Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Dates	26 July 1996 (heats) 27 July 1996 (quarter-finals) 28 July 1996 (semi-finals) 29 July 1996 (final)
Competitors	62 from 42 nations
Winning time	43.49 OR
Medalists
Michael Johnson  United States Roger Black  Great Britain Davis Kamoga  Uganda

Official Video Highlights
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These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia which took place between 26 and 29 July. There were a total number of 64 competitors, with two non-starters.

Medalists

Gold	Michael Johnson  United States
Silver	Roger Black  Great Britain
Bronze	Davis Kamoga  Uganda

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record	43.29	Butch Reynolds	Zürich (SUI)	August 17, 1988
Olympic Record	43.50	Quincy Watts	Barcelona (ESP)	August 5, 1992

In the final Michael Johnson set a new Olympic record by 0.01 seconds with 43.49 seconds.

Results

Final

RANK	ATHLETE	FINAL	LANE	SEMI	QUART	HEAT
	Michael Johnson (USA)	43.49	4	44.59	44.62	45.80
	Roger Black (GBR)	44.41	3	44.69	44.72	45.28
	Davis Kamoga (UGA)	44.53	2	44.85	44.82	45.56
4.	Alvin Harrison (USA)	44.62	1	45.04	44.79	44.69
5.	Iwan Thomas (GBR)	44.70	8	45.01	45.04	45.22
6.	Roxbert Martin (JAM)	44.83	5	44.81	44.74	46.01
7.	Davian Clarke (JAM)	44.99	6	44.87	44.98	45.54
8.	Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT)	DNF	7	45.02	44.96	45.61

Eliminated in Semifinals

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
—	Samson Kitur (KEN)	45.17
—	Sunday Bada (NGR)	45.30
—	Eswort Coombs (VIN)	45.36
—	Michael McDonald (JAM)	45.48
—	Neil de Silva (TRI)	45.56
—	Štefan Balošák (SVK)	45.59
—	Troy Douglas (BER)	46.33
—	Butch Reynolds (USA)	DNF

Eliminated in Quarterfinals

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
—	Clement Chukwu (NGR)	45.24
—	Arnaud Malherbe (RSA)	45.26
—	Alejandro Cardenas (MEX)	45.33
—	Tawanda Chiwira (ZIM)	45.38
—	Bobang Phiri (RSA)	45.51
—	Du'aine Ladejo (GBR)	45.62
—	Sanderlei Parrela (BRA)	45.72
—	Mathias Rusterholz (SUI)	45.72
—	Kennedy Ochieng (KEN)	45.72
—	Jean-Louis Rapnouil (FRA)	45.74
—	Sugath Thilakaratne (SRI)	45.78
—	Piotr Rysiukiewicz (POL)	46.19
—	Paul Greene (AUS)	46.22
—	Hendrik Mokganyetsi (RSA)	46.48
—	Jude Monye (NGR)	DNF
—	Charles Gitonga (KEN)	DNS

Eliminated in Heats

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME
—	Osmar dos Santos (BRA)	46.16
—	Mark Ladbrook (AUS)	46.28
—	Michael Joubert (AUS)	46.30
—	Shigekazu Omori (JPN)	46.30
—	Troy McIntosh (BAH)	46.42
—	Laurent Clerc (SUI)	46.42
—	Valdinei da Silva (BRA)	46.61
—	Richard Jones (GUY)	46.69
—	Dawda Jallow (GAM)	46.73
—	Shon Ju-Il (KOR)	46.74
—	Evripides Demosthenous (CYP)	46.76
—	Robert Guy (TRI)	46.80
—	Mohamed Hamed Al-Bishi (KSA)	46.82
—	Kossi Akoto (TOG)	46.94
—	Ivan Jean-Marie (LCA)	47.13
—	Eugene Farrell (IRL)	47.18
—	Carl Oliver (BAH)	47.41
—	Mpho Morobe (LES)	47.54
—	Subul Babo (PNG)	48.15
—	Kimitene Biyago (CHA)	48.88
—	Martial Biguet (CAF)	48.92
—	Emmanuel Rubayiza (RWA)	49.20
—	Mohamed Amir (MDV)	49.67
—	Casimiro Asumu Nze (GEQ)	50.14
—	Hassan Abdou (COM)	50.17
—	Anwar Mohamed Ali (YEM)	50.81
—	Ibrahim Hassan (GHA)	DNF
—	Francis Ogola (UGA)	DNF
—	Moustafa Abdel Naser (LBA)	DSQ
—	Amar Hecini (ALG)	DSQ
—	Ibrahim Ouedraogo (BUR)	DNS
—	Justice Dipeba (BOT)	DNS

See also

Women's 400 metres

External links

• Official Report
• Results