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400 metres Hurdles, Men

Date	3 – 4 August 1936
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiastadion, Reichssportfeld, Berlin
Participants	32 from 20 countries

At an International in Stockholm in 1934, Glenn Hardin had shattered the world record by over one second, a mark which would last until 1953. Hardin was the defending silver medalist and was heavily favored in Berlin, not having lost since the Los Angeles final. The final was closer than expected as Hardin won, but only by 3/10ths of a second over Canadian John Loaring, who would win the 1938 Commonwealth Games title.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	763	Glenn Hardin	USA	53.9 (1 h6)	53.2 (1 h1)	52.4 (1)	Gold
2	72	Johnny Loaring	CAN	54.3 (2 h3)	53.1 (2 h2)	52.7 (2)	Silver
3	537	Miguel White	PHI	53.4 (1 h3)	53.4 (2 h1)	52.8 (3)	Bronze
4	764	Pat Patterson	USA	54.4 (1 h4)	52.8 (1 h2)	53.0 (4)
5	56	Sylvio Padilha	BRA	54.2 (2 h5)	53.3 (3 h2)	54.0 (5)
6	8	Christos Mantikas	GRE	53.8 (1 h5)	53.5 (3 h1)	54.2 (6)
4 h1 r2/3	765	Dale Schofield	USA	54.8 (2 h2)	53.5 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r2/3	50	Juul Bosmans	BEL	53.8 (2 h1)	53.4 (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r2/3	34	Juan Lavenás	ARG	54.5 (2 h4)	54.5 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	715	József Kovács	HUN	53.7 (1 h1)	54.0 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r2/3	846	Willi Kürten	GER	54.6 (2 h6)	54.5 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	847	Fritz Nottbrock	GER	54.7 (1 h2)	54.8 (6 h2)	–
3 h1 r1/3	218	Prudent Joye	FRA	54.1 (3 h1)	–	–
3 h2 r1/3	340	Luigi Facelli	ITA	55.1 (3 h2)	–	–
3 h3 r1/3	36	Alf Watson	AUS	54.5 (3 h3)	–	–
3 h4 r1/3	848	Hans Scheele	GER	54.6 (3 h4)	–	–
3 h5 r1/3	424	Vane Ivanović	YUG	54.7 (3 h5)	–	–
3 h6 r1/3	501	Ernst Leitner	AUT	54.9 (3 h6)	–	–
4 h1 r1/3	387	Tokio Fukuda	JPN	56.8 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r1/3	83	Jim Worrall	CAN	55.5 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	388	Masao Ichihara	JPN	54.7 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	342	Umberto Ridi	ITA	55.5 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r1/3	659	Frank Rushton	RSA	55.2 (4 h5)	–	–
4 h6 r1/3	673	Ernst Berndt	TCH	57.6 (4 h6)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	217	Louis Galliard	FRA	56.4 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	9	Ioannis Skiadas	GRE	55.3 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	535	Teodoro Malasig	PHI	56.1 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	587	Kell Areskoug	SWE	55.7 (5 h5)	–	–
5 h6 r1/3	273	John Sheffield	GBR	58.1 (5 h6)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	425	August Banščak	YUG	1:01.5 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	341	Emilio Mori	ITA	55.6 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h5 r1/3	96	Walter Fritsch	CHI	58.3 (6 h5)	–	–
DNS	502	Bruno Leu	AUT	– (DNS h4)	–	–
DNS	82	Larry O'Connor	CAN	– (DNS h6)	–	–
DNS	139	Svend Aage Thomsen	DEN	– (DNS h1)	–	–
DNS	22	Abu Al-Yazid El-Halawani	EGY	– (DNS h4)	–	–
DNS	658	Andries Becker	RSA	– (DNS h1)	–	–
DNS	588	Pelle Persson	SWE	– (DNS h6)	–	–

Round One (3 August 1936 — 15:00)

Top two in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	715	József Kovács	HUN	53.7	Q
2	50	Juul Bosmans	BEL	53.8	Q
3	218	Prudent Joye	FRA	54.1
4	387	Tokio Fukuda	JPN	56.8
DNS	139	Svend Aage Thomsen	DEN	–
DNS	658	Andries Becker	RSA	–

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	847	Fritz Nottbrock	GER	54.7	Q
2	765	Dale Schofield	USA	54.8	Q
3	340	Luigi Facelli	ITA	55.1
4	83	Jim Worrall	CAN	55.5
5	217	Louis Galliard	FRA	56.4
6	425	August Banščak	YUG	1:01.5

Heat Three

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	537	Miguel White	PHI	53.4	Q
2	72	Johnny Loaring	CAN	54.3	Q
3	36	Alf Watson	AUS	54.5
4	388	Masao Ichihara	JPN	54.7
5	9	Ioannis Skiadas	GRE	55.3
6	341	Emilio Mori	ITA	55.6

Heat Four

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	764	Pat Patterson	USA	54.4	Q
2	34	Juan Lavenás	ARG	54.5	Q
3	848	Hans Scheele	GER	54.6
4	342	Umberto Ridi	ITA	55.5
5	535	Teodoro Malasig	PHI	56.1
DNS	502	Bruno Leu	AUT	–
DNS	22	Abu Al-Yazid El-Halawani	EGY	–

Heat Five

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	8	Christos Mantikas	GRE	53.8	Q
2	56	Sylvio Padilha	BRA	54.2	Q
3	424	Vane Ivanović	YUG	54.7
4	659	Frank Rushton	RSA	55.2
5	587	Kell Areskoug	SWE	55.7
6	96	Walter Fritsch	CHI	58.3

Heat Six

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	763	Glenn Hardin	USA	53.9	Q
2	846	Willi Kürten	GER	54.6	Q
3	501	Ernst Leitner	AUT	54.9
4	673	Ernst Berndt	TCH	57.6
5	273	John Sheffield	GBR	58.1
DNS	82	Larry O'Connor	CAN	–
DNS	588	Pelle Persson	SWE	–

Semi-Finals (4 August 1936 — 15:00)

Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	763	Glenn Hardin	USA	53.2	53.15	Q
2	537	Miguel White	PHI	53.4	53.42	Q
3	8	Christos Mantikas	GRE	53.5	53.54	Q
4	765	Dale Schofield	USA	53.5	53.55
5	34	Juan Lavenás	ARG	54.5	–
6	846	Willi Kürten	GER	54.5	–

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	764	Pat Patterson	USA	52.8	Q
2	72	Johnny Loaring	CAN	53.1	Q
3	56	Sylvio Padilha	BRA	53.3	Q
4	50	Juul Bosmans	BEL	53.4
5	715	József Kovács	HUN	54.0
6	847	Fritz Nottbrock	GER	54.8

Final (4 August 1936 — 17:30)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	6	Glenn Hardin	USA	52.4
2	3	Johnny Loaring	CAN	52.7
3	5	Miguel White	PHI	52.8
4	1	Pat Patterson	USA	53.0
5	4	Sylvio Padilha	BRA	54.0
6	2	Christos Mantikas	GRE	54.2