Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres
December 20, 2023
The men's 400 metres was an event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. It was held from August 4 to August 8. Eighty athletes from 56 nations competed.[1][2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Alonzo Babers, returning the United States to the top of the podium for the first time since 1972 (and the 13th time overall). Gabriel Tiacoh won the Ivory Coast's first Olympic medal in any event, with a silver.
This was the twentieth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. None of the finalists from 1980 returned. The favorites were Bert Cameron of Jamaica (winner of the first world championship in 1983) and Americans Antonio McKay and Alonzo Babers.[2]
The British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, the Gambia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nepal, Oman, Rwanda, Somalia, Suriname, Togo, the United Arab Emirates, and Zimbabwe appeared in this event for the first time. The United States made its 19th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.
Competition formatedit
The competition retained the basic four-round format from 1920. The "fastest loser" system, introduced in 1964, was used for the first round. There were 10 first-round heats, each with 8 runners. The top three runners in each heat advanced, along with the next two fastest overall. The 32 quarterfinalists were divided into 4 quarterfinals with 8 runners each; the top four athletes in each quarterfinal heat advanced to the semifinals, with no "fastest loser" spots. The semifinals featured 2 heats of 8 runners each. The top four runners in each semifinal heat advanced, making an eight-man final.[2][3]
Recordsedit
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Cameron pulled up with an injury at 150 metres, hopping for about 20 metres before returning to a run. Despite the injury, he finished fourth to qualify for the final (in which he ultimately would not be able to run).[2]
Cameron was still injured from the semifinal race and could not start the final. Clark led early and held the lead until the final straight. Babers began his successful push from about the 250 metre mark, with Tiacoh behind him. McKay edged Clark and Nix at the finish.[2][4]
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The men s 400 metres was an event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles California It was held from August 4 to August 8 Eighty athletes from 56 nations competed 1 2 The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress The event was won by Alonzo Babers returning the United States to the top of the podium for the first time since 1972 and the 13th time overall Gabriel Tiacoh won the Ivory Coast s first Olympic medal in any event with a silver Men s 400 metresat the Games of the XXIII OlympiadAlonzo Babers winning the gold medalVenueLos Angeles Memorial ColiseumDates4 to 8 AugustCompetitors80 from 56 nationsWinning time44 27MedalistsAlonzo Babers United StatesGabriel Tiacoh Ivory CoastAntonio McKay United States 19801988 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Records 4 Schedule 5 Results 5 1 Round 1 5 1 1 Heat 1 5 1 2 Heat 2 5 1 3 Heat 3 5 1 4 Heat 4 5 1 5 Heat 5 5 1 6 Heat 6 5 1 7 Heat 7 5 1 8 Heat 8 5 1 9 Heat 9 5 1 10 Heat 10 5 2 Quarterfinals 5 2 1 Quarterfinal 1 5 2 2 Quarterfinal 2 5 2 3 Quarterfinal 3 5 2 4 Quarterfinal 4 5 3 Semifinals 5 3 1 Semifinal 1 5 3 2 Semifinal 2 5 4 Final 6 In popular culture 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksBackground editThis was the twentieth appearance of the event which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics None of the finalists from 1980 returned The favorites were Bert Cameron of Jamaica winner of the first world championship in 1983 and Americans Antonio McKay and Alonzo Babers 2 The British Virgin Islands Cameroon Chad Equatorial Guinea the Gambia Mauritius Mozambique Nepal Oman Rwanda Somalia Suriname Togo the United Arab Emirates and Zimbabwe appeared in this event for the first time The United States made its 19th appearance most of any nation having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games Competition format editThe competition retained the basic four round format from 1920 The fastest loser system introduced in 1964 was used for the first round There were 10 first round heats each with 8 runners The top three runners in each heat advanced along with the next two fastest overall The 32 quarterfinalists were divided into 4 quarterfinals with 8 runners each the top four athletes in each quarterfinal heat advanced to the semifinals with no fastest loser spots The semifinals featured 2 heats of 8 runners each The top four runners in each semifinal heat advanced making an eight man final 2 3 Records editThese were the standing world and Olympic records in seconds prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics World record nbsp Lee Evans USA 43 86 Mexico City Mexico 18 October 1968Olympic record nbsp Lee Evans USA 43 86 Mexico City Mexico 18 October 1968No world or Olympic records were set during this event National records set were Nation Athlete Round Time nbsp Barbados Elvis Forde Semifinal 2 45 32 nbsp Somalia Ibrahim Okash Heat 1 47 91Schedule editFor the first time the event was held on four separate days with each round being on a different day All times are Pacific Daylight Time UTC 7 Date Time RoundSaturday 4 August 1984 10 30 Round 1Sunday 5 August 1984 17 00 QuarterfinalsMonday 6 August 1984 16 55 SemifinalsWednesday 8 August 1984 16 45 FinalResults editRound 1 edit nbsp Alonzo Babers wins heat of the 400 meters Heat 1 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 5 Davison Lishebo nbsp Zambia 46 20 Q2 1 David Peltier nbsp Barbados 46 57 Q3 7 Allan Ingraham nbsp Bahamas 46 72 Q4 6 Boubacar Diallo nbsp Senegal 46 735 2 Dean Greenaway nbsp British Virgin Islands 47 336 3 Evaldo da Silva nbsp Brazil 47 557 4 Ibrahim Okash nbsp Somalia 47 91 NR8 8 Issaka Hassane nbsp Chad 49 64Heat 2 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 3 Gabriel Tiacoh nbsp Ivory Coast 45 96 Q2 6 David Kitur nbsp Kenya 46 25 Q3 5 Marcel Arnold nbsp Switzerland 46 46 Q4 2 Gary Minihan nbsp Australia 46 935 1 Nordin Jadi nbsp Malaysia 47 126 7 Tommy Johansson nbsp Sweden 47 777 8 Daniel Andre nbsp Mauritius 49 098 4 Faustin Butera nbsp Rwanda 51 41Heat 3 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 1 Innocent Egbunike nbsp Nigeria 46 63 Q2 5 Mark Senior nbsp Jamaica 46 73 Q3 8 Gerson de Souza nbsp Brazil 47 02 Q4 6 Manuel Ramirez Caicedo nbsp Colombia 47 175 7 Brian Saunders nbsp Canada 47 406 4 Mohamed Amer Al Malky nbsp Oman 47 617 3 Meesaq Rizvi nbsp Pakistan 49 58 2 Secundino Borabota nbsp Equatorial Guinea DSQHeat 4 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 4 Bertland Cameron nbsp Jamaica 46 14 Q2 7 Oddur Sigurdsson nbsp Iceland 46 30 Q3 2 Doug Hinds nbsp Canada 46 42 Q4 1 Richard Louis nbsp Barbados 46 705 5 Jean Didiace Bemou nbsp Republic of the Congo 47 266 3 Hector Llatser nbsp France 47 307 8 Phillip Pipersburg nbsp Belize 48 048 6 Alberto Lopez nbsp Guatemala 52 21Heat 5 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 7 Alonzo Babers nbsp United States 45 81 Q2 3 Michael Paul nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 46 18 Q3 2 Philip Brown nbsp Great Britain 46 26 Q4 1 Moses Kyeswa nbsp Uganda 46 785 8 Tim Bethune nbsp Canada 46 986 6 Joseph Ramotshabi nbsp Botswana 48 117 5 Dawda Jallow nbsp The Gambia 48 368 4 Rene Lopez nbsp El Salvador 48 71Heat 6 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 1 Bruce Frayne nbsp Australia 46 08 Q2 2 Aldo Canti nbsp France 46 14 Q3 8 Susumu Takano nbsp Japan 46 26 Q4 6 Nafi Mersal nbsp Egypt 46 465 3 Alfred Browne nbsp Antigua and Barbuda 47 296 7 Rashid Al Jirbi nbsp United Arab Emirates 48 717 4 Siegfried Cruden nbsp Suriname 50 07 5 Hassan El Kashief nbsp Sudan DNFHeat 7 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 2 Sunder Nix nbsp United States 45 42 Q2 6 Elvis Forde nbsp Barbados 45 47 Q3 7 Antonio Sanchez nbsp Spain 46 03 Q4 4 Anton Skerritt nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 46 30 q5 5 James Atuti nbsp Kenya 47 046 8 Adje Adjeoda Vignon nbsp Togo 47 437 3 Lapule Tamean nbsp Papua New Guinea 47 608 1 Pushpa Raj Ojha nbsp Nepal 52 12Heat 8 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 5 Antonio McKay nbsp United States 45 55 Q2 1 John Anzrah nbsp Kenya 46 12 Q3 7 Isidro del Prado nbsp Philippines 46 82 Q4 6 Leonardo Loforte nbsp Mozambique 47 075 3 Joseph Rodan nbsp Fiji 49 006 8 Agripa Mwausegha nbsp Malawi 49 127 4 Charles Moses nbsp Ghana 50 39 2 Ali St Louis nbsp Trinidad and Tobago DNFHeat 9 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 2 Erwin Skamrahl nbsp West Germany 45 94 Q2 5 Angel Heras nbsp Spain 46 06 Q3 3 Todd Bennett nbsp Great Britain 46 09 Q4 4 Yann Quentrec nbsp France 46 945 7 Wilson dos Santos nbsp Brazil 47 556 8 Mark Handelsman nbsp Israel 48 177 1 Chris Madzokere nbsp Zimbabwe 48 498 6 Arsene Randriamahazomana nbsp Madagascar 48 86Heat 10 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 6 Kriss Akabusi nbsp Great Britain 45 64 Q2 3 Darren Clark nbsp Australia 45 68 Q3 5 Sunday Uti nbsp Nigeria 45 74 Q4 2 Devon Morris nbsp Jamaica 45 80 q5 1 Mike Okot nbsp Uganda 46 686 8 Samuel Sarkpa nbsp Liberia 47 657 7 Mama Moluh nbsp Cameroon 48 90 4 Vincent Confait nbsp Seychelles DSQQuarterfinals edit Quarterfinal 1 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 8 Antonio McKay nbsp United States 44 72 Q2 6 Darren Clark nbsp Australia 44 77 Q3 3 Kriss Akabusi nbsp Great Britain 45 43 Q4 4 Dave Lishebo nbsp Zambia 45 57 Q5 2 John Anzrah nbsp Kenya 45 676 1 Devon Morris nbsp Jamaica 46 147 7 Allan Ingraham nbsp Bahamas 46 148 5 David Peltier nbsp Barbados 46 48Quarterfinal 2 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 4 Innocent Egbunike nbsp Nigeria 45 26 Q2 5 Sunder Nix nbsp United States 45 31 Q3 2 Elvis Forde nbsp Barbados 45 60 Q4 7 Aldo Canti nbsp France 45 64 Q5 3 Angel Heras nbsp Spain 45 886 6 Marcel Arnold nbsp Switzerland 46 107 8 Philip Brown nbsp Great Britain 46 638 1 Anton Skerritt nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 46 93Quarterfinal 3 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 5 Alonzo Babers nbsp United States 44 75 Q PB2 1 Sunday Uti nbsp Nigeria 45 01 Q3 8 Bertland Cameron nbsp Jamaica 45 16 Q4 7 Bruce Frayne nbsp Australia 45 35 Q5 6 Todd Bennett nbsp Great Britain 45 516 2 Antonio Sanchez nbsp Spain 45 797 4 Oddur Sigurdsson nbsp Iceland 46 078 3 Doug Hinds nbsp Canada 46 19Quarterfinal 4 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 2 Gabriel Tiacoh nbsp Ivory Coast 45 15 Q2 6 David Kitur nbsp Kenya 45 78 Q3 8 Michael Paul nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 45 84 Q4 4 Susumu Takano nbsp Japan 45 91 Q5 1 Erwin Skamrahl nbsp West Germany 46 396 7 Mark Senior nbsp Jamaica 46 507 3 Gerson Souza nbsp Brazil 46 658 5 Isidro del Prado nbsp Philippines 46 71Semifinals edit Semifinal 1 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 3 Innocent Egbunike nbsp Nigeria 45 16 Q2 7 Alonzo Babers nbsp United States 45 17 Q3 1 Darren Clark nbsp Australia 45 26 Q4 6 Sunder Nix nbsp United States 45 41 Q5 8 Aldo Canti nbsp France 45 596 5 Michael Paul nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 45 607 2 Kriss Akabusi nbsp Great Britain 45 698 4 Susumu Takano nbsp Japan 45 88Semifinal 2 edit Cameron pulled up with an injury at 150 metres hopping for about 20 metres before returning to a run Despite the injury he finished fourth to qualify for the final in which he ultimately would not be able to run 2 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 4 Gabriel Tiacoh nbsp Ivory Coast 44 64 Q2 8 Sunday Uti nbsp Nigeria 44 83 Q3 3 Antonio McKay nbsp United States 44 92 Q4 2 Bertland Cameron nbsp Jamaica 45 10 Q5 5 Bruce Frayne nbsp Australia 45 216 1 Elvis Forde nbsp Barbados 45 32 NR7 6 David Kitur nbsp Kenya 45 628 7 Dave Lishebo nbsp Zambia 45 97Final edit Cameron was still injured from the semifinal race and could not start the final Clark led early and held the lead until the final straight Babers began his successful push from about the 250 metre mark with Tiacoh behind him McKay edged Clark and Nix at the finish 2 4 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes nbsp 4 Alonzo Babers nbsp United States 44 27 PB nbsp 7 Gabriel Tiacoh nbsp Ivory Coast 44 54 nbsp 1 Antonio McKay nbsp United States 44 714 5 Darren Clark nbsp Australia 44 755 6 Sunder Nix nbsp United States 44 756 2 Sunday Uti nbsp Nigeria 44 937 3 Innocent Egbunike nbsp Nigeria 45 35 8 Bertland Cameron nbsp Jamaica DNSIn popular culture editIn the UK TV show Little Britain character Denver Mills is credited as having won the silver medal in the 400 metres at the 1984 Olympics See also edit1982 Men s European Championships 400 metres Athens 1984 Men s Friendship Games 400 metres Moscow 1988 Men s Olympic 400 metres Seoul References edit Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games Men s 400 metres sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 3 August 2017 a b c d e 400 metres Men Olympedia Retrieved 4 August 2020 Official Report vol 2 pp 273 74 Official Report p 274 External links edit in English Results Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics Men 27s 400 metres amp oldid 1158623351, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
