2016 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m hurdles (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	400 meter hurdles
gender	Men
Attendees	48 athletes from 33 countries
Competition location	Estádio Nilton Santos
Competition phase	August 15, 2016 (preliminary) August 16, 2016 (semi-finals) August 18, 2016 (final)
Medalist Kerron Clement ( USA )   Boniface Tumuti ( KEN )   Yasmani Copello ( TUR )

The men's 400-meter hurdles at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 15, 16 and 18, 2016 in the Estádio Nilton Santos . 48 athletes took part.

The American Kerron Clement became Olympic champion . Silver went to the Kenyan Boniface Tumuti , bronze went to the Turkish Yasmani Copello .

The Swiss Kariem Hussein was eliminated in the preliminary round.
Athletes from Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current title holders

Olympic champion	Félix Sánchez ( Dominican Republic )	47.63 s	London 2012
World Champion	Nicholas bed ( Kenya )	47.79 s	Beijing 2015
European champion	Yasmani Copello ( Turkey )	48.98 s	Amsterdam 2016
North / Central America / Caribbean champions	Javier Culson ( Puerto Rico )	48.70 s	San José 2015
South America champion	Andrés Silva ( Uruguay )	49.43 s	Lima 2015
Asian champion	Yuta Konishi ( Japan )	49.58 s	Wuhan 2015
African champions	Boniface Tumuti ( Kenya )	49.21 s	Durban 2016
Oceania Champion	Michael Cochrane ( New Zealand )	50.69 s	Cairns 2015

Existing records

World record	Kevin Young ( USA )	46.78 s	Barcelona , Spain	August 6, 1992
Olympic record			Final of Barcelona , Spain

Note: All times are based on Rio local time ( UTC-3 ).

Preliminary round

The athletes competed in a total of six heats. The first three runners per run qualified for the semi-finals. In addition, the six fastest drivers, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Forward 1

Finish prerun 1: 1. Lahoulou (ALG), green shirt / 2. Tumuti (KEN), directly behind Lahoulou / 3. Clement, in blue
4. Matsushita (JPN), far left

August 15, 2016, 11:35 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Abdelmalik Lahoulou	Algeria	48.62	NO
2	Boniface Tumuti	Kenya	48.91
3	Kerron Clement	United States	49.17
4th	Yuki Matsushita	Japan	49.60
5	Miles Ukaoma	Nigeria	49.84
6th	Marcio Teles	Brazil	50.41
7th	Jeffery Gibson	Bahamas	52.77

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  The fourth place in the first heat Yuki Matsushita from Japan was eliminated

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  The Nigerian Miles Ukaoma did not reach the next round as fifth in the first heat

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  The Brazilian Marcio Teles was sixth of his heat and was eliminated

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  Jeffery Gibson from the Bahamas failed in the preliminary round with seventh place in his preliminary round

Forward 2

The Swiss Kariem Hussein was eliminated in sixth place in the second heat

August 15, 2016, 11.42 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Yasmani Copello	Turkey	49.52
2	Eric Alejandro	Puerto Rico	49.54
3	Mahau Suguimati	Brazil	49.77
4th	Jaak-Heinrich Jagor	Estonia	49.78
5	Kariem Hussein	Switzerland	49.80
6th	Amadou Ndiaye	Senegal	49.91
7th	Martin Kučera	Slovakia	51.47
8th	Maoulida Darouèche	Comoros	52.32

Forward 3

Finish race 3: The Norwegian Warholm before Culson from Puerto Rico

August 15, 2016, 11:49 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Karsten Warholm	Norway	48.49	NO
2	Javier Culson	Puerto Rico	48.53
3	Rasmus Mägi	Estonia	48.55
4th	Roxroy Cato	Jamaica	48.56
5	Miloud Rahmani	Algeria	49.73
6th	Dmitri Koblow	Kazakhstan	49.87
7th	José Luis Gaspar	Cuba	50.58
8th	Ned Justeen Azemia	Seychelles	50.74	NO

Forward 4

Jehue Gordon from Trinidad and Tobago was eliminated in the fourth heat in eighth place

August 15, 2016, 11:56 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Keisuke Nozawa	Japan	48.62
2	Thomas Barr	Ireland	48.93
3	Eric Cray	Philippines	49.05
4th	Jaheel Hyde	Jamaica	49.24
5	Sergio Fernández	Spain	49.31
6th	Sebastian Rodger	Great Britain	49.54
7th	Le Roux Hamman	South Africa	49.72
8th	Jehue Gordon	Trinidad and Tobago	49.90

Forward 5

August 15, 2016, 12:03 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Annsert Whyte	Jamaica	48.37
2	Jack Green	Great Britain	48.96
3	Byron Robinson	United States	48.98
4th	Oskari Mörö	Finland	49.04	NO
5	Michaël Bultheel	Belgium	49.37
6th	Kurt Couto	Mozambique	49.74
7th	Lindsay Hanekom	South Africa	50.22
DSQ	Nicholas bed	Kenya		IAAF Rule 168.7 - incorrect crossing of the hurdle

Forward 6

A sixth place in the sixth heat was not enough for the American Michael Tinsley to advance

August 15, 2016, 12:10 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Aron Kipchumba Koech	Kenya	48.77
2	Louis Jacobus van Zyl	South Africa	49.12
3	Andrés Silva	Uruguay	49.21
4th	Jordin Andrade	Cape Verde	49.35
5	Mohamed Sghaier	Tunisia	50.09
6th	Michael Tinsley	United States	50.18
7th	Chen Chieh	Chinese Taipei	50.65
8th	Patryk Dobek	Poland	50.65

Semifinals

In each of the three semi-finals, the first two athletes qualified for the final. 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 16, 2016, 9:35 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Kerron Clement	United States	48.26
2	Boniface Tumuti	Kenya	48.85
3	Sergio Fernández	Spain	48.87	NO
4th	Abdelmalik Lahoulou	Algeria	49.08
5	Jaheel Hyde	Jamaica	49.17
6th	Keisuke Nozawa	Japan	49.20
7th	Eric Cray	Philippines	49.37
8th	Jack Green	Great Britain	49.54

Run 2

August 16, 2016, 9:42 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Annsert Whyte	Jamaica	48.32
2	Javier Culson	Puerto Rico	48.46
3	Yasmani Copello	Turkey	48.61
4th	Rasmus Mägi	Estonia	48.64
5	Louis Jacobus van Zyl	South Africa	49.00
6th	Jordin Andrade	Cape Verde	49.32
7th	Oskari Mörö	Finland	49.75
8th	Mahau Suguimati	Brazil	49.77

Run 3

August 16, 2016, 9:49 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Thomas Barr	Ireland	48.39	NO
2	Aron Kipchumba Koech	Kenya	48.49
3	Byron Robinson	United States	48.65
4th	Karsten Warholm	Norway	48.81
5	Michaël Bultheel	Belgium	49.46
6th	Andrés Silva	Uruguay	49.75
7th	Eric Alejandro	Puerto Rico	49.95
DSQ	Roxroy Cato	Jamaica		IAAF Rule 168.7 - incorrect crossing of the hurdle

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  The Algerian Abdelmalik Lahoulou missed the final by one place

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  The South African Louis Jacobus van Zyl reached fifth place in his semi-finals and was eliminated

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  A seventh place in the second semifinals was not enough for Finn Oskari Mörö to make it into the final

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  The Norwegian Karsten Warholm failed in fourth of his race in the semifinals

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  The Belgian Michaël Bultheel finished fifth in the third semi-final and was eliminated

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  Andrés Silva from Uruguay was sixth in his semi-final race and did not reach the final

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  The Jamaican Roxroy Cato was disqualified in his semifinals

final

August 18, 2016, 12 noon

Two Kenyans and one participant each from Estonia, Ireland, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Turkey and the USA qualified for the final.

The competition suffered from the absence of several top peoples. The 2004 and 2012 Olympic champion Félix Sánchez from the Dominican Republic was absent , as was the leader of the world's best list of the year, Johnny Dutch from the USA, who had failed in the US trials. Vice World Champion Denis Kudrjawzew from Russia was not at the start due to the ban on Russian athletes by the IAAF . The reigning world champion Nicholas Bett from the USA was also disqualified in the run-up. The silver medalist of the last games, Bett's compatriot Michael Tinsley, did not qualify for the final either. The favorite role now fell mainly to the Puerto Rican Javier Culson, bronze medalist at the 2012 Games in London . But Kerron Clement, the US Olympic champion in 2008 , was also strong.

Culson made a false start and was then disqualified. The second attempt to start worked, the Turk Yasmani Copello was in the front at the first hurdle. By the third hurdle, Clement, Kenyan Boniface Tumuti and Jamaican Annsert Whyte had caught up with Copello. Clement was now in the lead, directly followed by Whyte, with Tumuti behind. At the ninth hurdle Tumuti caught up with Whyte and passed him. The leading Clement could not be taken away from the victory and relegated the strongly emerging Tumuti to second place. Third was Copello, who was still able to intercept the declining Whyte.

Despite the lack of top-class athletes, the level of this final was high, four national records were set.

In the 26th Olympic final of this discipline, Kerron Clement ran for the United States' nineteenth victory. The Kenyan Boniface Tumuti and the Turk Yasmani Copello were the first medal winners in their countries over 400 meter hurdles .

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Kerron Clement	United States	47.73
2	Boniface Tumuti	Kenya	47.78	NO
3	Yasmani Copello	Turkey	47.92	NO
4th	Thomas Barr	Ireland	47.97	NO
5	Annsert Whyte	Jamaica	48.07
6th	Rasmus Mägi	Estonia	48.40	NO
7th	Aron Kipchumba Koech	Kenya	49.09
DSQ	Javier Culson	Puerto Rico		IAAF Rule 162.7 - false start

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  Olympic Champion:
  Kerron Clement, USA

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  Silver medal winner:
  Boniface Tumutia from Kenya

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  Bronze medal winner:
  Yasmani Copello, Turkey

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  Irishman Thomas Barr took fourth place in the final

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  The Estonian Rasmus Mägi set a new national record in sixth place

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  Javier Culson from Puerto Rico was disqualified after a false start

Web links

• Results Book Rio 2016, official report at library.olympic.org, accessed October 4, 2018
• Results on the website of the World Athletics Federation IAAF (English), accessed on October 4, 2018
• Sports-Reference, result of the 400 m hurdles men (English), accessed on October 4, 2018

Video

• The USA's Clement wins his first gold in 400m Hurdles on youtube.com, published on August 24, 2016, accessed on October 4, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 675 , accessed on October 4, 2018
2. ↑ ^{a b} IAAF competition rules, page 93 (PDF), accessed on October 4, 2018
3. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 71 (PDF), accessed on October 4, 2018