Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad

Medalists

	Alberto Juantorena	Cuba
	Fred Newhouse	United States
	Herman Frazier	United States

Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men

These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. The competition was held on July 26, 1976, July 28, 1976, and on July 29, 1976.

In the final, Fred Newhouse and Maxie Parks appeared to go for the early lead, while Alberto Juantorena was clearly the slowest out of the blocks, almost giving up the stagger to Jan Werner to his inside. Juantorena stretched out his long stride on the backstretch to regain position about equal to the third American Herman Frazier. Coming off the final turn Juantorena had caught the rest of the field and was a step behind Newhouse. Parks and Fons Brijdenbach were about even two more strides back with Frazier just behind them. As Juantorena began to pass Newhouse, Newhouse noticeably struggled, rocking and losing form, then the gold medal. Three metres back, Frazier just edged ahead of Brijdenbach for the bronze medal, as Parks faded.

Records

These are the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics.

World Record	43.86	Lee Evans	Mexico City (MEX)	October 18, 1968
Olympic Record	43.86	Lee Evans	Mexico City (MEX)	October 18, 1968

Final

Held on July 29, 1976

RANK	LANE	FINAL	TIME
	2	Alberto Juantorena (CUB)	44.26
	4	Fred Newhouse (USA)	44.40
	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

Semifinals

Held on July 28, 1976

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Alberto Juantorena (CUB)	45.10
2.	Fons Brijdenbach (BEL)	45.28
3.	Maxie Parks (USA)	45.61
4.	Rick Mitchell (AUS)	45.69
5.	Bernd Herrmann (FRG)	45.94
6.	Brian Saunders (CAN)	46.46
7.	Alfonso Di Guida (ITA)	46.50
8.	Delmo da Silva (BRA)	46.69

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Fred Newhouse (USA)	44.89
2.	David Jenkins (GBR)	45.20
3.	Herman Frazier (USA)	45.24
4.	Jan Werner (POL)	45.44
5.	Jerzy Pietrzyk (POL)	45.65
6.	Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FRG)	46.05
7.	Mike Solomon (TRI)	46.20
8.	Karl Honz (FRG)	46.63

Quarterfinals

Held on July 26, 1976

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Herman Frazier (USA)	46.52
2.	Fons Brijdenbach (BEL)	46.56
3.	Karl Honz (FRG)	46.94
4.	Alfonso Di Guida (ITA)	47.07
5.	Ossi Karttunen (FIN)	47.45
6.	Peter Grant (AUS)	47.69
7.	Alfred Daley (JAM)	48.46
8.	Glenn Bogue (CAN)	48.98

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Rick Mitchell (AUS)	45.76
2.	Alberto Juantorena (CUB)	45.92
3.	Jerzy Pietrzyk (POL)	46.30
4.	Brian Saunders (CAN)	46.42
5.	Leighton Priestley (JAM)	46.45
6.	Mike Sands (BAH)	46.48
7.	Iván Mangual (PUR)	46.56
8.	Charles Joseph (TRI)	46.61

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Mike Solomon (TRI)	45.83
2.	Jan Werner (POL)	45.88
3.	Maxie Parks (USA)	45.99
4.	Bernd Herrmann (FRG)	46.07
5.	Markku Kukkoaho (FIN)	46.24
6.	Eddy Gutiérrez (CUB)	46.65
7.	Glen Cohen (GBR)	47.67
—	Don Domansky (CAN)	DNS

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

Heats

Held on July 26, 1976

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Herman Frazier (USA)	46.09
2.	Mike Sands (BAH)	46.52
3.	Zbigniew Jaremski (POL)	46.68
4.	Peter Grant (AUS)	47.03
5.	Brian Saunders (CAN)	47.24
6.	Carlos Noroña (CUB)	48.46
7.	Hamil Grimes (BAR)	49.24
8.	Wilfrid Cyriaque (HAI)	51.49

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Fred Newhouse (USA)	45.42
2.	Rick Mitchell (AUS)	46.11
3.	Jan Werner (POL)	46.19
4.	Alfonso Di Guida (ITA)	46.52
5.	Leighton Priestley (JAM)	46.74
6.	Don Domansky (CAN)	47.24
7.	Errol Thurton (BIZ)	48.91
8.	Ahmed Al-Assiri (KSA)	49.72

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Maxie Parks (USA)	46.12
2.	Delmo da Silva (BRA)	47.21
3.	Iván Mangual (PUR)	47.39
4.	Karl Honz (FRG)	47.47
5.	Eddy Gutiérrez (CUB)	47.89
6.	Renelda Swan (BER)	49.13
—	Stavros Tziortzis (GRE)	DNS
—	Tony Moore (FIJ)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Fons Brijdenbach (BEL)	46.73
2.	Jerzy Pietrzyk (POL)	46.92
3.	Franz-Peter Hofmeister (FRG)	47.17
4.	Ossi Karttunen (FIN)	47.22
5.	Glenn Bogue (CAN)	47.42
6.	Raymond Heerenveen (AHO)	47.44
7.	Wavala Kali (PNG)	48.85
8.	Ricardo Larios (NCA)	50.52

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	David Jenkins (GBR)	46.60
2.	Bernd Herrmann (FRG)	46.99
3.	Jozo Alebić (YUG)	47.03
4.	Markku Kukkoaho (FIN)	47.67
5.	Charles Joseph (TRI)	47.72
6.	Samba Dièye (SEN)	47.98
7.	Bjarni Stefánsson (ISL)	48.34

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	Mike Solomon (TRI)	47.29
2.	Glen Cohen (GBR)	47.77
3.	Alberto Juantorena (CUB)	47.89
4.	Alfred Daley (JAM)	48.04
5.	Fred Sowerby (ANT)	48.12
6.	Avognan Nogboun (CIV)	48.24
7.	José Jesús Carvalho (POR)	48.47

References

Results

400 metres at the Olympic Games

Summary

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Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

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