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400 metres, Men

Date	26 – 29 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade olympique, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	44 from 29 countries

Cuba’s Alberto Juantorena was world-ranked #1 in 1974, was fourth in 1975, and had finished second at the 1975 Pan American Games to Ronnie Ray of the USA. Earlier in Montréal, he had won the 800 metres and was trying to become the first since Paul Pilgrim in 1906 to win the 400/800 Olympic double. Juantorena was favored, but the US contingent of Fred Newhouse, Herman Frazier, and Maxie Parks would be formidable as always.

In the final, Newhouse went to the lead and was three metres ahead by the halfway mark. However, Juantorena’s long strides kept pulling him closer and he caught Newhouse with 20 metres left, pulling away to win by just over a metre and taking half a second off his personal best time to set the fastest time ever recorded at legal altitude.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	217	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	47.89 (3 h6)	45.92 (2 h2)	45.10 (1 h1)	44.26 (1)	Gold
2	945	Fred Newhouse	USA	45.42 (1 h2)	45.97 (1 h4)	44.89 (1 h2)	44.40 (2)	Silver
3	926	Herman Frazier	USA	46.09 (1 h1)	46.52 (1 h1)	45.24 (3 h2)	44.95 (3)	Bronze
4	85	Fons Brijdenbach	BEL	46.73 (1 h4)	46.56 (2 h1)	45.28 (2 h1)	45.04 (4)
5	947	Maxie Parks	USA	46.12 (1 h3)	45.99 (3 h3)	45.61 (3 h1)	45.24 (5)
6	60	Rick Mitchell	AUS	46.11 (2 h2)	45.76 (1 h2)	45.69 (4 h1)	45.40 (6)
7	368	David Jenkins	GBR	46.60 (1 h5)	46.18 (2 h4)	45.20 (2 h2)	45.57 (7)
8	741	Jan Werner	POL	46.19 (3 h2)	45.88 (2 h3)	45.44 (4 h2)	45.63 (8)
5 h1 r3/4	419	Bernd Herrmann	FRG	46.99 (2 h5)	46.07 (4 h3)	45.94 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	729	Jerzy Pietrzyk	POL	46.92 (2 h4)	46.30 (3 h2)	45.65 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	170	Bryan Saunders	CAN	47.24 (5 h1)	46.42 (4 h2)	46.46 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	421	Franz-Peter Hofmeister	FRG	47.17 (3 h4)	46.20 (3 h4)	46.05 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	545	Alfonso Di Guida	ITA	46.52 (4 h2)	47.07 (4 h1)	46.50 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	849	Mike Solomon	TTO	47.29 (1 h6)	45.83 (1 h3)	46.20 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r3/4	116	Delmo da Silva	BRA	47.21 (2 h3)	46.48 (4 h4)	46.69 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r3/4	422	Karl Honz	FRG	47.47 (4 h3)	46.94 (3 h1)	46.63 (8 h2)	–
5 h1 r2/4	282	Ossi Karttunen	FIN	47.22 (4 h4)	47.45 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	573	Leighton Priestley	JAM	46.74 (5 h2)	46.45 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	283	Markku Kukkoaho	FIN	47.67 (4 h5)	46.24 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	976	Jozo Alebić	YUG	47.03 (3 h5)	46.94 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	56	Peter Grant	AUS	47.03 (4 h1)	47.69 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	76	Mike Sands	BAH	46.52 (2 h1)	46.48 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	214	Eddy Gutiérrez	CUB	47.89 (5 h3)	46.65 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	713	Zbigniew Jaremski	POL	46.68 (3 h1)	47.10 (6 h4)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	571	Alfred Daley	JAM	48.04 (4 h6)	48.46 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	764	Iván Mangual	PUR	47.39 (3 h3)	46.56 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	359	Glen Cohen	GBR	47.77 (2 h6)	47.67 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	16	Fred Sowerby	ANT	48.12 (5 h6)	48.03 (7 h4)	–	–
8 h1 r2/4	141	Glenn Bogue	CAN	47.42 (5 h4)	48.98 (8 h1)	–	–
8 h2 r2/4	848	Charles Joseph	TTO	47.72 (5 h5)	46.61 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h4 r2/4	1	Raymond Heerenveen	AHO	47.44 (6 h4)	48.88 (8 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	228	Carlos Noroña	CUB	48.46 (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	147	Don Domansky	CAN	47.24 (6 h2)	– (DNS h3)	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	109	Renelda Swan	BER	49.13 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	788	Samba Dièye	SEN	47.98 (6 h5)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	192	Avognan Nogboum	CIV	48.24 (6 h6)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	81	Hamil Grimes	BAR	49.24 (7 h1)	–	–	–
7 h2 r1/4	112	Errol Thurton	BIZ	48.91 (7 h2)	–	–	–
7 h4 r1/4	675	Wavala Kali	PNG	48.85 (7 h4)	–	–	–
7 h5 r1/4	530	Bjarni Stefánsson	ISL	48.34 (7 h5)	–	–	–
7 h6 r1/4	748	José Carvalho	POR	48.47 (7 h6)	–	–	–
8 h1 r1/4	480	Wilfrid Cyriaque	HAI	51.49 (8 h1)	–	–	–
8 h2 r1/4	35	Ahmed Al-Assiri	KSA	49.72 (8 h2)	–	–	–
8 h4 r1/4	652	Ricardo Larios	NCA	50.52 (8 h4)	–	–	–
DNS	275	Tony Moore	FIJ	– (DNS h3)	–	–	–
DNS	469	Stavros Tziortzis	GRE	– (DNS h3)	–	–	–

Round One

Date	26 July 1976 — 11:00
Format	Top 5 in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	945	Fred Newhouse	USA	45.42	Q
2	926	Herman Frazier	USA	46.09	Q
3	60	Rick Mitchell	AUS	46.11	Q
4	947	Maxie Parks	USA	46.12	Q
5	741	Jan Werner	POL	46.19	Q
=6	76	Mike Sands	BAH	46.52	Q
=6	545	Alfonso Di Guida	ITA	46.52	Q
8	368	David Jenkins	GBR	46.60	Q
9	713	Zbigniew Jaremski	POL	46.68	Q
10	85	Fons Brijdenbach	BEL	46.73	Q
11	573	Leighton Priestley	JAM	46.74	Q
12	729	Jerzy Pietrzyk	POL	46.92	Q
13	419	Bernd Herrmann	FRG	46.99	Q
=14	56	Peter Grant	AUS	47.03	Q
=14	976	Jozo Alebić	YUG	47.03	Q
16	421	Franz-Peter Hofmeister	FRG	47.17	Q
17	116	Delmo da Silva	BRA	47.21	Q
18	282	Ossi Karttunen	FIN	47.22	Q
=19	170	Bryan Saunders	CAN	47.24	Q
=19	147	Don Domansky	CAN	47.24	q
21	849	Mike Solomon	TTO	47.29	Q
22	764	Iván Mangual	PUR	47.39	Q
23	141	Glenn Bogue	CAN	47.42	Q
24	1	Raymond Heerenveen	AHO	47.44	q
25	422	Karl Honz	FRG	47.47	Q
26	283	Markku Kukkoaho	FIN	47.67	Q
27	848	Charles Joseph	TTO	47.72	Q
28	359	Glen Cohen	GBR	47.77	Q
=29	214	Eddy Gutiérrez	CUB	47.89	Q
=29	217	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	47.89	Q
31	788	Samba Dièye	SEN	47.98
32	571	Alfred Daley	JAM	48.04	Q
33	16	Fred Sowerby	ANT	48.12	Q
34	192	Avognan Nogboum	CIV	48.24
35	530	Bjarni Stefánsson	ISL	48.34
36	228	Carlos Noroña	CUB	48.46
37	748	José Carvalho	POR	48.47
38	675	Wavala Kali	PNG	48.85
39	112	Errol Thurton	BIZ	48.91
40	109	Renelda Swan	BER	49.13
41	81	Hamil Grimes	BAR	49.24
42	35	Ahmed Al-Assiri	KSA	49.72
43	652	Ricardo Larios	NCA	50.52
44	480	Wilfrid Cyriaque	HAI	51.49
DNS	275	Tony Moore	FIJ	–
DNS	469	Stavros Tziortzis	GRE	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	2	Herman Frazier	USA	46.09	Q
2	7	Mike Sands	BAH	46.52	Q
3	5	Zbigniew Jaremski	POL	46.68	Q
4	6	Peter Grant	AUS	47.03	Q
5	8	Bryan Saunders	CAN	47.24	Q
6	3	Carlos Noroña	CUB	48.46
7	1	Hamil Grimes	BAR	49.24
8	4	Wilfrid Cyriaque	HAI	51.49

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	5	Fred Newhouse	USA	45.42	Q
2	7	Rick Mitchell	AUS	46.11	Q
3	6	Jan Werner	POL	46.19	Q
4	4	Alfonso Di Guida	ITA	46.52	Q
5	2	Leighton Priestley	JAM	46.74	Q
6	8	Don Domansky	CAN	47.24	q
7	1	Errol Thurton	BIZ	48.91
8	3	Ahmed Al-Assiri	KSA	49.72

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	7	Maxie Parks	USA	46.12	Q
2	2	Delmo da Silva	BRA	47.21	Q
3	4	Iván Mangual	PUR	47.39	Q
4	1	Karl Honz	FRG	47.47	Q
5	5	Eddy Gutiérrez	CUB	47.89	Q
6	3	Renelda Swan	BER	49.13
DNS	8	Tony Moore	FIJ	–
DNS	6	Stavros Tziortzis	GRE	–

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	8	Fons Brijdenbach	BEL	46.73	Q
2	2	Jerzy Pietrzyk	POL	46.92	Q
3	6	Franz-Peter Hofmeister	FRG	47.17	Q
4	1	Ossi Karttunen	FIN	47.22	Q
5	4	Glenn Bogue	CAN	47.42	Q
6	3	Raymond Heerenveen	AHO	47.44	q
7	5	Wavala Kali	PNG	48.85
8	7	Ricardo Larios	NCA	50.52

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	6	David Jenkins	GBR	46.60	Q
2	5	Bernd Herrmann	FRG	46.99	Q
3	4	Jozo Alebić	YUG	47.03	Q
4	2	Markku Kukkoaho	FIN	47.67	Q
5	3	Charles Joseph	TTO	47.72	Q
6	7	Samba Dièye	SEN	47.98
7	1	Bjarni Stefánsson	ISL	48.34

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	5	Mike Solomon	TTO	47.29	Q
2	4	Glen Cohen	GBR	47.77	Q
3	6	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	47.89	Q
4	1	Alfred Daley	JAM	48.04	Q
5	7	Fred Sowerby	ANT	48.12	Q
6	3	Avognan Nogboum	CIV	48.24
7	2	José Carvalho	POR	48.47

Quarter-Finals

Date	26 July 1976 — 15:15
Format	Top 4 in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	60	Rick Mitchell	AUS	45.76	Q
2	849	Mike Solomon	TTO	45.83	Q
3	741	Jan Werner	POL	45.88	Q
4	217	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	45.92	Q
5	945	Fred Newhouse	USA	45.97	Q
6	947	Maxie Parks	USA	45.99	Q
7	419	Bernd Herrmann	FRG	46.07	Q
8	368	David Jenkins	GBR	46.18	Q
9	421	Franz-Peter Hofmeister	FRG	46.20	Q
10	283	Markku Kukkoaho	FIN	46.24
11	729	Jerzy Pietrzyk	POL	46.30	Q
12	170	Bryan Saunders	CAN	46.42	Q
13	573	Leighton Priestley	JAM	46.45
=14	76	Mike Sands	BAH	46.48
=14	116	Delmo da Silva	BRA	46.48	Q
16	926	Herman Frazier	USA	46.52	Q
=17	85	Fons Brijdenbach	BEL	46.56	Q
=17	764	Iván Mangual	PUR	46.56
19	848	Charles Joseph	TTO	46.61
20	214	Eddy Gutiérrez	CUB	46.65
=21	422	Karl Honz	FRG	46.94	Q
=21	976	Jozo Alebić	YUG	46.94
23	545	Alfonso Di Guida	ITA	47.07	Q
24	713	Zbigniew Jaremski	POL	47.10
25	282	Ossi Karttunen	FIN	47.45
26	359	Glen Cohen	GBR	47.67
27	56	Peter Grant	AUS	47.69
28	16	Fred Sowerby	ANT	48.03
29	571	Alfred Daley	JAM	48.46
30	1	Raymond Heerenveen	AHO	48.88
31	141	Glenn Bogue	CAN	48.98
DNS	147	Don Domansky	CAN	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	6	Herman Frazier	USA	46.52	Q
2	3	Fons Brijdenbach	BEL	46.56	Q
3	1	Karl Honz	FRG	46.94	Q
4	5	Alfonso Di Guida	ITA	47.07	Q
5	2	Ossi Karttunen	FIN	47.45
6	4	Peter Grant	AUS	47.69
7	7	Alfred Daley	JAM	48.46
8	8	Glenn Bogue	CAN	48.98

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	1	Rick Mitchell	AUS	45.76	Q
2	7	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	45.92	Q
3	4	Jerzy Pietrzyk	POL	46.30	Q
4	8	Bryan Saunders	CAN	46.42	Q
5	3	Leighton Priestley	JAM	46.45
6	5	Mike Sands	BAH	46.48
7	2	Iván Mangual	PUR	46.56
8	6	Charles Joseph	TTO	46.61

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	7	Mike Solomon	TTO	45.83	Q
2	8	Jan Werner	POL	45.88	Q
3	2	Maxie Parks	USA	45.99	Q
4	3	Bernd Herrmann	FRG	46.07	Q
5	1	Markku Kukkoaho	FIN	46.24
6	6	Eddy Gutiérrez	CUB	46.65
7	4	Glen Cohen	GBR	47.67
DNS	5	Don Domansky	CAN	–

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	1	Fred Newhouse	USA	45.97	Q
2	2	David Jenkins	GBR	46.18	Q
3	7	Franz-Peter Hofmeister	FRG	46.20	Q
4	8	Delmo da Silva	BRA	46.48	Q
5	4	Jozo Alebić	YUG	46.94
6	3	Zbigniew Jaremski	POL	47.10
7	6	Fred Sowerby	ANT	48.03
8	5	Raymond Heerenveen	AHO	48.88

Semi-Finals

Date	28 July 1976 — 15:20
Format	Top 4 in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	945	Fred Newhouse	USA	44.89	Q
2	217	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	45.10	Q
3	368	David Jenkins	GBR	45.20	Q
4	926	Herman Frazier	USA	45.24	Q
5	85	Fons Brijdenbach	BEL	45.28	Q
6	741	Jan Werner	POL	45.44	Q
7	947	Maxie Parks	USA	45.61	Q
8	729	Jerzy Pietrzyk	POL	45.65
9	60	Rick Mitchell	AUS	45.69	Q
10	419	Bernd Herrmann	FRG	45.94
11	421	Franz-Peter Hofmeister	FRG	46.05
12	849	Mike Solomon	TTO	46.20
13	170	Bryan Saunders	CAN	46.46
14	545	Alfonso Di Guida	ITA	46.50
15	422	Karl Honz	FRG	46.63
16	116	Delmo da Silva	BRA	46.69

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	7	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	45.10	Q
2	3	Fons Brijdenbach	BEL	45.28	Q
3	5	Maxie Parks	USA	45.61	Q
4	1	Rick Mitchell	AUS	45.69	Q
5	8	Bernd Herrmann	FRG	45.94
6	2	Bryan Saunders	CAN	46.46
7	4	Alfonso Di Guida	ITA	46.50
8	6	Delmo da Silva	BRA	46.69

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	2	Fred Newhouse	USA	44.89	Q
2	7	David Jenkins	GBR	45.20	Q
3	4	Herman Frazier	USA	45.24	Q
4	6	Jan Werner	POL	45.44	Q
5	3	Jerzy Pietrzyk	POL	45.65
6	8	Franz-Peter Hofmeister	FRG	46.05
7	1	Mike Solomon	TTO	46.20
8	5	Karl Honz	FRG	46.63

Final Round

Date	29 July 1976 — 16:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	2	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	44.26
2	4	Fred Newhouse	USA	44.40
3	3	Herman Frazier	USA	44.95
4	8	Fons Brijdenbach	BEL	45.04
5	7	Maxie Parks	USA	45.24
6	6	Rick Mitchell	AUS	45.40
7	5	David Jenkins	GBR	45.57
8	1	Jan Werner	POL	45.63