Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metres
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| Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics |
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| 100 m | men | |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10000 m | men | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 4x100 m relay | men | |
| 4x400 m relay | men | |
| 3000 m team race | men | |
| Marathon | men | |
| 10 km walk | men | |
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Standing long jump | men | |
| Standing high jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | |
| 2-hand shot put | men | |
| 2-hand discus | men | |
| 2-hand javelin | men | |
| Pentathlon | men | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Individual x-country | men | |
| Team x-country | men | |
The men's 400 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics.
The Olympic record of 48.4 seconds, set at the previous Olympics, fell in the final. Charles Reidpath broke the record with a 48.2 second performance. Hanns Braun also broke the old record and Edward Lindberg tied it, en route to silver and bronze medals, respectively.
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[edit] Results
[edit] Heats
| Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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| Heat 1 | |||
| 1. |  James Rosenberg (USA) |
50.6 | QS |
| 2. |  Charles Poulenard (FRA) |
50.7 | QS |
| 3. |  Wladyslaw Ponurski (AUT) |
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| 4. |  Claude Ross (ANZ) |
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| Heat 2 | |||
| 1. |  Ernest Haley (GBR) |
1:06.6 | QS |
| 2. | Mel Sheppard (USA) |
1:06.6 | QS |
| Heat 3 | |||
| 1. |  Hanns Braun (GER) |
50.6 | QS |
| 2. | Ted Meredith (USA) |
QS | |
| 3. |  Armando Luzarte-Cortesão (POR) |
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| Heat 4 | |||
| 1. |  Paul Zerling (SWE) |
55.4 | QS |
| 2. |  Yahoko Mishima (JPN) |
55.5 | QS |
| Heat 5 | |||
| 1. | Charles Lelong (FRA) |
50.2 | QS |
| 2. | Donnell Young (USA) |
50.4 | QS |
| 3. |  István Déván (HUN) |
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| 4. | Gustav Möller (SWE) |
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| Heat 6 | |||
| 1. | Knut Stenborg (SWE) |
1:01.6 | QS |
| Heat 7 | |||
| 1. | Carroll Haff (USA) |
50.4 | QS |
| 2. |  Emilio Lunghi (ITA) |
50.5 | QS |
| 3. | Max Herrmann (GER) |
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| Heat 8 | |||
| 1. | Frigyes Wiesner (HUN) |
50.8 | QS |
| 2. | John Dahlin (SWE) |
51.0 | QS |
| 3. | Georges Malfait (FRA) |
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| Heat 9 | |||
| 1. | Eric Lindholm (SWE) |
51.4 | QS |
| 2. |  Ole Pedersen (NOR) |
51.6 | QS |
| 3. | Hermann Burkowitz (GER) |
51.7 | |
| 4. |  Václav Labík (BOH) |
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| Heat 10 | |||
| 1. | Edward Lindberg (USA) |
50.6 | QS |
| 2. | James Soutter (GBR) |
QS | |
| 3. | Franco Giongo (ITA) |
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| Heat 11 | |||
| 1. | Clarence Edmundson (USA) |
50.2 | QS |
| 2. | Ernest Henley (GBR) |
QS | |
| 3. |  George Brock (CAN) |
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| 4. |  Piotr Gajewskij (RUS) |
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| Heat 12 | |||
| 1. | George Nicol (GBR) |
50.0 | QS |
| 2. | Ira Davenport (USA) |
QS | |
| 3. | Thomas Gallon (CAN) |
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| 4. | Erich Lehmann (GER) |
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| 5. | Georges Rolot (FRA) |
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| 6. | Ödön Bodor (HUN) |
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| Heat 13 | |||
| 1. | Julius Person (GER) |
55.4 | QS |
| 2. | Joseph Wells (GBR) |
1:01.2 | QS |
| Heat 14 | |||
| 1. | Cyril Seedhouse (GBR) |
51.5 | QS |
| 2. | Ervin Szerelemhegyi (HUN) |
QS | |
| — | Alexander Pedersen (NOR) |
Disqualified | |
| Heat 15 | |||
| 1. |  George Patching (RSA) |
51.1 | QS |
| 2. | Charles Reidpath (USA) |
51.2 | QS |
| 3. | Heinrich Wenseler (GER) |
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| 4. | Alan Patterson (GBR) |
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| 5. | Robert Schurrer (FRA) |
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[edit] Semifinals
| Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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| Semifinal 1 | |||
| 1. | Charles Reidpath (USA) |
48.7 | QF |
| 2. | Clarence Edmundson (USA) |
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| 3. | George Nicol (GBR) |
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| 4. | Frigyes Wiesner (HUN) |
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| 5. | Charles Poulenard (FRA) |
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| — | John Dahlin (SWE) |
Did not start | |
| Semifinal 2 | |||
| 1. | Edward Lindberg (USA) |
48.9 | QF |
| 2. | Eric Lindholm (SWE) |
50.2 | |
| 3. | Charles Lelong (FRA) |
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| — | Julius Person (GER) |
Did not finish | |
| Cyril Seedhouse (GBR) |
Did not finish | ||
| Joseph Wells (GBR) |
Did not finish | ||
| Semifinal 3 | |||
| 1. | Ted Meredith (USA) |
48.8 | QF |
| 2. | Mel Sheppard (USA) |
48.9 | |
| 3. | George Patching (RSA) |
50.5 | |
| 4. | Knut Stenborg (SWE) |
50.5 | |
| 5. | Ole Pedersen (NOR) |
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| 6. | Ernest Henley (GBR) |
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| Semifinal 4 | |||
| 1. | Carroll Haff (USA) |
49.7 | QF |
| 2. | Emilio Lunghi (ITA) |
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| 3. | Ervin Szerelemhegyi (HUN) |
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| — | Ernest Haley (GBR) |
Did not finish | |
| James Rosenberger (USA) |
Did not finish | ||
| Yahiko Mishima (JPN) |
Did not start | ||
| Semifinal 5 | |||
| 1. | Hanns Braun (GER) |
49.2 | QF |
| 2. | Ira Davenport (USA) |
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| 3. | James Soutter (GBR) |
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| 4. | Paul Zerling (SWE) |
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| — | Donnell Young (USA) |
Disqualified | |
[edit] Final
| Place | Athlete | Time |
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| Final | ||
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Charles Reidpath (USA) |
48.2 OR |
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Hanns Braun (GER) |
48.3 |
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Edward Lindberg (USA) |
48.4 |
| 4. | Ted Meredith (USA) |
49.2 |
| 5. | Carroll Haff (USA) |
49.5 |
[edit] References
- Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). in Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.).: The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich. Retrieved on August 27, 2007. (Polish)
