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400 metres Hurdles, Men

Date	5 – 9 August 2024
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France
Participants	39 from 25 countries

The men’s 400 metre hurdles was highly anticipated, matching two of the greatest intermediate hurdlers ever in defending gold medalist and world record holder Karsten Warholm (NOR) and the United States’ Rai Benjamin. In addition, Brazil’s Alison dos Santos could not be overlooked, as the 2020 bronze medalist, behind Warholm and Benjamin, the 2022 World Champion, and the 2023 Diamond League Champion. Since the Tokyo final, the threesome had met four times, with Benjamin winning twice and Warholm and dos Santos once each.

Warholm won the first semi-final, as dos Santos finished third and had to advance to the final as a time qualifier. Benjamin won the third semi, jogging home in 47.85, while semi two went to Kyron McMaster of the British Virgin Islands.

Warholm started the final the quickest, as he always does, leading at the fifth hurdle in 20.18, with Benjamin in third and dos Santos fourth. Around the final bend, Benjamin moved ahead, leading by 0.2 at hurdle nine and 0.5 at hurdle 10, as the gold was not in doubt on the final straight. Benjamin crossed in 46.46, the fifth fastest time ever. Warholm was well back in 47.06 for silver, as dos Santos repeated his bronze medal in 47.26.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	Rep	SF	Final
1	1293	Rai Benjamin	USA	48.82 (1 h1)	–	47.85 (1 h3)	46.46 (1)	Gold
2	1102	Karsten Warholm	NOR	47.57 (1 h2)	–	47.67 (1 h1)	47.06 (2)	Silver
3	423	Alison dos Santos	BRA	48.75 (3 h3)	–	47.95 (3 h1)	47.26 (3)	Bronze
4	646	Clément Ducos	FRA	47.69 (2 h2)	–	47.85 (2 h1)	47.76 (4)
5	884	Kyron McMaster	IVB	49.24 (3 h1)	–	48.15 (1 h2)	47.79 (5)
6	1169	Abderrahman Samba	QAT	48.35 (3 h2)	–	48.20 (3 h2)	47.98 (6)
7	609	Rasmus Mägi	EST	48.62 (1 h3)	–	48.16 (2 h2)	52.53 (7)
DNF final	893	Roshawn Clarke	JAM	48.17 (1 h4)	–	48.34 (2 h3)	– (DNF)
3h3 r3/4	654	Wilfried Happio	FRA	48.42 (3 h4)	–	48.66 (3 h3)	–
4h1 r3/4	1291	Trevor Bassitt	USA	49.38 (5 h2)	48.64 (1 h1)	48.29 (4 h1)	–
4h2 r3/4	1288	CJ Allen	USA	48.64 (2 h3)	–	48.44 (4 h2)	–
4h3 r3/4	430	Matheus Lima	BRA	48.90 (2 h5)	–	49.08 (4 h3)	–
5h1 r3/4	1078	Ezekiel Nathaniel	NGR	48.38 (2 h4)	–	48.65 (5 h1)	–
5h2 r3/4	732	Emil Agyekum	GER	49.38 (4 h3)	48.67 (2 h1)	48.78 (5 h2)	–
5h3 r3/4	981	Wiseman Mukhobe	KEN	48.58 (5 h4)	–	49.22 (5 h3)	–
6h1 r3/4	1062	Nick Smidt	NED	48.64 (6 h4)	–	49.61 (6 h1)	–
6h2 r3/4	868	Alessandro Sibilio	ITA	48.43 (4 h4)	–	48.79 (6 h2)	–
6h3 r3/4	1231	Carl Bengtström	SWE	49.34 (4 h1)	48.63 (1 h2)	49.56 (6 h3)	–
7h1 r3/4	901	Jaheel Hyde	JAM	49.08 (2 h1)	–	50.03 (7 h1)	–
7h2 r3/4	902	Malik James-King	JAM	48.21 (1 h5)	–	48.85 (7 h2)	–
7h3 r3/4	524	Gerald Drummond	CRC	48.80 (7 h4)	48.78 (2 h2)	49.68 (7 h3)	–
8h1 r3/4	731	Joshua Abuaku	GER	49.00 (4 h5)	48.87 (2 h3)	50.19 (8 h1)	–
8h2 r3/4	1262	Berke Akçam	TUR	49.48 (5 h5)	48.72 (1 h3)	49.12 (8 h2)	–
8h3 r3/4	694	Alastair Chalmers	GBR	48.98 (3 h5)	–	56.52 (8 h3)	–
3h1 r2/4	546	Vít Müller	CZE	49.44 (6 h2)	48.96 (3 h1)	–	–
3h2 r2/4	412	Victor Ntweng	BOT	49.59 (5 h3)	48.88 (3 h2)	–	–
3h3 r2/4	1217	Julien Bonvin	SUI	49.82 (6 h3)	49.08 (3 h3)	–	–
4h1 r2/4	1234	Oskar Edlund	SWE	49.74 (7 h2)	48.99 (4 h1)	–	–
4h2 r2/4	1209	Matic Guček	SLO	50.30 (7 h1)	49.06 (4 h2)	–	–
4h3 r2/4	498	Xie Zhiyu	CHN	49.90 (8 h2)	49.59 (4 h3)	–	–
5h1 r2/4	941	Daiki Ogawa	JPN	50.21 (6 h1)	49.25 (5 h1)	–	–
5h2 r2/4	763	Constantin Preis	GER	49.99 (8 h4)	51.02 (5 h2)	–	–
5h3 r2/4	560	Yeral Núñez	DOM	48.67 (4 h2)	53.68 (5 h3)	–	–
6h1 r2/4	1167	Bassem Hemeida	QAT	49.82 (5 h1)	49.64 (6 h1)	–	–
DNSh1 r2/4	1264	Yasmani Copello	TUR	50.72 (8 h3)	– (DNS h1)	–	–
DNSh2 r2/4	950	Kaito Tsutsue	JPN	50.50 (7 h3)	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNSh3 r2/4	949	Ken Toyoda	JPN	53.62 (6 h5)	– (DNS h3)	–	–
DNF	1164	Ismail Abakar	QAT	– (DNF h5)	–	–	–
DNF	1250	Peng Ming-Yang	TPE	– (DNF h5)	–	–	–

Round One

Date	5 August 2024 — 10:05
Format	Top 3 in each heat advanced to the semi-finals, all others to the repêchage.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Reaction Time
1	1102	Karsten Warholm	NOR	47.57	0.148	Q
2	646	Clément Ducos	FRA	47.69	0.157	Q
3	893	Roshawn Clarke	JAM	48.17	0.191	Q
4	902	Malik James-King	JAM	48.21	0.150	Q
5	1169	Abderrahman Samba	QAT	48.35	0.182	Q
6	1078	Ezekiel Nathaniel	NGR	48.38	0.181	Q
7	654	Wilfried Happio	FRA	48.42	0.152	Q
8	868	Alessandro Sibilio	ITA	48.43	0.157	q
9	981	Wiseman Mukhobe	KEN	48.58	0.198	q
10	609	Rasmus Mägi	EST	48.62	0.196	Q
=11	1288	CJ Allen	USA	48.64	0.144	Q
=11	1062	Nick Smidt	NED	48.64	0.168	q
13	560	Yeral Núñez	DOM	48.67	0.187
14	423	Alison dos Santos	BRA	48.75	0.165	Q
15	524	Gerald Drummond	CRC	48.80	0.213
16	1293	Rai Benjamin	USA	48.82	0.190	Q
17	430	Matheus Lima	BRA	48.90	0.180	Q
18	694	Alastair Chalmers	GBR	48.98	0.179	Q
19	731	Joshua Abuaku	GER	49.00	0.151
20	901	Jaheel Hyde	JAM	49.08	0.175	Q
21	884	Kyron McMaster	IVB	49.24	0.166	Q
22	1231	Carl Bengtström	SWE	49.34	0.172
=23	1291	Trevor Bassitt	USA	49.38	0.185
=23	732	Emil Agyekum	GER	49.38	0.207
25	546	Vít Müller	CZE	49.44	0.150
26	1262	Berke Akçam	TUR	49.48	0.143
27	412	Victor Ntweng	BOT	49.59	0.138
28	1234	Oskar Edlund	SWE	49.74	0.188
=29	1167	Bassem Hemeida	QAT	49.82	0.141
=29	1217	Julien Bonvin	SUI	49.82	0.167
31	498	Xie Zhiyu	CHN	49.90	0.191
32	763	Constantin Preis	GER	49.99	0.221
33	941	Daiki Ogawa	JPN	50.21	0.174
34	1209	Matic Guček	SLO	50.30	0.147
35	950	Kaito Tsutsue	JPN	50.50	0.149
36	1264	Yasmani Copello	TUR	50.72	0.224
37	949	Ken Toyoda	JPN	53.62	0.136
DNF	1164	Ismail Abakar	QAT	–	0.177
DNF	1250	Peng Ming-Yang	TPE	–	0.209

Heat #1

Time	10:05

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	7	Rai Benjamin	USA	48.82	0.190	Q
2	6	Jaheel Hyde	JAM	49.08	0.175	Q
3	2	Kyron McMaster	IVB	49.24	0.166	Q
4	4	Carl Bengtström	SWE	49.34	0.172
5	5	Bassem Hemeida	QAT	49.82	0.141
6	8	Daiki Ogawa	JPN	50.21	0.174
7	3	Matic Guček	SLO	50.30	0.147

Heat #2

Time	10:13

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	5	Karsten Warholm	NOR	47.57	0.148	Q
2	9	Clément Ducos	FRA	47.69	0.157	Q
3	7	Abderrahman Samba	QAT	48.35	0.182	Q
4	8	Yeral Núñez	DOM	48.67	0.187
5	4	Trevor Bassitt	USA	49.38	0.185
6	2	Vít Müller	CZE	49.44	0.150
7	6	Oskar Edlund	SWE	49.74	0.188
8	3	Xie Zhiyu	CHN	49.90	0.191

Heat #3

Time	10:21

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	5	Rasmus Mägi	EST	48.62	0.196	Q
2	6	CJ Allen	USA	48.64	0.144	Q
3	2	Alison dos Santos	BRA	48.75	0.165	Q
4	9	Emil Agyekum	GER	49.38	0.207
5	3	Victor Ntweng	BOT	49.59	0.138
6	8	Julien Bonvin	SUI	49.82	0.167
7	7	Kaito Tsutsue	JPN	50.50	0.149
8	4	Yasmani Copello	TUR	50.72	0.224

Heat #4

Time	10:29

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	8	Roshawn Clarke	JAM	48.17	0.191	Q
2	3	Ezekiel Nathaniel	NGR	48.38	0.181	Q
3	7	Wilfried Happio	FRA	48.42	0.152	Q
4	4	Alessandro Sibilio	ITA	48.43	0.157	q
5	5	Wiseman Mukhobe	KEN	48.58	0.198	q
6	9	Nick Smidt	NED	48.64	0.168	q
7	6	Gerald Drummond	CRC	48.80	0.213
8	2	Constantin Preis	GER	49.99	0.221

Heat #5

Time	10:37

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	2	Malik James-King	JAM	48.21	0.150	Q
2	6	Matheus Lima	BRA	48.90	0.180	Q
3	9	Alastair Chalmers	GBR	48.98	0.179	Q
4	7	Joshua Abuaku	GER	49.00	0.151
5	3	Berke Akçam	TUR	49.48	0.143
6	4	Ken Toyoda	JPN	53.62	0.136
DNF	8	Ismail Abakar	QAT	–	0.177
DNF	5	Peng Ming-Yang	TPE	–	0.209

Repêchage

Date	6 August 2024 — 12:00
Format	Top 2 in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Reaction Time
1	1231	Carl Bengtström	SWE	48.63	0.171	Q
2	1291	Trevor Bassitt	USA	48.64	0.177	Q
3	732	Emil Agyekum	GER	48.67	0.194	Q
4	1262	Berke Akçam	TUR	48.72	0.146	Q
5	524	Gerald Drummond	CRC	48.78	0.216	Q
6	731	Joshua Abuaku	GER	48.87	0.159	Q
7	412	Victor Ntweng	BOT	48.88	0.168
8	546	Vít Müller	CZE	48.96	0.157
9	1234	Oskar Edlund	SWE	48.99	0.168
10	1209	Matic Guček	SLO	49.06	0.146
11	1217	Julien Bonvin	SUI	49.08	0.165
12	941	Daiki Ogawa	JPN	49.25	0.136
13	498	Xie Zhiyu	CHN	49.59	0.224
14	1167	Bassem Hemeida	QAT	49.64	0.146
15	763	Constantin Preis	GER	51.02	0.218
16	560	Yeral Núñez	DOM	53.68	0.204
DNS	1264	Yasmani Copello	TUR	–	–
DNS	950	Kaito Tsutsue	JPN	–	–
DNS	949	Ken Toyoda	JPN	–	–

Heat #1

Time	12:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	6	Trevor Bassitt	USA	48.64	0.177	Q
2	4	Emil Agyekum	GER	48.67	0.194	Q
3	7	Vít Müller	CZE	48.96	0.157
4	8	Oskar Edlund	SWE	48.99	0.168
5	3	Daiki Ogawa	JPN	49.25	0.136
6	2	Bassem Hemeida	QAT	49.64	0.146
DNS	5	Yasmani Copello	TUR	–	–

Heat #2

Time	12:08

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	8	Carl Bengtström	SWE	48.63	0.171	Q
2	4	Gerald Drummond	CRC	48.78	0.216	Q
3	5	Victor Ntweng	BOT	48.88	0.168
4	7	Matic Guček	SLO	49.06	0.146
5	6	Constantin Preis	GER	51.02	0.218
DNS	3	Kaito Tsutsue	JPN	–	–

Heat #3

Time	12:16

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	5	Berke Akçam	TUR	48.72	0.146	Q
2	6	Joshua Abuaku	GER	48.87	0.159	Q
3	3	Julien Bonvin	SUI	49.08	0.165
4	8	Xie Zhiyu	CHN	49.59	0.224
5	7	Yeral Núñez	DOM	53.68	0.204
DNS	4	Ken Toyoda	JPN	–	–

Semi-Finals

Date	7 August 2024 — 19:35
Format	Top 2 in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Reaction Time
1	1102	Karsten Warholm	NOR	47.67	0.279	Q
=2	646	Clément Ducos	FRA	47.85	0.173	Q
=2	1293	Rai Benjamin	USA	47.85	0.155	Q
4	423	Alison dos Santos	BRA	47.95	0.210	q
5	884	Kyron McMaster	IVB	48.15	0.160	Q
6	609	Rasmus Mägi	EST	48.16	0.156	Q
7	1169	Abderrahman Samba	QAT	48.20	0.216	q
8	1291	Trevor Bassitt	USA	48.29	0.182
9	893	Roshawn Clarke	JAM	48.34	0.184	Q
10	1288	CJ Allen	USA	48.44	0.154
11	1078	Ezekiel Nathaniel	NGR	48.65	0.170
12	654	Wilfried Happio	FRA	48.66	0.156
13	732	Emil Agyekum	GER	48.78	0.219
14	868	Alessandro Sibilio	ITA	48.79	0.151
15	902	Malik James-King	JAM	48.85	0.222
16	430	Matheus Lima	BRA	49.08	0.191
17	1262	Berke Akçam	TUR	49.12	0.158
18	981	Wiseman Mukhobe	KEN	49.22	0.217
19	1231	Carl Bengtström	SWE	49.56	0.201
20	1062	Nick Smidt	NED	49.61	0.215
21	524	Gerald Drummond	CRC	49.68	0.219
22	901	Jaheel Hyde	JAM	50.03	0.239
23	731	Joshua Abuaku	GER	50.19	0.186
24	694	Alastair Chalmers	GBR	56.52	0.149

Heat #1

Time	19:35

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	7	Karsten Warholm	NOR	47.67	0.279	Q
2	6	Clément Ducos	FRA	47.85	0.173	Q
3	9	Alison dos Santos	BRA	47.95	0.210	q
4	2	Trevor Bassitt	USA	48.29	0.182
5	5	Ezekiel Nathaniel	NGR	48.65	0.170
6	4	Nick Smidt	NED	49.61	0.215
7	8	Jaheel Hyde	JAM	50.03	0.239
8	3	Joshua Abuaku	GER	50.19	0.186

Heat #2

Time	19:43

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	4	Kyron McMaster	IVB	48.15	0.160	Q
2	7	Rasmus Mägi	EST	48.16	0.156	Q
3	5	Abderrahman Samba	QAT	48.20	0.216	q
4	8	CJ Allen	USA	48.44	0.154
5	3	Emil Agyekum	GER	48.78	0.219
6	9	Alessandro Sibilio	ITA	48.79	0.151
7	6	Malik James-King	JAM	48.85	0.222
8	2	Berke Akçam	TUR	49.12	0.158

Heat #3

Time	19:51

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	5	Rai Benjamin	USA	47.85	0.155	Q
2	8	Roshawn Clarke	JAM	48.34	0.184	Q
3	7	Wilfried Happio	FRA	48.66	0.156
4	6	Matheus Lima	BRA	49.08	0.191
5	4	Wiseman Mukhobe	KEN	49.22	0.217
6	3	Carl Bengtström	SWE	49.56	0.201
7	2	Gerald Drummond	CRC	49.68	0.219
8	9	Alastair Chalmers	GBR	56.52	0.149

Final Round

Date	9 August 2024 — 21:45

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	8	Rai Benjamin	USA	46.46	0.171
2	7	Karsten Warholm	NOR	47.06	0.152
3	3	Alison dos Santos	BRA	47.26	0.167
4	5	Clément Ducos	FRA	47.76	0.162
5	6	Kyron McMaster	IVB	47.79	0.143
6	2	Abderrahman Samba	QAT	47.98	0.169
7	4	Rasmus Mägi	EST	52.53	0.175
DNF	9	Roshawn Clarke	JAM	–	0.195