Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metres

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The men's 400 metres was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was held on 14 July and 15 July 1900. 15 athletes from six nations competed.

1 Medallists
2 Results
- 2.1 First round
- 2.2 Final
3 Sources

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Maxey Long United States	William Holland United States	Ernst Schulz Denmark

[edit] Results

[edit] First round

In the first round, there were three heats. They were held on 14 July. The top two runners in each advanced to the final.

[edit] First round, heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Maxey Long	United States	50.4 seconds
2	Harry Lee	United States	Unknown
3	Harvey Lord	United States	Unknown
4	Georges Clément	France	Unknown
5	Walter Drumheller	United States	Unknown

This heat, featuring four American runners, resulted in an easy win for Long and the top three spots for the United States team.

[edit] First round, heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	William Moloney	United States	51.0 seconds
2	Ernst Schulz	Denmark	Unknown
3	Charles-Robert Faidide	France	Unknown
4	Pál Koppán	Hungary	Unknown
5	Yngvar Bryn	Norway	Unknown

Again, an American won the heat easily. Schulz took second place to qualify for the final.

[edit] First round, heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Dixon Boardman	United States	51.2 seconds
2	William Holland	United States	Unknown
3	Henry Slack	United States	Unknown
4-5	Zoltán Spiedle	Hungary	Unknown
4-5	Umberto Colombo	Italy	Unknown

The United States runners again took all three of the top spots in this heat.

[edit] Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Maxey Long	United States	49.4 seconds
2	William Holland	United States	49.6 seconds (est.)
3	Ernst Schulz	Denmark	Unknown
—	Dixon Boardman	United States	Did not start
	Harry Lee	United States	Did not start
	William Moloney	United States	Did not start

Boardman, Lee, and Moloney did not start because the final was held on 15 July, a Sunday. Long and Holland did start, however, and took the top two spots easily. Long led the entire way.

[edit] Sources

International Olympic Committee.
De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically at [1].
Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.