Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres

The Men's 400 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entry list of 76 competitors, with ten qualifying heats (76), four quarterfinals (32) and two semi-finals (16), before the final (7) took off.[1]

Men's 400 metres
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Alonzo Babers winning the gold medal
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates4 to 8 August
Competitors80 from 56 nations
Winning time44.27
Medalists
Alonzo Babers
 United States
Gabriel Tiacoh
 Ivory Coast
Antonio McKay
 United States
Athletics at the
1984 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen
Wheelchair races

Medalists
GoldAlonzo Babers
 United States
SilverGabriel Tiacoh
 Ivory Coast
BronzeAntonio McKay
 United States

Abbreviations
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
ORolympic record
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.

World Record 43.86 Lee Evans Mexico City (MEX) October 18, 1968
Olympic Record 43.86 Lee Evans Mexico City (MEX) October 18, 1968

Results

Final
RANK FINAL TIME
 Alonzo Babers (USA) 44.27 PB
 Gabriel Tiacoh (CIV) 44.54
 Antonio McKay (USA) 44.71
4.  Darren Clark (AUS) 44.75
5.  Sunder Nix (USA) 44.75
6.  Sunday Uti (NGR) 44.93
7.  Innocent Egbunike (NGR) 45.35
 Bertland Cameron (JAM) DNS

Semifinals
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Innocent Egbunike (NGR) 45.16
2.  Alonzo Babers (USA) 45.17
3.  Darren Clark (AUS) 45.26
4.  Sunder Nix (USA) 45.41
5.  Aldo Canti (FRA) 45.59
6.  Michael Paul (TRI) 45.60
7.  Kriss Akabusi (GBR) 45.69
8.  Susumu Takano (JPN) 45.88.


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Gabriel Tiacoh (CIV) 44.64
2.  Sunday Uti (NGR) 44.83
3.  Antonio McKay (USA) 44.92
4.  Bertland Cameron (JAM) 45.10
5.  Bruce Frayne (AUS) 45.21
6.  Elvis Forde (BAR) 45.32 (NR)
7.  David Kitur (KEN) 45.62
8.  Dave Lishebo (ZAM) 45.97.

Quarterfinals
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Antonio McKay (USA) 44.72
2.  Darren Clark (AUS) 44.77
3.  Kriss Akabusi (GBR) 45.43
4.  Dave Lishebo (ZAM) 45.57
5.  John Anzarah (KEN) 45.67
6.  Devon Morris (JAM) 46.14
7.  Allan Ingraham (BAH) 46.14
8.  David Peltier (BAR) 46.48.


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Innocent Egbunike (NGR) 45.26
2.  Sunder Nix (USA) 45.31
3.  Elvis Forde (BAR) 45.60
4.  Aldo Canti (FRA) 45.64
5.  Angel Heras (ESP) 45.88
6.  Marcel Arnold (SUI) 46.10
7.  Philip Brown (GBR) 46.63
8.  Anton Skerritt (TRI) 46.93.


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Alonzo Babers (USA) 44.75 PB
2.  Sunday Uti (NGR) 45.01
3.  Bertland Cameron (JAM) 45.16
4.  Bruce Frayne (AUS) 45.35
5.  Todd Bennett (GBR) 45.51
6.  Antonio Sánchez (ESP) 45.79
7.  Oddur Sigurdsson (ISL) 46.07
8.  Doug Hinds (CAN) 46.19.


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Gabriel Tiacoh (CIV) 45.15
2.  David Kitur (KEN) 45.78
3.  Michael Paul (TRI) 45.84
4.  Susumu Takano (JPN) 45.91
5.  Erwin Skamrahl (FRG) 46.39
6.  Mark Senior (JAM) 46.50
7.  Gerson Souza (BRA) 46.65
8.  Isidro del Prado (PHI) 46.71.

Preliminary Heats
Alonzo Babers wins heat of the 400 meters.
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Davison Lishebo (ZAM) 46.20
2.  David Peltier (BAR) 46.57
3.  Allan Ingraham (BAH) 46.72
4.  Boubacar Diallo (SEN) 46.73
5.  Dean Greenaway (IVB) 47.33
6.  Evaldo da Silva (BRA) 47.55
7.  Ibrahim Okash (SOM) 47.91 (NR)
8.  Issaka Hassane (CHA) 49.64


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Gabriel Tiacoh (CIV) 45.96
2.  David Kitur (KEN) 46.25
3.  Marcel Arnold (SUI) 46.46
4.  Gary Minihan (AUS) 46.93
5.  Nordin Jadi (MAS) 47.12
6.  Tommy Johansson (SWE) 47.77
7.  Daniel Andre (MRI) 49.09
8.  Faustin Butéra (RWA) 51.41.


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Innocent Egbunike (NGR) 46.63
2.  Mark Senior (JAM) 46.73
3.  Gérson de Souza (BRA) 47.02
4.  Manuel Ramirez-Caicedo (COL) 47.17
5.  Brian Saunders (CAN) 47.40
6.  Mohamed Amer Al-Malky (OMA) 47.61
7.  Meesaq Rizvi (PAK) 49.58.
8.  Secundino Borabota (GEQ) DQ


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Bertland Cameron (JAM) 46.14
2.  Oddur Sigurdsson (ISL) 46.30
3.  Doug Hinds (CAN) 46.42
4.  Richard Louis (BAR) 46.70
5.  Jean-Didiace Bémou (CGO) 47.26
6.  Hector Llatser (FRA) 47.30
7.  Phillip Pipersburg (BIZ) 48.04
8.  Alberto López (GUA) 52.21.


RANK HEAT 5 TIME
1.  Alonzo Babers (USA) 45.81
2.  Michael Paul (TRI) 46.18
3.  Philip Brown (GBR) 46.26
4.  Moses Kyeswa (UGA) 46.78
5.  Tim Bethune (CAN) 46.98
6.  Joseph Ramotshabi (BOT) 48.11
7.  Dawda Jallow (GAM) 48.36
8.  René López (ESA) 48.71.


RANK HEAT 6 TIME
1.  Bruce Frayne (AUS) 46.08
2.  Aldo Canti (FRA) 46.14
3.  Susumu Takano (JPN) 46.26
4.  Nafi Mersal (EGY) 46.46
5.  Alfred Browne (ANT) 47.29
6.  Rashid Al-Jirbi (UAE) 48.71
7.  Siegfried Cruden (SUR) 50.07.
8.  Hassan El-Kashief (SUD) DNF


RANK HEAT 7 TIME
1.  Sunder Nix (USA) 45.42
2.  Elvis Forde (BAR) 45.47
3.  Antonio Sánchez (ESP) 46.03
4.  Anton Skerritt (TTO) 46.30
5.  James Atuti (KEN) 47.04
6.  Adjé Adjeoda Vignon (TOG) 47.43
7.  Lapule Tamean (PNG) 47.60
8.  Pushpa Raj Ojha (NEP) 52.12.


RANK HEAT 8 TIME
1.  Antonio McKay (USA) 45.55
2.  John Anzarah (KEN) 46.12
3.  Isidro del Prado (PHI) 46.82
4.  Leonardo Loforte (MOZ) 47.07
5.  Joseph Rodan (FIJ) 49.00
6.  Agripa Mwausegha (MAW) 49.12
7.  Charles Moses (GHA) 50.39.
8.  Ali St. Louis (TTO) DNF


RANK HEAT 9 TIME
1.  Erwin Skamrahl (FRG) 45.94
2.  Angel Heras (ESP) 46.06
3.  Todd Bennett (GBR) 46.09
4.  Yann Quentrec (FRA) 46.94
5.  Wilson dos Santos (BRA) 47.55
6.  Mark Handelsman (ISR) 48.17
7.  Chris Madzokere (ZIM) 48.49
8.  Arsène Randriamahazomana (MAD) 48.86.


RANK HEAT 10 TIME
1.  Kriss Akabusi (GBR) 45.64
2.  Darren Clark (AUS) 45.68
3.  Sunday Uti (NGR) 45.74
4.  Devon Morris (JAM) 45.80
5.  Mike Okot (UGA) 46.68
6.  Samuel Sarkpa (LBR) 47.65
7.  Mama Moluh (CMR) 48.90.
8.  Vincent Confait (SEY) DQ

In the UK TV show Little Britain, character Denver Mills is credited as having won the silver medal in the 400 metres at the 1984 Olympics.

See also

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 400 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
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