Men's 400 metres at the Games of the V Olympiad |
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Reidpath winning gold with Braun in the foreground. |
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Venue | Stockholm Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
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Dates | July 12 (heats, semifinals) July 13 (final) |
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Competitors | 49 from 16 nations | |||||||||
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Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics |
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | |
200 m | men | |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
4×100 m relay | men | |
4×400 m relay | men | |
3000 m team race | men | |
10 km walk | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
Field events | ||
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 | |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | men | |
Decathlon | men | |
Cross-country events | ||
Individual | men | |
Team | 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 competition was held on Friday, July 12, 1912 and on Saturday, July 13, 1912.
Forty-nine runners from 16 nations competed.
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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 47.8(*) | Maxie Long | New York (USA) | September 29, 1900 |
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Olympic Record | 48.4(**) | Wyndham Halswelle | London (GBR) | July 22, 1908 |
(*) unofficial 440 yards (= 402.34 m)
(**) This track was 536.45 metres=1⁄3 mile in circumference.
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.
All heats were held on Friday, July 12, 1912.
Heat 1
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | James Rosenberger (USA) | 50.6 | QS |
2 | Charles Poulenard (FRA) | 50.7 | QS |
3 | Wladyslaw Ponurski (AUT) | ||
4 | Claude Ross (ANZ) |
Heat 2
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | Ernest Haley (GBR) | 1:06.6 | QS |
2 | Mel Sheppard (USA) | 1:06.6 | QS |
Heat 3
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | Hanns Braun (GER) | 50.6 | QS |
2 | Ted Meredith (USA) | QS | |
3 | Armando Cortesão (POR) |
Heat 4
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | Paul Zerling (SWE) | 55.4 | QS |
2 | Yahiko Mishima (JPN) | 55.5 | QS |
Heat 5
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | Charles Lelong (FRA) | 50.2 | QS |
2 | Donnell Young (USA) | 50.4 | QS |
3 | István Déván (HUN) | ||
4 | Gustav Möller (SWE) |
Heat 6
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | Knut Stenborg (SWE) | 1:01.6 | QS |
Heat 7
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | Carroll Haff (USA) | 50.4 | QS |
2 | Emilio Lunghi (ITA) | 50.5 | QS |
3 | Max Herrmann (GER) |
Heat 8
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | Frigyes Wiesner (HUN) | 50.8 | QS |
2 | John Dahlin (SWE) | 51.0 | QS |
3 | Georges Malfait (FRA) |
Heat 9
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | Eric Lindholm (SWE) | 51.4 | QS |
2 | Jacob Pedersen (NOR) | 51.6 | QS |
3 | Hermann Burkowitz (GER) | 51.7 | |
4 | Václav Labík (BOH) |
Heat 10
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | Edward Lindberg (USA) | 50.6 | QS |
2 | James Soutter (GBR) | QS | |
3 | Franco Giongo (ITA) |
Heat 11
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | Clarence Edmundson (USA) | 50.2 | QS |
2 | Ernest Henley (GBR) | QS | |
3 | Mel Brock (CAN) | ||
4 | Pyotr Gaevski (RUS) |
Heat 12
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | George Nicol (GBR) | 50.0 | QS |
2 | Ira Davenport (USA) | QS | |
3 | Thomas Gallon (CAN) | ||
4 | Erich Lehmann (GER) | ||
5 | Georges Rolot (FRA) | ||
6 | Ödön Bodor (HUN) |
Heat 13
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | Julius Person (GER) | 55.4 | QS |
2 | Joseph Wells (GBR) | 1:01.2 | QS |
Heat 14
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | Cyril Seedhouse (GBR) | 51.5 | QS |
2 | Ervin Szerelemhegyi (HUN) | QS | |
— | Alexander Pedersen (NOR) | Disqualified |
Heat 15
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | George Patching (RSA) | 51.1 | QS |
2 | Charles Reidpath (USA) | 51.2 | QS |
3 | Heinrich Wenseler (GER) | ||
4 | Alan Patterson (GBR) | ||
5 | Robert Schurrer (FRA) |
All semi-finals were held on Friday, July 12, 1912.
Semifinal 1
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | Charles Reidpath (USA) | 48.7 | QF |
2 | Clarence Edmundson (USA) | ||
3 | George Nicol (GBR) | ||
4 | Frigyes Wiesner (HUN) | ||
5 | Charles Poulenard (FRA) | ||
— | John Dahlin (SWE) | Did not start |
Semifinal 2
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | Edward Lindberg (USA) | 48.9 | QF |
2 | Eric Lindholm (SWE) | 50.2 | |
3 | Charles Lelong (FRA) | ||
— | Julius Person (GER) | Did not finish | |
Cyril Seedhouse (GBR) | Did not finish | ||
Joseph Wells (GBR) | Did not finish |
Semifinal 3
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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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 | Jacob Pedersen (NOR) | ||
6 | Ernest Henley (GBR) |
Semifinal 4
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | Carroll Haff (USA) | 49.7 | QF |
2 | Emilio Lunghi (ITA) | ||
3 | Ervin Szerelemhegyi (HUN) | ||
— | Ernest Haley (GBR) | Did not finish | |
James Rosenberger (USA) | Did not finish | ||
Yahiko Mishima (JPN) | Did not start |
Semifinal 5
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | Hanns Braun (GER) | 49.2 | QF |
2 | Ira Davenport (USA) | ||
3 | James Soutter (GBR) | ||
4 | Paul Zerling (SWE) | ||
— | Donnell Young (USA) | Disqualified |
The final was held on Saturday, July 13, 1912.
Place | Athlete | Time |
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1 | Charles Reidpath (USA) | 48.2 OR |
2 | Hanns Braun (GER) | 48.3 |
3 | Edward Lindberg (USA) | 48.4 |
4. | Ted Meredith (USA) | 49.2 |
5. | Carroll Haff (USA) | 49.5 |
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