Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres
Men's 400 metres at the Games of the V Olympiad | ||||||||||
Reidpath winning gold with Braun in the foreground. | ||||||||||
Venue | Stockholm Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
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Dates | July 12 (heats, semifinals) July 13 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 49 from 16 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics ![]() | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | |
200 m | men | |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
4×100 m relay | men | |
4×400 m relay | men | |
3000 m team race | men | |
10 km walk | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | |
Pole vault | men | |
Standing long jump | men | |
Standing high jump | men | |
Shot put | men | |
Discus throw | men | |
Hammer throw | men | |
Javelin throw | men | |
2-hand shot put | men | |
2-hand discus | men | |
2-hand javelin | men | |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | men | |
Decathlon | men | |
Cross-country events | ||
Individual | men | |
Team | men |
The men's 400 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Friday, July 12, 1912 and on Saturday, July 13, 1912.
Forty-nine runners from 16 nations competed.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 47.8(*) | ![]() |
New York (USA) | September 29, 1900 |
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Olympic Record | 48.4(**) | ![]() |
London (GBR) | July 22, 1908 |
(*) unofficial 440 yards (= 402.34 m)
(**) This track was 536.45 metres= 1⁄3 mile in circumference.
The Olympic record of 48.4 seconds, set at the previous Olympics, fell in the final. Charles Reidpath broke the record with a 48.2 second performance. Hanns Braun also broke the old record and Edward Lindberg tied it, en route to silver and bronze medals, respectively.
Results
Heats
All heats were held on Friday, July 12, 1912.
Heat 1
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() | 50.6 | QS |
2 | ![]() | 50.7 | QS |
3 | ![]() | ||
4 | ![]() |
Heat 2
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() | 1:06.6 | QS |
2 | ![]() | 1:06.6 | QS |
Heat 3
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() | 50.6 | QS |
2 | ![]() | QS | |
3 | ![]() |
Heat 4
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() | 55.4 | QS |
2 | ![]() | 55.5 | QS |
Heat 5
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() | 50.2 | QS |
2 | ![]() | 50.4 | QS |
3 | ![]() | ||
4 | ![]() |
Heat 6
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() | 1:01.6 | QS |
Heat 7
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() | 50.4 | QS |
2 | ![]() | 50.5 | QS |
3 | ![]() |
Heat 8
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() | 50.8 | QS |
2 | ![]() | 51.0 | QS |
3 | ![]() |
Heat 9
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() | 51.4 | QS |
2 | ![]() | 51.6 | QS |
3 | ![]() | 51.7 | |
4 | ![]() |
Heat 10
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() | 50.6 | QS |
2 | ![]() | QS | |
3 | ![]() |
Heat 11
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() | 50.2 | QS |
2 | ![]() | QS | |
3 | ![]() | ||
4 | ![]() |
Heat 12
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() | 50.0 | QS |
2 | ![]() | QS | |
3 | ![]() | ||
4 | ![]() | ||
5 | ![]() | ||
6 | ![]() |
Heat 13
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() | 55.4 | QS |
2 | ![]() | 1:01.2 | QS |
Heat 14
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() | 51.5 | QS |
2 | ![]() | QS | |
— | ![]() | Disqualified |
Heat 15
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() | 51.1 | QS |
2 | ![]() | 51.2 | QS |
3 | ![]() | ||
4 | ![]() | ||
5 | ![]() |
Semifinals
All semi-finals were held on Friday, July 12, 1912.
Semifinal 1
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() | 48.7 | QF |
2 | ![]() | ||
3 | ![]() | ||
4 | ![]() | ||
5 | ![]() | ||
— | ![]() | Did not start |
Semifinal 2
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() | 48.9 | QF |
2 | ![]() | 50.2 | |
3 | ![]() | ||
— | ![]() | Did not finish | |
![]() | Did not finish | ||
![]() | Did not finish |
Semifinal 3
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() | 48.8 | QF |
2 | ![]() | 48.9 | |
3 | ![]() | 50.5 | |
4 | ![]() | 50.5 | |
5 | ![]() | ||
6 | ![]() |
Semifinal 4
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() | 49.7 | QF |
2 | ![]() | ||
3 | ![]() | ||
— | ![]() | Did not finish | |
![]() | Did not finish | ||
![]() | Did not start |
Semifinal 5
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() | 49.2 | QF |
2 | ![]() | ||
3 | ![]() | ||
4 | ![]() | ||
— | ![]() | Disqualified |
Final
The final was held on Saturday, July 13, 1912.
Place | Athlete | Time |
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1 | ![]() | 48.2 OR |
2 | ![]() | 48.3 |
3 | ![]() | 48.4 |
4 | ![]() | 49.2 |
5 | ![]() | 49.5 |
References
- sports-reference.com
- Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.)., ed. The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 27 August 2006.