2004 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m (men)
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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) |
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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 )
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43.84 s | Sydney 2000 |
World Champion 2003 |
Tyree Washington ( USA )
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44.77 s | Paris 2003 |
European Champion 2002 |
Ingo Schultz ( Germany )
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45.14 s | Munich 2002 |
Pan American Champion 2003 |
Mitch Potter ( USA )
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45.11 s | Santo Domingo 2003 |
Central America and Caribbean champions 2003 |
Alleyne Francique ( Grenada )
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45.27 s | St. George’s 2003 |
South American Champion 2003 | William José Hernández ( Venezuela )
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45.81 s | Barquisimeto 2003 |
Asian champion 2003 | Fawzi Al-Shammari ( Kuwait )
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45.16 s | Manila 2003 |
African champion 2004 |
Éric Milazar ( Mauritius )
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45.03 s | Brazzaville 2004 |
Oceania Champion 2002 | Jeffrey Bai ( Papua New Guinea )
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49.03 s | Christchurch 2002 |
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 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 |
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1 | Alleyne Francique |
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45.32 | |
2 | Davian Clarke |
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45.54 | |
3 | Marcus La Grange |
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45.95 | |
4th | Piotr Klimczak |
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46.23 | |
5 | Jun Osakada |
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46.39 | |
6th | Lloyd Zvasiya |
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47.19 | |
7th | David Canal |
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47.23 | |
8th | Danilson Ricciuli |
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49.27 |
Forward 2
August 20, 2004, 9:16 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Chris Brown |
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45.09 | |
2 | Otis Harris |
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45.11 | |
3 | Eric Milazar |
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45.34 | |
4th | Casey Vincent |
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46.09 | |
5 | Vincent Mumo Kiilu |
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46.31 | |
6th | Andrés Silva |
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46.48 | |
7th | Stilianos Dimotsios |
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46.51 | |
8th | Abdulla Mohamed Hussein |
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51.52 |
Forward 3
August 20, 2004, 9:22 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Anton Galkin |
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45.43 | |
2 | Yeimer López |
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45.44 | |
3 | Alejandro Cardenas |
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45.46 | |
4th | Gary Kikaya |
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45.57 | |
5 | Ato Stephens |
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46.29 | |
6th | Mitsuhiro Satō |
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46.70 | |
7th | Takeshi Fujiwara |
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48.46 | |
8th | Youba Hmeida |
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49.18 |
Forward 4
August 20, 2004, 9:28 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Derrick Brew |
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45.41 | |
2 | Brandon Simpson |
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45.61 | |
3 | Sofiane Labidi |
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46.04 | |
4th | Daniel Caines |
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46.15 | |
5 | Rohan Pradeep Kumara |
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46.20 | |
6th | Evans Marie |
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48.23 | |
DNS | Lezin Elongo Ngoyikonda |
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Forward 5
August 20, 2004, 9:34 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Carlos Santa |
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45.31 | |
2 | Lewis Banda |
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45.37 | |
3 | Kalayathumkuzhi Binu |
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45.48 | NO |
4th | Cédric Van Branteghem |
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45.70 | |
5 | California Molefe |
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45.88 | |
6th | Chris Lloyd |
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47.98 | |
7th | Fawzi Al-Shammari |
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48.25 | |
8th | Saeed Al-Adhreai |
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49.39 |
Forward 6
August 20, 2004, 9:40 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Jeremy Wariner |
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45.56 | |
2 | Ingo Schultz |
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45.88 | |
3 | Young Talkmore Nyongani |
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46.03 | |
4th | Zsolt Szeglet |
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46.16 | |
5 | Malachi Davis |
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46.28 | |
6th | Oleg Mishukov |
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46.41 | |
7th | Dadi Denis |
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47.57 | |
DNF | Victor Kibet |
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Forward 7
August 20, 2004, 9:46 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Michael Blackwood |
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45.23 | |
2 | Hamdan Al-Bishi |
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45.31 | |
3 | Saul Weigopwa |
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45.59 | |
4th | Matija Šestak |
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45.88 | |
5 | Yuki Yamaguchi |
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46.16 | |
6th | Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr |
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46.32 | |
7th | Sajid Muhammad |
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47.45 | |
8th | Moses Kamut |
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48.14 |
Forward 8
August 20, 2004, 9:52 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Leslie Djhone |
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45.40 | |
2 | Ezra Sambu |
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45.59 | |
3 | Timothy Benjamin |
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45.69 | |
4th | Clinton Hill |
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45.89 | |
5 | Adem Hecini |
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46.50 | |
6th | Luis Luna |
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47.92 | |
7th | Jonnie Lowe |
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48.06 | |
8th | Anderson Jorge dos Santos |
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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 |
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1 | Jeremy Wariner |
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44.87 | |
2 | Michael Blackwood |
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45.00 | |
3 | Leslie Djhone |
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45.01 | |
4th | Lewis Banda |
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45.23 | |
5 | Eric Milazar |
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45.23 | |
6th | Gary Kikaya |
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45.58 | |
7th | Ezra Sambu |
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45.84 | |
8th | Cédric Van Branteghem |
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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 |
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1 | Derrick Brew |
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45.05 | |
2 | Davian Clarke |
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45.27 | |
3 | Chris Brown |
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45.31 | |
4th | Yeimer López |
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45.52 | |
5 | Alejandro Cardenas |
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45.64 | |
6th | Kalayathumkuzhi Binu |
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45.97 | |
7th | Matija Šestak |
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46.54 | |
DOP | Anton Galkin |
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Run 3
August 21, 2004, 9:29 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Brandon Simpson |
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44.97 | |
2 | Otis Harris |
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44.99 | |
3 | Alleyne Francique |
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45.08 | |
4th | Carlos Santa |
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45.58 | |
5 | Hamdan Al-Bishi |
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45.59 | |
6th | Saul Weigopwa |
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45.67 | |
7th | Ingo Schultz |
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46.23 | |
8th | Timothy Benjamin |
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46.28 |
final
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Jeremy Wariner |
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44.00 | |
2 | Otis Harris |
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44.16 | |
3 | Derrick Brew |
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44.42 | |
4th | Alleyne Francique |
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44.66 | |
5 | Brandon Simpson |
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44.76 | |
6th | Davian Clarke |
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44.83 | |
7th | Leslie Djhone |
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44.94 | |
8th | Michael Blackwood |
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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.
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
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 669 , accessed on April 20, 2018
- ↑ Athletes Sanctioned for a Doping Offence Committed 2003-2008 iaaf.org ( Memento August 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed April 20, 2018