Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueAthens Olympic Stadium
Date23–26 August
Competitors35 from 24 nations
Winning time47.63
Medalists
 Félix Sánchez  Dominican Republic
 Danny McFarlane  Jamaica
 Naman Keïta  France
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The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 23 to 26.

The first round had split a full roster of runners into eight heats with the first four gaining a direct qualification and then the next four fastest across all heats advancing to the semifinals. The top two runners in each of the three semifinal heats moved on directly to the final, and they were immediately joined by the next two fastest from any of the semifinals.

In the final, a false start had been accredited to at least three athletes including Dominican Republic's Félix Sánchez, a solid pre-race favorite in this event. Nonetheless, he sped out of the blocks, and quickly opened his lead over the American and fastest pre-Olympic entrant James Carter on the sixth hurdle. The two had chased against each other towards the final bend with Carter pulling ahead into the lead. As Carter went backwards in the last two hurdles, Sanchez left the field trailing to quickly move again to the front and maintained it to a blazing finish in his seasonal best at 47.63 seconds, extending his winning streak on his forty-third race since the previous defeat in 2001.[1] Behind him, Jamaican hurdler Danny McFarlane and delighted Frenchman Naman Keïta edged Carter out to a ragged fourth to deny the American supremacy on the podium for the first time at a non-boycotted Games since 1968, giving both of them the silver and bronze respectively.[2][3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Kevin Young (USA) 46.78 s Barcelona, Spain 6 August 1992
Olympic record  Kevin Young (USA) 46.78 s Barcelona, Spain 6 August 1992

No new records were set during the competition.

Qualification

The qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's 400 metres hurdles, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 49.20 seconds or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 49.50 seconds or faster could be entered.

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Monday, 23 August 2004 19:30 Round 1
Tuesday, 24 August 2004 21:05 Semifinals
Thursday, 26 August 2004 22:30 Final

Results

Round 1

Qualification rule: The first four finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next four fastest overall runners (q) advanced to the semifinals.[4]

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Result Notes
1 8 Angelo Taylor United States 48.79 Q
2 6 Jiří Mužík Czech Republic 48.85 Q, SB
3 3 Chris Rawlinson Great Britain 48.94 Q
4 5 Boris Gorban Russia 49.25 Q
5 2 Yevgeniy Meleshenko Kazakhstan 49.43 q
6 4 Ken Yoshizawa Japan 50.95
7 7 Kurt Couto Mozambique 51.18 NR

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Result Notes
1 2 Danny McFarlane Jamaica 48.53 Q, SB
2 3 Bennie Brazell United States 48.57 Q
3 5 Marek Plawgo Poland 48.67 Q, SB
4 4 Llewellyn Herbert South Africa 48.70 Q
5 6 Štěpán Tesařík Czech Republic 49.44 q
6 7 Alaa Motar Iraq 51.97
8 Yacnier Luis Cuba DSQ

Heat 3

Rank Lane Name Nationality Result Notes
1 8 James Carter United States 48.64 Q
2 6 Periklis Iakovakis Greece 48.69 Q, SB
3 7 Dai Tamesue Japan 48.80 Q
4 4 Eduardo Iván Rodríguez Spain 49.25 Q
5 2 Bayano Kamani Panama 49.37 q
6 3 Ibrahima Maïga Mali 50.63
7 5 Michael Aguilar Belize 51.21

Heat 4

Rank Lane Name Nationality Result Notes
1 2 Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic 48.51 Q
2 5 Alwyn Myburgh South Africa 48.84 Q
3 4 Mikhail Lipskiy Russia 49.00 Q
4 3 Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily Saudi Arabia 49.15 Q, SB
5 7 Dean Griffiths Jamaica 49.41 q
6 6 Cédric El-Idrissi Switzerland 49.44
7 8 Mowen Boino Papua New Guinea 50.97 NR

Heat 5

Rank Lane Name Nationality Result Notes
1 8 Kemel Thompson Jamaica 48.66 Q, SB
2 3 Naman Keïta France 48.88 Q
3 2 Ockert Cilliers South Africa 49.12 Q
4 4 Edivaldo Monteiro Portugal 49.53 Q
5 6 Ibrahim Al-Hamaidi Saudi Arabia 49.64
6 5 Matthew Douglas Great Britain 49.77
7 7 Ibrahim Tondi Niger 52.62

Semifinals

Qualification rule: The first three finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next two fastest overall runners (q) moved on to the final.[5]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Result Notes
1 5 Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic 47.93 Q
2 3 Marek Plawgo Poland 48.16 Q, NR
3 6 Alwyn Myburgh South Africa 48.21 q, SB
4 4 Angelo Taylor United States 48.72
5 7 Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily Saudi Arabia 48.98 SB
6 2 Mikhail Lipskiy Russia 49.10
7 1 Edivaldo Monteiro Portugal 49.26
8 8 Dean Griffiths Jamaica 49.51

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Result Notes
1 3 Danny McFarlane Jamaica 48.00 Q, PB
2 5 Bennie Brazell United States 48.19 Q
3 4 Dai Tamesue Japan 48.46 SB
4 6 Periklis Iakovakis Greece 48.47 SB
5 2 Llewellyn Herbert South Africa 48.57
6 8 Eduardo Iván Rodríguez Spain 49.77
7 7 Štěpán Tesařík Czech Republic 49.87
8 1 Chris Rawlinson Great Britain 50.89

Semifinal 3

Rank Lane Name Nationality Result Notes
1 3 James Carter United States 48.18 Q
2 7 Bayano Kamani Panama 48.23 Q, NR
3 6 Naman Keïta France 48.24 q
4 4 Kemel Thompson Jamaica 48.25 SB
5 5 Jiří Mužík Czech Republic 48.88
6 1 Ockert Cilliers South Africa 49.01
7 2 Boris Gorban Russia 49.46
8 8 Yevgeniy Meleshenko Kazakhstan 49.48

Final

[6]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Result Notes
1st 6 Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic 47.63 SB
2nd 5 Danny McFarlane Jamaica 48.11
3rd 7 Naman Keïta France 48.26
4 4 James Carter United States 48.58
5 2 Bayano Kamani Panama 48.74
6 3 Marek Plawgo Poland 49.00
7 1 Alwyn Myburgh South Africa 49.07
8 8 Bennie Brazell United States 49.51

References

  1. ↑ "Sanchez storms to gold". BBC Sport. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Barclay, Bill (27 August 2004). "Invincible Sanchez storms to gold". Rediff.com. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Tucker, Elton (27 August 2004). "McFarlane wins third medal for Jamaica". Gleaner Company. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's 400m Hurdles Heats". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's 400m Hurdles Semifinals". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's 400m Hurdles Final". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

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