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400 metres, Men

Date	10 – 11 July 1924
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade Yves-de-Manoir, Colombes
Participants	60 from 27 countries

Eric Liddell was one of the two heroes of the movie Chariots of Fire. Liddell was devoutly religious, and later became a missionary and lay minister. In the movie he learns while getting on the boat to Paris that the 100 finals would take place on a Sunday and he withdraws, electing to run the 400 instead. In real life, Liddell knew about the 1924 Olympic schedule for six months, and trained specifically for the 200 and 400, winning the Scottish and AAA titles at 440 yards in 1924. He finished third in the 200 the day before the heats of the 400 started. In the final he led from the gun, going thru 200 in 22.2, and pulled away to win easily in world record time.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	Eric Liddell	GBR	50.2 (1 h14)	49.3 (2 h4)	48.2 (1 h2)	47.6 (1)	Gold	WR
2	Ray Fitch	USA	52.0 (1 h15)	49.0 (1 h1)	47.8 (1 h1)	48.4 (2)	Silver
3	Guy Butler	GBR	50.2 (1 h16)	49.8 (1 h3)	47.9 (2 h1)	48.6 (3)	Bronze
4	David Johnson	CAN	51.8 (1 h6)	49.3 (2 h5)	48.0 (3 h1)	48.8 (4)
5	John C. Taylor	USA	50.8 (1 h7)	50.4 (2 h3)	48.7 (3 h2)	1:07.0est (5)
AC	Josef Imbach	SUI	51.8 (1 h5)	48.0 (1 h6)	48.3 (2 h2)	– (DNF)
4 h1 r3/4	Adje Paulen	NED	52.0 (2 h17)	49.0 (1 h4)	48.2 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r3/4	Charles Hoff	NOR	53.0 (2 h6)	49.2 (2 h2)	48.8 (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r3/4	Toby Betts	RSA	49.8 (1 h8)	49.0 (1 h2)	48.4 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	Clarence Oldfield	RSA	49.6 (1 h10)	49.0 (1 h5)	49.0 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	Nils Engdahl	SWE	49.2 (1 h11)	48.4 (2 h6)	48.6 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	Artur Svensson	SWE	50.0 (1 h9)	50.0 (2 h1)	49.1 (6 h2)	–
3 h1 r2/4	Alan Christie	CAN	50.5 (2 h12)	50.8 (3 h1)	–	–
3 h2 r2/4	Gustaf Wejnarth	SWE	50.2 (1 h3)	50.2 (3 h2)	–	–
3 h3 r2/4	Barthélémy Favodon	FRA	51.2 (1 h17)	50.9 (3 h3)	–	–
3 h4 r2/4	Ray Robertson	USA	50.2 (1 h2)	49.5 (3 h4)	–	–
3 h5 r2/4	Erkka Wilén	FIN	54.8 (2 h1)	49.6 (3 h5)	–	–
3 h6 r2/4	Eric Wilson	USA	49.6 (1 h4)	48.8 (3 h6)	–	–
4 h1 r2/4	Edward Toms	GBR	49.9 (2 h10)	– (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r2/4	Gaston Féry	FRA	51.1 (2 h16)	50.7 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r2/4	Terence Pitt	IND	49.8 (1 h12)	51.6 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r2/4	Luigi Facelli	ITA	51.0 (1 h13)	50.5 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r2/4	Roy Norman	AUS	50.6 (2 h4)	50.2 (4 h5)	–	–
4 h6 r2/4	Sean Lavan	IRL	51.2 (2 h8)	49.8 (4 h6)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	Kai Jensen	DEN	50.9 (2 h2)	– (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	Raymond Fritz	FRA	51.0 (2 h9)	50.5 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r2/4	Alfredo Gargiullo	ITA	50.4 (2 h14)	– (5 h5)	–	–
5 h6 r2/4	Tokushige Noto	JPN	51.7 (2 h7)	50.7 (5 h6)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	Federico Brewster	ARG	51.8 (2 h13)	– (6 h3)	–	–
6 h5 r2/4	George Renwick	GBR	50.3 (2 h11)	– (6 h5)	–	–
6 h6 r2/4	Horace Aylwin	CAN	54.0 (1 h1)	– (6 h6)	–	–
2 h3 r1/4	Lajos Kurunczy	HUN	52.6 (2 h3)	–	–	–
2 h15 r1/4	Erik Åström	FIN	52.1 (2 h15)	–	–	–
3 h2 r1/4	Jules Migeot	BEL	51.6 (3 h2)	–	–	–
3 h3 r1/4	Richard Honner	AUS	53.1 (3 h3)	–	–	–
3 h4 r1/4	William Fuller	CAN	51.5 (3 h4)	–	–	–
3 h7 r1/4	Wim Bolten	NED	53.0 (3 h7)	–	–	–
3 h8 r1/4	Wim Kat	NED	51.8 (3 h8)	–	–	–
3 h9 r1/4	Charles Lane	AUS	51.4 (3 h9)	–	–	–
3 h10 r1/4	Carlos Garcés	MEX	– (3 h10)	–	–	–
3 h11 r1/4	Francisco Dova	ARG	51.0 (3 h11)	–	–	–
3 h12 r1/4	Félix Escobar	ARG	51.4 (3 h12)	–	–	–
3 h13 r1/4	Stefan Ołdak	POL	55.0 (3 h13)	–	–	–
3 h14 r1/4	Erik Byléhn	SWE	50.6 (3 h14)	–	–	–
3 h16 r1/4	Narciso Costa	BRA	– (3 h16)	–	–	–
3 h17 r1/4	Paul Hammer	LUX	53.1 (3 h17)	–	–	–
4 h2 r1/4	Reinhold Kesküll	EST	53.2 (4 h2)	–	–	–
4 h3 r1/4	Kiril Petrunov	BUL	– (4 h3)	–	–	–
4 h4 r1/4	Édouard Armand	HAI	– (4 h4)	–	–	–
4 h8 r1/4	Guillermo Amparan	MEX	52.0 (4 h8)	–	–	–
4 h9 r1/4	Menso Menso	NED	– (4 h9)	–	–	–
4 h10 r1/4	Emilio Casasnovas	ARG	– (4 h10)	–	–	–
4 h11 r1/4	José Martínez	MEX	– (4 h11)	–	–	–
4 h12 r1/4	Raymond Jamois	FRA	– (4 h12)	–	–	–
4 h14 r1/4	Stanisław Świętochowski	POL	55.4 (4 h14)	–	–	–
4 h16 r1/4	Ennio Maffiolini	ITA	– (4 h16)	–	–	–
5 h2 r1/4	Christophe Mirgain	LUX	– (5 h2)	–	–	–
5 h9 r1/4	Juan Escutia	MEX	– (5 h9)	–	–	–
5 h12 r1/4	Karel Přibyl	TCH	52.8 (5 h12)	–	–	–
5 h16 r1/4	Christian Simmen	SUI	– (5 h16)	–	–	–
DNS	Johannes Brock	DEN	–	–	–	–
DNS	Herbert Kuttim	EST	–	–	–	–
DNS	Lajos Fixl	HUN	–	–	–	–
DNS	Luis Larrañaga	ESP	–	–	–	–
DNS	Otto Benedek	AUT	–	–	–	–
DNS	Karl Schenner	AUT	–	–	–	–
DNS	J. Reizman	TCH	–	–	–	–
DNS	Karl Swatonek	AUT	–	–	–	–
DNS	Bohus Fleischer	TCH	–	–	–	–
DNS	Edwin Carr, Sr.	AUS	–	–	–	–
DNS	Álvaro Ribeiro	BRA	–	–	–	–
DNS	Miguel García	ESP	–	–	–	–
DNS	Fernando Labourdette	ESP	–	–	–	–
DNS	Anton Husgafvel	FIN	–	–	–	–
DNS	Alexandros Papafingos	GRE	–	–	–	–
DNS	James Hall	IND	–	–	–	–
DNS	Will Hildreth	IND	–	–	–	–
DNS	Puccio Pucci	ITA	–	–	–	–
DNS	Joseph Hilger	LUX	–	–	–	–
DNS	Antoni Cejzik	POL	–	–	–	–
DNS	Zygmunt Weiss	POL	–	–	–	–
DNS	George Dustan	RSA	–	–	–	–
DNS	Howard Kinsman	RSA	–	–	–	–

Round One

Date	10 July 1924 — 14:00
Format	Top two in each heat advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Horace Aylwin	CAN	54.0	Q
2	Erkka Wilén	FIN	54.8	Q

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Ray Robertson	USA	50.2	Q
2	Kai Jensen	DEN	50.9	Q
3	Jules Migeot	BEL	51.6
4	Reinhold Kesküll	EST	53.2
5	Christophe Mirgain	LUX	–

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Gustaf Wejnarth	SWE	50.2	Q
2	Lajos Kurunczy	HUN	52.6	Q
3	Richard Honner	AUS	53.1
4	Kiril Petrunov	BUL	–

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Eric Wilson	USA	49.6	Q
2	Roy Norman	AUS	50.6	Q
3	William Fuller	CAN	51.5
4	Édouard Armand	HAI	–

Heat #5

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Josef Imbach	SUI	51.8	Q

Heat #6

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	David Johnson	CAN	51.8	Q
2	Charles Hoff	NOR	53.0	Q

Heat #7

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	John C. Taylor	USA	50.8	Q
2	Tokushige Noto	JPN	51.7	Q
3	Wim Bolten	NED	53.0

Heat #8

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Toby Betts	RSA	49.8	Q
2	Sean Lavan	IRL	51.2	Q
3	Wim Kat	NED	51.8
4	Guillermo Amparan	MEX	52.0

Heat #9

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Artur Svensson	SWE	50.0	Q
2	Raymond Fritz	FRA	51.0	Q
3	Charles Lane	AUS	51.4
4	Menso Menso	NED	–
5	Juan Escutia	MEX	–

Heat #10

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Clarence Oldfield	RSA	49.6	Q
2	Edward Toms	GBR	49.9	Q
3	Carlos Garcés	MEX	–
4	Emilio Casasnovas	ARG	–

Heat #11

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Nils Engdahl	SWE	49.2	Q
2	George Renwick	GBR	50.3	Q
3	Francisco Dova	ARG	51.0
4	José Martínez	MEX	–

Heat #12

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Terence Pitt	IND	49.8	Q
2	Alan Christie	CAN	50.5	Q
3	Félix Escobar	ARG	51.4
4	Raymond Jamois	FRA	–
5	Karel Přibyl	TCH	52.8

Heat #13

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Luigi Facelli	ITA	51.0	Q
2	Federico Brewster	ARG	51.8	Q
3	Stefan Ołdak	POL	55.0

Heat #14

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Eric Liddell	GBR	50.2	Q
2	Alfredo Gargiullo	ITA	50.4	Q
3	Erik Byléhn	SWE	50.6
4	Stanisław Świętochowski	POL	55.4

Heat #15

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Ray Fitch	USA	52.0	Q
2	Erik Åström	FIN	52.1	Q

Heat #16

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Guy Butler	GBR	50.2	Q
2	Gaston Féry	FRA	51.1	Q
3	Narciso Costa	BRA	–
4	Ennio Maffiolini	ITA	–
5	Christian Simmen	SUI	–

Heat #17

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Barthélémy Favodon	FRA	51.2	Q
2	Adje Paulen	NED	52.0	Q
3	Paul Hammer	LUX	53.1

Quarter-Finals

Date	10 July 1924 — 16:00
Format	Top two in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Ray Fitch	USA	49.0	Q
2	Artur Svensson	SWE	50.0	Q
3	Alan Christie	CAN	50.8
4	Edward Toms	GBR	–

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Toby Betts	RSA	49.0	Q
2	Charles Hoff	NOR	49.2	Q
3	Gustaf Wejnarth	SWE	50.2
4	Gaston Féry	FRA	50.7

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Guy Butler	GBR	49.8	Q
2	John C. Taylor	USA	50.4	Q
3	Barthélémy Favodon	FRA	50.9
4	Terence Pitt	IND	51.6
5	Kai Jensen	DEN	–
6	Federico Brewster	ARG	–

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Adje Paulen	NED	49.0	Q
2	Eric Liddell	GBR	49.3	Q
3	Ray Robertson	USA	49.5
4	Luigi Facelli	ITA	50.5
5	Raymond Fritz	FRA	50.5

Heat #5

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Clarence Oldfield	RSA	49.0	Q
2	David Johnson	CAN	49.3	Q
3	Erkka Wilén	FIN	49.6
4	Roy Norman	AUS	50.2
5	Alfredo Gargiullo	ITA	–
6	George Renwick	GBR	–

Heat #6

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Josef Imbach	SUI	48.0	QOR
2	Nils Engdahl	SWE	48.4	Q
3	Eric Wilson	USA	48.8
4	Sean Lavan	IRL	49.8
5	Tokushige Noto	JPN	50.7
6	Horace Aylwin	CAN	–

Semi-Finals

Date	11 July 1924 — 14:45
Format	Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Ray Fitch	USA	47.8	QOR
2	Guy Butler	GBR	47.9	Q
3	David Johnson	CAN	48.0	Q
4	Adje Paulen	NED	48.2
5	Toby Betts	RSA	48.4
6	Nils Engdahl	SWE	48.6

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Eric Liddell	GBR	48.2	Q
2	Josef Imbach	SUI	48.3	Q
3	John C. Taylor	USA	48.7	Q
4	Charles Hoff	NOR	48.8
5	Clarence Oldfield	RSA	49.0
6	Artur Svensson	SWE	49.1

Final Round

Date	11 July 1924 — 17:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Eric Liddell	GBR	47.6	WR
2	–	Ray Fitch	USA	48.4
3	–	Guy Butler	GBR	48.6
4	–	David Johnson	CAN	48.8
5	–	John C. Taylor	USA	1:07.0est
DNF	–	Josef Imbach	SUI	–