2016 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Men's 400m | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 13 - Final | |||
 |  RSASouth Africa | Wayde van Niekerk | 43.03 OR/WR |
 |  GRNGrenada | Kirani James | 43.76 |
 |  USAUnited States | LaShawn Merritt | 43.85 |
| 4 |  TRITrinidad and Tobago | Machel Cedenio | 44.01 |
| 5 |  BOTBotswana | Karabo Sibanda | 44.25 |
| 6 |  BRNBahrain | Ali Khamis Khamis | 44.36 |
| 7 | GRNGrenada | Bralon Taplin | 44.45 |
| 8 |  GBRGreat Britain | Matthew Hudson-Smith | 44.61 |
| 9 | USAUnited States | Gil Roberts | 44.65 |
| 10 |  DOMDominican Republic | Luguelín Santos | 44.71 |
| 11 |  BAHBahamas | Steven Gardiner | 44.72 |
| 12 |  JAMJamaica | Javon Francis | 44.96 |
| 13 |  CUBCuba | Yoandys Lescay | 45.00 |
| 14 |  CRCCosta Rica | Nery Brenes | 45.02 |
| 15 |  NEDNetherlands | Liemarvin Bonevacia | 45.03 |
| 16 |  CZECzechia | Pavel Maslák | 45.06 |
| 17 |  SLOSlovenia | Luka Janezic | 45.07 |
| 18 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | Lalonde Gordon | 45.13 |
| 19 |  POLPoland | Rafal Omelko | 45.28 |
| 20 | USAUnited States | David Verburg | 45.61 |
| 21 | JAMJamaica | Rusheen McDonald | 46.12 |
| 22 | BOTBotswana | Isaac Makwala | 46.60 |
| 23 |  QATQatar | Abdalelah Haroun | 46.66 |
| 24 | BOTBotswana | Baboloki Tirelo Thebe | DNS |
| 25 | BAHBahamas | Chris Brown | 45.56 |
| 26 | GBRGreat Britain | Martyn Rooney | 45.60 |
| 27 | JAMJamaica | Fitzroy Dunkley | 45.66 |
| 28 |  GUYGuyana | Winston George | 45.77 |
| 29 |  BELBelgium | Kevin Borlée | 45.90 |
| 30 |  UKRUkraine | Vitaliy Butrym | 45.92 |
| 31 |  INDIndia | Mohammed Anas | 45.95 |
| 32 | BELBelgium | Jonathan Borlée | 46.01 |
| 33 |  ISRIsrael | Donald Blair-Sanford | 46.06 |
| 34 |  ITAItaly | Matteo Galvan | 46.07 |
| 35 |  KENKenya | Raymond Kibet | 46.15 |
| 35 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | Deon Lendore | 46.15 |
| 35 |  VENVenezuela | Alberth Bravo | 46.15 |
| 38 |  JPNJapan | Julian Walsh | 46.37 |
| 39 |  COLColombia | Diego Palomeque | 46.48 |
| 40 | KENKenya | Alexander Lerionka Sampao | 46.62 |
| 41 |  BRABrazil | Hederson Estefani | 46.68 |
| 42 | KENKenya | Alphas Leken Kishoyian | 46.74 |
| 43 | DOMDominican Republic | Gustavo Cuesta | 46.92 |
| 44 |  NGRNigeria | Orukpe Erayokan | 47.42 |
| 45 |  VINSaint Vincent and Grenadines | Brandon Valentine-Parris | 47.62 |
| 46 |  PAKPakistan | Mehboob Ali | 48.37 |
| 47 | JPNJapan | Yuzo Kanemaru | 48.38 |
| 48 |  CHAChad | Bachir Mahamat | 48.59 |
| 49 |  NIGNiger | Djibo Idrissa Ousseini | 50.06 |
| 50 |  EORRefugee Olympic Team | James Chiengjiek | 52.89 |
| BAHBahamas | Alonzo Russell | DSQ | |
| BRNBahrain | Abbas Abubakar Abbas | DSQ | |
 EGYEgypt | Anas Beshr | DSQ | |
| INDIndia | Y Muhammed Anas | ||
| Men's 400m, Round 1, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 13 - Final | |||
| 1 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | Machel Cedenio | 44.98 Q |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Gil Roberts | 45.27 Q |
| 3 | CUBCuba | Yoandys Lescay | 45.36 Q |
| 4 | JAMJamaica | Fitzroy Dunkley | 45.66 |
| 5 | BELBelgium | Kevin Borlée | 45.90 |
| 6 | VENVenezuela | Alberth Bravo | 46.15 |
| 7 | KENKenya | Alexander Lerionka Sampao | 46.62 |
| 8 | NIGNiger | Djibo Idrissa Ousseini | 50.06 |
| Men's 400m, Round 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 13 - Final | |||
| 1 | GRNGrenada | Kirani James | 44.93 Q |
| 2 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | Machel Cedenio | 44.98 Q |
| 3 | BRNBahrain | Ali Khamis Khamis | 45.12 Q |
| 4 | GRNGrenada | Bralon Taplin | 45.15 Q |
| 5 | JAMJamaica | Rusheen McDonald | 45.22 Q |
| 6 | BAHBahamas | Steven Gardiner | 45.24 Q |
| 6 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | Lalonde Gordon | 45.24 Q |
| 8 | GBRGreat Britain | Matthew Hudson-Smith | 45.26 Q |
| 8 | RSASouth Africa | Wayde van Niekerk | 45.26 Q |
| 10 | USAUnited States | Gil Roberts | 45.27 Q |
| 11 | USAUnited States | LaShawn Merritt | 45.28 Q |
| 12 | SLOSlovenia | Luka Janezic | 45.33 Q |
| 13 | CUBCuba | Yoandys Lescay | 45.36 Q |
| 14 | BOTBotswana | Baboloki Tirelo Thebe | 45.41 Q |
| 15 | USAUnited States | David Verburg | 45.48 q |
| 16 | NEDNetherlands | Liemarvin Bonevacia | 45.49 Q |
| 17 | CRCCosta Rica | Nery Brenes | 45.53 Q |
| 18 | POLPoland | Rafal Omelko | 45.54 q |
| 19 | CZECzechia | Pavel Maslák | 45.54 q |
| 20 | BAHBahamas | Chris Brown | 45.56 |
| 20 | BOTBotswana | Karabo Sibanda | 45.56 Q |
| 22 | GBRGreat Britain | Martyn Rooney | 45.60 |
| 23 | DOMDominican Republic | Luguelín Santos | 45.61 Q |
| 24 | JAMJamaica | Fitzroy Dunkley | 45.66 |
| 25 | QATQatar | Abdalelah Haroun | 45.76 Q |
| 26 | GUYGuyana | Winston George | 45.77 |
| 27 | JAMJamaica | Javon Francis | 45.88 Q |
| 28 | BELBelgium | Kevin Borlée | 45.90 |
| 29 | BOTBotswana | Isaac Makwala | 45.91 Q |
| 30 | UKRUkraine | Vitaliy Butrym | 45.92 |
| 31 | INDIndia | Mohammed Anas | 45.95 |
| 32 | BELBelgium | Jonathan Borlée | 46.01 |
| 33 | ISRIsrael | Donald Blair-Sanford | 46.06 |
| 34 | ITAItaly | Matteo Galvan | 46.07 |
| 35 | KENKenya | Raymond Kibet | 46.15 |
| 35 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | Deon Lendore | 46.15 |
| 35 | VENVenezuela | Alberth Bravo | 46.15 |
| 38 | JPNJapan | Julian Walsh | 46.37 |
| 39 | COLColombia | Diego Palomeque | 46.48 |
| 40 | KENKenya | Alexander Lerionka Sampao | 46.62 |
| 41 | BRABrazil | Hederson Estefani | 46.68 |
| 42 | KENKenya | Alphas Leken Kishoyian | 46.74 |
| 43 | DOMDominican Republic | Gustavo Cuesta | 46.92 |
| 44 | NGRNigeria | Orukpe Erayokan | 47.42 |
| 45 | VINSaint Vincent and Grenadines | Brandon Valentine-Parris | 47.62 |
| 46 | PAKPakistan | Mehboob Ali | 48.37 |
| 47 | JPNJapan | Yuzo Kanemaru | 48.38 |
| 48 | CHAChad | Bachir Mahamat | 48.59 |
| 49 | NIGNiger | Djibo Idrissa Ousseini | 50.06 |
| 50 | EORRefugee Olympic Team | James Chiengjiek | 52.89 |
| BAHBahamas | Alonzo Russell | DSQ | |
| BRNBahrain | Abbas Abubakar Abbas | DSQ | |
| EGYEgypt | Anas Beshr | DSQ | |
| INDIndia | Y Muhammed Anas | ||
| Men's 400m, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 15 - Final | |||
| 1 | RSASouth Africa | Wayde van Niekerk | 43.03 OR/WR |
| 2 | GRNGrenada | Kirani James | 43.76 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | LaShawn Merritt | 43.85 |
| 4 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | Machel Cedenio | 44.01 |
| 5 | BOTBotswana | Karabo Sibanda | 44.25 |
| 6 | BRNBahrain | Ali Khamis Khamis | 44.36 |
| 7 | GRNGrenada | Bralon Taplin | 44.45 |
| 8 | GBRGreat Britain | Matthew Hudson-Smith | 44.61 |
| Men's 400m, Semifinal, Semifinal 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 13 - Final | |||
| 1 | GRNGrenada | Bralon Taplin | 44.44 Q |
| 2 | GBRGreat Britain | Matthew Hudson-Smith | 44.48 Q |
| 3 | BRNBahrain | Ali Khamis Khamis | 44.49 |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Gil Roberts | 44.65 |
| 5 | BAHBahamas | Steven Gardiner | 44.72 |
| 6 | CUBCuba | Yoandys Lescay | 45.00 |
| 7 | POLPoland | Rafal Omelko | 45.28 |
| 8 | BOTBotswana | Isaac Makwala | 46.60 |
| Men's 400m, Semifinal, Semifinal 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 13 - Final | |||
| 1 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | Machel Cedenio | 44.39 Q |
| 2 | RSASouth Africa | Wayde van Niekerk | 44.45 Q |
| 3 | CZECzechia | Pavel Maslák | 45.06 |
| 4 | SLOSlovenia | Luka Janezic | 45.07 |
| 5 | USAUnited States | David Verburg | 45.61 |
| 6 | JAMJamaica | Rusheen McDonald | 46.12 |
| 7 | QATQatar | Abdalelah Haroun | 46.66 |
| BOTBotswana | Baboloki Tirelo Thebe | DNS | |
| Men's 400m, Semifinal, Semifinal 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 13 - Final | |||
| 1 | GRNGrenada | Kirani James | 44.02 Q |
| 2 | USAUnited States | LaShawn Merritt | 44.21 Q |
| 3 | BOTBotswana | Karabo Sibanda | 44.47 |
| 4 | DOMDominican Republic | Luguelín Santos | 44.71 |
| 5 | JAMJamaica | Javon Francis | 44.96 |
| 6 | CRCCosta Rica | Nery Brenes | 45.02 |
| 7 | NEDNetherlands | Liemarvin Bonevacia | 45.03 |
| 8 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | Lalonde Gordon | 45.13 |
| Men's 400m, Semifinal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 13 - Final | |||
| 1 | GRNGrenada | Kirani James | 44.02 Q |
| 2 | USAUnited States | LaShawn Merritt | 44.21 Q |
| 3 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | Machel Cedenio | 44.39 Q |
| 4 | GRNGrenada | Bralon Taplin | 44.44 Q |
| 5 | RSASouth Africa | Wayde van Niekerk | 44.45 Q |
| 6 | BOTBotswana | Karabo Sibanda | 44.47 q |
| 7 | GBRGreat Britain | Matthew Hudson-Smith | 44.48 Q |
| 8 | BRNBahrain | Ali Khamis Khamis | 44.49 q |
| 9 | USAUnited States | Gil Roberts | 44.65 |
| 10 | DOMDominican Republic | Luguelín Santos | 44.71 |
| 11 | BAHBahamas | Steven Gardiner | 44.72 |
| 12 | JAMJamaica | Javon Francis | 44.96 |
| 13 | CUBCuba | Yoandys Lescay | 45.00 |
| 14 | CRCCosta Rica | Nery Brenes | 45.02 |
| 15 | NEDNetherlands | Liemarvin Bonevacia | 45.03 |
| 16 | CZECzechia | Pavel Maslák | 45.06 |
| 17 | SLOSlovenia | Luka Janezic | 45.07 |
| 18 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | Lalonde Gordon | 45.13 |
| 19 | POLPoland | Rafal Omelko | 45.28 |
| 20 | USAUnited States | David Verburg | 45.61 |
| 21 | JAMJamaica | Rusheen McDonald | 46.12 |
| 22 | BOTBotswana | Isaac Makwala | 46.60 |
| 23 | QATQatar | Abdalelah Haroun | 46.66 |
| BOTBotswana | Baboloki Tirelo Thebe | DNS | |
| Men's 400m, Round 1, Heat 7 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 13 - Final | |||
| 1 | BRNBahrain | Ali Khamis Khamis | 45.12 Q |
| 2 | BAHBahamas | Steven Gardiner | 45.24 Q |
| 3 | NEDNetherlands | Liemarvin Bonevacia | 45.49 Q |
| 4 | POLPoland | Rafal Omelko | 45.54 |
| 5 | CZECzechia | Pavel Maslák | 45.54 |
| 6 | INDIndia | Mohammed Anas | 45.95 |
| 7 | NGRNigeria | Orukpe Erayokan | 47.42 |
| 8 | JPNJapan | Yuzo Kanemaru | 48.38 |
| INDIndia | Y Muhammed Anas | ||
| Men's 400m, Round 1, Heat 6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 13 - Final | |||
| 1 | GRNGrenada | Kirani James | 44.93 Q |
| 2 | JAMJamaica | Rusheen McDonald | 45.22 Q |
| 3 | GBRGreat Britain | Matthew Hudson-Smith | 45.26 Q |
| 4 | USAUnited States | David Verburg | 45.48 |
| 5 | GUYGuyana | Winston George | 45.77 |
| 6 | COLColombia | Diego Palomeque | 46.48 |
| BRNBahrain | Abbas Abubakar Abbas | DSQ | |
| Men's 400m, Round 1, Heat 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 13 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | LaShawn Merritt | 45.28 Q |
| 2 | QATQatar | Abdalelah Haroun | 45.76 Q |
| 3 | BOTBotswana | Isaac Makwala | 45.91 Q |
| 4 | UKRUkraine | Vitaliy Butrym | 45.92 |
| 5 | ISRIsrael | Donald Blair-Sanford | 46.06 |
| 6 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | Deon Lendore | 46.15 |
| 7 | BRABrazil | Hederson Estefani | 46.68 |
| Men's 400m, Round 1, Heat 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 13 - Final | |||
| 1 | TRITrinidad and Tobago | Lalonde Gordon | 45.24 Q |
| 2 | SLOSlovenia | Luka Janezic | 45.33 Q |
| 3 | BOTBotswana | Baboloki Tirelo Thebe | 45.41 Q |
| 4 | BAHBahamas | Chris Brown | 45.56 |
| 5 | GBRGreat Britain | Martyn Rooney | 45.60 |
| 6 | JPNJapan | Julian Walsh | 46.37 |
| 7 | DOMDominican Republic | Gustavo Cuesta | 46.92 |
| 8 | EORRefugee Olympic Team | James Chiengjiek | 52.89 |
| Men's 400m, Round 1, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 13 - Final | |||
| 1 | RSASouth Africa | Wayde van Niekerk | 45.26 Q |
| 2 | DOMDominican Republic | Luguelín Santos | 45.61 Q |
| 3 | JAMJamaica | Javon Francis | 45.88 Q |
| 4 | BELBelgium | Jonathan Borlée | 46.01 |
| 5 | KENKenya | Alphas Leken Kishoyian | 46.74 |
| 6 | VINSaint Vincent and Grenadines | Brandon Valentine-Parris | 47.62 |
| BAHBahamas | Alonzo Russell | DSQ | |
| Men's 400m, Round 1, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 13 - Final | |||
| 1 | GRNGrenada | Bralon Taplin | 45.15 Q |
| 2 | CRCCosta Rica | Nery Brenes | 45.53 Q |
| 3 | BOTBotswana | Karabo Sibanda | 45.56 Q |
| 4 | ITAItaly | Matteo Galvan | 46.07 |
| 5 | KENKenya | Raymond Kibet | 46.15 |
| 6 | PAKPakistan | Mehboob Ali | 48.37 |
| 7 | CHAChad | Bachir Mahamat | 48.59 |
| EGYEgypt | Anas Beshr | DSQ | |
Medal Tracker
Overall Medal Leaders
- 126
USA - 91
CHN - 65
GBR
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 USA | 40 |
 CHN | 40 |
 JPN | 20 |
Silver
| USA | 44 |
| CHN | 27 |
 FRA | 26 |
Bronze
| USA | 42 |
 GBR | 29 |
| CHN | 24 |
Overall Medal Leaders
- 6Yufei
- 5
Marchand - 5Huske
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
| Marchand | 4 |
| Huske | 3 |
 O'Callaghan | 3 |
Silver
| Smith | 3 |
| Huske | 2 |
| Walsh | 2 |
Bronze
| Yufei | 5 |
| Junxuan | 3 |
| McKeown | 2 |
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