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Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres was an event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. It was held from August 4 to August 8. Eighty athletes from 56 nations competed.[1][2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Alonzo Babers, returning the United States to the top of the podium for the first time since 1972 (and the 13th time overall). Gabriel Tiacoh won the Ivory Coast's first Olympic medal in any event, with a silver.

Men's 400 metres
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Alonzo Babers winning the gold medal
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates4 to 8 August
Competitors80 from 56 nations
Winning time44.27
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Alonzo Babers
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Gabriel Tiacoh
 Ivory Coast
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Antonio McKay
 United States
← 1980
1988 →

Background

This was the twentieth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. None of the finalists from 1980 returned. The favorites were Bert Cameron of Jamaica (winner of the first world championship in 1983) and Americans Antonio McKay and Alonzo Babers.[2]

The British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, the Gambia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nepal, Oman, Rwanda, Somalia, Suriname, Togo, the United Arab Emirates, and Zimbabwe appeared in this event for the first time. The United States made its 19th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format

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 10 first-round heats, each with 8 runners. The top three runners in each heat advanced, along with the next two 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.[2][3]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics.

World record  Lee Evans (USA)43.86 Mexico City, Mexico18 October 1968
Olympic record  Lee Evans (USA)43.86 Mexico City, Mexico18 October 1968

No world or Olympic records were set during this event. National records set were:

NationAthleteRoundTime
 BarbadosElvis FordeSemifinal 245.32
 SomaliaIbrahim OkashHeat 147.91

Schedule

For the first time, the event was held on four separate days, with each round being on a different day.

All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 4 August 198410:30Round 1
Sunday, 5 August 198417:00Quarterfinals
Monday, 6 August 198416:55Semifinals
Wednesday, 8 August 198416:45Final

Results

Round 1

Alonzo Babers wins heat of the 400 meters.

Heat 1

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
15Davison Lishebo  Zambia46.20Q
21David Peltier  Barbados46.57Q
37Allan Ingraham  Bahamas46.72Q
46Boubacar Diallo  Senegal46.73
52Dean Greenaway  British Virgin Islands47.33
63Evaldo da Silva  Brazil47.55
74Ibrahim Okash  Somalia47.91NR
88Issaka Hassane  Chad49.64

Heat 2

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
13Gabriel Tiacoh  Ivory Coast45.96Q
26David Kitur  Kenya46.25Q
35Marcel Arnold  Switzerland46.46Q
42Gary Minihan  Australia46.93
51Nordin Jadi  Malaysia47.12
67Tommy Johansson  Sweden47.77
78Daniel Andre  Mauritius49.09
84Faustin Butéra  Rwanda51.41

Heat 3

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
11Innocent Egbunike  Nigeria46.63Q
25Mark Senior  Jamaica46.73Q
38Gérson de Souza  Brazil47.02Q
46Manuel Ramirez-Caicedo  Colombia47.17
57Brian Saunders  Canada47.40
64Mohamed Amer Al-Malky  Oman47.61
73Meesaq Rizvi  Pakistan49.58
—2Secundino Borabota  Equatorial GuineaDSQ

Heat 4

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
14Bertland Cameron  Jamaica46.14Q
27Oddur Sigurdsson  Iceland46.30Q
32Doug Hinds  Canada46.42Q
41Richard Louis  Barbados46.70
55Jean-Didiace Bémou  Republic of the Congo47.26
63Hector Llatser  France47.30
78Phillip Pipersburg  Belize48.04
86Alberto López  Guatemala52.21

Heat 5

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
17Alonzo Babers  United States45.81Q
23Michael Paul  Trinidad and Tobago46.18Q
32Philip Brown  Great Britain46.26Q
41Moses Kyeswa  Uganda46.78
58Tim Bethune  Canada46.98
66Joseph Ramotshabi  Botswana48.11
75Dawda Jallow  The Gambia48.36
84René López  El Salvador48.71

Heat 6

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
11Bruce Frayne  Australia46.08Q
22Aldo Canti  France46.14Q
38Susumu Takano  Japan46.26Q
46Nafi Mersal  Egypt46.46
53Alfred Browne  Antigua and Barbuda47.29
67Rashid Al-Jirbi  United Arab Emirates48.71
74Siegfried Cruden  Suriname50.07
—5Hassan El-Kashief  SudanDNF

Heat 7

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
12Sunder Nix  United States45.42Q
26Elvis Forde  Barbados45.47Q
37Antonio Sánchez  Spain46.03Q
44Anton Skerritt  Trinidad and Tobago46.30q
55James Atuti  Kenya47.04
68Adjé Adjeoda Vignon  Togo47.43
73Lapule Tamean  Papua New Guinea47.60
81Pushpa Raj Ojha  Nepal52.12

Heat 8

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
15Antonio McKay  United States45.55Q
21John Anzrah  Kenya46.12Q
37Isidro del Prado  Philippines46.82Q
46Leonardo Loforte  Mozambique47.07
53Joseph Rodan  Fiji49.00
68Agripa Mwausegha  Malawi49.12
74Charles Moses  Ghana50.39
—2Ali St. Louis  Trinidad and TobagoDNF

Heat 9

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
12Erwin Skamrahl  West Germany45.94Q
25Angel Heras  Spain46.06Q
33Todd Bennett  Great Britain46.09Q
44Yann Quentrec  France46.94
57Wilson dos Santos  Brazil47.55
68Mark Handelsman  Israel48.17
71Chris Madzokere  Zimbabwe48.49
86Arsène Randriamahazomana  Madagascar48.86

Heat 10

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
16Kriss Akabusi  Great Britain45.64Q
23Darren Clark  Australia45.68Q
35Sunday Uti  Nigeria45.74Q
42Devon Morris  Jamaica45.80q
51Mike Okot  Uganda46.68
68Samuel Sarkpa  Liberia47.65
77Mama Moluh  Cameroon48.90
—4Vincent Confait  SeychellesDSQ

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
18Antonio McKay  United States44.72Q
26Darren Clark  Australia44.77Q
33Kriss Akabusi  Great Britain45.43Q
44Dave Lishebo  Zambia45.57Q
52John Anzrah  Kenya45.67
61Devon Morris  Jamaica46.14
77Allan Ingraham  Bahamas46.14
85David Peltier  Barbados46.48

Quarterfinal 2

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
14Innocent Egbunike  Nigeria45.26Q
25Sunder Nix  United States45.31Q
32Elvis Forde  Barbados45.60Q
47Aldo Canti  France45.64Q
53Angel Heras  Spain45.88
66Marcel Arnold  Switzerland46.10
78Philip Brown  Great Britain46.63
81Anton Skerritt  Trinidad and Tobago46.93

Quarterfinal 3

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
15Alonzo Babers  United States44.75Q, PB
21Sunday Uti  Nigeria45.01Q
38Bertland Cameron  Jamaica45.16Q
47Bruce Frayne  Australia45.35Q
56Todd Bennett  Great Britain45.51
62Antonio Sánchez  Spain45.79
74Oddur Sigurdsson  Iceland46.07
83Doug Hinds  Canada46.19

Quarterfinal 4

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
12Gabriel Tiacoh  Ivory Coast45.15Q
26David Kitur  Kenya45.78Q
38Michael Paul  Trinidad and Tobago45.84Q
44Susumu Takano  Japan45.91Q
51Erwin Skamrahl  West Germany46.39
67Mark Senior  Jamaica46.50
73Gerson Souza  Brazil46.65
85Isidro del Prado  Philippines46.71

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
13Innocent Egbunike  Nigeria45.16Q
27Alonzo Babers  United States45.17Q
31Darren Clark  Australia45.26Q
46Sunder Nix  United States45.41Q
58Aldo Canti  France45.59
65Michael Paul  Trinidad and Tobago45.60
72Kriss Akabusi  Great Britain45.69
84Susumu Takano  Japan45.88

Semifinal 2

Cameron pulled up with an injury at 150 metres, hopping for about 20 metres before returning to a run. Despite the injury, he finished fourth to qualify for the final (in which he ultimately would not be able to run).[2]

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
14Gabriel Tiacoh  Ivory Coast44.64Q
28Sunday Uti  Nigeria44.83Q
33Antonio McKay  United States44.92Q
42Bertland Cameron  Jamaica45.10Q
55Bruce Frayne  Australia45.21
61Elvis Forde  Barbados45.32NR
76David Kitur  Kenya45.62
87Dave Lishebo  Zambia45.97

Final

Cameron was still injured from the semifinal race and could not start the final. Clark led early and held the lead until the final straight. Babers began his successful push from about the 250 metre mark, with Tiacoh behind him. McKay edged Clark and Nix at the finish.[2][4]

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
4Alonzo Babers  United States44.27PB
7Gabriel Tiacoh  Ivory Coast44.54
1Antonio McKay  United States44.71
45Darren Clark  Australia44.75
56Sunder Nix  United States44.75
62Sunday Uti  Nigeria44.93
73Innocent Egbunike  Nigeria45.35
—8Bertland Cameron  JamaicaDNS

In popular culture

In the UK TV show Little Britain, character Denver Mills is credited as having won the silver medal in the 400 metres at the 1984 Olympics.

See also

References

External links

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