four-time 400-meter world champion Michael Johnson from the USA was the clear favorite. Other medal candidates were his two compatriots Alvin Harrison and Antonio Pettigrew, World Cup fourth, vice world champion Sanderlei Parrela from Brazil and Mexican World Cup third Alejandro Cárdenas, who was eliminated in the quarter-finals.
In the final, the Jamaican Gregory Haughton, Harrison and Johnson started the race fastest. After two hundred yards, Haughton was clearly leading. Behind were Johnson and Harrison. From the target curve Johnson had gained a narrow lead over Haughton and Harrison. Parrela followed behind, and the rest of the field a little further behind. On the home straight, Michael Johnson played to his great stamina and became Olympic champion in 44.40 seconds with a clear lead. Alvin Harrison won silver, Gregory Haughton bronze. The three front runners were separated by three tenths of a second. Sanderlei Parrela was fourth, ahead of the Pole Robert Maćkowiak and the South African Hendrick Mokganyetsi.
The American Antonio Pettigrew, who finished seventh, was disqualified on August 2, 2008 for doping offenses .
Michael Johnson won the fourth gold medal of his career. His victory in the 24th Olympic final was the 17th Olympic victory of a US sprinter, and also the fifth US victory in a row.
literature
- Rudi Cerne (Ed.), Sydney 2000, The Games of the XXVII. Olympiad with contributions by Rudi Cerne, Birgit Fischer , Willi Phillip Knecht , Willi Leissl and Jan Ullrich , MOHN Media Mohndruck GmbH, Gütersloh, p. 76f
Web links
- SportsReference 400m , accessed March 19, 2018
- Results on the IAAF website , accessed on March 19, 2018
- Official Report of the XXVIIth Olympiad, Results , English / French (PDF, 17,708 MB), accessed on March 19, 2018
Video
- Michael Johnson- Sydney Olympics 400m , posted May 11, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed March 19, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 669 , accessed on March 19, 2018
- ↑ IOC recognizes US relay 400m gold from Sydney , Focus-Online on August 2, 2008, accessed on March 19, 2018