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	Men's 400 metres; at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
	; Crossing the finish line
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	18 August; 21 August (final)
Competitors	TBD from TBD nations
Medalists

The Men's 400 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 18–21 August at the Beijing National Stadium.^[1]

The qualifying standards were 45.55 s (A standard) and 45.95 s (B standard).^[2]

[edit] Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

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

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

[edit] Results

[edit] Round 1

The first round was held on 18 August. The first three runners of each heat (Q) plus the next three overall fastest runners (q) qualified for the semifinals.

[edit] Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	4	Leslie Djhone	France	45.12	Q	0.190
2	5	David Neville	United States	45.22	Q	0.189
3	6	William Collazo	Cuba	45.37	Q, SB	0.180
4	8	Kevin Borlée	Belgium	45.43	q	0.149
5	9	Denis Alekseyev	Russia	45.52		0.299
6	3	Young Talkmore Nyongani	Zimbabwe	45.89		0.249
7	7	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	46.06		0.209
8	2	Gakologelwang Masheto	Botswana	46.29	SB	0.183

[edit] Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	6	Chris Brown	Bahamas	44.79	Q	0.205
2	7	Joel Milburn	Australia	44.80	Q, PB	0.155
3	4	Johan Wissman	Sweden	44.81	Q, SB	0.229
4	5	Gary Kikaya	DR Congo	44.89	q, SB	0.184
5	8	Sanjay Ayre	Jamaica	45.66		0.177
6	9	Arismendy Peguero	Dominican Republic	46.28		0.236
7	3	Ivano Bucci	San Marino	48.54	SB	0.209
8	2	Xiaosheng Liu	China	53.11		0.245

[edit] Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	8	Nery Brenes	Costa Rica	45.36	Q	0.196
2	3	James Godday	Nigeria	45.49	Q	0.200
3	9	Andretti Bain	Bahamas	45.96	Q	0.225
4	7	Niko Verekauta	Fiji	46.32	SB	0.161
5	6	Fernando de Almeida	Brazil	46.60		0.158
6	2	Lewis Banda	Zimbabwe	46.76		0.244
7	4	Vincent Mumo Kiilu	Kenya	46.79		0.212
8	5	Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr	Sudan	47.12		0.247

[edit] Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	7	Martyn Rooney	Great Britain	45.00	Q	0.207
2	8	Sean Wroe	Australia	45.17	Q, PB	0.182
3	5	Ricardo Chambers	Jamaica	45.22	Q	0.211
4	3	Erison Hurtault	Dominica	46.10		0.246
5	9	Andrés Silva	Uruguay	46.34		0.265
6	2	Rudolf Götz	Czech Republic	46.38		0.157
7	6	Yuzo Kanemaru	Japan	46.39		0.225
99	4	California Molefe	Botswana	99.99 DNS

[edit] Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	2	LaShawn Merritt	United States	44.96	Q	0.214
2	7	Saul Weigopwa	Nigeria	45.19	Q	0.172
3	8	Claudio Licciardello	Italy	45.25	Q, PB	0.186
4	3	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	45.25	q, PB	0.225
5	6	Ato Modibo	Trinidad and Tobago	45.63		0.195
6	9	Alleyne Francique	Grenada	46.15		0.215
7	5	Yeimer Mosquera	Colombia	46.59		0.268
8	4	Siraj Williams	Liberia	47.89		0.288

[edit] Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	7	Andrew Steele	Great Britain	44.94	Q, PB	0.248
2	5	Renny Quow	Trinidad and Tobago	45.13	Q	0.266
3	6	Michael Mathieu	Bahamas	45.17	Q, PB	0.193
4	8	Michael Blackwood	Jamaica	45.56		0.204
5	2	Tyler Christopher	Canada	45.67		0.172
6	3	Joel Phillip	Grenada	46.30		0.198
7	9	Félix Martínez	Puerto Rico	46.46		0.347
8	4	Daniel Dabrowski	Poland	47.83		0.260

[edit] Heat 7

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	9	Jeremy Wariner	United States	45.23	Q	0.253
2	6	Tabarie Henry	Virgin Islands	45.36	Q, NR	0.165
3	2	Cedric van Branteghem	Belgium	45.54	Q	0.203
4	4	David Gillick	Ireland	45.83		0.275
5	5	Maksim Dyldin	Russia	46.03		0.194
6	3	Myhaylo Knysh	Ukraine	46.28		0.260
7	7	Mathieu Gnanligo	Benin	47.10		0.207
8	8	Naiel Santiago d'Almeida	São Tomé and Príncipe	49.08		0.178

[edit] Semifinals

[edit] Semifinal 1

19 August 2008 - 21:45

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	6	Jeremy Wariner	United States	44.15	Q	0.224
2	5	Chris Brown	Bahamas	44.59	Q	0.244
3	6	Kevin Borlée	Belgium	44.88	NR	0.162
4	7	Nery Brenes	Costa Rica	44.98	NR	0.169
5	4	Saul Weigopwa	Nigeria	45.02	SB	0.168
6	2	Williams Collazo	Cuba	45.06	PB	0.191
7	8	Tabarie Henry	Virgin Islands	45.19	NR	0.165
8	2	Claudio Licciardello	Italy	45.64		0.259

[edit] Semifinal 2

19 August 2008 - 21:52

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	6	Leslie Djhone	France	44.79	Q, SB	0.159
2	4	David Neville	United States	44.91	Q	0.190
3	5	Joel Milburn	Australia	45.06		0.187
4	9	Ricardo Chambers	Jamaica	45.09		0.220
5	3	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	45.11	PB	0.191
6	8	James Godday	Nigeria	45.24		0.185
7	2	Andretti Bain	Bahamas	45.52		0.196
8	7	Andrew Steele	Great Britain	45.59		0.216

[edit] Semifinal 3

19 August 2008 - 21:59

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	7	LaShawn Merritt	United States	44.12	Q	0.187
2	6	Martyn Rooney	Great Britain	44.60	Q, PB	0.126
3	8	Johan Wissman	Sweden	44.64	q, SB	0.211
4	5	Renny Quow	Trinidad and Tobago	44.82	q, PB	0.204
5	2	Gary Kikaya	DR Congo	44.94		0.187
6	9	Michael Mathieu	Bahamas	45.56		0.203
7	4	Sean Wroe	Australia	45.56		0.205
8	3	Cedric van Branteghem	Belgium	45.81		0.199

[edit] Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Reaction time	Notes
1	4	LaShawn Merritt	United States	43.75	0.318	PB
2	7	Jeremy Wariner	United States	44.74	0.209
3	9	David Neville	United States	44.80	0.293
4	5	Chris Brown	Bahamas	44.84	0.231
5	6	Leslie Djhone	France	45.11	0.164
6	8	Martyn Rooney	Great Britain	45.12	0.208
7	2	Renny Quow	Trinidad and Tobago	45.22	0.201
8	3	Johan Wissman	Sweden	45.39	0.218

[edit] References

^ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/results/eventCode=3659/bydiscipline/index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
^ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/standards/index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-04.

[0] "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/results/eventCode=3659/bydiscipline/index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-04.

[1] "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/standards/index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-04.

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