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400 metres Hurdles, Men

Date	3 – 6 August 2012
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Participants	49 from 33 countries

This event had a star-studded field. The 2000 and 2008 gold medalist was back, American Angelo Taylor, as was the 2004 gold medalist, Dominican Félix Sánchez. Also highly considered were the other two Americans – Kerron Clement had been World Champion in 2007 and 2009, while Michael Tinsley had won the US Olympic Trials. The 2011 World Champion had been Britain’s Dai Greene, and these five would be joined in the final by three other Caribbean hurdlers – Javier Culson of Puerto Rico, Jehue Gordon of Trinidad & Tobago, and Jamaican Leford Green. Culson had been the strongest early in 2012, had been silver medalist at the Worlds in both 2009 and 2011, and was considered a slight favorite.

The early leaders were Sánchez, Culson, and Taylor with Taylor leading over hurdle seven. But he switched to a right-leg lead at the next hurdle and had difficulty with his steps coming home. Sánchez took the lead at the ninth hurdle, just ahead of Culson. Tinsley was not in it for the gold but had the fastest finish to come home for silver, just behind Sánchez, who won gold, with Culson taking bronze, Greene in fourth, and Taylor fifth.

Féliz Sánchez became the third intermediate hurdler to win the title twice without defending his title, following Taylor in 2000 and 2008, and Edwin Moses in 1976 and 1984. Glenn Davis (USA) also won the event twice, consecutively in 1956-60.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	1563	Félix Sánchez	DOM	49.24 (1 h6)	47.76 (1 h1)	47.63 (1)	Gold
2	3258	Michael Tinsley	USA	49.13 (1 h2)	48.18 (1 h3)	47.91 (2)	Silver
3	2743	Javier Culson	PUR	48.33 (1 h4)	47.93 (1 h2)	48.10 (3)	Bronze
4	1812	Dai Greene	GBR	48.98 (1 h3)	48.19 (4 h1)	48.24 (4)
5	3255	Angelo Taylor	USA	49.29 (1 h5)	47.95 (2 h2)	48.25 (5)
6	3043	Jehue Gordon	TTO	49.37 (2 h5)	47.96 (2 h1)	48.86 (6)
7	2176	Leford Green	JAM	49.30 (2 h2)	48.61 (2 h3)	49.12 (7)
8	3212	Kerron Clement	USA	48.48 (2 h4)	48.12 (3 h1)	49.15 (8)
3 h2 r2/3	1465	Omar Cisneros	CUB	48.63 (3 h4)	48.23 (3 h2)	–
3 h3 r2/3	2932	Brent Larue	SLO	49.38 (4 h3)	49.45 (3 h3)	–
4 h2 r2/3	2947	Emir Bekrić	SRB	49.21 (2 h3)	49.62 (4 h2)	–
4 h3 r2/3	1843	Rhys Williams	GBR	49.17 (5 h4)	49.63 (4 h3)	–
5 h1 r2/3	2910	Mamadou Kassé Hann	SEN	49.63 (3 h6)	48.80 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	1155	Kenneth Medwood	BIZ	49.78 (4 h1)	49.87 (5 h2)	–
5 h3 r2/3	1039	Brendan Cole	AUS	49.24 (2 h1)	49.65 (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r2/3	1135	Michael Bultheel	BEL	49.18 (6 h4)	49.10 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	3140	Stanislav Melnykov	UKR	50.13 (3 h5)	50.19 (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r2/3	2128	José Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon	ITA	49.35 (3 h3)	50.07 (6 h3)	–
7 h1 r2/3	2741	Eric Alejandro	PUR	49.39 (4 h2)	49.15 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	1065	Tristan Thomas	AUS	49.13 (4 h4)	50.55 (7 h2)	–
7 h3 r2/3	1483	Amaurys Valle	CUB	49.19 (1 h1)	50.48 (7 h3)	–
8 h1 r2/3	2528	Kurt Couto	MOZ	49.31 (3 h2)	51.55 (8 h1)	–
AC h2 r2/3	1811	Jack Green	GBR	49.49 (2 h6)	– (DNF h2)	–
AC h3 r2/3	2571	Amaechi Morton	NGR	49.34 (3 h1)	– (DQ h3)	–
4 h5 r1/3	1921	Silvio Schirrmeister	GER	50.21 (4 h5)	–	–
4 h6 r1/3	2239	Tetsuya Tateno	JPN	49.95 (4 h6)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	2172	Roxroy Cato	JAM	50.22 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	1666	Rasmus Mägi	EST	50.05 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	2746	Jamele Mason	PUR	49.89 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	1981	Periklis Iakovakis	GRE	50.27 (5 h5)	–	–
5 h6 r1/3	2186	Josef Robertson	JAM	49.98 (5 h6)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	3032	Chen Chieh	TPE	50.27 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	1559	Winder Cuevas	DOM	50.15 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	1345	Cheng Wen	CHN	50.38 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h5 r1/3	2791	L. J. van Zyl	RSA	50.31 (6 h5)	–	–
6 h6 r1/3	2312	Boniface Tumuti	KEN	50.33 (6 h6)	–	–
7 h1 r1/3	1353	Li Zhilong	CHN	50.36 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h3 r1/3	2309	Vincent Kiplangat Kosgei	KEN	50.80 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r1/3	2826	Vyacheslav Sakayev	RUS	50.36 (7 h4)	–	–
7 h5 r1/3	1522	Josef Prorok	CZE	50.33 (7 h5)	–	–
7 h6 r1/3	3329	Artyom Dyatlov	UZB	51.55 (7 h6)	–	–
8 h3 r1/3	2782	Cornel Fredericks	RSA	52.29 (8 h3)	–	–
8 h4 r1/3	2714	Jorge Paula	POR	51.40 (8 h4)	–	–
8 h5 r1/3	2270	Viktor Leptikov	KAZ	51.67 (8 h5)	–	–
8 h6 r1/3	3201	Andrés Silva	URU	53.38 (8 h6)	–	–
9 h4 r1/3	1444	Maoulida Daroueche	COM	53.49 (9 h4)	–	–
DQ	2225	Takayuki Kishimoto	JPN	– (DQ h1)	–	–
DQ	2231	Akihiko Nakamura	JPN	– (DQ h2)	–	–
DQ	3028	Lankantien Lamboni	TOG	– (DQ h3)	–	–
DNS	2970	Kariem Hussein	SUI	– (DNS h2)	–	–		1

Round One

Date	3 August 2012 — 11:15
Format	Top three in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Reaction Time
1	2743	Javier Culson	PUR	48.33	0.212	Q
2	3212	Kerron Clement	USA	48.48	0.175	Q
3	1465	Omar Cisneros	CUB	48.63	0.206	Q
4	1812	Dai Greene	GBR	48.98	0.167	Q
=5	3258	Michael Tinsley	USA	49.13	0.185	Q
=5	1065	Tristan Thomas	AUS	49.13	0.152	q
7	1843	Rhys Williams	GBR	49.17	0.217	q
8	1135	Michael Bultheel	BEL	49.18	0.147	q
9	1483	Amaurys Valle	CUB	49.19	0.176	Q
10	2947	Emir Bekrić	SRB	49.21	0.196	Q
=11	1039	Brendan Cole	AUS	49.24	0.200	Q
=11	1563	Félix Sánchez	DOM	49.24	0.177	Q
13	3255	Angelo Taylor	USA	49.29	0.187	Q
14	2176	Leford Green	JAM	49.30	0.194	Q
15	2528	Kurt Couto	MOZ	49.31	0.170	Q
16	2571	Amaechi Morton	NGR	49.34	0.295	Q
17	2128	José Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon	ITA	49.35	0.220	Q
18	3043	Jehue Gordon	TTO	49.37	0.161	Q
19	2932	Brent Larue	SLO	49.38	0.182	q
20	2741	Eric Alejandro	PUR	49.39	0.204	q
21	1811	Jack Green	GBR	49.49	0.209	Q
22	2910	Mamadou Kassé Hann	SEN	49.63	0.262	Q
23	1155	Kenneth Medwood	BIZ	49.78	0.190	q
24	2746	Jamele Mason	PUR	49.89	0.173
25	2239	Tetsuya Tateno	JPN	49.95	0.168
26	2186	Josef Robertson	JAM	49.98	0.176
27	1666	Rasmus Mägi	EST	50.05	0.128
28	3140	Stanislav Melnykov	UKR	50.13	0.196	Q
29	1559	Winder Cuevas	DOM	50.15	0.184
30	1921	Silvio Schirrmeister	GER	50.21	0.226
31	2172	Roxroy Cato	JAM	50.22	0.158
=32	3032	Chen Chieh	TPE	50.27	0.187
=32	1981	Periklis Iakovakis	GRE	50.27	0.248
34	2791	L. J. van Zyl	RSA	50.31	0.173
=35	1522	Josef Prorok	CZE	50.33	0.184
=35	2312	Boniface Tumuti	KEN	50.33	0.165
=37	1353	Li Zhilong	CHN	50.36	0.146
=37	2826	Vyacheslav Sakayev	RUS	50.36	0.181
39	1345	Cheng Wen	CHN	50.38	0.176
40	2309	Vincent Kiplangat Kosgei	KEN	50.80	0.175
41	2714	Jorge Paula	POR	51.40	0.160
42	3329	Artyom Dyatlov	UZB	51.55	0.185
43	2270	Viktor Leptikov	KAZ	51.67	0.249
44	2782	Cornel Fredericks	RSA	52.29	0.162
45	3201	Andrés Silva	URU	53.38	0.195
46	1444	Maoulida Daroueche	COM	53.49	0.213
DQ	2225	Takayuki Kishimoto	JPN	–	[0.144]		2
DQ	2231	Akihiko Nakamura	JPN	–	[0.153]		3
DQ	3028	Lankantien Lamboni	TOG	–	[0.334]		4
DNS	2970	Kariem Hussein	SUI	–	–		5

Heat #1

Time	11:15

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	1483	Amaurys Valle	CUB	49.19	0.176	Q
2	1039	Brendan Cole	AUS	49.24	0.200	Q
3	2571	Amaechi Morton	NGR	49.34	0.295	Q
4	1155	Kenneth Medwood	BIZ	49.78	0.190	q
5	2172	Roxroy Cato	JAM	50.22	0.158
6	3032	Chen Chieh	TPE	50.27	0.187
7	1353	Li Zhilong	CHN	50.36	0.146
DQ	2225	Takayuki Kishimoto	JPN	–	[0.144]		6

Heat #2

Time	11:22

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	3258	Michael Tinsley	USA	49.13	0.185	Q
2	2176	Leford Green	JAM	49.30	0.194	Q
3	2528	Kurt Couto	MOZ	49.31	0.170	Q
4	2741	Eric Alejandro	PUR	49.39	0.204	q
5	1666	Rasmus Mägi	EST	50.05	0.128
6	1559	Winder Cuevas	DOM	50.15	0.184
DQ	2231	Akihiko Nakamura	JPN	–	[0.153]		7
DNS	2970	Kariem Hussein	SUI	–	–		8

Heat #3

Time	11:29

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	1812	Dai Greene	GBR	48.98	0.167	Q
2	2947	Emir Bekrić	SRB	49.21	0.196	Q
3	2128	José Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon	ITA	49.35	0.220	Q
4	2932	Brent Larue	SLO	49.38	0.182	q
5	2746	Jamele Mason	PUR	49.89	0.173
6	1345	Cheng Wen	CHN	50.38	0.176
7	2309	Vincent Kiplangat Kosgei	KEN	50.80	0.175
8	2782	Cornel Fredericks	RSA	52.29	0.162
DQ	3028	Lankantien Lamboni	TOG	–	[0.334]		9

Heat #4

Time	11:36

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	2743	Javier Culson	PUR	48.33	0.212	Q
2	3212	Kerron Clement	USA	48.48	0.175	Q
3	1465	Omar Cisneros	CUB	48.63	0.206	Q
4	1065	Tristan Thomas	AUS	49.13	0.152	q
5	1843	Rhys Williams	GBR	49.17	0.217	q
6	1135	Michael Bultheel	BEL	49.18	0.147	q
7	2826	Vyacheslav Sakayev	RUS	50.36	0.181
8	2714	Jorge Paula	POR	51.40	0.160
9	1444	Maoulida Daroueche	COM	53.49	0.213

Heat #5

Time	11:43

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	3255	Angelo Taylor	USA	49.29	0.187	Q
2	3043	Jehue Gordon	TTO	49.37	0.161	Q
3	3140	Stanislav Melnykov	UKR	50.13	0.196	Q
4	1921	Silvio Schirrmeister	GER	50.21	0.226
5	1981	Periklis Iakovakis	GRE	50.27	0.248
6	2791	L. J. van Zyl	RSA	50.31	0.173
7	1522	Josef Prorok	CZE	50.33	0.184
8	2270	Viktor Leptikov	KAZ	51.67	0.249

Heat #6

Time	11:50

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	1563	Félix Sánchez	DOM	49.24	0.177	Q
2	1811	Jack Green	GBR	49.49	0.209	Q
3	2910	Mamadou Kassé Hann	SEN	49.63	0.262	Q
4	2239	Tetsuya Tateno	JPN	49.95	0.168
5	2186	Josef Robertson	JAM	49.98	0.176
6	2312	Boniface Tumuti	KEN	50.33	0.165
7	3329	Artyom Dyatlov	UZB	51.55	0.185
8	3201	Andrés Silva	URU	53.38	0.195

Semi-Finals

Date	4 August 2012 — 19:00
Format	Top two in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Reaction Time
1	1563	Félix Sánchez	DOM	47.76	0.175	Q
2	2743	Javier Culson	PUR	47.93	0.224	Q
3	3255	Angelo Taylor	USA	47.95	0.165	Q
4	3043	Jehue Gordon	TTO	47.96	0.148	Q
5	3212	Kerron Clement	USA	48.12	0.251	q
6	3258	Michael Tinsley	USA	48.18	0.179	Q
7	1812	Dai Greene	GBR	48.19	0.181	q
8	1465	Omar Cisneros	CUB	48.23	0.239
9	2176	Leford Green	JAM	48.61	0.176	Q
10	2910	Mamadou Kassé Hann	SEN	48.80	0.172
11	1135	Michael Bultheel	BEL	49.10	0.147
12	2741	Eric Alejandro	PUR	49.15	0.186
13	2932	Brent Larue	SLO	49.45	0.172
14	2947	Emir Bekrić	SRB	49.62	0.204
15	1843	Rhys Williams	GBR	49.63	0.190
16	1039	Brendan Cole	AUS	49.65	0.178
17	1155	Kenneth Medwood	BIZ	49.87	0.175
18	2128	José Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon	ITA	50.07	0.205
19	3140	Stanislav Melnykov	UKR	50.19	0.182
20	1483	Amaurys Valle	CUB	50.48	0.162
21	1065	Tristan Thomas	AUS	50.55	0.164
22	2528	Kurt Couto	MOZ	51.55	0.179
DNF	1811	Jack Green	GBR	–	0.194
DQ	2571	Amaechi Morton	NGR	–	[0.231]		10

Heat #1

Time	19:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	1563	Félix Sánchez	DOM	47.76	0.175	Q
2	3043	Jehue Gordon	TTO	47.96	0.148	Q
3	3212	Kerron Clement	USA	48.12	0.251	q
4	1812	Dai Greene	GBR	48.19	0.181	q
5	2910	Mamadou Kassé Hann	SEN	48.80	0.172
6	1135	Michael Bultheel	BEL	49.10	0.147
7	2741	Eric Alejandro	PUR	49.15	0.186
8	2528	Kurt Couto	MOZ	51.55	0.179

Heat #2

Time	19:08

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	2743	Javier Culson	PUR	47.93	0.224	Q
2	3255	Angelo Taylor	USA	47.95	0.165	Q
3	1465	Omar Cisneros	CUB	48.23	0.239
4	2947	Emir Bekrić	SRB	49.62	0.204
5	1155	Kenneth Medwood	BIZ	49.87	0.175
6	3140	Stanislav Melnykov	UKR	50.19	0.182
7	1065	Tristan Thomas	AUS	50.55	0.164
DNF	1811	Jack Green	GBR	–	0.194

Heat #3

Time	19:16

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	3258	Michael Tinsley	USA	48.18	0.179	Q
2	2176	Leford Green	JAM	48.61	0.176	Q
3	2932	Brent Larue	SLO	49.45	0.172
4	1843	Rhys Williams	GBR	49.63	0.190
5	1039	Brendan Cole	AUS	49.65	0.178
6	2128	José Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon	ITA	50.07	0.205
7	1483	Amaurys Valle	CUB	50.48	0.162
DQ	2571	Amaechi Morton	NGR	–	[0.231]		11

Final Round

Date	6 August 2012 — 20:45

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	1563	Félix Sánchez	DOM	47.63	0.158
2	3258	Michael Tinsley	USA	47.91	0.184
3	2743	Javier Culson	PUR	48.10	0.196
4	1812	Dai Greene	GBR	48.24	0.150
5	3255	Angelo Taylor	USA	48.25	0.158
6	3043	Jehue Gordon	TTO	48.86	0.165
7	2176	Leford Green	JAM	49.12	0.194
8	3212	Kerron Clement	USA	49.15	0.148