Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Friday, July 12, 1912 and on Saturday, July 13, 1912. Forty-nine runners from 16 nations competed.[1]

Men's 400 metres
at the Games of the V Olympiad
Reidpath winning gold with Braun in the foreground.
VenueStockholm Olympic Stadium
DatesJuly 12 (heats, semifinals)
July 13 (final)
Competitors49 from 16 nations
Medalists
Charles Reidpath  United States
Hanns Braun  Germany
Edward Lindberg  United States
Athletics at the
1912 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmen
200 mmen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
110 m hurdlesmen
4×100 m relaymen
4×400 m relaymen
3000 m team racemen
10 km walkmen
Road events
Marathonmen
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Long jumpmen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmen
Pole vaultmen
Standing long jumpmen
Standing high jumpmen
Shot putmen
Discus throwmen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmen
2-hand shot putmen
2-hand discusmen
2-hand javelinmen
Combined events
Pentathlonmen
Decathlonmen
Cross-country events
Individualmen
Teammen

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World Record 47.8(*) Maxie Long New York (USA) September 29, 1900
Olympic Record 48.4(**) Wyndham Halswelle London (GBR) July 22, 1908

(*) unofficial 440 yards (= 402.34 m)

(**) This track was 536.45 metres=​1⁄3 mile in circumference.

The Olympic record of 48.4 seconds, set at the previous Olympics, fell in the final. Charles Reidpath broke the record with a 48.2 second performance. Hanns Braun also broke the old record and Edward Lindberg tied it, en route to silver and bronze medals, respectively.

Results

Heats

All heats were held on Friday, July 12, 1912.

Heat 1

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 James Rosenberger (USA)50.6QS
2 Charles Poulenard (FRA)50.7QS
3 Wladyslaw Ponurski (AUT)
4 Claude Ross (ANZ)

Heat 2

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Ernest Haley (GBR)1:06.6QS
2 Mel Sheppard (USA)1:06.6QS

Heat 3

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Hanns Braun (GER)50.6QS
2 Ted Meredith (USA)QS
3 Armando Cortesão (POR)

Heat 4

Heat 4:Paul Zerling leads Yahiko Mishima.
PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Paul Zerling (SWE)55.4QS
2 Yahiko Mishima (JPN)55.5QS

Heat 5

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Charles Lelong (FRA)50.2QS
2 Donnell Young (USA)50.4QS
3 István Déván (HUN)
4 Gustav Möller (SWE)

Heat 6

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Knut Stenborg (SWE)1:01.6QS

Heat 7

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Carroll Haff (USA)50.4QS
2 Emilio Lunghi (ITA)50.5QS
3 Max Herrmann (GER)

Heat 8

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Frigyes Wiesner (HUN)50.8QS
2 John Dahlin (SWE)51.0QS
3 Georges Malfait (FRA)

Heat 9

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Eric Lindholm (SWE)51.4QS
2 Jacob Pedersen (NOR)51.6QS
3 Heinrich Burkowitz (GER)51.7
4 Václav Labík (BOH)

Heat 10

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Edward Lindberg (USA)50.6QS
2 James Soutter (GBR)QS
3 Franco Giongo (ITA)

Heat 11

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Clarence Edmundson (USA)50.2QS
2 Ernest Henley (GBR)QS
3 Mel Brock (CAN)
4 Pyotr Gayevsky (RUS)

Heat 12

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 George Nicol (GBR)50.0QS
2 Ira Davenport (USA)QS
3 Thomas Gallon (CAN)
4 Erich Lehmann (GER)
5 Georges Rolot (FRA)
6 Ödön Bodor (HUN)

Heat 13

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Jacques Person (GER)55.4QS
2 Joseph Wells (GBR)1:01.2QS

Heat 14

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Cyril Seedhouse (GBR)51.5QS
2 Ervin Szerelemhegyi (HUN)QS
— Alexander Pedersen (NOR)Disqualified

Heat 15

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 George Patching (RSA)51.1QS
2 Charles Reidpath (USA)51.2QS
3 Heinrich Wenseler (GER)
4 Alan Patterson (GBR)
5 Robert Schurrer (FRA)

Semifinals
The start of one of the semifinals.

All semi-finals were held on Friday, July 12, 1912.

Semifinal 1

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Charles Reidpath (USA)48.7QF
2 Clarence Edmundson (USA)
3 George Nicol (GBR)
4 Frigyes Wiesner (HUN)
5 Charles Poulenard (FRA)
— John Dahlin (SWE)Did not start

Semifinal 2

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Edward Lindberg (USA)48.9QF
2 Eric Lindholm (SWE)50.2
3 Charles Lelong (FRA)
— Jacques Person (GER)Did not finish
 Cyril Seedhouse (GBR)Did not finish
 Joseph Wells (GBR)Did not finish

Semifinal 3

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Ted Meredith (USA)48.8QF
2 Mel Sheppard (USA)48.9
3 George Patching (RSA)50.5
4 Knut Stenborg (SWE)50.5
5 Jacob Pedersen (NOR)
6 Ernest Henley (GBR)

Semifinal 4

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Carroll Haff (USA)49.7QF
2 Emilio Lunghi (ITA)
3 Ervin Szerelemhegyi (HUN)
— Ernest Haley (GBR)Did not finish
 James Rosenberger (USA)Did not finish
 Yahiko Mishima (JPN)Did not start

Semifinal 5

Charles Reidpath (second from left) beats Hanns Braun (second from right) in the final.
PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Hanns Braun (GER)49.2QF
2 Ira Davenport (USA)
3 James Soutter (GBR)
4 Paul Zerling (SWE)
— Donnell Young (USA)Disqualified

Final

The final was held on Saturday, July 13, 1912.

PlaceAthleteTime
1 Charles Reidpath (USA)48.2 OR
2 Hanns Braun (GER)48.3
3 Edward Lindberg (USA)48.4
4 Ted Meredith (USA)49.2
5 Carroll Haff (USA)49.5

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's 400 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
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