The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in four rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, from 5 to 9 August 2024. This was 28th time that the men's 400 metres hurdles was contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 40 athletes were able to qualify for the event by entry standard or ranking.
Summary In the build up to the Games, World Athletics touted reigning Olympic champion and world record holder Karsten Warholm, 2020 Olympic silver medallist and world leader Rai Benjamin, and 2022 world champion Alison Dos Santos for a battle for the gold. Other athletes seen as medal contenders included 2023 world silver medallist Kyron McMaster, 2023 world fourth-placer Roshawn Clarke and fellow Jamaican Malik James-King.
Rain on the day of the final may have precluded the possibility of a world record. In the final, Warholm went out to the fastest start, reaching the third hurdle first in 12.73 s. Clarke and Benjamin following in second (12.77 s). By the halfway mark at the fifth hurdle, dos Santos has passed Clement Ducos for the third placed spot. Benjamin took the lead over the eighth hurdle, with Warholm in second and dos Santos in third. They maintained their positions up until the line.
Background
The men's 400 m hurdles has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900, with a sole gap at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
+Global records before the 2024 Summer OlympicsRecordAthlete (Nation)Time (s)LocationDateWorld record45.94"All-time Top lists – Senior – 400 Metres Hurdles men", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.Tokyo, Japan3 August 2021 Olympic recordWorld leading46.46"Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – 400 Metres Hurdles men", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.Eugene, United States30 June 2024
+Area records before the 2024 Summer OlympicsArea Record Athlete (Nation) Time (s) Africa 47.10Asia 46.98 Europe 45.94 North, Central America and Caribbean 46.17 Oceania 48.28 South America 46.29
Qualification
For the men's 400 metres hurdles event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024. Forty athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 48.70 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.
Results
Round 1 Round 1 was held on 5 August, starting at 10:05 (UTC+2) in the morning.
Qualification Rules: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals. All others advance to Repechage round (except DNS, DNF, DQ).
Heat 1 RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes17Rai Benjamin0.19048.8226Jaheel Hyde0.17549.0832Kyron McMaster0.16649.2444Carl Bengtström0.17249.3455Bassem Hemeida0.14149.8268Daiki Ogawa0.17450.2173Matic Ian Guček0.14750.30
Heat 2 RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes15Karsten Warholm0.14847.5729Clément Ducos0.15747.69, 37Abderrahman Samba0.18248.3548Yeral Nuñez0.18748.67 54Trevor Bassitt0.18549.3862Vít Müller0.15049.44 76Oskar Edlund0.18849.74 83Xie Zhiyu0.19149.90
Heat 3 RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes15Rasmus Mägi0.19648.6226CJ Allen0.14448.6432Alison dos Santos0.16548.7549Emil Agyekum0.20749.38 53Victor Ntweng0.13849.59 68Julien Bonvin0.16749.82 77Kaito Tsutsue0.14950.50 84Yasmani Copello0.22450.72
Heat 4 RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes18Roshawn Clarke0.19148.1723Ezekiel Nathaniel0.18148.3837Wilfried Happio0.15248.4244Alessandro Sibilio0.15748.4355Wiseman Were Mukhobe0.19848.58 69Nick Smidt0.16848.64, 76Gerald Drummond0.21348.8082Constantin Preis0.22149.99
Heat 5 RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes12Malik James-King0.15048.2126Matheus Lima0.18048.90, 39Alastair Chalmers0.17948.9847Joshua Abuaku0.15149.0053Berke Akçam0.14349.48 64Ken Toyoda0.13653.62 8Ismail Doudai Abakar0.1775Peng Ming-yang0.209
Repechage round The repechage round was held on 6 August, starting at 12:00 (UTC+2) in the afternoon.
Heat 1 RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes16Trevor Bassitt0.17748.6424Emil Agyekum0.19448.67 37Vít Müller0.15748.96 48Oskar Edlund0.16848.99 53Daiki Ogawa0.13649.25 62Bassem Hemeida0.14649.645Yasmani Copello
Heat 2 RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes18Carl Bengtström0.17148.6324Gerald Drummond0.21648.78 35Victor Ntweng0.16848.88 47Matic Ian Guček0.14649.06 56Constantin Preis0.21851.02 3Kaito Tsutsue
Heat 3 RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes15Berke Akçam0.14648.7226Joshua Abuaku0.15948.87, 33Julien Bonvin0.16549.08 48Xie Zhiyu0.22449.59 57Yeral Nuñez0.20453.68 4Ken Toyoda
Semi-finals The semi-finals were held on 7 August, starting at 19:35 (UTC+2) in the evening.
Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes17Karsten Warholm47.6726Clément Ducos47.8539Alison dos Santos47.9542Trevor Bassitt48.2955Ezekiel Nathaniel48.65 64Nick Smidt49.6178Jaheel Hyde50.0383Joshua Abuaku50.19
Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes14Kyron McMaster48.1527Rasmus Mägi48.1635Abderrahman Samba48.2048CJ Allen48.4453Emil Agyekum48.78 69Alessandro Sibilio48.7976Malik James-King48.8582Berke Akçam49.12
Semifinal 3 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes15Rai Benjamin47.8528Roshawn Clarke48.3437Wilfried Happio48.6646Matheus Lima49.0854Wiseman Mukhobe49.22 63Carl Bengtström49.5672Gerald Drummond49.6889Alastair Chalmers56.52
Final The final was held on 9 August, starting at 21:45 (UTC+2) in the evening.
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 8Rai Benjamin 46.46 = 7Karsten Warholm 47.06 3Alison dos Santos 47.26 4 5Clément Ducos 47.76 5 6Kyron McMaster 47.79 6 2Abderrahman Samba 47.98 7 4Rasmus Mägi 52.53 - 9Roshawn Clarke
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