Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Thursday, August 19, 1920, and on Friday, August 20, 1920. 37 runners from 16 nations competed.[1]

Men's 400 metres
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueOlympisch Stadion
DatesAugust 19–20
Competitors37 from 16 nations
Medalists
Bevil Rudd  South Africa
Guy Butler  Great Britain
Nils Engdahl  Sweden
Athletics at the
1920 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmen
200 mmen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m steeplechasemen
4×100 m relaymen
4×400 m relaymen
3000 m team racemen
3 km walkmen
10 km walkmen
Road events
Marathonmen
Field events
Long jumpmen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmen
Discus throwmen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmen
56 lb weight throwmen
Combined events
Pentathlonmen
Decathlonmen
Cross-country events
Individualmen
Teammen

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record 47.4(*) Ted Meredith Cambridge, MA (USA) May 27, 1916
Olympic Record 48.2 Charles Reidpath Stockholm (SWE) July 13, 1912

(*) 440 yards (= 402.34 m)

Results

Heats

Heat 1

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Robert Lindsay (GBR)52.0Q
2 Clarence Oldfield (RSA)52.2Q
3 Tolly Bolin (SWE)52.6

Heat 2

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Gaston Féry (FRA)51.1Q
2 John Ainsworth-Davis (GBR)51.3Q
3 Karel Frankenstein (TCH)51.8
4 Francis Irvine (RSA)

Heat 3

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Frank Shea (USA)50.8Q
2 Henry Dafel (RSA)51.2Q
3 Sven Krokström (SWE)51.6

Heat 4

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Ted Meredith (USA)51.6Q
2 Géo André (FRA)52.3Q
3 Giuseppe Bernardoni (ITA)52.8

Heat 5

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Bevil Rudd (RSA)50.6Q
2 Erik Wilén (FIN)51.1Q
3 Reinhold Saulmann (EST)51.6
4 Giovanni Tosi (ITA)51.8

Heat 6

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Robert Emery (USA)52.6Q
2 Guy Butler (GBR)53.2Q
3 Karel Přibyl (TCH)54.0
4 Jules Migeot (BEL)55.1

Heat 7

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 George Schiller (USA)50.4Q
2 Nils Engdahl (SWE)50.6Q
3 Maurice Delvart (FRA)50.9
4 Einar Mangset (NOR)51.3

Heat 8

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Eric Sundblad (SWE)52.0Q
2 Hec Phillips (CAN)52.3Q
3 Agide Simonazzi (ITA)53.0
4 Purma Bannerjee (IND)53.1

Heat 9

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Omer Corteyn (BEL)52.2Q
2 Hedges Worthington-Eyre (GBR)52.5Q
3 Jean Proess (LUX)52.6
4 José García Lorenzana (ESP)52.8

Heat 10

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 François Morren (BEL)51.6Q
2 Miguel García Onsalo (ESP)52.0Q
3 Eugène Bayon (FRA)52.4
4 Ahmed Khairy (EGY)

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Nils Engdahl (SWE)50.4Q
2 John Ainsworth-Davis (GBR)50.7Q
3 Robert Emery (USA)50.7Q
4 François Morren (BEL)50.8
5 Clarence Oldfield (RSA)51.1

Quarterfinal 2

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Gaston Féry (FRA)50.6Q
2 Guy Butler (GBR)50.7Q
3 Ted Meredith (USA)50.8Q
4 Erik Wilén (FIN)51.1
5 Hec Phillips (CAN)51.5

Quarterfinal 3

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Henry Dafel (RSA)51.0Q
2 George Schiller (USA)51.3Q
3 Eric Sundblad (SWE)51.4Q
4 Robert Lindsay (GBR)51.7
5 Omer Corteyn (BEL)52.1

Quarterfinal 4

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Frank Shea (USA)51.0Q
2 Bevil Rudd (RSA)51.2Q
3 Géo André (FRA)51.3Q
4 Miguel García Onsalo (ESP)52.6
5 Hedges Worthington-Eyre (GBR)52.7

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Nils Engdahl (SWE)49.6Q
2 Bevil Rudd (RSA)49.7Q
3 John Ainsworth-Davis (GBR)49.9Q
4 Robert Emery (USA)
5 George Schiller (USA)
6 Gaston Féry (FRA)

Semifinal 2

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Frank Shea (USA)50.0Q
2 Guy Butler (GBR)50.2Q
3 Henry Dafel (RSA)50.4Q
4 Ted Meredith (USA)50.4
5 Géo André (FRA)50.5
6 Eric Sundblad (SWE)52.0

Final
PlaceAthleteTime
1 Bevil Rudd (RSA)49.6
2 Guy Butler (GBR)49.9
3 Nils Engdahl (SWE)49.9
4 Frank Shea (USA)49.9
5 John Ainsworth-Davis (GBR)50.0
6 Henry Dafel (RSA)50.1

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's 400 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  • Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 11 August 2007.
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