Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held at the Olympic Stadium on 4–6 August.[1]

Men's 400 metres
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date4–6 August
Competitors52 from 38 nations
Winning time43.94
Medalists
Kirani James  Grenada
Luguelin Santos  Dominican Republic
Lalonde Gordon  Trinidad and Tobago
Official Video
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2012 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Track events
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800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
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20 km walkmenwomen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
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Discus throwmenwomen
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Combined events
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Decathlonmen

The first round went largely to form, but defending champion Lashawn Merritt came to the meet injured and re-injured himself, unable to finish. Renny Quow also failed to start his heat. In the first race, Oscar Pistorius ran a season best to qualify. In the second heat, world champion Kirani James ran easily to win. The third heat featured three national records as Jonathan Borlée took his twin brother's mark for Belgium (Kevin also qualified in the seventh heat), Pavel Maslák set the mark for the Czech Republic and Donald Sanford set the mark for Israel. Most of the time qualifiers came from the hotly contested fourth heat, 45.61, the slowest time qualifier, though Conrad Williams got in with a 46.12 in the slow sixth heat.

It took under 45 seconds to make the final as Lalonde Gordon led the qualifiers from heat 1. Heat 2 featured James and Jonathan Borlée, and double-amputee Pistorius' attempt to make the final. But Pistorius' late charge was non-existent and he finished last in the heat. After the race, in a show of sportsmanship, James and Pistorius exchanged bib numbers, which James proudly showed as he celebrated. In the third heat, shotgun survivor Bryshon Nellum ran 45.02 for the fastest non-qualifier.

Aside from Chris Brown, the finals were filled by athletes under age 24, three of them still teenagers. Demetrius Pinder took the early lead down the back stretch, but reigning World Junior Champion Luguelin Santos (age 18) and reigning World Champion Kirani James (age 19) were in the lead coming off the turn. Down the stretch, James powered ahead for the gold medal..[2] It was also the first Olympic medal for his country. Lalonde Gordon came from behind but could not overtake Santos; he received a bronze. Santos' silver medal was the third medal for the Dominican Republic, coming 45 minutes after Felix Sánchez won his second gold.

Competition format

The Men's 400m competition consisted of 7 heats (Round 1), 3 semifinals and a final.[3] The fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the Semifinals along with the fastest overall competitors not already qualified that were required to fill the 24 available spaces in the semifinals. A total of eight competitors qualified for the final from the semifinals.[4]

Records

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

World record  Michael Johnson (USA) 43.18 Seville, Spain 26 August 1999
Olympic record 43.49 Atlanta, United States 29 July 1996
2012 World leading  LaShawn Merritt (USA) 44.12 Eugene, OR, United States 24 June 2012
Broken records during the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012 World leading  Kirani James (GRN) 43.94 London, United Kingdom 6 August 2012

The following new National records were set during the competition.

Belgium National Record  Jonathan Borlée (BEL) 44.43 s
Czech Republic National Record  Pavel Maslák (CZE) 44.91 s
Israel National Record  Donald Sanford (ISR) 45.71 s
Grenada National Record  Kirani James (GRN) 43.94 s

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 4 August 201210:35Round 1
Sunday, 5 August 201220:40Semifinals
Monday, 6 August 201221:30Finals

Results
Official Video of the First Round

Round 1

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Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1
RankNameNationalityReaction TimeResultNotesQual.
1Luguelín Santos Dominican Republic0.18745.04Q
2Oscar Pistorius South Africa0.23645.44SBQ
DSQMaksim Dyldin Russia0.19045.52Q
4Rusheen McDonald Jamaica0.24346.67
5Vitaliy Butrym Ukraine0.16547.62
N/AAhmed Mohamed Al-Merjabi[a] OmanN/AN/ADNS
N/ARenny Quow Trinidad and TobagoN/AN/ADNS

[a] Ahmed Mohamed Al-Merjabi was forced to scratch from this race after he injured his foot in a training session three days earlier.[6]

Heat 2
RankNameNationalityReaction TimeResultNotesQual.
1Kirani James Grenada0.17345.23Q
2Ramon Miller Bahamas0.16045.57Q
3Liemarvin Bonevacia Independent Olympic Athletes0.23245.60PBQ
4Isaac Makwala Botswana0.21145.67
5Deon Lendore Trinidad and Tobago0.20545.81
6Daundre Barnaby Canada0.17146.04
7Bereket Desta Ethiopia0.22447.40
8Bahaa Al Farra Palestine0.21249.93SB

Heat 3
RankNameNationalityReaction TimeResultNotesQual.
1Jonathan Borlée Belgium0.17944.43NRQ
2Pavel Maslák Czech Republic0.18644.91NRQ
3Pavel Trenikhin Russia0.19445.00PBQ
4Dane Hyatt Jamaica0.26145.14q
5Donald Sanford Israel0.16845.71NR
6Nelson Stone Papua New Guinea0.19346.71SB
7Sergej Zaikov Kazakhstan0.20947.12
8Ak Hafiy Tajuddin Rositi Brunei0.18848.67PB

Heat 4
RankNameNationalityReaction TimeResultNotesQual.
1Demetrius Pinder Bahamas0.15144.92Q
2Bryshon Nellum United States0.19145.29Q
3Yousef Ahmed Masrahi Saudi Arabia0.14745.43PBQ
4Tabarie Henry Virgin Islands0.17645.43q
5Albert Bravo Venezuela0.19745.61PBq
6Jermaine Gonzales Jamaica0.17146.21
7Kristijan Efremov Macedonia0.22947.92PB
8Zaw Win Thet Myanmar0.18150.07

Heat 5
RankNameNationalityReaction TimeResultNotesQual.
1Chris Brown Bahamas0.17145.40Q
2Tony McQuay United States0.15545.48Q
3Nigel Levine Great Britain0.14845.58Q
4Yuzo Kanemaru Japan0.15646.01
5Jānis Leitis Latvia0.15946.41
6Augusto Stanley Paraguay0.19047.21

Heat 6
RankNameNationalityReaction TimeResultNotesQual.
1Steven Solomon Australia0.14545.18PBQ
2Lalonde Gordon Trinidad and Tobago0.17845.43Q
3Conrad Williams Great Britain0.16446.12Q
4Marcell Deák-Nagy Hungary0.18646.17
5Winston George Guyana0.24546.86
6Sajjad Hashemi Iran0.17147.75
N/ALaShawn Merritt United States0.195N/ADNF

Heat 7
RankNameNationalityReaction TimeResultNotesQual.
1Kevin Borlée Belgium0.16645.14Q
2Martyn Rooney Great Britain0.18645.36Q
3Rabah Yousif Sudan0.20345.46Q
4Nery Brenes Costa Rica0.23745.65
5Erison Hurtault Dominica0.15846.05SB
6Marcin Marciniszyn Poland0.18046.35
N/AMathieu Gnanligo Benin0.168N/ADNF
Official Video of the Semifinal Round

Semi-Finals

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Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

Semi-Final 1
RankLaneNameNationalityReaction TimeResultNotesQual.
17Lalonde Gordon Trinidad and Tobago0.16844.58PBQ
25Demetrius Pinder Bahamas0.16144.94Q
36Steven Solomon Australia0.18844.97PBq
49Rabah Yousif Sudan0.17845.13=PB
54Pavel Maslák Czech Republic0.16645.15
62Tabarie Henry Virgin Islands0.16745.19SB
78Pavel Trenikhin Russia0.19845.35
83Conrad Williams Great Britain0.15345.53

Semi-Final 2
RankLaneNameNationalityReaction TimeResultNotesQual.
17Kirani James Grenada0.17044.59SBQ
26Chris Brown Bahamas0.17444.67SBQ
34Jonathan Borlée Belgium0.16444.99q
49Tony McQuay United States0.23045.31
DSQ8Maksim Dyldin Russia0.16845.39
63Nigel Levine Great Britain0.14645.64
72Albert Bravo Venezuela0.18546.22
85Oscar Pistorius South Africa0.25446.54

Semi-Final 3
RankLaneNameNationalityReaction TimeResultNotesQual.
15Luguelín Santos Dominican Republic0.15544.78Q
24Kevin Borlée Belgium0.14744.84Q
36Bryshon Nellum United States0.17345.02
48Ramon Miller Bahamas0.19045.11
57Martyn Rooney Great Britain0.18645.31
62Dane Hyatt Jamaica0.15945.59
79Yousef Ahmed Masrahi Saudi Arabia0.14645.91
83Liemarvin Bonevacia Independent Olympic Athletes0.15396.42[note 1]

Final

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The final turn of the 400 metres final
L-R K. Borlée, Pinder, Santos, Brown, James
RankLaneNameNationalityReaction TimeResultNotes
5Kirani James Grenada0.16343.94WL, NR
7Luguelín Santos Dominican Republic0.18544.46
4Lalonde Gordon Trinidad and Tobago0.15944.52PB
46Chris Brown Bahamas0.16644.79
59Kevin Borlée Belgium0.15144.81
62Jonathan Borlée Belgium0.17344.83
78Demetrius Pinder Bahamas0.15344.98
83Steven Solomon Australia0.14345.14

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  4. "400m competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
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  6. Al Habsi, Salem (August 4, 2012). "Injured Merjabi 'unlikely' to run today". Times of Oman. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
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