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Events
400 metres, Men
Great Britain
Results for Great Britain in 400 metres, Men
Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Games
Athlete/Team
Placement
1896 Summer Olympics
Charles Gmelin
3
Bronze
Launceston Elliot
DNS
Grantley Goulding
DNS
George Marshall
DNS
1906 Intercalated Games
Wyndham Halswelle
2
Silver
William Anderson
7
John Horne
3 h3 r1/3
Reginald Reed
4 h6 r1/3
Ken Cornwallis
DNS
Reginald MacPherson
DNS
Sidney Abrahams
DNS
1908 Summer Olympics
Wyndham Halswelle
1
Gold
Charlie Davies
2 h1 r2/3
Edwin Montague
2 h2 r2/3
George Nicol
3 h2 r2/3
Edward Ryle
3 h3 r2/3
George Young
4 h1 r2/3
Christopher Chavasse
2 h8 r1/3
Arthur Astley
2 h9 r1/3
Alan Patterson
2 h11 r1/3
Robert Robb
2 h13 r1/3
Noel Chavasse
3 h7 r1/3
George Morphy
DNS
1912 Summer Olympics
George Nicol
3 h1 r2/3
Cyril Seedhouse
AC h2 r2/3
Algernon Wells
AC h2 r2/3
Ernest Henley
AC h3 r2/3
Ernest Haley
AC h4 r2/3
James Soutter
AC h5 r2/3
Alan Patterson
4 h15 r1/3
James Hill
DNS
Laurie Anderson
DNS
Robert Burton
DNS
Robert Lindsay
DNS
Duncan Macmillan
DNS
1920 Summer Olympics
Guy Butler
2
Silver
John Ainsworth-Davis
5
Robert Lindsay
4 h3 r2/4
Hedges Worthington-Eyre
5 h4 r2/4
Cecil Griffiths
DNS
Philip Baker
DNS
1924 Summer Olympics
Eric Liddell
1
Gold
Guy Butler
3
Bronze
Edward Toms
4 h1 r2/4
George Renwick
6 h5 r2/4
1928 Summer Olympics
John Rinkel
4
Billy Green
3 h1 r2/4
Roger Leigh-Wood
3 h6 r2/4
John Hanlon
3 h15 r1/4
1932 Summer Olympics
Godfrey Rampling
4 h1 r3/4
Crew Stoneley
5 h2 r3/4
Tommy Hampson
DNS
1936 Summer Olympics
Godfrey Brown
2
Silver
Bill Roberts
4
Godfrey Rampling
4 h2 r3/4
1948 Summer Olympics
Les Lewis
4 h1 r2/4
Bill Roberts
4 h2 r2/4
Derek Pugh
5 h4 r2/4
1952 Summer Olympics
Les Lewis
5 h1 r2/4
Terry Higgins
5 h4 r2/4
Alan Dick
6 h3 r2/4
1956 Summer Olympics
Peter Higgins
5 h1 r3/4
John Salisbury
5 h2 r3/4
Mike Wheeler
5 h4 r2/4
1960 Summer Olympics
Robbie Brightwell
4 h1 r3/4
Malcolm Yardley
6 h1 r2/4
John Wrighton
6 h2 r2/4
1964 Summer Olympics
Robbie Brightwell
4
Tim Graham
6
Adrian Metcalfe
5 h4 r2/4
1968 Summer Olympics
Martin Winbolt-Lewis
5 h4 r2/4
Colin Campbell
6 h1 r2/4
Howard Davies
5 h4 r1/4
1972 Summer Olympics
David Jenkins
5 h1 r3/4
Martin Reynolds
7 h2 r3/4
Gary Armstrong
7 h4 r2/4
1976 Summer Olympics
David Jenkins
7
Glen Cohen
7 h3 r2/4
1980 Summer Olympics
David Jenkins
7
Alan Bell
8 h2 r3/4
Glen Cohen
7 h3 r2/4
1984 Summer Olympics
Kriss Akabusi
7 h1 r3/4
Todd Bennett
5 h3 r2/4
Phil Brown
7 h2 r2/4
1988 Summer Olympics
Brian Whittle
8 h2 r3/4
Todd Bennett
6 h2 r2/4
Derek Redmond
DNS
1992 Summer Olympics
David Grindley
6
Roger Black
5 h2 r3/4
Derek Redmond
AC h1 r3/4
1996 Summer Olympics
Roger Black
2
Silver
Iwan Thomas
5
Du'aine Ladejo
6 h3 r2/4
2000 Summer Olympics
Daniel Caines
5 h2 r3/4
Sean Baldock
5 h7 r1/4
Jamie Baulch
7 h5 r1/4
2004 Summer Olympics
Tim Benjamin
8 h3 r2/3
Daniel Caines
4 h4 r1/3
Malachi Davis
5 h6 r1/3
2008 Summer Olympics
Martyn Rooney
6
Andrew Steele
8 h2 r2/3
2012 Summer Olympics
Martyn Rooney
5 h3 r2/3
Nigel Levine
5 h2 r2/3
Conrad Williams
8 h1 r2/3
2016 Summer Olympics
Matt Hudson-Smith
8
Martyn Rooney
5 h4 r1/3
2024 Summer Olympics
Matt Hudson-Smith
2
Silver
Charlie Dobson
4h1 r3/4