2012 London Olympic Games

Men's 400m Updates - 2012 London Olympic Games

Men's 400m Updates - 2012 London Olympic Games

Jul 22, 2012 by Ryan Sterner
Men's 400m Updates - 2012 London Olympic Games
KIRANI JAMES 43.94!!

Kirani James blasts his through the last 200m and wins by a sizeable margin in a fantastic field. The final saw seven men dip under the 45 second mark, and James under the 44 second mark--only the 10th man to do it and the first non-American to do it. James gold is also the first for his home country of Grenada.

Michael Johnson on Kirani James, "he could very well be the guy to break my world record."

Final Start List:

Lane Bib Athlete Country SB 2012 PB
2 1132 Jonathan Borlée  BEL 44.43 44.43
3 1060 Steven Solomon  AUS 44.97 44.97
4 3044 Lalonde Gordon  TRI 44.58 44.58
5 2005 Kirani James  GRN 44.59 44.36
6 1100 Chris Brown  BAH 44.67 44.40
7 1564 Luguelín Santos  DOM 44.45 44.45
8 1108 Demetrius Pinder  BAH 44.77 44.77
9 1133 Kévin Borlée  BEL 44.56 44.56






Semi-Final Updates: 

(first two in each heat advance to final)
The XXX Olympic Games 
London (GBR) - Sunday, Aug 05, 2012
400 Metres - M SEMI-FINAL
Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.
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Heat 1
05 August 2012 - 20:40
Position Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark . React
1 7 3044 Lalonde Gordon TRI 44.58 Q (PB) 0.168
2 5 1108 Demetrius Pinder BAH 44.94 Q . 0.161
3 6 1060 Steven Solomon AUS 44.97 q (PB) 0.188
4 9 2968 Rabah Yousif SUD 45.13 (=PB) 0.178
5 4 1519 Pavel Maslák CZE 45.15 . 0.166
6 2 2124 Tabarie Henry ISV 45.19 (SB) 0.167
7 8 2835 Pavel Trenikhin RUS 45.35 . 0.198
8 3 1842 Conrad Williams GBR 45.53 . 0.153
 
Heat 2
05 August 2012 - 20:48
Position Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark . React
1 7 2005 Kirani James GRN 44.59 Q (SB) 0.170
2 6 1100 Chris Brown BAH 44.67 Q (SB) 0.174
3 4 1132 Jonathan Borlée BEL 44.99 q . 0.164
4 9 3235 Tony McQuay USA 45.31 . 0.230
5 8 2806 Maksim Dyldin RUS 45.39 . 0.168
6 3 1816 Nigel Levine GBR 45.64 . 0.146
7 2 3345 Albert Bravo VEN 46.22 . 0.185
8 5 2790 Oscar Pistorius RSA 46.54 . 0.254
 
Heat 3
05 August 2012 - 20:56
Position Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark . React
1 5 1564 Luguelín Santos DOM 44.78 Q . 0.155
2 4 1133 Kévin Borlée BEL 44.84 Q . 0.147
3 6 3241 Bryshon Nellum USA 45.02 . 0.173
4 8 1105 Ramon Miller BAH 45.11 . 0.190
5 7 1831 Martyn Rooney GBR 45.31 . 0.186
6 2 2177 Dane Hyatt JAM 45.59 . 0.159
7 9 2374 Yousef Ahmed Masrahi KSA 45.91 . 0.146
8 3 2078 Liemarvin Bonevacia IOA 1:36.42 . 0.153



Update: Aug 4, 10:40pm CT

SEMI FINAL START LISTS
Heat 1
Lane Bib Athlete PB SB +
2 2124 Virgin Islands, US HENRY Tabarie 44.77      45.20 +
3 1842 Great Britain WILLIAMS Conrad 45.08      45.08 +
4 1519 Czech Republic MASLAK Pavel 44.91      44.91 +
5 1108 Bahamas PINDER Demetrius 44.77      44.77 +
6 1060 Australia SOLOMON Steven 45.18      45.18 +
7 3044 Trinidad and Tobago GORDON Lalonde 45.02      45.02 +
8 2835 Russian Federation TRENIKHIN Pavel 45.00      45.00 +
9 2968 Sudan YOUSIF Rabah 45.13      45.30 +
Heat 2
Lane Bib Athlete PB SB +
2 3345 Venezuela BRAVO Albert 45.61      45.61 +
3 1816 Great Britain LEVINE Nigel 45.11      45.11 +
4 1132 Belgium BORLEE Jonathan 44.43      44.43 +
5 2790 South Africa PISTORIUS Oscar 45.07      45.44 +
6 1100 Bahamas BROWN Chris 44.40      44.95 +
7 2005 Grenada JAMES Kirani 44.36      44.72 +
8 2806 Russian Federation DYLDIN Maksim 45.01      45.01 +
9 3235 United States of America MCQUAY Tony 44.49      44.49 +
Heat 3
Lane Bib Athlete PB SB +
2 2177 Jamaica HYATT Dane 44.83      44.83 +
3 2078 Independent Olympic Athletes BONEVACIA Liemarvin 45.60      45.60 +
4 1133 Belgium BORLEE Kevin 44.56      44.56 +
5 1564 Dominican Republic SANTOS Luguelin 44.45      44.45 +
6 3241 United States of America NELLUM Bryshon 44.80      44.80 +
7 1831 Great Britain ROONEY Martyn 44.60      44.92 +
8 1105 Bahamas MILLER Ramon 44.87      44.87 +
9 2374 Saudi Arabia MASRAHI Yousef Ahmed 45.43      45.43

LASHAWN MERRIT OUT WITH INJURY!
400 Meter First Round 
Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest times (q) qualified.
FULL RESULTS

Heat 1: Luguelin Santos of Dominican Republic wins comfortably in a surprisingly quick time of 45.04. Oscar Pistorious finishes second to advance to the semi-finals easing up at the end to run a great time of 45.44. Trinidad's best 400 meter man, Renny Quow, did not start.

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Heat 2: Kirani James of Grenada (NCAA champ at Alabama) highlighted the second heat by making up the majority of the stagger around 200 meters, but in second with 100 to go. James easily pulled away from the field in the final straightaway to win in 45.23. Two collegiates in the race were Deon Lendore of Trinidad (Texas A&M, 5th in 45.81) and Daundre Barnaby of Canada (Miss St, 6th in 46.04).

Heat 3: Jonathan Borlee from Belgium, the former Florida State All-American, blazed to the #2 time in the world this year running 44.43. The time was a new Beligian national record. His previous personal best was 44.71 and best time this year was 44.88. He wasn't the only standout from the heat as second place was 44.91 (Pavel Maslak of Czech Republic, National Record) and third at 45.00 (Pavel Trenikhin of Russia). Donald Sanford, ASU grad, finish 5th in 45.71 running for Israel

Heat 4: Demetrius Pinder of the Bahamas (Texas A&M grad) dominates the section in 44.92. USA's Bryshon Nellum finishes second in 45.29 to continue his dream season. Another Texas A&M grad, Tabarie Henry, finishes 4th in 45.43 fading in the final 60 meters running for US Virgin Islands.

Heat 5: Chris Brown of the Bahamas holds off USA's Tony McQuay (Florida grad, NCAA Champ) as McQuay came of the curve in 3rd and charged the final 100 meters looking to his left at Brown as they both qualify (45.40 to 45.48). Jamaica's Jermaine Gonzales, who ran 44.40 in 2010, finished a disappointing 6th in 46.21.

Heat 6: LaShawn Merritt shocked everyone by pulling out of the blocks slowly and pulling off the track on the back stretch. The dream of defending his Olympic title washing away with an achilles injury that he had in Monaco. After attention focused back to the track, Lalonde Gordan of Trinidad led until the final straight when Aussie Steven Solomon took over, winning in 45.18 (Gordan 45.43). Solomon will be heading to Stanford in the fall. In a post race interview, Merritt said he will look to get ready for 2013 World Champs hinting that he will be pulling out of the 4x400 here in london.

Heat 7: Kevin Borlee caps of the Belgian twins presence in the opening rounds winning his section in 45.14. GB's Martyn Rooney looked good in the closing 100 to finish second in 45.36. Erison Hurtault, a Columbia grad running for Dominica, finished 5th in 46.05.



last updated: July 18th at 6:05pm CT


Men's 400 Quick Hits
2012 London Olympic Games


400 Meter Schedule:
Day 2, Aug 4th - Round 1 (4:35am CT) - qualifying procedure TBA
Day 3, Aug 5th - Semi-final (2:40pm CT) - qualifying procedure TBA
Day 4, Aug 6th - Finals (3:30pm CT)

400 Meter Records:
World Record - 43.18 - Michael Johnson (USA) 26 August 1999
Olympic Record - 43.49 - Michael Johnson (USA) 29 July 1996
American Record - 43.19 - Michael Johnson 26 August 1999

The Favorites: (personal best/season best)
1. LaShawn Merritt, United States (43.75/44.12) - Reigning Olympic Champ, runner up at WC 2011
2. Kirani James, Grenada (44.36/44.72) - 2011 World Champion.
3. Luguelin Santos (44.45/44.45) - His young, but he's fast. 2012 World Junior Champion

The Americans:
1. LaShawn Merritt (43.75/44.12) - 2008 Olympic Champ
2. Tony McQuay (44.49/44.49) - 2011 World Champion team member
3. Bryshon Nellum (44.80/44.80) - First Olympic Team

Past 400 Olympic Results: (from wiki)

2000 Olympic Games
1 Michael Johnson United States United States 6 0.610 s 43.84 s
2 Alvin Harrison United States United States 4 0.490 s 44.40 s
3 Gregory Haughton Jamaica Jamaica 8 0.346 s 44.70 s SB
4 Sanderlei Claro Parrela Brazil Brazil 2 0.280 s 45.01 s
5 Robert Mackowiak Poland Poland 1 0.232 s 45.14 s
6 Hendrick Mokganyetsi South Africa South Africa 7 0.442 s 45.26 s
7 Danny McFarlane Jamaica Jamaica 2 0.332 s 45.55 s
DISQ Antonio Pettigrew United States United States 5 0.576 s 45.42 s



 
2004 Olympic Games
1 Jeremy Wariner United States 44.00 PB
2 Otis Harris United States 44.16 PB
3 Derrick Brew United States 44.42 PB
4 Alleyne Francique Grenada 44.66
5 Brandon Simpson Jamaica 44.76 PB
6 Davian Clarke Jamaica 44.83 PB
7 Leslie Djhone France 44.94  
8 Michael Blackwood Jamaica 45.55







 

2008 Olympic Games
1 4 LaShawn Merritt United States 43.75 0.318  
2 7 Jeremy Wariner United States 44.74 0.209  
3 9 David Neville United States 44.80 0.293  
4 5 Chris Brown Bahamas 44.84 0.231  
5 6 Leslie Djhone France 45.11 0.164  
6 8 Martyn Rooney Great Britain 45.12 0.208  
7 2 Renny Quow Trinidad and Tobago 45.22 0.201  
8 3 Johan Wissman Sweden 45.39 0.218