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400 metres, Men

Date1 – 5 August 1992
StatusOlympic
LocationEstadio Olímpico de Montjuïc, Barcelona
Participants68 from 52 countries

In August 1990, world record holder Harry “Butch” Reynolds tested positive for the steroid nandrolone at a meet in Monte Carlo. He was given a two-year suspension. He appealed this and in December 1991 The Athletics Congress (TAC) supported his appeal, asking that his suspension be lifted. This was denied by an IAAF panel and Reynolds appeared to be out of the Olympics. But then a federal judge ruled that Reynolds should be allowed to compete so he could qualify for the Olympic Trials, and should be allowed to compete in the Trials, if he qualified. The reasoning was that Reynolds’ suspension would be lifted just before the Barcelona Olympics but he first had to qualify. Then the IAAF ruled that any athletes running against Reynolds would be subject to suspension from competition. Legal shenanigans went back and forth and eventually the Olympic Trials 400 heats were postponed a few days while it was sorted out. Finally, Reynolds got to run in the Trials in New Orleans, but in a bit of an anti-climax, did not make the Olympic team.

In his absence the favorites were still the American threesome of defending gold medalist Steve Lewis, the 1988 bronze medalist Danny Joe Everett, and Quincy Watts. Everett went out in the semi-finals in Seoul, with a leg injury. Another athlete to be injured in the semis was Britain’s Derek Redmond, who hobbled and fell to the track. Suddenly a man appeared from the stands and helped him to his feet – it was his father. With his arm around his father, he limped the remaining 200 metres to the finish line, supported by his Dad, who told him, “We started your career together, so let’s finish this race together.” It was one of the more emotional moments in Olympic history and is still replayed often.

After all that drama, the final of the 400 metres seemed almost an afterthought. Watts and Lewis started fastest together and Watts pulled away by 200 metres. He powered thru the final curve and held on for a huge victory margin of almost seven metres over Lewis. Kenya’s Samson Kitur, 1990 Commonwealth Games silver medalist, finished quickly to get third.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCR1QFSFFinal
11779Quincy WattsUSA45.38 (1 h3)45.06 (2 h4)43.71 (1 h2)43.50 (1)GoldOR
21730Steve LewisUSA45.14 (1 h8)44.54 (1 h1)44.50 (1 h1)44.21 (2)Silver
31126Samson KiturKEN45.41 (1 h6)44.66 (1 h4)44.18 (2 h2)44.24 (3)Bronze
41648Ian MorrisTTO45.65 (1 h7)44.78 (1 h3)44.21 (3 h2)44.25 (4)
5346Roberto HernándezCUB45.07 (2 h1)44.84 (2 h1)44.72 (2 h1)44.52 (5)
6714David GrindleyGBR45.79 (2 h5)44.91 (2 h3)44.47 (4 h2)44.75 (6)
71442Ibrahim IsmailQAT45.21 (1 h9)45.18 (3 h3)45.01 (3 h1)45.10 (7)
81099Susumu TakanoJPN45.96 (2 h6)45.27 (2 h2)45.09 (4 h1)45.18 (8)
5 h1 r3/41295Sunday BadaNGR45.38 (2 h8)45.34 (4 h3)45.36 (5 h1)
5 h2 r3/4690Roger BlackGBR45.94 (2 h9)45.28 (3 h1)44.72 (5 h2)
6 h1 r3/4115Troy DouglasBER46.02 (1 h2)45.67 (3 h2)45.59 (6 h1)
6 h2 r3/41212Lahlou Ben YounèsMAR45.73 (2 h7)45.38 (4 h4)45.49 (6 h2)
7 h1 r3/41115Simon KemboiKEN45.84 (1 h4)45.40 (4 h1)45.93 (7 h1)
7 h2 r3/41478Bobang PhiriRSA45.57 (2 h3)45.27 (3 h4)45.59 (7 h2)
8 h2 r3/41692Danny EverettUSA45.68 (1 h5)45.76 (4 h2)56.61 (8 h2)
AC h1 r3/4749Derek RedmondGBR45.03 (1 h1)45.02 (1 h2)– (DNF h1)
5 h1 r2/4847Thomas SchönlebeGER46.26 (3 h2)45.46 (5 h1)
5 h2 r2/41125David KiturKEN46.22 (3 h7)46.15 (5 h2)
5 h3 r2/41056Devon MorrisJAM46.45 (3 h4)45.67 (5 h3)
5 h4 r2/4160Sidney de SouzaBRA45.92 (3 h8)45.55 (5 h4)
6 h1 r2/4937Slobodan BrankovićIOA46.34 (2 h4)45.90 (6 h1)
6 h2 r2/4154Ediélson TenórioBRA46.31 (5 h3)46.34 (6 h2)
6 h3 r2/4407Gaietà CornetESP46.13 (4 h8)46.27 (6 h3)
6 h4 r2/4824Rico LiederGER45.86 (3 h3)45.86 (6 h4)
7 h1 r2/41017Andrea NutiITA46.12 (3 h5)45.96 (7 h1)
7 h2 r2/41644Alvin DanielTTO46.09 (2 h2)46.44 (7 h2)
7 h4 r2/41660Francis OgolaUGA45.87 (4 h3)46.21 (7 h4)
8 h1 r2/447Mark GarnerAUS46.26 (4 h7)46.85 (8 h1)
8 h2 r2/4926Tamás MolnárHUN46.21 (3 h6)46.80 (8 h2)
8 h4 r2/41038Dennis BlakeJAM45.92 (4 h1)46.49 (8 h4)
AC h3 r2/4866Solomon AmegatcherGHA45.42 (3 h1)– (DNF h3)
AC h3 r2/41814Cephas LembaZAM45.94 (3 h9)– (DNF h3)
4 h2 r1/4104Seibert StraughnBAR46.54 (4 h2)
4 h4 r1/41646Patrick DeliceTTO46.58 (4 h4)
4 h5 r1/41297Innocent EgbunikeNGR46.51 (4 h5)
4 h6 r1/41067Anthony WallaceJAM46.88 (4 h6)
4 h9 r1/41034Marco VaccariITA46.37 (4 h9)
5 h1 r1/41626Aktawat SakoolchanTHA46.78 (5 h1)
5 h2 r1/4888Delon FelixGRN47.39 (5 h2)
5 h4 r1/41356Subul BaboPNG47.17 (5 h4)
5 h5 r1/4521Dmitry KosovEUN47.28 (5 h5)
5 h6 r1/4134Camera NterekeBOT47.32 (5 h6)
5 h7 r1/4579Apisai Driu BaibaiFIJ47.81 (5 h7)
5 h8 r1/4872Tim HesseGHA46.67 (5 h8)
5 h9 r1/41102Takahiro WatanabeJPN46.45 (5 h9)
6 h1 r1/4261Ali FaudetCHA47.10 (6 h1)
6 h2 r1/41339Mohamed Al-MalkyOMA48.00 (6 h2)
6 h3 r1/41638Kossi AkotoTOG46.97 (6 h3)
6 h4 r1/4256Médard MakangaCGO48.17 (6 h4)
6 h5 r1/41505Joseph AdamSEY47.68 (6 h5)
6 h6 r1/4120Michael JosephBIZ50.90 (6 h6)
6 h7 r1/41176Henry MohoanyaneLES48.39 (6 h7)
6 h8 r1/4235Michael McLeanCAN47.75 (6 h8)
6 h9 r1/41518Foday SillahSLE47.00 (6 h9)
7 h1 r1/41258Jaime RodriguesMOZ48.89 (7 h1)
7 h2 r1/4328Randolph FosterCRC48.80 (7 h2)
7 h3 r1/4197Martial BiguetCAF47.82 (7 h3)
7 h4 r1/422Kenmore HughesANT48.56 (7 h4)
7 h5 r1/41786Baptiste FiriamVAN48.98 (7 h5)
7 h7 r1/494Mohamed Mehdi HasanBAN48.62 (7 h7)
7 h8 r1/41265Samba FallMTN50.91 (7 h8)
7 h9 r1/414João Francisco CapindicaANG47.44 (7 h9)
8 h2 r1/41166Vanxay SinebandithLAO51.71 (8 h2)
8 h4 r1/41220Mohamed AmirMDV50.35 (8 h4)
8 h5 r1/4779Eulogio NgacheGEQ50.83 (8 h5)
8 h9 r1/41540Stephen LugorSUD48.94 (8 h9)
AC h6 r1/4679Lamin MarikongGAM– (DQ h6)
AC h6 r1/4984Desai WynterISV– (DNF h6)
DNS1801Michael WilliamsVIN– (DNS h7)

Round One

Date1 August 1992 — 10:00
FormatTop three in each heat and next five fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (automatic)
1749Derek RedmondGBR45.03Q
2346Roberto HernándezCUB45.07Q
31730Steve LewisUSA45.14Q
41442Ibrahim IsmailQAT45.21Q
=51779Quincy WattsUSA45.38Q
=51295Sunday BadaNGR45.38Q
71126Samson KiturKEN45.41Q
8866Solomon AmegatcherGHA45.42Q
91478Bobang PhiriRSA45.57Q
101648Ian MorrisTTO45.65Q
111692Danny EverettUSA45.68Q
121212Lahlou Ben YounèsMAR45.73Q
13714David GrindleyGBR45.79Q
141115Simon KemboiKEN45.84Q
15824Rico LiederGER45.86Q
161660Francis OgolaUGA45.87q
=171038Dennis BlakeJAM45.92q
=17160Sidney de SouzaBRA45.92Q
19690Roger BlackGBR45.94Q
201814Cephas LembaZAM45.94Q
211099Susumu TakanoJPN45.96Q
22115Troy DouglasBER46.02Q
231644Alvin DanielTTO46.09Q
241017Andrea NutiITA46.12Q
25407Gaietà CornetESP46.13q
26926Tamás MolnárHUN46.21Q
271125David KiturKEN46.22Q
=28847Thomas SchönlebeGER46.26Q
=2847Mark GarnerAUS46.26q
30154Ediélson TenórioBRA46.31q
31937Slobodan BrankovićIOA46.34Q
321034Marco VaccariITA46.37
=331056Devon MorrisJAM46.45Q
=331102Takahiro WatanabeJPN46.45
351297Innocent EgbunikeNGR46.51
36104Seibert StraughnBAR46.54
371646Patrick DeliceTTO46.58
38872Tim HesseGHA46.67
391626Aktawat SakoolchanTHA46.78
401067Anthony WallaceJAM46.88
411638Kossi AkotoTOG46.97
421518Foday SillahSLE47.00
43261Ali FaudetCHA47.10
441356Subul BaboPNG47.17
45521Dmitry KosovEUN47.28
46134Camera NterekeBOT47.32
47888Delon FelixGRN47.391
4814João Francisco CapindicaANG47.44
491505Joseph AdamSEY47.68
50235Michael McLeanCAN47.75
51579Apisai Driu BaibaiFIJ47.81
52197Martial BiguetCAF47.82
531339Mohamed Al-MalkyOMA48.00
54256Médard MakangaCGO48.17
551176Henry MohoanyaneLES48.39
5622Kenmore HughesANT48.56
5794Mohamed Mehdi HasanBAN48.62
58328Randolph FosterCRC48.80
591258Jaime RodriguesMOZ48.89
601540Stephen LugorSUD48.94
611786Baptiste FiriamVAN48.98
621220Mohamed AmirMDV50.35
63779Eulogio NgacheGEQ50.83
64120Michael JosephBIZ50.90
651265Samba FallMTN50.91
661166Vanxay SinebandithLAO51.71
DNF984Desai WynterISV
DQ679Lamin MarikongGAM
DNS1801Michael WilliamsVIN

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
1749Derek RedmondGBR45.03Q
2346Roberto HernándezCUB45.07Q
3866Solomon AmegatcherGHA45.42Q
41038Dennis BlakeJAM45.92q
51626Aktawat SakoolchanTHA46.78
6261Ali FaudetCHA47.10
71258Jaime RodriguesMOZ48.89

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
1115Troy DouglasBER46.02Q
21644Alvin DanielTTO46.09Q
3847Thomas SchönlebeGER46.26Q
4104Seibert StraughnBAR46.54
5888Delon FelixGRN47.392
61339Mohamed Al-MalkyOMA48.00
7328Randolph FosterCRC48.80
81166Vanxay SinebandithLAO51.71

Heat #3

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
11779Quincy WattsUSA45.38Q
21478Bobang PhiriRSA45.57Q
3824Rico LiederGER45.86Q
41660Francis OgolaUGA45.87q
5154Ediélson TenórioBRA46.31q
61638Kossi AkotoTOG46.97
7197Martial BiguetCAF47.82

Heat #4

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
11115Simon KemboiKEN45.84Q
2937Slobodan BrankovićIOA46.34Q
31056Devon MorrisJAM46.45Q
41646Patrick DeliceTTO46.58
51356Subul BaboPNG47.17
6256Médard MakangaCGO48.17
722Kenmore HughesANT48.56
81220Mohamed AmirMDV50.35

Heat #5

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
11692Danny EverettUSA45.68Q
2714David GrindleyGBR45.79Q
31017Andrea NutiITA46.12Q
41297Innocent EgbunikeNGR46.51
5521Dmitry KosovEUN47.28
61505Joseph AdamSEY47.68
71786Baptiste FiriamVAN48.98
8779Eulogio NgacheGEQ50.83

Heat #6

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
11126Samson KiturKEN45.41Q
21099Susumu TakanoJPN45.96Q
3926Tamás MolnárHUN46.21Q
41067Anthony WallaceJAM46.88
5134Camera NterekeBOT47.32
6120Michael JosephBIZ50.90
DNF984Desai WynterISV
DQ679Lamin MarikongGAM

Heat #7

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
11648Ian MorrisTTO45.65Q
21212Lahlou Ben YounèsMAR45.73Q
31125David KiturKEN46.22Q
447Mark GarnerAUS46.26q
5579Apisai Driu BaibaiFIJ47.81
61176Henry MohoanyaneLES48.39
794Mohamed Mehdi HasanBAN48.62
DNS1801Michael WilliamsVIN

Heat #8

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
11730Steve LewisUSA45.14Q
21295Sunday BadaNGR45.38Q
3160Sidney de SouzaBRA45.92Q
4407Gaietà CornetESP46.13q
5872Tim HesseGHA46.67
6235Michael McLeanCAN47.75
71265Samba FallMTN50.91

Heat #9

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
11442Ibrahim IsmailQAT45.21Q
2690Roger BlackGBR45.94Q
31814Cephas LembaZAM45.94Q
41034Marco VaccariITA46.37
51102Takahiro WatanabeJPN46.45
61518Foday SillahSLE47.00
714João Francisco CapindicaANG47.44
81540Stephen LugorSUD48.94

Quarter-Finals

Date2 August 1992 — 19:15
FormatTop four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (automatic)
11730Steve LewisUSA44.54Q
21126Samson KiturKEN44.66Q
31648Ian MorrisTTO44.78Q
4346Roberto HernándezCUB44.84Q
5714David GrindleyGBR44.91Q
6749Derek RedmondGBR45.02Q
71779Quincy WattsUSA45.06Q
81442Ibrahim IsmailQAT45.18Q
=91099Susumu TakanoJPN45.27Q
=91478Bobang PhiriRSA45.27Q
11690Roger BlackGBR45.28Q
121295Sunday BadaNGR45.34Q
131212Lahlou Ben YounèsMAR45.38Q
141115Simon KemboiKEN45.40Q
15847Thomas SchönlebeGER45.46
16160Sidney de SouzaBRA45.55
=17115Troy DouglasBER45.67Q
=171056Devon MorrisJAM45.67
191692Danny EverettUSA45.76Q
20824Rico LiederGER45.86
21937Slobodan BrankovićIOA45.90
221017Andrea NutiITA45.96
231125David KiturKEN46.15
241660Francis OgolaUGA46.21
25407Gaietà CornetESP46.27
26154Ediélson TenórioBRA46.34
271644Alvin DanielTTO46.44
281038Dennis BlakeJAM46.49
29926Tamás MolnárHUN46.80
3047Mark GarnerAUS46.85
DNF866Solomon AmegatcherGHA
DNF1814Cephas LembaZAM

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
11730Steve LewisUSA44.54Q
2346Roberto HernándezCUB44.84Q
3690Roger BlackGBR45.28Q
41115Simon KemboiKEN45.40Q
5847Thomas SchönlebeGER45.46
6937Slobodan BrankovićIOA45.90
71017Andrea NutiITA45.96
847Mark GarnerAUS46.85

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
1749Derek RedmondGBR45.02Q
21099Susumu TakanoJPN45.27Q
3115Troy DouglasBER45.67Q
41692Danny EverettUSA45.76Q
51125David KiturKEN46.15
6154Ediélson TenórioBRA46.34
71644Alvin DanielTTO46.44
8926Tamás MolnárHUN46.80

Heat #3

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
11648Ian MorrisTTO44.78Q
2714David GrindleyGBR44.91Q
31442Ibrahim IsmailQAT45.18Q
41295Sunday BadaNGR45.34Q
51056Devon MorrisJAM45.67
6407Gaietà CornetESP46.27
DNF866Solomon AmegatcherGHA
DNF1814Cephas LembaZAM

Heat #4

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
11126Samson KiturKEN44.66Q
21779Quincy WattsUSA45.06Q
31478Bobang PhiriRSA45.27Q
41212Lahlou Ben YounèsMAR45.38Q
5160Sidney de SouzaBRA45.55
6824Rico LiederGER45.86
71660Francis OgolaUGA46.21
81038Dennis BlakeJAM46.49

Semi-Finals

Date3 August 1992 — 19:15
FormatTop four in each heat advanced to the final.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (automatic)
11779Quincy WattsUSA43.71QOR
21126Samson KiturKEN44.18Q
31648Ian MorrisTTO44.21Q
4714David GrindleyGBR44.47Q
51730Steve LewisUSA44.50Q
=6346Roberto HernándezCUB44.72Q
=6690Roger BlackGBR44.72
81442Ibrahim IsmailQAT45.01Q
91099Susumu TakanoJPN45.09Q
101295Sunday BadaNGR45.36
111212Lahlou Ben YounèsMAR45.49
=12115Troy DouglasBER45.59
=121478Bobang PhiriRSA45.59
141115Simon KemboiKEN45.93
151692Danny EverettUSA56.61
DNF749Derek RedmondGBR

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
11730Steve LewisUSA44.50Q
2346Roberto HernándezCUB44.72Q
31442Ibrahim IsmailQAT45.01Q
41099Susumu TakanoJPN45.09Q
51295Sunday BadaNGR45.36
6115Troy DouglasBER45.59
71115Simon KemboiKEN45.93
DNF749Derek RedmondGBR

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
11779Quincy WattsUSA43.71QOR
21126Samson KiturKEN44.18Q
31648Ian MorrisTTO44.21Q
4714David GrindleyGBR44.47Q
5690Roger BlackGBR44.72
61212Lahlou Ben YounèsMAR45.49
71478Bobang PhiriRSA45.59
81692Danny EverettUSA56.61

Final Round

Date5 August 1992 — 20:35
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)
11779Quincy WattsUSA43.50OR
21730Steve LewisUSA44.21
31126Samson KiturKEN44.24
41648Ian MorrisTTO44.25
5346Roberto HernándezCUB44.52
6714David GrindleyGBR44.75
71442Ibrahim IsmailQAT45.10
81099Susumu TakanoJPN45.18