Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres
Men's 400 metres at the Games of the X Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | |||||||||
Dates | August 4 (heats and quarterfinals) August 5 (semifinals and final) | |||||||||
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The men's 400 metres sprint event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place on August 4 and August 5 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Results
Heats
Six heats were held; the fastest three runners advanced to the Quarterfinal Round.
Heat one
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Adolf Metzner | Germany | 50.4 | |
2 | Seikan Oki | Japan | 50.5 | |
3 | Alex Wilson | Canada | 50.5 | |
4 | Kell Areskoug | Sweden | 50.7 |
Heat Two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ben Eastman | United States | 49.0 | |
2 | Joachim Büchner | Germany | 49.3 | |
3 | Hjalle Johannesen | Norway | 49.5 | |
4 | Carlos de Anda | Mexico | 49.8 |
Heat Three
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Börje Strandvall | Finland | 49.8 | |
2 | Jimmy Ball | Canada | 50.0 | |
3 | Iwao Masuda | Japan | 50.1 | |
4 | Sten Pettersson | Sweden | 50.2 |
Heat Four
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Bill Carr | United States | 48.8 | |
2 | George Golding | Australia | 49.0 | |
3 | Crew Stoneley | Great Britain | 49.1 | |
4 | Walter Nehb | Germany | 49.4 | |
5 | Khristos Mantikas | Greece | 49.6 | |
6 | Manuel Álvarez | Mexico | 49.9 |
Heat Five
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Felix Rinner | Austria | 49.2 | |
2 | Godfrey Rampling | Great Britain | 49.5 | |
3 | Willie Walters | South Africa | 49.8 | |
4 | Stuart Black | New Zealand | 49.9 | |
5 | Seiken Cho | Japan | 50.0 |
Heat Six
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | James Gordon | United States | 50.6 | |
2 | Ray Lewis | Canada | 50.7 | |
3 | Domingos Puglisi | Brazil | 50.8 | |
4 | Richard Arguello | Mexico | 50.9 |
Quarterfinals
Three heats were held; the four fastest runners in each heat advanced to the Semifinal Round.
Heat One
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Bill Carr | United States | 48.4 | |
2 | Willie Walters | South Africa | 48.5 | |
3 | George Golding | Australia | 48.6 | |
4 | Alex Wilson | Canada | 49.6 | |
5 | Domingos Puglisi | Brazil | 50.1 | |
6 | Iwao Masuda | Japan |
Heat Two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | James Gordon | United States | 48.6 | |
2 | Godfrey Rampling | Great Britain | 48.8 | |
3 | Joachim Büchner | Germany | 48.9 | |
4 | Jimmy Ball | Canada | 49.3 | |
5 | Hjalle Johannesen | Norway | 49.4 | |
6 | Seikan Oki | Japan |
Heat Three
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ben Eastman | United States | 48.8 | |
2 | Felix Rinner | Austria | 48.9 | |
3 | Börje Strandvall | Finland | 49.0 | |
4 | Crew Stoneley | Great Britain | 49.1 | |
5 | Ray Lewis | Canada | 49.1 | |
6 | Adolf Metzner | Germany | 49.2 |
Semifinals
Two heats were held; the fastest three runners advanced to the Final Round.
Heat One
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Bill Carr | United States | 47.2 | OR |
2 | Alex Wilson | Canada | 47.8 | |
3 | George Golding | Australia | 48.0 | |
4 | Godfrey Rampling | Great Britain | 48.0 | |
5 | Felix Rinner | Austria | 48.8 | |
6 | Joachim Büchner | Germany | 49.2 |
Heat Two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ben Eastman | United States | 47.6 | |
2 | Willie Walters | South Africa | 48.2 | |
3 | James Gordon | United States | 48.2 | |
4 | Börje Strandvall | Finland | 48.4 | |
5 | Crew Stoneley | Great Britain | 48.6 | |
6 | Jimmy Ball | Canada | 49.0 |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Bill Carr | United States | 46.28 | WR | |
Ben Eastman | United States | 46.50 | ||
Alex Wilson | Canada | 47.4 | ||
4 | Willie Walters | South Africa | 48.2 | |
5 | James Gordon | United States | 48.2 | |
6 | George Golding | Australia | 48.8 |
Key: OR = Olympic record; WR = world record
References
- 1932 Summer Olympics results: Men's 400 metres, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; Retrieved 2010-07-15