Summer Olympics 2020 / Athletics - 400 m (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	400 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	?? Athletes from ?? Countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 1, 2020 (preliminary) ; August 3, 2020 (semi-finals) ; August 6, 2020 (final)

The men's 400-meter run at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will be held in the Olympic Stadium from August 1st to 6th .

Current title holders

Olympic champion	Wayde van Niekerk ( South Africa ) South Africa	43.03 s	Rio de Janeiro 2016
World Champion	Steven Gardiner ( Bahamas ) Bahamas	43.48 s	Doha 2019
European champion	Matthew Hudson-Smith ( Great Britain ) United Kingdom	44.78 s	Berlin 2018
North / Central America / Caribbean champions	Demish Gaye ( Jamaica ) Jamaica	45.47 s	Toronto 2018
South America champion	Anthony Zambrano ( Colombia ) Colombia	45.53 s	Lima 2019
Asian champion	Youssef Karam ( Kuwait ) Kuwait	44.84 s	Doha 2019
African champions			Algiers 2020
Oceania Champion	Steven Solomon ( Australia ) Australia	46.12 s	Townsville 2019

World record	Wayde van Niekerk ( South Africa ) South Africa	43.03 s	Final of Rio de Janeiro , Brazil	August 14, 2016
Olympic record


sport	athletics
discipline	400 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	?? Athletes from ?? Countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 1, 2020 (preliminary) August 3, 2020 (semi-finals) August 6, 2020 (final)