Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue Athens Olympic Stadium
Date 23–26 August
Competitors 35 from 24 nations
Winning time 47.63
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Félix Sánchez
 Dominican Republic
2nd, silver medalist(s) Danny McFarlane
 Jamaica
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Naman Keïta
 France
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The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 23 to 26.[1]

The first round had split a full roster of runners into eight heats with the first four gaining a direct qualification and then the next four fastest across all heats advancing to the semifinals. The top two runners in each of the three semifinal heats moved on directly to the final, and they were immediately joined by the next two fastest from any of the semifinals.

In the final, a false start had been accredited to at least three athletes including Dominican Republic's Félix Sánchez, a solid pre-race favorite in this event. Nonetheless, he sped out of the blocks, and quickly opened his lead over the American and fastest pre-Olympic entrant James Carter on the sixth hurdle. The two had chased against each other towards the final bend with Carter pulling ahead into the lead. As Carter went backwards in the last two hurdles, Sanchez left the field trailing to quickly move again to the front and maintained it to a blazing finish in his seasonal best at 47.63 seconds, extending his winning streak on his forty-third race since the previous defeat in 2001.[2] Behind him, Jamaican hurdler Danny McFarlane and delighted Frenchman Naman Keïta edged Carter out to a ragged fourth to deny the American supremacy on the podium for the first time at a non-boycotted Games since 1968, giving both of them the silver and bronze respectively.[3][4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Kevin Young (USA)46.78 sBarcelona, Spain6 August 1992
Olympic record Kevin Young (USA)46.78 sBarcelona, Spain6 August 1992

No new records were set during the competition.

Qualification

The qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's 400 metres hurdles, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 49.20 seconds or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 49.50 seconds or faster could be entered.

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Monday, 23 August 200419:30Round 1
Tuesday, 24 August 200421:05Semifinals
Thursday, 26 August 200422:30Final

Results

Round 1

Qualification rule: The first four finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next four fastest overall runners (q) advanced to the semifinals.[5]

Heat 1

RankLaneNameNationalityResultNotes
18Angelo Taylor United States48.79Q
26Jiří Mužík Czech Republic48.85Q, SB
33Chris Rawlinson Great Britain48.94Q
45Boris Gorban Russia49.25Q
52Yevgeniy Meleshenko Kazakhstan49.43q
64Ken Yoshizawa Japan50.95
77Kurt Couto Mozambique51.18NR

Heat 2

RankLaneNameNationalityResultNotes
12Danny McFarlane Jamaica48.53Q, SB
23Bennie Brazell United States48.57Q
35Marek Plawgo Poland48.67Q, SB
44Llewellyn Herbert South Africa48.70Q
56Štěpán Tesařík Czech Republic49.44q
67Alaa Motar Iraq51.97
8Yacnier Luis CubaDSQ

Heat 3

RankLaneNameNationalityResultNotes
18James Carter United States48.64Q
26Periklis Iakovakis Greece48.69Q, SB
37Dai Tamesue Japan48.80Q
44Eduardo Iván Rodríguez Spain49.25Q
52Bayano Kamani Panama49.37q
63Ibrahima Maïga Mali50.63
75Michael Aguilar Belize51.21

Heat 4

RankLaneNameNationalityResultNotes
12Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic48.51Q
25Alwyn Myburgh South Africa48.84Q
34Mikhail Lipsky Russia49.00Q
43Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily Saudi Arabia49.15Q, SB
57Dean Griffiths Jamaica49.41q
66Cédric El-Idrissi Switzerland49.44
78Mowen Boino Papua New Guinea50.97NR

Heat 5

RankLaneNameNationalityResultNotes
18Kemel Thompson Jamaica48.66Q, SB
23Naman Keïta France48.88Q
32Ockert Cilliers South Africa49.12Q
44Edivaldo Monteiro Portugal49.53Q
56Ibrahim Al-Hamaidi Saudi Arabia49.64
65Matthew Douglas Great Britain49.77
77Ibrahim Tondi Niger52.62

Semifinals

Qualification rule: The first two finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next two fastest overall runners (q) moved on to the final.[6]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityResultNotes
15Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic47.93Q
23Marek Plawgo Poland48.16Q, NR
36Alwyn Myburgh South Africa48.21q, SB
44Angelo Taylor United States48.72
57Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily Saudi Arabia48.98SB
62Mikhail Lipskiy Russia49.10
71Edivaldo Monteiro Portugal49.26
88Dean Griffiths Jamaica49.51

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityResultNotes
13Danny McFarlane Jamaica48.00Q, PB
25Bennie Brazell United States48.19Q
34Dai Tamesue Japan48.46SB
46Periklis Iakovakis Greece48.47SB
52Llewellyn Herbert South Africa48.57
68Eduardo Iván Rodríguez Spain49.77
77Štěpán Tesařík Czech Republic49.87
81Chris Rawlinson Great Britain50.89

Semifinal 3

RankLaneNameNationalityResultNotes
13James Carter United States48.18Q
27Bayano Kamani Panama48.23Q, NR
36Naman Keïta France48.24q
44Kemel Thompson Jamaica48.25SB
55Jiří Mužík Czech Republic48.88
61Ockert Cilliers South Africa49.01
72Boris Gorban Russia49.46
88Yevgeniy Meleshenko Kazakhstan49.48

Final

[7]

RankLaneNameNationalityResultNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)6Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic47.63SB
2nd, silver medalist(s)5Danny McFarlane Jamaica48.11
3rd, bronze medalist(s)7Naman Keïta France48.26
44James Carter United States48.58
52Bayano Kamani Panama48.74
63Marek Plawgo Poland49.00
71Alwyn Myburgh South Africa49.07
88Bennie Brazell United States49.51

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Sanchez storms to gold". BBC Sport. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Barclay, Bill (27 August 2004). "Invincible Sanchez storms to gold". Rediff.com. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  4. ↑ Tucker, Elton (27 August 2004). "McFarlane wins third medal for Jamaica". Gleaner Company. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's 400m Hurdles Heats". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's 400m Hurdles Semifinals". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's 400m Hurdles Final". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
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