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400 metres, Men

Date	20 – 23 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Stadio, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi
Participants	62 from 48 countries

There were only three rounds, for the first time at the Olympics since 1912. The world leader coming into Athina was a relative newcomer, Jeremy Wariner, who was trained by Clyde Hart, who had trained the redoubtable Michael Johnson. Wariner also attended Baylor University, as had Johnson. The other Americans were Otis Harris and Derrick Brew, always to be considered challengers. But a top runner on the international circuit in 2004 was Grenada’s Alleyne Francique. In the final, the Americans were in lanes 3-5, with Wariner in the middle. Harris led out for 200 metres, but the Americans were 1-2-3. At 300 metres Wariner and Harris were in a virtual dead-heat. But Wariner maintained more speed down the stretch and just over a metre, Harris in second, and Brew completing the American sweep. Françique placed fourth, never a factor for a medal after the first 200.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	3359	Jeremy Wariner	USA	45.56 (1 h6)	44.87 (1 h1)	44.00 (1)	Gold
2	3271	Otis Harris	USA	45.11 (2 h2)	44.99 (2 h3)	44.16 (2)	Silver
3	3230	Derrick Brew	USA	45.41 (1 h4)	45.05 (1 h2)	44.42 (3)	Bronze
4	2037	Alleyne Francique	GRN	45.32 (1 h1)	45.08 (3 h3)	44.66 (4)
5	2243	Brandon Simpson	JAM	45.61 (2 h4)	44.97 (1 h3)	44.76 (5)
6	2224	Davian Clarke	JAM	45.54 (2 h1)	45.27 (2 h2)	44.83 (6)
7	1729	Leslie Djhone	FRA	45.40 (1 h8)	45.01 (3 h1)	44.94 (7)
8	2219	Michael Blackwood	JAM	45.23 (1 h7)	45.00 (2 h1)	45.55 (8)
3 h2 r2/3	1116	Chris Brown	BAH	45.09 (1 h2)	45.31 (3 h2)	–
=4 h1 r2/3	2551	Éric Milazar	MRI	45.34 (3 h2)	45.23 (=4 h1)	–
=4 h1 r2/3	3403	Lewis Banda	ZIM	45.37 (2 h5)	45.23 (=4 h1)	–
4 h2 r2/3	1463	Yeimer López	CUB	45.44 (1 h3)	45.52 (4 h2)	–
4 h3 r2/3	1540	Carlos Santa	DOM	45.31 (1 h5)	45.58 (4 h3)	–
5 h2 r2/3	2509	Alejandro Cárdenas	MEX	45.46 (2 h3)	45.64 (5 h2)	–
5 h3 r2/3	2397	Hamdan Al-Bishi	KSA	45.31 (2 h7)	45.59 (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r2/3	1406	Gary Kikaya	COD	45.57 (3 h3)	45.58 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	2106	Mathews Binu	IND	45.48 (3 h5)	45.97 (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r2/3	2614	Saul Weigopwa	NGR	45.59 (3 h7)	45.67 (6 h3)	–
7 h1 r2/3	2336	Ezra Sambu	KEN	45.59 (2 h8)	45.84 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	3020	Matija Šestak	SLO	45.88 (4 h7)	46.54 (7 h2)	–
7 h3 r2/3	1931	Ingo Schultz	GER	45.88 (2 h6)	46.23 (7 h3)	–
8 h1 r2/3	1158	Cédric Van Branteghem	BEL	45.70 (4 h5)	46.03 (8 h1)	–
8 h3 r2/3	1790	Tim Benjamin	GBR	45.69 (3 h8)	46.28 (8 h3)	–
AC h2 r2/3	2875	Anton Galkin	RUS	[45.43] (DQ h3)	[45.34] (DQ h2)	–
3 h1 r1/3	2823	Marcus la Grange	RSA	45.95 (3 h1)	–	–
3 h4 r1/3	3138	Sofiène Laâbidi	TUN	46.04 (3 h4)	–	–
3 h6 r1/3	3407	Talkmore Nyongani	ZIM	46.03 (3 h6)	–	–
4 h1 r1/3	2676	Piotr Klimczak	POL	46.23 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r1/3	1096	Casey Vincent	AUS	46.09 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	3128	Ato Modibo	TTO	46.29 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	1794	Daniel Caines	GBR	46.15 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h6 r1/3	2090	Zsolt Szeglet	HUN	46.16 (4 h6)	–	–
4 h8 r1/3	1066	Clinton Hill	AUS	45.89 (4 h8)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	2284	Jun Osakada	JPN	46.39 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	2341	Vincent Mumo	KEN	46.31 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	2286	Mitsuhiro Sato	JPN	46.70 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	2034	Rohan Pradeep Kumara	SRI	46.20 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	1222	California Molefe	BOT	45.88 (5 h5)	–	–
5 h6 r1/3	1798	Malachi Davis	GBR	46.28 (5 h6)	–	–
5 h7 r1/3	2301	Yuki Yamaguchi	JPN	46.16 (5 h7)	–	–
5 h8 r1/3	1016	Adem Hecini	ALG	46.50 (5 h8)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	3408	Lloyd Zvasiya	ZIM	47.19 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	3219	Andrés Silva	URU	46.48 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	1556	Takeshi Fujiwara	ESA	48.46 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	3000	Evans Marie	SEY	48.23 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r1/3	1536	Chris Lloyd	DMA	47.98 (6 h5)	–	–
6 h6 r1/3	2913	Oleg Mishukov	RUS	46.41 (6 h6)	–	–
6 h7 r1/3	3038	Nagmeldin Ali	SUD	46.32 (6 h7)	–	–
6 h8 r1/3	3395	Luis Luna	VEN	47.92 (6 h8)	–	–
7 h1 r1/3	1566	David Canal	ESP	47.23 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r1/3	1971	Stelios Dimotsios	GRE	46.51 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r1/3	2554	Youba Ould H'Meïde	MTN	49.18 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h5 r1/3	2409	Fawzi Al-Shammari	KUW	48.25 (7 h5)	–	–
7 h6 r1/3	2052	Dadi Denis	HAI	47.57 (7 h6)	–	–
7 h7 r1/3	2646	Muhammad Sajid Ahmad	PAK	47.45 (7 h7)	–	–
7 h8 r1/3	2058	Jonni Lowe	HON	48.06 (7 h8)	–	–
8 h1 r1/3	1853	Danilson Ricciuli	GBS	49.27 (8 h1)	–	–
8 h2 r1/3	3030	Abdulla Mohamed Hussein	SOM	51.52 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h5 r1/3	3400	Saeed Ali Al-Adhreai	YEM	49.39 (8 h5)	–	–
8 h7 r1/3	3389	Moses Kamut	VAN	48.14 (8 h7)	–	–
8 h8 r1/3	1255	Anderson dos Santos	BRA	48.77 (8 h8)	–	–
AC h6 r1/3	2339	Victor Kibet	KEN	– (DNF h6)	–	–
DNS	1333	Lezin Elongo Ngoyikonda	CGO	– (DNS h4)	–	–

Round One (20 August 2004)

Top two in each heat and next eight fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1 (21:10)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	2	Alleyne Francique	GRN	45.32	0.277	Q
2	5	Davian Clarke	JAM	45.54	0.304	Q
3	4	Marcus la Grange	RSA	45.95	0.261
4	3	Piotr Klimczak	POL	46.23	0.309
5	6	Jun Osakada	JPN	46.39	0.324
6	8	Lloyd Zvasiya	ZIM	47.19	0.371
7	1	David Canal	ESP	47.23	0.210
8	7	Danilson Ricciuli	GBS	49.27	0.354

Heat #2 (21:16)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	1	Chris Brown	BAH	45.09	0.249	Q
2	6	Otis Harris	USA	45.11	0.334	Q
3	5	Éric Milazar	MRI	45.34	0.277	q
4	8	Casey Vincent	AUS	46.09	0.202
5	2	Vincent Mumo	KEN	46.31	0.206
6	7	Andrés Silva	URU	46.48	0.365
7	4	Stelios Dimotsios	GRE	46.51	0.302
8	3	Abdulla Mohamed Hussein	SOM	51.52	–

Heat #3 (21:22)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	2	Yeimer López	CUB	45.44	0.275	Q
2	1	Alejandro Cárdenas	MEX	45.46	0.180	q
3	5	Gary Kikaya	COD	45.57	0.207	q
4	3	Ato Modibo	TTO	46.29	0.208
5	7	Mitsuhiro Sato	JPN	46.70	0.296
6	8	Takeshi Fujiwara	ESA	48.46	0.161
7	6	Youba Ould H'Meïde	MTN	49.18	0.276
DQ	4	Anton Galkin	RUS	[45.43]	–	Q	1

Heat #4 (21:28)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Derrick Brew	USA	45.41	0.346	Q
2	2	Brandon Simpson	JAM	45.61	0.198	Q
3	7	Sofiène Laâbidi	TUN	46.04	0.235
4	5	Daniel Caines	GBR	46.15	0.263
5	4	Rohan Pradeep Kumara	SRI	46.20	0.303
6	3	Evans Marie	SEY	48.23	0.256
DNS	8	Lezin Elongo Ngoyikonda	CGO	–	–

Heat #5 (21:34)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	8	Carlos Santa	DOM	45.31	0.299	Q
2	5	Lewis Banda	ZIM	45.37	0.292	Q
3	3	Mathews Binu	IND	45.48	0.225	q
4	6	Cédric Van Branteghem	BEL	45.70	0.242	q
5	1	California Molefe	BOT	45.88	0.242
6	2	Chris Lloyd	DMA	47.98	0.191
7	4	Fawzi Al-Shammari	KUW	48.25	0.246
8	7	Saeed Ali Al-Adhreai	YEM	49.39	0.191

Heat #6 (21:40)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	8	Jeremy Wariner	USA	45.56	0.367	Q
2	5	Ingo Schultz	GER	45.88	0.274	Q
3	1	Talkmore Nyongani	ZIM	46.03	0.241
4	4	Zsolt Szeglet	HUN	46.16	0.259
5	6	Malachi Davis	GBR	46.28	0.340
6	7	Oleg Mishukov	RUS	46.41	0.196
7	3	Dadi Denis	HAI	47.57	0.264
DNF	2	Victor Kibet	KEN	–	0.249

Heat #7 (21:46)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	8	Michael Blackwood	JAM	45.23	0.289	Q
2	7	Hamdan Al-Bishi	KSA	45.31	0.283	Q
3	6	Saul Weigopwa	NGR	45.59	0.342	q
4	5	Matija Šestak	SLO	45.88	0.260	q
5	3	Yuki Yamaguchi	JPN	46.16	0.249
6	1	Nagmeldin Ali	SUD	46.32	0.211
7	2	Muhammad Sajid Ahmad	PAK	47.45	0.241
8	4	Moses Kamut	VAN	48.14	0.221

Heat #8 (21:52)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Leslie Djhone	FRA	45.40	0.164	Q
2	2	Ezra Sambu	KEN	45.59	0.241	Q
3	3	Tim Benjamin	GBR	45.69	0.170	q
4	5	Clinton Hill	AUS	45.89	0.255
5	6	Adem Hecini	ALG	46.50	0.280
6	7	Luis Luna	VEN	47.92	0.222
7	1	Jonni Lowe	HON	48.06	0.242
8	8	Anderson dos Santos	BRA	48.77	0.313		2

Semi-Finals (21 August 2004)

Top two in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Heat #1 (21:15)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	3	Jeremy Wariner	USA	44.87	0.255	Q
2	5	Michael Blackwood	JAM	45.00	0.243	Q
3	6	Leslie Djhone	FRA	45.01	0.186	q
=4	4	Lewis Banda	ZIM	45.23	0.318
=4	2	Éric Milazar	MRI	45.23	0.268
6	8	Gary Kikaya	COD	45.58	0.214
7	1	Ezra Sambu	KEN	45.84	0.221
8	7	Cédric Van Branteghem	BEL	46.03	0.233

Heat #2 (21:22)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Derrick Brew	USA	45.05	0.253	Q
2	8	Davian Clarke	JAM	45.27	0.323	Q
3	5	Chris Brown	BAH	45.31	0.244
4	6	Yeimer López	CUB	45.52	0.316
5	7	Alejandro Cárdenas	MEX	45.64	0.336
6	2	Mathews Binu	IND	45.97	0.254
7	1	Matija Šestak	SLO	46.54	0.272
DQ	3	Anton Galkin	RUS	[45.34]	–		3

Heat #3 (21:29)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	8	Brandon Simpson	JAM	44.97	0.245	Q
2	5	Otis Harris	USA	44.99	0.292	Q
3	6	Alleyne Francique	GRN	45.08	0.295	q
4	4	Carlos Santa	DOM	45.58	0.242
5	3	Hamdan Al-Bishi	KSA	45.59	0.231
6	2	Saul Weigopwa	NGR	45.67	0.217
7	1	Ingo Schultz	GER	46.23	0.187
8	7	Tim Benjamin	GBR	46.28	0.256

Final (23 August 2004 — 21:05)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Jeremy Wariner	USA	44.00	0.268
2	5	Otis Harris	USA	44.16	0.259
3	3	Derrick Brew	USA	44.42	0.262
4	8	Alleyne Francique	GRN	44.66	0.352
5	6	Brandon Simpson	JAM	44.76	0.277
6	7	Davian Clarke	JAM	44.83	0.263
7	2	Leslie Djhone	FRA	44.94	0.178
8	1	Michael Blackwood	JAM	45.55	0.218