Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Men's 400 metres; at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Stade de France, Paris, France
Dates	4 August 2024 (heats); 5 August 2024 (repechage round); 6 August 2024 (semi-finals); 7 August 2024 (final);
	← 2020 2028 →

The men's 400 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held in four rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, between 4 and 7 August 2024. This will be the 30th time that the men's 400 metres is contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 48 athletes will be able to qualify for the event by entry standard or ranking.

Background

The men's 400 metres has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the inaugural edition in 1896. The reigning Olympic champion is Steven Gardiner from the Bahamas.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record	Athlete (nation)	Time (s)	Location	Date
World record	Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)	43.03^[2]	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14 August 2016
Olympic record	Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)	43.03^[2]	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14 August 2016
World leading	Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR)	43.74^[3]	London, United Kingdom	20 July 2024

Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics^[4]
Area record	Athlete (nation)	Time (s)
Africa (records)	Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)	43.03 WR
Asia (records)	Yousef Masrahi (KSA)	43.93
Europe (records)	Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR)	43.74
North, Central America and Caribbean (records)	Michael Johnson (USA)	43.18
Oceania (records)	Darren Clark (AUS)	44.38
South America (records)	Anthony Zambrano (COL)	43.93

Qualification

For the men's 400 metres event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.^[5] 48 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 45.00 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.^[5]

Rounds

Heats

The heats are scheduled to be held on 4 August, starting at 19:05 (UTC+2) in the evening.^[1]

Heat	Lane	Athlete	Nation
1	2	Kentaro Sato	Japan
1	3	Christopher Bailey	United States
1	4	Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen	Norway
1	5	Deandre Watkin	Jamaica
1	6	Matthew Hudson-Smith	Great Britain
1	7	Chidi Okezie	Nigeria
1	8	Oleksandr Pohorilko	Ukraine
2	2	Busang Kebinatshipi	Botswana
2	3	Michael Joseph	Saint Lucia
2	4	Attila Molnár	Hungary
2	5	Sean Bailey	Jamaica
2	6	Michael Norman	United States
2	7	Anthony Zambrano	Colombia
2	8	Ammar Ibrahim	Qatar
2	9	Jereem Richards	Trinidad and Tobago
3	2	Bayapo Ndori	Botswana
3	3	Muzala Samukonga	Zambia
3	4	Matěj Krsek	Czech Republic
3	5	Jean Paul Bredau	Germany
3	6	Lythe Pillay	South Africa
3	7	Dylan Borlée	Belgium
3	8	Luca Sito	Italy
3	9	Yuki Joseph Nakajima	Japan
4	2	Alexander Ogando	Dominican Republic
4	3	Elián Larregina	Argentina
4	4	Steven Gardiner	Bahamas
4	5	Samuel Ogazi	Nigeria
4	6	Reece Holder	Australia
4	7	Quincy Hall	United States
4	8	Jonathan Sacoor	Belgium
5	2	Davide Re	Italy
5	3	Lionel Spitz	Switzerland
5	4	Zakithi Nene	South Africa
5	5	Lucas Carvalho	Brazil
5	6	Kirani James	Grenada
5	7	Leungo Scotch	Botswana
5	8	Christopher Morales Williams	Canada
5	9	Aruna Darshana	Sri Lanka
6	2	Cheikh Tidiane Diouf	Senegal
6	3	Jevaughn Powell	Jamaica
6	4	Gilles Biron	France
6	5	Charlie Dobson	Great Britain
6	6	Zablon Ekwam	Kenya
6	7	Alexander Doom	Belgium
6	8	Fuga Sato	Japan
6	9	João Coelho	Portugal