Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Interior view of the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, where the Men's 400m hurdles took place.
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates15 August 2016 (heats)
16 August 2016 (semifinal)
18 August 2016 (final)
Competitors48 from 33 nations
Winning time47.73
Medalists
   United States
   Kenya
   Turkey
Athletics at the
2016 Summer Olympics
List of athletes
Qualification
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 15–18 August at the Olympic Stadium.[1]

Summary

There were several major absences from the competition: the 2012 Olympic champion Félix Sánchez did not return to defend his title as he had retired, Johnny Dutch (the world-leading athlete that season) had faltered at the American Olympic Trials, and the 2015 World Championships runner-up Denis Kudryavtsev was ineligible due to the Russian team ban for doping. The top contender was Kerron Clement – the 2008 Olympic medallist showing a return of form to place second on the world rankings. The 2012 Olympic minor medallists Javier Culson of Puerto Rico and American Michael Tinsley were other strong entrants, as was the 2016 European Champion Yasmani Copello of Turkey. Nicholas Bett (Kenya's reigning world champion) was present but ranked outside the world's top forty.[2][3]

The final started with a false start. Javier Culson realized his mistake and walked off the track in tears before the disqualification card could be shown to him. On the restart, Yasmani Copello, the Cuban free agent running for Turkey in lane 2 was the first over the first hurdles. By the third barrier, Kerron Clement in 5, Annsert Whyte in 6 and Boniface Mucheru Tumuti in 7 had pulled even. Through the next two hurdles, Clement edged ahead with Whyte just marginally behind him. Through the final turn, Clement pushed his lead out to half a stride over Whyte, with Tumuti very close to Whyte on the outside. By the ninth barrier, Tumuti pulled even with Whyte. Clement was already on the ground after the hurdle before Copello began to rise. Another stride back in a battle to stay out of last place was Thomas Barr. But through what remained of the home straight, Clement began to come back to the field as Tumuti pulled ahead of Whyte, while Barr and Copello was making a final charge at all three. In the run in, Clement strained to successfully hold off Tumuti, to take the gold, while Copello closed strongly, barely holding off a late rush by Barr for bronze as Whyte faded.[4]

Behind Clement, all the other athletes set national records for their countries except last place Haron Koech, who watched Tumuti take the Kenyan record in front of him and Whyte.[5]

The medals were presented by Issa Hayatou, IOC member, Cameroon and Víctor López, Council Member of the IAAF.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Kevin Young (USA) 46.78 Barcelona, Spain 6 August 1992
Olympic record
2016 World leading  Johnny Dutch (USA) 48.10 Kingston, Jamaica 11 June 2016
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa (records) 47.10 Samuel Matete  Zambia
Asia (records) 47.53 Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily  Saudi Arabia
Europe (records) 47.37 Stephane Diagana  France
North, Central America
and Caribbean
(records)
46.78 WR Kevin Young  United States
Oceania (records) 48.28 Rohan Robinson  Australia
South America (records) 47.84 Bayano Kamani  Panama

The following national records were established during the competition:

Country Athlete Round Time Notes
Algeria  Abdelmalik Lahoulou (ALG) Heats 48.62 s
Norway  Karsten Warholm (NOR) Heats 48.49 s
Finland  Oskari Mörö (FIN) Heats 49.04 s
Seychelles  Ned Justeen Azemia (SEY) Heats 50.74 s
Ireland  Thomas Barr (IRL) Semifinals 48.39 s
Kenya  Boniface Mucheru Tumuti (KEN) Final 47.78 s
Turkey  Yasmani Copello (TUR) Final 47.92 s
Ireland  Thomas Barr (IRL) Final 47.97 s
Estonia  Rasmus Mägi (EST) Final 48.40 s

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-3)

Date Time Round
Monday, 15 August 2016 11:35Heats
Tuesday, 16 August 2016 21:35Semifinals
Thursday, 18 August 2016 12:00Finals

Results

Round 1

Qualification rules: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes[6]
1 8 Abdelmalik Lahoulou Algeria 48.62 Q, NR
2 7 Boniface Mucheru Tumuti Kenya 48.91 Q
3 2 Kerron Clement United States 49.17 Q
4 4 Yuki Matsushita Japan 49.60
5 5 Miles Ukaoma Nigeria 49.84
6 3 Marcio Teles Brazil 50.41
7 6 Jeffery Gibson Bahamas 52.77

Heat 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Yasmani Copello Turkey 49.52 Q
2 6 Eric Alejandro Puerto Rico 49.54 Q
3 1 Mahau Suguimati Brazil 49.77 Q
4 8 Jaak-Heinrich Jagor Estonia 49.78
5 2 Kariem Hussein Switzerland 49.80
6 7 Amadou Ndiaye Senegal 49.91
7 4 Martin Kucera Slovakia 51.47
8 3 Maoulida Daroueche Comoros 52.32

Heat 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Karsten Warholm Norway 48.49 Q, NR
2 3 Javier Culson Puerto Rico 48.53 Q, SB
3 8 Rasmus Mägi Estonia 48.55 Q, SB
4 7 Roxroy Cato Jamaica 48.56 q, SB
5 6 Miloud Rahmani Algeria 49.73
6 1 Dmitriy Koblov Kazakhstan 49.87
7 5 José Luis Gaspar Cuba 50.58
8 4 Ned Justeen Azemia Seychelles 50.74 NR

Heat 4

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Keisuke Nozawa Japan 48.62 Q, PB
2 3 Thomas Barr Ireland 48.93 Q, SB
3 8 Eric Cray Philippines 49.05 Q
4 4 Jaheel Hyde Jamaica 49.24 q
5 1 Sergio Fernandez Spain 49.31 q
6 5 Sebastian Rodger Great Britain 49.54
7 6 Le Roux Hamman South Africa 49.72
8 2 Jehue Gordon Trinidad and Tobago 49.90 SB

Heat 5

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Annsert Whyte Jamaica 48.37 Q, PB
2 7 Jack Green Great Britain 48.96 Q, SB
3 4 Byron Robinson United States 48.98 Q
4 5 Oskari Mörö Finland 49.04 q, NR
5 2 Michael Bultheel Belgium 49.37 q, SB
6 3 Kurt Couto Mozambique 49.74 SB
7 6 Lindsay Hanekom South Africa 50.22
8 Nicholas Kiplagat Bett Kenya DQ R168.7b

Heat 6

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Haron Koech Kenya 48.77 Q, PB
2 8 L.J. Van Zyl South Africa 49.12 Q
3 5 Andres Silva Uruguay 49.21 Q, SB
4 7 Jordin Andrade Cape Verde 49.35 q
5 6 Mohamed Sghaier Tunisia 50.09 SB
6 1 Michael Tinsley United States 50.18
7 3 Chen Chieh Chinese Taipei 50.65
8 2 Patryk Dobek Poland 50.66

Semifinals

Qualification rules: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 8 Kerron Clement United States 48.26 Q, SB
2 6 Boniface Mucheru Tumuti Kenya 48.85 Q, SB
3 1 Sergio Fernandez Spain 48.87
4 5 Abdelmalik Lahoulou Algeria 49.08
5 2 Jaheel Hyde Jamaica 49.17
6 3 Keisuke Nozawa Japan 49.20
7 7 Eric Cray Philippines 49.37
8 4 Jack Green Great Britain 49.54

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Annsert Whyte Jamaica 48.32 Q, PB
2 5 Javier Culson Puerto Rico 48.46 Q, SB
3 6 Yasmani Copello Turkey 48.61 q
4 7 Rasmus Mägi Estonia 48.64 q
5 3 L.J. Van Zyl South Africa 49.00
6 1 Jordin Andrade Cape Verde 49.32
7 2 Oskari Mörö Finland 49.75
8 8 Mahau Suguimati Brazil 49.77

Semifinal 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Thomas Barr Ireland 48.39 Q, NR
2 6 Haron Koech Kenya 48.49 Q, PB
3 7 Byron Robinson United States 48.65 PB
4 5 Karsten Warholm Norway 48.81
5 1 Michael Bultheel Belgium 49.46
6 8 Andres Silva Uruguay 49.75
7 3 Eric Alejandro Puerto Rico 49.95
2 Roxroy Cato Jamaica DQ R168.7a

Final

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 5 Kerron Clement United States 0.227 47.73 SB
2nd, silver medalist(s) 7 Boniface Mucheru Tumuti Kenya 0.165 47.78 NR
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 2 Yasmani Copello Turkey 0.186 47.92 NR
4 4 Thomas Barr Ireland 0.191 47.97 NR
5 6 Annsert Whyte Jamaica 0.167 48.07 PB
6 1 Rasmus Mägi Estonia 0.182 48.40 NR
7 8 Haron Koech Kenya 0.159 49.09
3 Javier Culson Puerto Rico N/A DQ R162.7

See also

References

  1. "Men's 400m hurdles". Rio 2016 Organisation. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. Minshull, Phil (2016-08-10). Preview: men's 400m hurdles – Rio 2016 Olympic Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-14.
  3. senior outdoor 2016 400 Metres Hurdles men. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-14.
  4. "Kerron Clement captures gold in 400 hurdles". USA Today. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  5. "Rio Olympics 2016: Kerron Clement ends wait for 400m hurdles gold". BBC Sport. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  6. "400 Metres Hurdles - M. Heats". rio2016.com. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
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