2004 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	400 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	62 athletes from 47 countries
Competition location	Athens Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 20, 2004 (preliminary round) August 21, 2004 (semi-finals) August 23, 2004 (final)
Medalist Jeremy Wariner ( USA )   Otis Harris ( USA )   Derrick Brew ( USA )

The men's 400-meter run at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens was held on August 20, 21 and 23, 2004 in the Athens Olympic Stadium. 62 athletes took part.

The US team achieved a triple success. Jeremy Wariner won ahead of Otis Harris and Derrick Brew .

With Ingo Schultz , a German was launched. Schultz was eliminated in the semifinals.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current title holders

Olympic Champion 2000	Michael Johnson ( USA )	43.84 s	Sydney 2000
World Champion 2003	Tyree Washington ( USA )	44.77 s	Paris 2003
European Champion 2002	Ingo Schultz ( Germany )	45.14 s	Munich 2002
Pan American Champion 2003	Mitch Potter ( USA )	45.11 s	Santo Domingo 2003
Central America and Caribbean champions 2003	Alleyne Francique ( Grenada )	45.27 s	St. George’s 2003
South American Champion 2003	William José Hernández ( Venezuela )	45.81 s	Barquisimeto 2003
Asian champion 2003	Fawzi Al-Shammari ( Kuwait )	45.16 s	Manila 2003
African champion 2004	Éric Milazar ( Mauritius )	45.03 s	Brazzaville 2004
Oceania Champion 2002	Jeffrey Bai ( Papua New Guinea )	49.03 s	Christchurch 2002

Existing records

World record	43.18 s	Michael Johnson ( USA )	Seville , Spain	August 26, 1999
Olympic record	43.49 s		Atlanta Final , USA	July 29, 1996

Note: All times are based on Athens local time ( UTC + 2 ).

Preliminary round

A total of eight preliminary runs were completed. The first two athletes per run qualified for the semifinals. In addition, the eight 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

August 20, 2004, 9:10 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Alleyne Francique	Grenada	45.32
2	Davian Clarke	Jamaica	45.54
3	Marcus La Grange	South Africa	45.95
4th	Piotr Klimczak	Poland	46.23
5	Jun Osakada	Japan	46.39
6th	Lloyd Zvasiya	Zimbabwe	47.19
7th	David Canal	Spain	47.23
8th	Danilson Ricciuli	Guinea-Bissau	49.27

Forward 2

Andrés Silva was sixth of his heat and was eliminated

August 20, 2004, 9:16 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Chris Brown	Bahamas	45.09
2	Otis Harris	United States	45.11
3	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	45.34
4th	Casey Vincent	Australia	46.09
5	Vincent Mumo Kiilu	Kenya	46.31
6th	Andrés Silva	Uruguay	46.48
7th	Stilianos Dimotsios	Greece	46.51
8th	Abdulla Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	51.52

Forward 3

August 20, 2004, 9:22 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Anton Galkin	Russia	45.43
2	Yeimer López	Cuba	45.44
3	Alejandro Cardenas	Mexico	45.46
4th	Gary Kikaya	Democratic Republic of Congo	45.57
5	Ato Stephens	Trinidad and Tobago	46.29
6th	Mitsuhiro Satō	Japan	46.70
7th	Takeshi Fujiwara	El Salvador	48.46
8th	Youba Hmeida	Mauritania	49.18

Forward 4

August 20, 2004, 9:28 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Derrick Brew	United States	45.41
2	Brandon Simpson	Jamaica	45.61
3	Sofiane Labidi	Tunisia	46.04
4th	Daniel Caines	Great Britain	46.15
5	Rohan Pradeep Kumara	Sri Lanka	46.20
6th	Evans Marie	Seychelles	48.23
DNS	Lezin Elongo Ngoyikonda	Democratic Republic of Congo

Forward 5

August 20, 2004, 9:34 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Carlos Santa	Dominican Republic	45.31
2	Lewis Banda	Zimbabwe	45.37
3	Kalayathumkuzhi Binu	India	45.48	NO
4th	Cédric Van Branteghem	Belgium	45.70
5	California Molefe	Botswana	45.88
6th	Chris Lloyd	Dominica	47.98
7th	Fawzi Al-Shammari	Kuwait	48.25
8th	Saeed Al-Adhreai	Yemen	49.39

Forward 6

August 20, 2004, 9:40 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Jeremy Wariner	United States	45.56
2	Ingo Schultz	Germany	45.88
3	Young Talkmore Nyongani	Zimbabwe	46.03
4th	Zsolt Szeglet	Hungary	46.16
5	Malachi Davis	Great Britain	46.28
6th	Oleg Mishukov	Russia	46.41
7th	Dadi Denis	Haiti	47.57
DNF	Victor Kibet	Kenya

Forward 7

August 20, 2004, 9:46 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Michael Blackwood	Jamaica	45.23
2	Hamdan Al-Bishi	Saudi Arabia	45.31
3	Saul Weigopwa	Nigeria	45.59
4th	Matija Šestak	Slovenia	45.88
5	Yuki Yamaguchi	Japan	46.16
6th	Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr	Sudan	46.32
7th	Sajid Muhammad	Pakistan	47.45
8th	Moses Kamut	Vanuatu	48.14

Forward 8

August 20, 2004, 9:52 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Leslie Djhone	France	45.40
2	Ezra Sambu	Kenya	45.59
3	Timothy Benjamin	Great Britain	45.69
4th	Clinton Hill	Australia	45.89
5	Adem Hecini	Algeria	46.50
6th	Luis Luna	Venezuela	47.92
7th	Jonnie Lowe	Honduras	48.06
8th	Anderson Jorge dos Santos	Brazil	48.77

Semifinals

The first two athletes qualified for the final in the three semi-finals. In addition, the two 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.

Run 1

August 21, 2004, 9:15 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Jeremy Wariner	United States	44.87
2	Michael Blackwood	Jamaica	45.00
3	Leslie Djhone	France	45.01
4th	Lewis Banda	Zimbabwe	45.23
5	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	45.23
6th	Gary Kikaya	Democratic Republic of Congo	45.58
7th	Ezra Sambu	Kenya	45.84
8th	Cédric Van Branteghem	Belgium	46.03

Run 2

August 21, 2004, 9:22 pm

The Russian Anton Galkin, who came in fourth, was subsequently disqualified for doping abuse. Stanozolol was detected in his doping test .

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Derrick Brew	United States	45.05
2	Davian Clarke	Jamaica	45.27
3	Chris Brown	Bahamas	45.31
4th	Yeimer López	Cuba	45.52
5	Alejandro Cardenas	Mexico	45.64
6th	Kalayathumkuzhi Binu	India	45.97
7th	Matija Šestak	Slovenia	46.54
DOP	Anton Galkin	Russia	45.34

Run 3

August 21, 2004, 9:29 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Brandon Simpson	Jamaica	44.97
2	Otis Harris	United States	44.99
3	Alleyne Francique	Grenada	45.08
4th	Carlos Santa	Dominican Republic	45.58
5	Hamdan Al-Bishi	Saudi Arabia	45.59
6th	Saul Weigopwa	Nigeria	45.67
7th	Ingo Schultz	Germany	46.23
8th	Timothy Benjamin	Great Britain	46.28

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  Gary Kikaya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, finished sixth in his semi-finals and was eliminated

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  The Belgian Cédric Van Branteghem was eliminated in eighth place in his semi-final race

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  Despite finishing third in his semifinal run, Chris Brown was eliminated from the Bahamas

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  The German Ingo Schultz reached the semi-finals and was eliminated there as a barrel sieve

final

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Jeremy Wariner	United States	44.00
2	Otis Harris	United States	44.16
3	Derrick Brew	United States	44.42
4th	Alleyne Francique	Grenada	44.66
5	Brandon Simpson	Jamaica	44.76
6th	Davian Clarke	Jamaica	44.83
7th	Leslie Djhone	France	44.94
8th	Michael Blackwood	Jamaica	45.55

August 23, 2004, 9:05 pm

All three Americans and all three Jamaicans had qualified for the final. The final field was completed by one starter each from France and Grenada.

The favorites were mainly Alleyne Francique from Grenada and the three US athletes Jeremy Wariner, Otis Harris and Derrick Brew.

In the final race, the US runners were in the lead halfway through the race. Harris was ahead, Wariner and Brew not far behind. On the home stretch Wariner had caught up with Harris. The two fought an exciting duel. In the end, Jeremy Wariner got the upper hand and won Olympic gold by one meter. Otis Harris won the silver medal, Derrick Brew followed in third place. Alleyne Francique was fourth ahead of the two Jamaicans Brandon Simpson and Davian Clarke. The French came in seventh as the best European.

In the 25th Olympic final, Jeremy Wariner won the 18th gold medal for the USA in the 400-meter run . It was the sixth US victory in a row. At the same time, it was the fourth triple success for the USA in this discipline.

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  Olympic Champion Jeremy Wariner, USA

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  The French Leslie Djhone was the best European Olympic seventh

Web links

• SportsReference 400m , accessed April 20, 2018
• Results on the IAAF website , accessed April 20, 2018
• Official Report of the XXVIIIth Olympiad, Results Athletics , English / French (PDF, 3054 KB), accessed on April 20, 2018

Video

• Jeremy Wariner 400m Final, 44.00 - 2004 Athens Olympics , posted August 31, 2010 on youtube.com, accessed April 20, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 669 , accessed on April 20, 2018
2. ↑ Athletes Sanctioned for a Doping Offence Committed 2003-2008 iaaf.org ( Memento August 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed April 20, 2018