Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres

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Men's 400 metres
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueStadium Australia
Dates22–25 September
Competitors68 from 44 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michael Johnson
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alvin Harrison
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gregory Haughton
 Jamaica
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The men's 400 metres event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme was held at Stadium Australia from 22 to 25 September 2000.[1] Sixty-eight athletes from 44 nations competed.[2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Michael Johnson of the United States, successfully defending his 1996 gold medal (the only man to do so in the history of the Olympic 400 metres race). It was the fifth in what would ultimately be 7 consecutive American victories stretching from 1984 to 2008 and the 17th overall title in the event by the United States. Gregory Haughton's bronze was Jamaica's first medal in the event since the nation won back-to-back golds in 1948 and 1952.

Background[edit]

This was the 24th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Five of the finalists from 1996 returned: defending gold medalist Michael Johnson and fourth-place finisher Alvin Harrison of the United States, bronze medalist Davis Kamoga of Uganda, seventh-place finisher Davian Clarke of Jamaica, and eight-place Ibrahim Ismail Muftah of Qatar. Johnson had stretched his world championship streak to 4, set a new world record, and was the (overwhelming) favorite again in 2000. Both of the other medalists (Sanderlei Parrela of Brazil and Alejandro Cárdenas of Mexico) from the 1999 worlds were in Sydney as well.

Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, Lithuania and Ukraine appeared in this event for the first time; Russia appeared for the first time since 1912. The United States made its 23rd appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification[edit]

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run 45.80 seconds or faster during the qualification period. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run 46.20 seconds or faster could be entered.[3]

Competition format[edit]

The competition retained the basic four-round format from 1920. The "fastest loser" system, introduced in 1964, was used for the first round. There were 9 first-round heats, each with 7 or 8 runners. The top three runners in each heat advanced, along with the next five fastest overall. The 32 quarterfinalists were divided into 4 quarterfinals with 8 runners each; the top four athletes in each quarterfinal heat advanced to the semifinals, with no "fastest loser" spots. The semifinals featured 2 heats of 8 runners each. The top four runners in each semifinal heat advanced, making an eight-man final.[4][2]

Records[edit]

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.

World record  Michael Johnson (USA) 43.18 Seville, Spain 26 August 1999
Olympic record  Michael Johnson (USA) 43.49 Atlanta, United States 29 July 1996

No world or Olympic records were set in this event.

The following national records were established during the competition:

Nation Athlete Round Time
 Haiti Gerald Clervil Heat 1 46.69
 Saudi Arabia Hamdan O Al-Bishi Heat 8 45.22

Schedule[edit]

Following the 1984 schedule, the event was held on four separate days, with each round being on a different day.

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Friday, 22 September 2000 10:40 Round 1
Saturday, 23 September 2000 21:25 Quarterfinals
Sunday, 24 September 2000 21:00 Semifinals
Monday, 25 September 2000 20:25 Final

Results[edit]

All times shown are in seconds.

Round 1[edit]

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 1 Avard Moncur  Bahamas 0.266 45.23 Q
2 7 Daniel Caines  Great Britain 0.153 45.39 Q, PB
3 5 Casey Vincent  Australia 0.162 45.49 Q
4 3 Dmitriy Golovastov  Russia 0.234 45.90 q
5 2 Takahiko Yamamura  Japan 0.261 46.25
6 4 Carlos Santa  Dominican Republic 0.169 46.40
7 8 Piotr Rysiukiewicz  Poland 0.227 46.67
8 6 Gerald Clervil  Haiti 0.556 46.69 NR

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 8 Jude Monye  Nigeria 0.220 45.79 Q
2 1 Patrick Dwyer  Australia 0.196 s 45.82 s Q
3 5 Alejandro Cardenas  Mexico 0.143 s 46.14 s Q
4 2 Neil de Silva  Trinidad and Tobago 0.220 46.84
5 3 Gustavo Aguirre  Argentina 0.237 47.03
6 3 Troy McIntosh  Bahamas 0.237 47.06
— 7 Jonas Motiejūnas  Lithuania 0.220 DNF
4 Kennedy Ochieng  Kenya 0.178 DNF

Heat 3[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 4 Sanderlei Claro Parrela  Brazil 0.472 45.55 Q
2 3 Danny McFarlane  Jamaica 0.480 45.84 Q
3 3 Soufiene Labidi  Tunisia 0.252 45.84 Q
4 6 Jun Osakada  Japan 0.231 45.88 q
5 1 Tawanda Chiwira  Zimbabwe 0.203 46.50
6 7 Nduka Awazie  Nigeria 0.319 46.81
7 8 Johnson Kubisa  Botswana 0.387 46.97
— 2 Evripedes Demosthenous  Cyprus 0.179 DNF

Heat 4[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 8 Gregory Haughton  Jamaica 0.295 45.63 Q
2 2 David Kirui  Kenya 0.207 45.69 Q, PB
3 3 Marc Raquil  France 0.238 45.72 Q
4 7 Arnaud Malherbe  South Africa 0.200 45.73 q
5 6 Sunday Bada  Nigeria 0.554 45.75 q
6 5 Ato Modibo  Trinidad and Tobago 0.486 45.91
7 4 Benjamin Youla  Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.183 47.54
8 1 Iliya Dzhivondov  Bulgaria 0.200 48.64

Heat 5[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 2 Hendrick Mokganyetsi  South Africa 0.209 45.22 Q
2 3 Piotr Haczek  Poland 0.248 45.61 Q, SB
3 7 Alessandro Attene  Italy 0.134 45.79 Q
4 4 Rohan Pradeep Kumara  Sri Lanka 0.499 46.00
5 8 Salaheddine Bakar Al-Safi  Qatar 0.414 46.16
6 5 Zsolt Szeglet  Hungary 0.176 46.19
7 6 Jamie Baulch  Great Britain 0.164 46.52

Heat 6[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 6 Alvin Harrison  United States 0.467 44.96 Q
2 5 Davian Clarke  Jamaica 0.204 45.30 Q
3 2 Robert Maćkowiak  Poland 0.236 45.39 Q
4 3 Anastasios Gousis  Greece 0.211 46.38
5 7 Fawzi Al Shammari  Kuwait 0.157 46.38
6 8 Paramjit Singh  India 0.188 46.64
7 4 Philip Mukomana  Zimbabwe 0.503 47.11

Heat 7[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 5 Michael Johnson  United States 0.176 45.25 Q
2 2 David Canal  Spain 0.189 45.53 Q, SB
3 3 Ibrahima Wade  France 0.262 45.72 Q
4 7 Malik Louahla  Algeria 0.158 46.06
5 4 Sean Baldock  Great Britain 0.180 46.45
6 8 Fabian Rollins  Barbados 0.447 46.85
7 6 Oleksandr Kaydash  Ukraine 0.586 46.88

Heat 8[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 4 Hamdan O Al-Bishi  Saudi Arabia 0.153 45.22 Q, NR
2 2 Sugath Thilakaratne  Sri Lanka 0.211 45.48 Q
3 1 Ibrahim Ismail Muftah  Qatar 0.234 45.48 Q
4 5 Eric Milazar  Mauritius 0.459 45.66 q
5 3 Štefan Balošák  Slovakia 0.192 46.42
6 7 Kenji Tabata  Japan 0.143 46.59
7 8 Rudieon Sylvan  Grenada 0.241 48.17
8 6 Basheer Al-Khewani  Yemen 0.452 49.72 PB

Heat 9[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 3 Antonio Pettigrew  United States 0.328 45.62 Q
2 4 Christopher Brown  Bahamas 0.505 45.80 Q
3 6 Davis Kamoga  Uganda 0.625 45.92 Q, SB
4 7 Metija Sestak  Slovenia 0.295 45.95
5 5 Tomas Coman  Ireland 0.263 46.17
6 2 Juan Pedro Toledo  Mexico 0.282 46.82
— 8 Daniel Batman  Australia 0.378 DNF

Overall results for Round 1[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Heat Lane Place Time Qual. Record
1 Alvin Harrison  United States 6 6 1 44.96 s Q
2 Hamdan O Al-Bishi  Saudi Arabia 8 4 1 45.22 s Q NR
Hendrick Mokganyetsi  South Africa 5 2 1 45.22 s Q
4 Avard Moncur  Bahamas 1 1 1 45.23 s Q
5 Michael Johnson  United States 7 5 1 45.25 s Q
6 Davian Clarke  Jamaica 6 5 2 45.30 s Q
7 Daniel Caines  Great Britain 1 7 2 45.39 s Q PB
Robert Maćkowiak  Poland 6 2 3 45.39 s Q
9 Ibrahim Ismail Muftah  Qatar 8 1 3 45.48 s Q
Sugath Thilakaratne  Sri Lanka 8 2 2 45.48 s Q
11 Casey Vincent  Australia 1 5 3 45.49 s Q
12 David Canal  Spain 7 2 2 45.53 s Q SB
13 Sanderlei Claro Parrela  Brazil 3 4 1 45.55 s Q
14 Piotr Haczek  Poland 5 3 2 45.61 s Q SB
15 Antonio Pettigrew  United States 9 3 1 45.62 s Q
16 Gregory Haughton  Jamaica 4 8 1 45.63 s Q
17 Eric Milazar  Mauritius 8 5 4 45.66 s q
18 David Kipkorir Kirui  Kenya 4 2 2 45.69 s Q PB
19 Marc Raquil  France 4 3 3 45.72 s Q
Ibrahima Wade  France 7 3 3 45.72 s Q
21 Arnaud Malherbe  South Africa 4 7 4 45.73 s q
22 Sunday Bada  Nigeria 4 6 5 45.75 s q
23 Alessandro Attene  Italy 5 7 3 45.79 s Q
Jude Monye  Nigeria 2 8 1 45.79 s Q
25 Christopher Brown  Bahamas 8 4 2 45.80 s Q
26 Patrick Dwyer  Australia 2 1 2 45.82 s Q
27 Soufiene Labidi  Tunisia 3 3 3 45.84 s Q
Danny McFarlane  Jamaica 3 5 2 45.84 s Q
29 Jun Osakada  Japan 3 6 4 45.88 s q
30 Dmitriy Golovastov  Russia 1 3 4 45.90 s q
31 Ato Modibo  Trinidad and Tobago 4 5 6 45.91 s
32 Davis Kamoga  Uganda 9 6 3 45.82 s Q SB
33 Matija Sestak  Slovenia 9 7 4 45.95 s
34 Rhohan Pradeep Kumar  Sri Lanka 5 4 4 46.00 s
35 Malik Louahla  Algeria 7 4 4 46.06 s
36 Alejandro Cardenas  Mexico 2 5 3 46.14 s Q
37 Salaheldin E Bakkar  Qatar 5 8 5 46.16 s
38 Tomas Coman  Ireland 9 5 5 46.17 s
39 Zsolt Szeglet  Hungary 5 5 6 46.19 s
40 Takahiko Yamamura  Japan 1 2 5 46.25 s
41 Fawzi Al Shammari  Kuwait 6 7 5 46.38 s
Anastasios Gousis  Greece 6 3 4 46.38 s
43 Carlos Santa  Dominican Republic 1 4 6 46.40 s
44 Štefan Balošák  Slovakia 8 3 5 46.42 s
45 Sean Baldock  Great Britain 7 4 5 46.45 s
46 Tawanda Chiwira  Zimbabwe 3 1 5 46.50 s
47 Jamie Baulch  Great Britain 5 6 7 46.52 s
48 Kenji Tabata  Japan 8 7 6 46.59 s
49 Paramjit Singh  India 6 8 8 46.64 s
50 Piotr Rysiukiewicz  Poland 1 8 7 46.67 s
51 Gerald Clervil  Haiti 1 6 8 46.69 s NR
52 Nduka Awazie  Nigeria 3 7 6 46.81 s
53 Juan Pedro Toledo  Mexico 9 2 6 46.82 s
54 Neil de Silva  Trinidad and Tobago 2 2 4 46.84 s
55 Fabian Rollins  Barbados 7 8 6 46.85 s
56 Oleksandr Kaydash  Ukraine 7 6 7 46.88 s
57 Johnson Kubisa  Botswana 3 8 7 46.97 s
58 Gustavo Aguirre  Argentina 2 3 5 47.03 s
59 Troy McIntosh  Bahamas 2 6 6 47.06 s
60 Philip Mukomana  Zimbabwe 6 4 7 47.11 s
61 Benjamin Youla  Democratic Republic of the Congo 4 4 7 47.54 s
62 Rudieon Sylvan  Grenada 8 8 7 48.17 s
63 Iliya Dzhivondov  Bulgaria 4 1 8 48.64 s
64 Basheer Al Khewani  Yemen 8 6 8 49.72 s PB
- Daniel Batman  Australia 9 8 - DNF
Evripedes Demosthenous  Cyprus 3 2 - DNF
Jonas Motiejunas  Lithuania 2 7 - DNF
Kennedy Ochieng  Kenya 2 4 - DNF

Quarterfinals[edit]

Quarterfinal 1[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 4 Michael Johnson  United States 0.150 45.31 Q
2 1 Piotr Haczek  Poland 0.251 45.43 Q, PB
3 5 Avard Moncur  Bahamas 45.43 Q
4 8 Casey Vincent  Australia 0.163 45.45 Q
5 7 Eric Milazar  Mauritius 0.364 45.52
6 6 Sugath Thilakaratne  Sri Lanka 0.199 45.54
7 3 David Canal  Spain 0.221 45.54
8 2 Arnaud Malherbe  South Africa 0.192 45.59

Quarterfinal 2[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 3 Davian Clarke  Jamaica 0.283 45.06 Q, SB
2 4 Antonio Pettigrew  United States 0.475 45.35 Q
3 6 Hamdan O Al-Bishi  Saudi Arabia 0.600 45.35 Q
4 8 Danny McFarlane  Jamaica 0.183 45.40 Q
5 7 Ibrahima Wade  France 0.223 45.61
6 2 Davis Kamoga  Uganda 0.207 45.74 SB
7 5 David Kirui  Kenya 46.00
8 1 Jun Osakada  Japan 0.217 46.15

Quarterfinal 3[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 6 Alvin Harrison  United States 0.195 44.25 Q
2 4 Gregory Haughton  Jamaica 0.475 45.08 Q
3 7 Alessandro Attene  Italy 0.150 45.35 Q, PB
4 8 Patrick Dwyer  Australia 0.174 45.38 Q
5 1 Dmitriy Golovastov  Russia 0.184 45.66
6 5 Christopher Brown  Bahamas 0.204 45.76
7 2 Soufiene Labidi  Tunisia 0.215 46.01
8 3 Jude Monye  Nigeria 0.203 46.32

Quarterfinal 4[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 7 Robert Maćkowiak  Poland 0.194 45.01 Q, PB
2 4 Hendrick Mokganyetsi  South Africa 0.440 45.15 Q
3 5 Daniel Caines  Great Britain 0.161 45.37 Q, PB
4 3 Sanderlei Claro Parrela  Brazil 0.302 45.55 Q
5 2 Marc Raquil  France 0.224 45.56
6 1 Alejandro Cardenas  Mexico 0.139 45.66
7 8 Sunday Bada  Nigeria 0.226 45.83
8 6 Ibrahim Ismail Muftah  Qatar 0.549 45.96

Overall results for quarterfinals[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Heat Lane Place Time Qual. Record
1 Alvin Harrison  United States 3 6 1 44.25 s Q
2 Robert Maćkowiak  Poland 4 7 1 45.01 s Q PB
3 Davian Clarke  Jamaica 2 3 1 45.06 s Q SB
4 Gregory Haughton  Jamaica 3 4 2 45.08 s Q
5 Hendrick Mokganyetsi  South Africa 4 4 2 45.15 s Q
6 Michael Johnson  United States 1 4 1 45.31 s Q
7 Hamdan O Al-Bishi  Saudi Arabia 2 6 3 45.35 s Q
Alessandro Attene  Italy 3 7 3 45.35 s Q PB
Antonio Pettigrew  United States 2 4 2 45.35 s Q
10 Daniel Caines  Great Britain 4 5 3 45.37 s Q PB
11 Patrick Dwyer  Australia 3 8 4 45.38 s Q
12 Danny McFarlane  Jamaica 2 8 4 45.40 s Q
13 Piotr Haczek  Poland 1 1 2 45.43 s Q PB
Avard Moncur  Bahamas 1 5 3 45.43 s Q
15 Casey Vincent  Australia 1 8 4 45.45 s Q
16 Eric Milazar  Mauritius 1 7 5 45.52 s
17 David Canal  Spain 1 3 7 45.54 s
Sugath Thilakaratne  Sri Lanka 1 6 6 45.54 s
19 Sanderlei Claro Parrela  Brazil 4 3 4 45.50 s Q
20 Marc Raquil  France 4 2 5 45.56 s
21 Arnaud Malherbe  South Africa 1 2 8 45.59 s
22 Ibrahima Wade  France 2 7 5 45.61 s
23 Alejandro Cardenas  Mexico 4 1 6 45.66 s
Dmitriy Golovastov  Russia 3 1 5 45.66 s
25 Davis Kamoga  Uganda 2 2 6 45.74 s
26 Christopher Brown  Bahamas 3 5 6 45.76 s
27 Sunday Bada  Nigeria 4 8 7 45.83 s
28 Ibrahim Ismail Muftah  Qatar 4 6 8 45.96 s
29 David Kirui  Kenya 2 5 7 46.00 s
30 Soufiene Labidi  Tunisia 3 2 7 46.01 s
31 Jun Osakada  Japan 2 1 8 46.15 s
32 Jude Monye  Nigeria 3 3 8 46.32 s

Semifinals[edit]

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 1[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 6 Alvin Harrison  United States 0.220 44.53 Q
2 5 Michael Johnson  United States 0.164 44.65 Q
3 3 Gregory Haughton  Jamaica 0.258 44.93 Q
4 2 Sanderlei Claro Parrela  Brazil 0.212 45.17 Q
5 8 Avard Moncur  Bahamas 0.198 45.18
6 4 Piotr Haczek  Poland 0.470 45.66
7 1 Patrick Dwyer  Australia 0.176 45.70
8 7 Hamdan O Al-Bishi  Saudi Arabia 0.179 45.98

Semifinal 2[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 4 Antonio Pettigrew  United States 0.499 45.24 Q
2 7 Danny McFarlane  Jamaica 0.253 45.38 Q
3 5 Hendrick Mokganyetsi  South Africa 0.529 45.52 Q
4 6 Robert Maćkowiak  Poland 0.192 45.53 Q
5 8 Daniel Caines  Great Britain 0.168 45.55
6 2 Casey Vincent  Australia 0.229 45.61
7 1 Alessandro Attene  Italy 0.221 46.41
— 3 Davian Clarke  Jamaica 0.270 DNF

Overall results for semifinals[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Heat Lane Place Time Qual. Record
1 Alvin Harrison  United States 1 6 1 44.53 s Q
2 Michael Johnson  United States 1 5 2 44.65 s Q
3 Gregory Haughton  Jamaica 1 3 3 44.93 s Q
4 Sanderlei Claro Parrela  Brazil 1 2 4 45.17 s Q
5 Avard Moncur  Bahamas 1 8 5 45.18 s
6 Antonio Pettigrew  United States 2 4 1 45.24 s Q
7 Danny McFarlane  Jamaica 2 7 2 45.38 s Q
8 Hendrick Mokganyetsi  South Africa 2 5 3 45.52 s Q
9 Robert Maćkowiak  Poland 2 6 4 45.53 s Q
10 Daniel Caines  Great Britain 2 8 5 45.55 s
11 Casey Vincent  Australia 2 2 6 45.61 s
12 Piotr Haczek  Poland 1 4 6 45.66 s
13 Patrick Dwyer  Australia 1 1 7 45.70 s
14 Hamdan O Al-Bishi  Saudi Arabia 1 7 8 45.98 s
15 Alessandro Attene  Italy 2 1 7 46.41 s
- Davian Clarke  Jamaica 2 3 DNF

Final[edit]

The finish of the race
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Michael Johnson  United States 0.610 43.84
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Alvin Harrison  United States 0.490 44.40
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 Gregory Haughton  Jamaica 0.346 44.70 SB
4 2 Sanderlei Claro Parrela  Brazil 0.280 45.01
5 1 Robert Maćkowiak  Poland 0.232 45.14
6 7 Hendrick Mokganyetsi  South Africa 0.442 45.26
7 3 Danny McFarlane  Jamaica 0.332 45.55
— 5 Antonio Pettigrew  United States 0.576 45.42 DSQ

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's 400 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b "400 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  3. ^ http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/tfn_pdfs/ogqualifying_standards.pdf[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Official Report, Results Book for Athletics.

External links[edit]

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