Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Medalists
    United States
    Saudi Arabia
    South Africa
«1996 2004»
Athletics at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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The Men's 400 metres Hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme were held at Stadium Australia on Sunday 24 September, Monday 25 September and Wednesday 27 September 2000.

The top two runners in each of the initial eight heats automatically qualified for the semifinals. The next eight fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 24 runners competed in 3 heats in the semifinals, with the top two runners from each heat qualifying for the finals. The next two fastest runners from across the heats also qualified.

Contents

Records

World and Olympic records prior to the Games.

World Record 46.78 Kevin Young USA Barcelona, Spain 8 June 1992
Olympic Record 46.78 Kevin Young USA Barcelona, Spain 8 June 1992

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

Qualifying heats

Round 1

Heat 1 of 8
Date: Sunday 24 September 2000
Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record
Heat Overall
1 3 Llewellyn Herbert South Africa 8 0.171 s 49.25 s Q
2 5 Thomas Goller Germany 7 0.154 s 49.32 s Q
3 17 Ruslan Mashchenko Russia 3 0.255 s 50.01 s q
4 34 Rohan Robinson Australia 4 0.173 s 50.80 s
5 35 Willie Smith Namibia 5 0.156 s 50.89 s
6 45 Carlos Zbinden Chile 6 0.180 s 51.36 s
7 49 Victor Houston Barbados 2 0.179 s 51.51 s
Heat 2 of 8
Date: Sunday 24 September 2000
Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record
Heat Overall
1 6 Fabrizio Mori Italy 5 0.162 s 49.35 s Q
2 8 Boris Gorban Russia 8 0.195 s 49.44 s Q
3 13 Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic 4 0.142 s 49.70 s q
4 14 Blair Young Australia 6 0.193 s 49.75 s q
5 16 Tien-Wen Chen Chinese Taipei 2 0.180 s 49.93 s q NR
6 18T Erick Keter Kenya 3 0.269 s 50.06 s q SB
7 22T Kazuhiko Yamazaki Japan 1 0.177 s 50.15 s
8 22T Yvon Rakotoarimiandry Madagascar 7 0.185 s 50.15 s
Heat 3 of 8
Date: Sunday 24 September 2000
Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record
Heat Overall
1 9 Angelo Taylor United States 8 0.185 s 49.48 s Q
2 12 Dinsdale Morgan Jamaica 6 0.171 s 49.64 s Q
3 20 Ibou Faye Senegal 4 0.188 s 50.09 s
4 29 Arijan Raja Ratnayake Sri Lanka 7 0.346 s 50.43 s
5 31 Erkinjon Isakov Uzbekistan 5 0.182 s 50.71 s
6 37 Hillary Kiprotich Maritim Kenya 3 0.180 s 51.04 s
7 38 Sylvester Omodiale Nigeria 2 0.189 s 51.06 s
Heat 4 of 8
Date: Sunday 24 September 2000
Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record
Heat Overall
1 21 Jiri Muzik Czech Republic 8 0.216 s 50.11 s Q
2 24 Eric Thomas United States 6 0.170 s 50.16 s Q
3 25 Periklis Iakovakis Greece 1 0.165 s 50.20 s
4 30 Hideaki Kawamura Japan 4 0.172 s 50.68 s
5 39 Vadim Zadoinov Moldova 7 0.173 s 51.08 s
6 47 Mustapha Sdad Morocco 2 0.216 s 51.39 s
7 51 Tom McGuirk Ireland 3 0.183 s 51.73 s
8 58 Du-Yeon Lee South Korea 5 0.192 s 52.61 s
Heat 5 of 8
Date: Sunday 24 September 2000
Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record
Heat Overall
1 43 Christopher Rawlinson Great Britain 3 0.184 s 51.30 s Q
2 48 Paweł Januszewski Poland 2 0.163 s 51.40 s Q
3 50 Tibor Bedi Hungary 7 0.169 s 51.54 s
4 52 Kenneth Harnden Zimbabwe 5 0.435 s 51.83 s
5 53 Leonid Vershinin Belarus 4 0.151 s 51.84 s
6 56 Darko Juricic Croatia 1 0.167 s 52.39 s
7 59 Zahr-Edin Al Najem Syria 6 0.160 s 52.70 s
8 61 Iliya Dzhivondov Bulgaria 8 0.279 s 54.36 s
Heat 6 of 8
Date: Sunday 24 September 2000
Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record
Heat Overall
1 4 Hadi Souan Somayli Saudi Arabia 1 0.174 s 49.28 s Q
2 7 James Carter United States 7 0.174 s 49.41 s Q
3 10 Alwyn Myburgh South Africa 6 0.184 s 49.57 s q
4 15 Pedro Rodrigues Portugal 5 0.162 s 49.90 s q
5 32 Anthony Borsumato Great Britain 4 0.155 s 50.73 s
6 41 Costas Pochanis Cyprus 3 0.244 s 51.20 s
7 42 Matthew Beckenham Australia 8 0.176 s 51.27 s
8 55 Ian Weakley Jamaica 2 0.179 s 52.18 s
Heat 7 of 8
Date: Sunday 24 September 2000
Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record
Heat Overall
1 1 Samuel Matete Zambia 1 0.184 s 48.98 s Q
2 2 Gennadiy Gorbenko Ukraine 5 0.406 s 49.12 s Q PB
3 11 Matt Douglas Great Britain 8 0.163 s 49.62 s q
4 28 Kemel Thompson Jamaica 7 0.241 s 50.40 s
5 33 Zid Abou Hamed Syria 3 0.117 s 50.74 s
6 36 Paul Tucker Guyana 6 0.354 s 50.92 s
7 40 Radoslav Holubek Slovakia 2 0.127 s 51.18 s
8 46 Mowen Boino Papua New Guinea 4 0.406 s 51.28 s NR
Heat 8 of 8
Date: Sunday 24 September 2000
Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record
Heat Overall
1 18T Eronilde de Araújo Brazil 8 0.179 s 50.06 s Q
2 26 Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli Italy 6 0.179 s 50.27 s Q
3 27 Vladislav Shiryayev Russia 4 0.179 s 50.39 s
4 44 Inigo Monreal Spain 5 0.502 s 51.32 s
5 54 Sinisa Pesa Yugoslavia 7 0.165 s 52.14 s
6 57 Curt Young Panama 2 0.164 s 52.46 s
7 60 Iain Harnden Zimbabwe 3 0.287 s 54.01 s
8 62 Dai Tamesue Japan 1 0.256 s 1:01.81

Heat 1- Overall

Round 1
Overall Results
Place Athlete Nation Heat Lane Place Time Qual. Record
1 Samuel Matete Zambia 7 1 1 49.98 s Q
2 Gennadiy Gorbenko Ukraine 7 5 2 49.12 s Q PB
3 Llewellyn Herbert South Africa 1 8 1 49.25 s Q
4 Hadi Souan Somayli Saudi Arabia 6 1 1 49.28 s Q
5 Thomas Goller Germany 1 7 2 49.32 s Q
6 Fabrizio Mori Italy 2 5 1 49.35 s Q
7 James Carter United States 2 7 2 49.41 s Q
8 Boris Gorban Russia 2 8 2 49.44 s Q
9 Angelo Taylor United States 3 8 1 49.48 s Q
10 Alwyn Myburgh South Africa 6 6 3 49.57 s q
11 Matt Douglas Great Britain 7 8 3 49.62 s q
12 Dinsdale Morgan Jamaica 3 6 2 49.64 s Q
13 Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic 2 4 3 49.70 s q
14 Blair Young Australia 2 6 4 49.75 s q
15 Pedro Rodrigues Portugal 6 5 4 49.90 s q
16 Tien-Wen Chen Chinese Taipei 2 2 5 49.93 s q NR
17 Ruslan Mashchenko Russia 1 3 3 50.01 s q
18 Eronilde de Araújo Brazil 8 8 1 50.06 s Q
Erick Keter Kenya 2 3 6 50.06 s q SB
20 Ibou Faye Senegal 3 4 3 50.09 s
21 Jiri Muzik Czech Republic 4 8 1 50.11 s Q
22 Yvon Rakotoarimiandry Madagascar 2 7 8 50.15 s
Kazuhiko Yamazaki Japan 2 1 7 50.15 s
24 Eric Thomas United States 4 6 2 50.16 s Q
25 Periklis Iakovakis Greece 4 1 3 50.20 s
26 Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli Italy 8 6 2 50.27 s Q
27 Vladislav Shiryayev Russia 8 4 3 50.39 s
28 Kemel Thompson Jamaica 7 7 4 50.40 s
29 Arijan Raja Ratnayake Sri Lanka 3 7 4 50.43 s
30 Hideaki Kawamura Japan 4 4 4 50.68 s
31 Erkinjon Isakov Uzbekistan 3 5 5 50.71 s
32 Anthony Borsumato Great Britain 6 4 5 50.73 s
33 Zid Abou Hamed Syria 7 3 5 50.74 s
34 Rohan Robinson Australia 1 4 4 50.80 s
35 Willie Smith Namibia 1 5 5 50.89 s
36 Paul Tucker Guyana 7 6 6 50.92 s
37 Hillary Kiprotich Maritim Kenya 3 3 6 51.04 s
38 Sylvester Omodiale Nigeria 3 2 7 51.06 s
39 Vadim Zadoinov Moldova 4 7 5 51.08 s
40 Radoslav Holubek Slovakia 7 2 7 51.18 s
41 Costas Pochanis Cyprus 6 3 6 51.20 s
42 Matthew Beckenham Australia 6 8 7 51.27 s
43 Christopher Rawlinson Great Britain 5 3 1 51.30 s Q
44 Inigo Monreal Spain 8 5 4 51.32 s
45 Carlos Zbinden Chile 1 6 6 51.36 s
46 Mowen Boino Papua New Guinea 7 4 8 51.28 s NR
47 Mustapha Sdad Morocco 4 2 6 51.39 s
48 Paweł Januszewski Poland 5 2 2 51.40 s Q
49 Victor Houston Barbados 1 2 7 51.51 s
50 Tibor Bedi Hungary 5 7 3 51.54 s
51 Tom McGuirk Ireland 4 3 7 51.73 s
52 Kenneth Harnden Zimbabwe 5 5 4 51.83 s
53 Leonid Vershinin Belarus 5 4 5 51.84 s
54 Sinisa Pesa Yugoslavia 8 7 5 52.14 s
55 Ian Weakley Jamaica 6 2 8 52.18 s
56 Darko Juricic Croatia 5 1 6 52.39 s
57 Curt Young Panama 8 2 6 52.46 s
58 Du-Yeon Lee South Korea 4 5 8 52.61 s
59 Zahr-Edin Al Najem Syria 5 6 7 52.70 s
60 Iain Harnden Zimbabwe 8 3 7 54.01 s
61 Iliya Dzhivondov Bulgaria 5 8 8 54.36 s
62 Dai Tamesue Japan 8 1 8 1:01.81

Semi-Finals

Heat 1 of 3
Date: Monday 25 September 2000
Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record
Heat Overall
1 1 Hadi Souan Somayli Saudi Arabia 6 0.316 s 48.14 s Q AR
2 3T Fabrizio Mori Italy 4 48.40 s Q SB
3 3T Gennadiy Gorbenko Ukraine 5 0.478 s 48.40 s q PB
4 5 Paweł Januszewski Poland 7 0.244 s 48.42 s q SB
5 13T Eric A Thomas United States 2 0.188 s 49.25 s
6 16 Thomas Goller Germany 3 0.152 s 49.28 s
7 18 Pedro Rodrigues Portugal 1 0.163 s 49.48 s SB
8 23 Tien-Wen Chen Chinese Taipei 8 0.182 s 50.52 s
Heat 2 of 3
Date: Monday 25 September 2000
Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record
Heat Overall
1 2 Llewellyn Herbert South Africa 4 0.153 s 48.38 s Q
2 7 Angelo Taylor United States 3 0.250 s 48.49 s Q
3 9 Ruslan Mashchenko Russia 7 0.177 s 48.49 s
4 14 Blair Young Australia 8 0.255 s 49.20 s
5 16 Jiri Muzik Czech Republic 5 0.277 s 49.23 s
6 13T Christopher Rawlinson Great Britain 6 0.177 s 49.25 s
7 20 Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic 1 0.178 s 49.69 s
8 22T Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli Italy 2 0.242 s 50.10 s
Heat 3 of 3
Date: Monday 25 September 2000
Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record
Heat Overall
1 6 James Carter United States 3 0.202 s 48.48 s Q
2 8 Eronilde de Araújo Brazil 4 0.181 s 48.76 s Q
3 10 Samuel Matete Zambia 6 0.228 s 48.98 s
4 13T Alwyn Myburgh South Africa 1 0.202 s 49.25 s
5 17 Boris Gorban Russia 5 0.454 s 49.29 s
6 19 Matt Douglas Great Britain 8 0.177 s 49.53 s
7 22 Dinsdale Morgan Jamaica 2 0.166 s 50.23 s
8 24 Erick Keter Kenya 7 0.202 s 51.25 s

Semi-Finals- Overall

Semi-Finals
Overall Results
Place Athlete Nation Heat Lane Place Time Qual. Record
1 Hadi Souan Somayli Saudi Arabia 1 6 1 48.14 s Q AR
2 Llewellyn Herbert South Africa 2 4 1 48.38 s Q
3 Fabrizio Mori Italy 1 4 2 48.40 s Q SB
Gennadiy Gorbenko Ukraine 1 5 3 48.80 s q PB
5 Paweł Januszewski Poland 1 7 4 48.42 s q SB
6 James Carter United States 3 3 1 48.48 s Q
7 Angelo Taylor United States 2 3 2 48.49 s Q
8 Eronilde de Araújo Brazil 3 4 2 48.76 s Q
9 Ruslan Mashchenko Russia 2 7 3 48.94 s Q
10 Samuel Matete Zambia 3 6 3 48.98 s
11 Blair Young Australia 2 8 4 49.20 s
12 Jiri Muzik Czech Republic 2 5 5 49.23 s
13 Alwyn Myburgh South Africa 3 1 4 49.25 s
Christopher Rawlinson Great Britain 2 6 6 49.25 s
Eric Thomas United States 1 2 5 49.25 s
16 Thomas Goller Germany 1 3 6 49.28 s
17 Boris Gorban Russia 3 5 5 49.29 s
18 Pedro Rodrigues Portugal 1 1 7 49.48 s SB
19 Matt Douglas Great Britain 3 8 6 49.53 s
20 Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic 2 1 7 49.69 s
21 Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli Italy 2 2 8 50.10 s
22 Dinsdale Morgan Jamaica 3 2 7 50.23 s
23 Tien-Wen Chen Chinese Taipei 1 8 8 50.52 s
24 Erick Keter Kenya 3 7 8 51.25 s

Finals

Heat 1 of 1
Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Record
1 Angelo Taylor United States 1 0.179 s 47.50 s PB
2 Hadi Souan Somayli Saudi Arabia 4 0.437 s 47.53 s AR
3 Llewellyn Herbert South Africa 6 0.169 s 47.81 s NR
4 James Carter United States 5 0.421 s 48.04 s PB
5 Eronilde de Araújo Brazil 8 0.190 s 48.34 s
6 Paweł Januszewski Poland 2 0.149 s 48.44 s
7 Fabrizio Mori Italy 3 0.198 s 48.78 s
8 Gennadiy Gorbenko Ukraine 7 0.395 s 49.01

References