Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Dates July 6 (quarterfinals and semifinals)
July 7 (final)
Competitors 23 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Morgan Taylor
 United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Erik Wilén
 Finland
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Ivan Riley
 United States
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The men's 400 metres hurdles event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, July 6, 1924 and on Monday, July 7, 1924.[1]

As for all other races the track was 500 metres in circumference.

Twenty-three hurdlers from 13 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record 54.0 United States Frank Loomis Antwerp (BEL) August 16, 1920
52.1(*) United States Ivan Riley Ann Arbor (USA) May 31, 1924
Olympic Record 54.0 United States Frank Loomis Antwerp (BEL) August 16, 1920

(*) not ratified as he knocked over a hurdle

Morgan Taylor won the U.S. trials in a time of 52.6 but he also knocked over a hurdle, which was against the rules in force at that time. He did the same in the final of this competition so the time he set, again 52.6, was also not ratified as world record. As the second placed Erik Wilén used a similar style his 53.8 were also not accepted as world record but tolerated as Olympic record.

Results

Round 1

All heats were held on Sunday, July 6, 1924.

The best two finishers of every heat qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Charles Brookins (USA)54.8Q
2 Humberto Lara (CHI)56.5Q
3 Philip MacDonald (CAN)56.8

Heat 2

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Chan Coulter (USA)55.0Q
2 Erik Wilén (FIN)55.3Q
3 Louis Lundgren (DEN)56.0
4 Pierre Arnaudin (FRA)DNF

Heat 3

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Géo André (FRA)56.0Q
2 Henri Thorsen (DEN)57.2Q
3 Ioannis Talianos (GRE)58.0

Heat 4

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Roger Viel (FRA)57.2Q
2 Martti Jukola (FIN)57.7Q
— Wilfrid Tatham (GBR)58.5

Heat 5

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Morgan Taylor (USA)55.8Q
2 Fred Blackett (GBR)56.9Q
3 Enrique Thompson (ARG)57.0
4 Richard Honner (AUS)58.5
5 André Foussard (FRA)60.0

Heat 6

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Ivan Riley (USA)55.4Q
2 Luigi Facelli (ITA)56.4Q
3 Jules Migeot (BEL)56.7
4 Warren Montabone (CAN)
5 Oscar van Rappard (NED)

Semifinals

All semi-finals were held on Sunday, July 6, 1924.

The best three finishers of each heat qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Charles Brookins (USA)54.6Q
2 Morgan Taylor (USA)54.9Q
3 Erik Wilén (FIN)55.4Q
4 Luigi Facelli (ITA)55.6
5 Roger Viel (FRA)56.7
6 Henri Thorsen (DEN)57.3

Semifinal 2

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Ivan Riley (USA)56.6Q
2 Géo André (FRA)56.7Q
3 Fred Blackett (GBR)58.4Q
4 Chan Coulter (USA)58.6
5 Martti Jukola (FIN)58.6
6 Humberto Lara (CHI)59.0

Final

The final was held on Monday, July 7, 1924.

Fred Blackett was disqualified for two false starts. After the race, Morgan Taylor's time was rejected as a world record because knocked over a hurdle, which was against the rules in force at that time, while Charles Brookins, who had crossed the finish line in second, was disqualified for running out of his lane. As such, Erik Wilén was credited with an Olympic record, but his time was not ratified as world record.

PlaceAthleteTime
1 Morgan Taylor (USA)52.6
2 Erik Wilén (FIN)53.8 OR
3 Ivan Riley (USA)54.2
4 Géo André (FRA)56.2
— Charles Brookins (USA)DSQ
 Fred Blackett (GBR)DSQ

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  • Olympic Report
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2008.
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