Athletics 2024/Men's 400 metre

The men's 400 metre of Athletics 2024 during the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 4–7 August 2024 in the Stade de France. With 46 athletes competing, the event was won by Quincy Hall from United States, with Matthew Hudson-Smith from Great Britain taking the silver medal and Muzala Samukonga from Zambia taking bronze.

Format[]

The competition exists out of four rounds, each with races of up to eight athletes. In the opening round, the top two with the fastest time advance to the semifinal. The rest of the athletes have another chance for the remaining spots through the new repechage round. In the semifinal round, the top two with the fastest time advance to the final, together with a number of fastest non-qualifiers. The fastest competitor in the final is the winner of the event.

Preview[]

Forty-six athletes qualified for the event with world number one and defending Olympic champion Steven Gardiner, 2023 world silver medalist Matthew Hudson-Smith, 2023 world bronze medalist Quincy Hall, and 2012 Olympic champion Kirani James as some of the top favorites for the title.

Athlete	Nationality
Kentaro Sato	Japan
Christopher Bailey	United States
Havard Bentdal Ingvaldsen	Norway
Deandre Watkin	Jamaica
Matthew Hudson-Smith	Great Britain
Chidi Okezie	Nigeria
Oleksandr Pohorilko	Ukraine
Busang Collen Kebinatshipi	Botswana
Michael Joseph	Saint Lucia
Attila Molnar	Hungary
Sean Bailey	Jamaica
Michael Norman	United States
Anthony Jose Zambrano	Colombia
Ammar Ismail Yahia Ibrahim	Qatar
Jereem Richards	Trinidad and Tobago
Bayapo Ndori	Botswana
Muzala Samukonga	Zambia
Matej Krsek	Czech Republic
Jean Paul Bredau	Germany
Lythe Pillay	South Africa
Dylan Borlee	Belgium
Luca Sito	Italy
Yuki Joseph Nakajima	Japan
Alexander Ogando	Dominican Republic
Elian Larregina	Argentina
Steven Gardiner	Bahamas
Samuel Ogazi	Nigeria
Reece Holder	Australia
Quincy Hall	United States
Jonathan Sacoor	Belgium
Davide Re	Italy
Lionel Spitz	Switzerland
Zakithi Nene	South Africa
Lucas Carvalho	Brazil
Kirani James	Grenada
Leungo Scotch	Botswana
Christopher Morales-Williams	Canada
Aruna Dharshana Singhapurage	Sri Lanka
Cheikh Tidiane Diouf	Senegal
Jevaughn Powell	Jamaica
Gilles Biron	France
Charles Dobson	Great Britain
Zablon Ekhal Ekwam	Kenya
Alexander Doom	Belgium
Fuga Sato	Japan
Joao Coelho	Portugal

Current Records[]

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Time
WR	14 August 2016		Wayde van Niekerk	43.03
OR	14 August 2016		Wayde van Niekerk	43.03

Summary[]

Round 1[]

Heat 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Matthew Hudson-Smith	44.78	Q
2		Christopher Bailey	44.89	Q
3		Havard Bentdal Ingvaldsen	45.46	Q
4		Chidi Okezie	45.52
5		Kentaro Sato	45.60
6		Oleksandr Pohorilko	45.71
7		Deandre Watkin	45.97

Heat 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Michael Norman	44.10	Q
2		Jereem Richards	44.31	Q
3		Busang Collen Kebinatshipi	44.45	Q, PR
4		Ammar Ismail Yahia Ibrahim	44.66	PR
5		Sean Bailey	44.68
6		Attila Molnar	45.24
7		Anthony Jose Zambrano	45.49
8		Michael Joseph	45.69

Heat 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Muzala Samukonga	44.56	Q
2		Bayapo Ndori	44.87	Q
3		Luca Sito	44.99	Q
4		Jean Paul Bredau	45.07
5		Dylan Borlee	45.36
6		Yuki Joseph Nakajima	45.37
7		Lythe Pillay	45.60
8		Matej Krsek	45.71

Heat 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Quincy Hall	44.28	Q
2		Samuel Ogazi	44.50	Q, PR
3		Reece Holder	44.53	Q, PR
4		Jonathan Sacoor	45.08
5		Alexander Ogando	45.11
6		Elian Larregina	47.80
—		Steven Gardiner	DNS

Heat 5 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Kirani James	44.78	Q
2		Christopher Morales-Williams	44.96	Q
3		Aruna Dharshana Singhapurage	44.99	Q, PR
4		Zakithi Nene	45.01
5		Leungo Scotch	45.28
6		Lionel Spitz	45.81
7		Lucas Carvalho	45.85
8		Davide Re	46.74

Heat 6 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Charles Dobson	44.96	Q
2		Alexander Doom	45.01	Q
3		Jevaughn Powell	45.12	Q
4		Joao Coelho	45.35
5		Cheikh Tidiane Diouf	45.59
6		Fuga Sato	46.13
7		Gilles Biron	46.19
—		Zablon Ekhal Ekwam	DNF

Repechages[]

Repechage 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Elian Larregina	45.36	Q
2		Gilles Biron	45.87
3		Lucas Carvalho	46.24
—		Davide Re	DNS
—		Jonathan Sacoor	DNS
—		Fuga Sato	DNS
—		Deandre Watkin	DNS

Repechage 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Lythe Pillay	45.40	Q
2		Matej Krsek	45.53	PR
3		Oleksandr Pohorilko	45.59
4		Michael Joseph	45.64
5		Chidi Okezie	45.92
—		Yuki Joseph Nakajima	DNS
—		Alexander Ogando	DNS

Repechage 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Zakithi Nene	44.81	Q
2		Leungo Scotch	45.33	q
3		Attila Molnar	45.45
4		Lionel Spitz	45.51
—		Kentaro Sato	DNS
—		Anthony Jose Zambrano	DNS

Repechage 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Ammar Ismail Yahia Ibrahim	44.77	Q
2		Cheikh Tidiane Diouf	45.03	q, PR
3		Jean Paul Bredau	45.40
4		Dylan Borlee	45.51
5		Joao Coelho	45.64
—		Sean Bailey	DNF

Semifinals[]

Semifinal 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Quincy Hall	43.95	Q
2		Jereem Richards	44.33	Q
3		Busang Collen Kebinatshipi	44.43	PR
4		Charles Dobson	44.48
5		Ammar Ismail Yahia Ibrahim	44.64	PR
6		Cheikh Tidiane Diouf	44.94	NR
7		Havard Bentdal Ingvaldsen	45.60
8		Alexander Doom	1:55.10

Semifinal 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Kirani James	43.78	Q
2		Muzala Samukonga	43.81	Q, NR
3		Christopher Bailey	44.31	q, PR
4		Bayapo Ndori	44.43
5		Luca Sito	45.01
6		Elian Larregina	45.02
7		Lythe Pillay	45.24
—		Aruna Dharshana Singhapurage	DQ

Semifinal 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Matthew Hudson-Smith	44.07	Q
2		Michael Norman	44.26	Q
3		Samuel Ogazi	44.41	q, PR
4		Jevaughn Powell	44.91
5		Reece Holder	44.94
6		Zakithi Nene	45.06
7		Leungo Scotch	45.16
8		Christopher Morales-Williams	45.25

Final[]

Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Quincy Hall	43.40	PR
2		Matthew Hudson-Smith	43.44	AR
3		Muzala Samukonga	43.74	NR
4		Jereem Richards	43.78	NR
5		Kirani James	43.87
6		Christopher Bailey	44.58
7		Samuel Ogazi	44.73
8		Michael Norman	45.62

Results[]

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Quincy Hall	United States
	Matthew Hudson-Smith	Great Britain
	Muzala Samukonga	Zambia
4	Jereem Richards	Trinidad and Tobago
5	Kirani James	Grenada
6	Christopher Bailey	United States
7	Samuel Ogazi	Nigeria
8	Michael Norman	United States
9	Busang Collen Kebinatshipi	Botswana
10	Bayapo Ndori	Botswana
11	Charles Dobson	Great Britain
12	Ammar Ismail Yahia Ibrahim	Qatar
13	Jevaughn Powell	Jamaica
14	Reece Holder	Australia
15	Cheikh Tidiane Diouf	Senegal
16	Luca Sito	Italy
17	Elian Larregina	Argentina
18	Zakithi Nene	South Africa
19	Leungo Scotch	Botswana
20	Lythe Pillay	South Africa
21	Christopher Morales-Williams	Canada
22	Havard Bentdal Ingvaldsen	Norway
23	Alexander Doom	Belgium
24	Aruna Dharshana Singhapurage	Sri Lanka
25	Jean Paul Bredau	Germany
26	Attila Molnar	Hungary
27	Dylan Borlee	Belgium
28	Lionel Spitz	Switzerland
29	Matej Krsek	Czech Republic
30	Oleksandr Pohorilko	Ukraine
31	Joao Coelho	Portugal
32	Michael Joseph	Saint Lucia
33	Gilles Biron	France
34	Chidi Okezie	Nigeria
35	Lucas Carvalho	Brazil
36	Sean Bailey	Jamaica
37	Jonathan Sacoor	Belgium
38	Alexander Ogando	Dominican Republic
39	Yuki Joseph Nakajima	Japan
40	Anthony Jose Zambrano	Colombia
41	Kentaro Sato	Japan
42	Deandre Watkin	Jamaica
43	Fuga Sato	Japan
44	Davide Re	Italy
—	Zablon Ekhal Ekwam	Kenya
—	Steven Gardiner	Bahamas

2024 Summer Olympic Games
Athletics 2024
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Men
Track
100 m	110 m hurdles
200 m	400 m hurdles
400 m	3000 m steeplechase
800 m	4x100 m relay
1500 m	4x400 m relay
5000 m	20 km walk
10000 m
Field
High jump	Shot put
Pole vault	Discus throw
Long jump	Hammer throw
Triple jump	Javelin throw
Miscellaneous
Marathon	Decathlon
Women
Track
100 m	100 m hurdles
200 m	400 m hurdles
400 m	3000 m steeplechase
800 m	4x100 m relay
1500 m	4x400 m relay
5000 m	20 km walk
10000 m
Field
High jump	Shot put
Pole vault	Discus throw
Long jump	Hammer throw
Triple jump	Javelin throw
Miscellaneous
Marathon	Heptathlon
Mixed
Track
4x400 m relay	Team race walk