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Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

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Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueStade de France, Paris, France[1]
Dates
  • 5 August 2024 (round 1)
  • 6 August 2024 (repechage round)
  • 7 August 2024 (semi-finals)
  • 9 August 2024 (final)
← 2020
2028 ⊟

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2024 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held in four rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, from 5 to 9 August 2024. This will be 28th time that the men's 400 metres hurdles is contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 40 athletes will be able to qualify for the event by entry standard or ranking.

Background

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The men's 400 m hurdles has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900, with a sole gap at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (Nation) Time (s) Location Date
World record  Karsten Warholm (NOR) 45.94[2] Tokyo, Japan 3 August 2021
Olympic record
World leading  Rai Benjamin (USA) 46.46[3] Eugene, United States 30 June 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[4]
Area Record Athlete (Nation) Time (s)
Africa (records)  Samuel Matete (ZAM) 47.10
Asia (records)  Abderrahman Samba (QAT) 46.98
Europe (records)  Karsten Warholm (NOR) 45.94 WR
North, Central America
and Caribbean
(records)
 Rai Benjamin (USA) 46.17
Oceania (records)  Rohan Robinson (AUS) 48.28
South America (records)  Alison dos Santos (BRA) 46.29

Qualification

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For the men's 400 metres hurdles event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.[5] Forty athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 48.70 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[5]

Results

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Round 1

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Round 1 is scheduled to be held on 5 August, starting at 10:05 (UTC 2) in the morning.[1]

Qualification Rules: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals. All others advance to Repechage round (except DNS, DNF, DQ).[6]

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 7 Rai Benjamin  United States 0.190 48.82 Q
2 6 Jaheel Hyde  Jamaica 0.175 49.08 Q
3 2 Kyron McMaster  British Virgin Islands 0.166 49.24 Q
4 4 Carl Bengtström  Sweden 0.172 49.34
5 5 Bassem Hemeida  Qatar 0.141 49.82 SB
6 8 Daiki Ogawa  Japan 0.147 50.30
7 3 Matic Ian Guček  Slovenia 0.147 50.30

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 5 Karsten Warholm  Norway 0.148 47.57 Q
2 9 Clément Ducos  France 0.157 47.69 Q, PB
3 7 Abderrahman Samba  Qatar 0.182 48.35 Q
4 8 Yeral Nuñez  Dominican Republic 0.187 48.67
5 4 Trevor Bassitt  United States 0.185 49.38
6 2 Vít Müller  Czech Republic 0.150 49.44
7 6 Oskar Edlund  Sweden 0.188 49.74
8 3 Xie Zhiyu  China 0.191 49.90

Heat 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 5 Rasmus Mägi  Estonia 0.196 48.62 Q
2 6 CJ Allen  United States 0.144 48.64 Q
3 2 Alison dos Santos  Brazil 0.165 48.75 Q
4 9 Emil Agyekum  Germany 0.207 49.38
5 3 Victor Ntweng  Botswana 0.138 49.59
6 8 Julien Bonvin  Switzerland 0.167 49.82
7 7 Kaito Tsutsue  Japan 0.149 50.50
8 4 Yasmani Copello  Turkey 0.224 50.72

Heat 4

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 8 Roshawn Clarke  Jamaica 0.191 48.17 Q
2 3 Ezekiel Nathaniel  Nigeria 0.181 48.38 Q
3 7 Wilfried Happio  France 0.152 48.42 Q
4 4 Alessandro Sibilio  Italy 0.157 48.43 q
5 5 Wiseman Were Mukhobe  Kenya 0.198 48.58 q
6 9 Nick Smidt  Netherlands 0.168 48.64 q, SB
7 6 Gerald Drummond  Costa Rica 0.213 48.80
8 2 Constantin Preis  Germany 0.221 49.99

Heat 5

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 2 Malik James-King  Jamaica 0.150 48.21 Q
2 6 Matheus Lima  Brazil 0.180 48.90 Q, SB
3 9 Alastair Chalmers  Great Britain 0.179 48.98 Q
5 3 Berke Akçam  Turkey 0.143 49.48
6 4 Ken Toyoda  Japan 0.136 53.62
4 7 Joshua Abuaku  Germany 0.151 49.00
8 Ismail Doudai Abakar  Qatar 0.177 DNF
5 Peng Ming-yang  Chinese Taipei 0.209 DNF

Repechage round

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The repechage round is scheduled to be held on 6 August, starting at 12:00 (UTC 2) in the afternoon.[1]

Semi-finals

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The semi-finals are scheduled to be held on 7 August, starting at 19:35 (UTC 2) in the evening.[1]

Final

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The final is scheduled to be held on 9 August, starting at 21:45 (UTC 2) in the evening.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics". Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – 400 Metres Hurdles men", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – 400 Metres Hurdles men", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Records - 400 Metres Hurdles men". World Athletics. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  5. ^ a b Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Men's 400m Hurdles Round 1 - Athletics". Olympics.com. Retrieved 4 August 2024.