Men's 400 metres at the Games of the III Olympiad
Venue	Francis Field
Dates	August 29
Competitors	12 from 3 nations
Medalists
Harry Hillman   United States   Frank Waller   United States   Herman Groman   United States
«1900	1908»

Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Track events
60 m		men
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
200 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
2590 m steeplechase		men
4 mile team race		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Standing long jump	men
Standing triple jump	men
Standing high jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
56 pound weight throw	men
Combined events
Triathlon	men
Decathlon	men

The men's 400 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third time the event was held. 12 athletes from 3 nations participated. The competition was held on August 29, 1904.

[edit] Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1904 Summer Olympics.

World Record	47.8(*)	Maxey Long	New York (USA)	September 29, 1900
Olympic Record	49.4(**)	Maxey Long	Paris (FRA)	July 15, 1900

(*) 440 yards (= 402.34 m)

(**) This track was 500 metres in circumference.

Harry Hillman set a new Olympic record with 49.2 seconds.

[edit] Results

Finish of 400 metres

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Harry Hillman (USA)	49.2 OR
2	Frank Waller (USA)	49.9
3	Herman Groman (USA)	50.0
4	Joseph Fleming (USA)
5	Myer Prinstein (USA)
6	George Poage (USA)
7-12	Clyde Blair (USA)
	Percival Molson (CAN)
	Paul Pilgrim (USA)
	Johannes Runge (GER)
	George Underwood (USA)
	Howard Valentine (USA)

[edit] Sources

• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich". http://olympic.w.interia.pl/. Retrieved 13 December 2006.  (Polish)