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

Event:Men's 400 metres hurdles
Games:2000 Summer
Venue:Stadium Australia
Date:24 September 2000 (quarterfinals)
25 September 2000 (semifinals)
27 September 2000 (final)
Competitors:62
Nations:45
Win Value:47.50
Longnames:yes
Gold:Angelo Taylor
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Hadi Souan Somayli
Silvernoc:KSA
Bronze:Llewellyn Herbert
Bronzenoc:RSA
Prev:1996
Next:2004

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.[1] There were 62 competitors from 45 nations. The event was won by 0.03 seconds by Angelo Taylor of the United States, the nation's fifth consecutive and 17th overall victory in the event. Saudi Arabia and South Africa each earned their first medals in the men's 400 metres hurdles, as Hadi Souan Somayli took silver and Llewellyn Herbert received bronze.

Background

This was the 22nd time the event was held. It had been introduced along with the men's 200 metres hurdles in 1900, with the 200 being dropped after 1904 and the 400 being held through 1908 before being left off the 1912 programme. However, when the Olympics returned in 1920 after World War I, the men's 400 metres hurdles was back and would continue to be contested at every Games thereafter.

Four of the eight finalists from the 1996 Games returned: silver medalist Samuel Matete of Zambia, fifth-place finisher Rohan Robinson of Australia, sixth-place finisher Fabrizio Mori of Italy, and eighth-place finisher Eronilde de Araujo of Brazil. Mori had won the 1999 World Championship, but Angelo Taylor of the United States and Llewellyn Herbert of South Africa were the favorites.[2]

Belarus, Chinese Taipei, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, Namibia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 21st appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

See main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run 49.90 seconds or faster during the qualification period. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run 50.20 seconds or faster could be entered.[3]

Competition format

The competition used the three-round format used every Games since 1908 (except the four-round competition in 1952): quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The number of semifinals was expanded from 2 to 3. Ten sets of hurdles were set on the course. The hurdles were 3 feet (91.5 centimetres) tall and were placed 35 metres apart beginning 45 metres from the starting line, resulting in a 40 metres home stretch after the last hurdle. The 400 metres track was standard.

There were 8 quarterfinal heats with 7 or 8 athletes each. The top 2 men in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals along with the next fastest 8 overall. The 24 semifinalists were divided into 3 semifinals of 8 athletes each, with the top 2 in each semifinal and the next 2 fastest overall advancing to the 8-man final.[2]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

DateTimeRound
Sunday, 24 September 2000 18:15 Quarterfinals
Monday, 25 September 2000 19:45 Semifinals
Wednesday, 27 September 2000 20:35 Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank LaneAthlete NationReaction Time Notes
18Llewellyn Herbert0.17149.25
27Thomas Goller0.15449.32
33Ruslan Mashchenko0.25550.01
44Rohan Robinson0.17350.80
55Willie Smith0.15650.89
66Carlos Zbinden0.18051.36
72Victor Houston0.17951.51

Quarterfinal 2

Rank LaneAthlete NationReaction Time Notes
15Fabrizio Mori0.16249.35
28Boris Gorban0.19549.44
34Félix Sánchez0.14249.70
46Blair Young0.19349.75
52Tien-Wen Chen0.18049.93,
63Erick Keter0.26950.06,
71Kazuhiko Yamazaki0.17750.15
87Yvon Rakotoarimiandry0.18550.15

Quarterfinal 3

Rank LaneAthlete NationReaction Time Notes
18Angelo Taylor0.18549.48
26Dinsdale Morgan0.17149.64
34Ibou Faye0.18850.09
47Arijan Raja Ratnayake0.34650.43
55Erkinjon Isakov0.18250.71
63Hillary Kiprotich Maritim0.18051.04
72Sylvester Omodiale0.18951.06

Quarterfinal 4

Rank LaneAthlete NationReaction Time Notes
18Jiri Muzik0.21650.11
26Eric Thomas0.17050.16
31Periklis Iakovakis0.16550.20
44Hideaki Kawamura0.17250.68
57Vadim Zadoinov0.17351.08
62Mustapha Sdad0.21651.39
73Tom McGuirk0.18351.73
85Lee Du-yeon0.19252.61

Quarterfinal 5

Rank LaneAthlete NationReaction Time Notes
13Christopher Rawlinson0.18451.30
22Paweł Januszewski0.16351.40
37Tibor Bedi0.16951.54
45Kenneth Harnden0.43551.83
54Leonid Vershinin0.15151.84
61Darko Juricic0.16752.39
76Zahr-el-Din El-Najem0.16052.70
88Iliya Dzhivondov0.27954.36

Quarterfinal 6

Rank LaneAthlete NationReaction Time Notes
11Hadi Souan Somayli0.17449.28
27James Carter0.17449.41
36Alwyn Myburgh0.18449.57
45Pedro Rodrigues0.16249.90
54Anthony Borsumato0.15550.73
63Costas Pochanis0.24451.20
78Matthew Beckenham0.17651.27
82Ian Weakley0.17952.18

Quarterfinal 7

Rank LaneAthlete NationReaction Time Notes
11Samuel Matete0.18448.98
25Gennadiy Gorbenko0.40649.12,
38Matt Douglas0.16349.62
47Kemel Thompson0.24150.40
53Zid Abou Hamed0.11750.74
66Paul Tucker0.35450.92
72Radoslav Holubek0.12751.18
84Mowen Boino0.40651.28

Quarterfinal 8

Rank LaneAthlete NationReaction Time Notes
18Eronilde de Araújo0.17950.06
26Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli0.17950.27
34Vladislav Shiryayev0.17950.39
45Inigo Monreal0.50251.32
57Sinisa Pesa0.16552.14
62Curt Young0.16452.46
73Iain Harnden0.28754.01
81Dai Tamesue0.256data-sort-value=61.811:01.81

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank LaneAthlete NationReaction Time Notes
16Hadi Souan Somayli0.31648.14,
24Fabrizio Mori48.40,
35Gennadiy Gorbenko0.47848.40,
47Paweł Januszewski0.24448.42,
52Eric Thomas0.18849.25
63Thomas Goller0.15249.28
71Pedro Rodrigues0.16349.48
88Tien-Wen Chen0.18250.52

Semifinal 2

Rank LaneAthlete NationReaction Time Notes
14Llewellyn Herbert0.15348.38
23Angelo Taylor0.25048.49
37Ruslan Mashchenko0.17748.49
48Blair Young0.25549.20
55Jiri Muzik0.27749.23
66Chris Rawlinson0.17749.25
71Félix Sánchez0.17849.69
82Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli0.24250.10

Semifinal 3

Rank LaneAthlete NationReaction Time Notes
13James Carter0.20248.48
24Eronilde de Araújo0.18148.76
36Samuel Matete0.22848.98
41Alwyn Myburgh0.20249.25
55Boris Gorban0.45449.29
68Matt Douglas0.17749.53
72Dinsdale Morgan0.16650.23
87Erick Keter0.20251.25

Final

Rank LaneAthlete NationReaction Time Notes
1Angelo Taylor0.17947.50
4Hadi Souan Somayli0.43747.53
6Llewellyn Herbert0.16947.81
45James Carter0.42148.04
58Eronilde de Araújo0.19048.34
62Paweł Januszewski0.14948.44
73Fabrizio Mori0.19848.78
87Gennadiy Gorbenko0.39549.01

Results summary

RankAthleteNationQuarterfinals Semifinals Final Notes
Angelo Taylor49.48 48.49 47.50
Hadi Souan Somayli49.28 48.14 47.53
Llewellyn Herbert49.25 48.38 47.81
4James Carter49.41 48.48 48.04
5Eronilde de Araújo50.06 48.76 48.34
6Paweł Januszewski51.40 48.42 48.44
7Fabrizio Mori49.35 48.40 48.78
8Gennadiy Gorbenko49.12 48.80 49.01
9Ruslan Mashchenko50.01 48.94 Did not advance
10Samuel Matete49.98 48.98
11Blair Young49.75 49.20
12Jiri Muzik50.11 49.23
13Alwyn Myburgh49.57 49.25
Chris Rawlinson51.30 49.25
Eric Thomas50.16 49.25
16Thomas Goller49.32 49.28
17Boris Gorban49.44 49.29
18Pedro Rodrigues49.90 49.48
19Matt Douglas49.62 49.53
20Félix Sánchez49.70 49.69
21Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli50.27 50.10
22Dinsdale Morgan49.64 50.23
23Tien-Wen Chen49.93 50.52
24Erick Keter50.06 51.25
25Ibou Faye50.09 Did not advance
26Yvon Rakotoarimiandry50.15
Kazuhiko Yamazaki50.15
28Periklis Iakovakis50.20
29Vladislav Shiryayev50.39
30Kemel Thompson50.40
31Arijan Raja Ratnayake50.43
32Hideaki Kawamura50.68
33Erkinjon Isakov50.71
34Anthony Borsumato50.73
35Zid Abou Hamed50.74
36Rohan Robinson50.80
37Willie Smith50.89
38Paul Tucker50.92
39Hillary Kiprotich Maritim51.04
40Sylvester Omodiale51.06
41Vadim Zadoinov51.08
42Radoslav Holubek51.18
43Costas Pochanis51.20
44Matthew Beckenham51.27
45Inigo Monreal51.32
46Carlos Zbinden51.36
47Mowen Boino51.28
48Mustapha Sdad51.39
49Victor Houston51.51
50Tibor Bedi51.54
51Tom McGuirk51.73
52Kenneth Harnden51.83
53Leonid Vershinin51.84
54Sinisa Pesa52.14
55Ian Weakley52.18
56Darko Juricic52.39
57Curt Young52.46
58Du-Yeon Lee52.61
59Zahr-Edin Al Najem52.70
60Iain Harnden54.01
61Iliya Dzhivondov54.36
62Dai Tamesuedata-sort-value=61.811:01.81

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Hurdles . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175300/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/mens-400-metres-hurdles.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 8 October 2017 . Sports Reference.
  2. Web site: 400 metres Hurdles, Men . Olympedia . 20 January 2021.
  3. http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/tfn_pdfs/ogqualifying_standards.pdf{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}