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400 metres Hurdles, Men

Date	24 – 27 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	62 from 45 countries

The two favorites were America’s Angelo Taylor and South Africa’s Llewellyn Herbert, although the 1999 World Champion, Fabrizio Mori of Italy, also qualified for the final. Taylor was drawn in lane one in the final, not usually a good lane. The final was led for most of the way by the surprising Hadj Soua’an Al-Somaily of Saudi Arabia. Taylor trailed in mid-field thru most of the race but pulled up to second at the eighth hurdle. But he caught Al-Somaily on the run-in and won in the last few strides, Al-Somaily in second, and Herbert getting bronze.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	3316	Angelo Taylor	USA	49.48 (1 h3)	48.49 (2 h2)	47.50 (1)	Gold
2	2443	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily	KSA	49.28 (1 h6)	48.14 (1 h1)	47.53 (2)	Silver
3	2841	Llewellyn Herbert	RSA	49.25 (1 h1)	48.38 (1 h2)	47.81 (3)	Bronze
4	3258	James Carter	USA	49.41 (2 h6)	48.48 (1 h3)	48.04 (4)
5	1260	Eronildes Araújo	BRA	50.06 (1 h8)	48.76 (2 h3)	48.34 (5)
6	2709	Paweł Januszewski	POL	51.40 (2 h5)	48.42 (4 h1)	48.44 (6)
7	2208	Fabrizio Mori	ITA	49.35 (1 h2)	48.40 (2 h1)	48.78 (7)
8	3199	Hennadiy Horbenko	UKR	49.12 (2 h7)	48.40 (3 h1)	49.01 (8)
3 h2 r2/3	2891	Ruslan Mashchenko	RUS	50.01 (3 h1)	48.94 (3 h2)	–
3 h3 r2/3	3451	Samuel Matete	ZAM	48.98 (1 h7)	48.98 (3 h3)	–
4 h2 r2/3	1095	Blair Young	AUS	49.75 (4 h2)	49.20 (4 h2)	–
4 h3 r2/3	2847	Alwyn Myburgh	RSA	49.57 (3 h6)	49.25 (4 h3)	–
5 h1 r2/3	3317	Eric Thomas	USA	50.16 (2 h4)	49.25 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	1519	Jiří Mužík	CZE	50.11 (1 h4)	49.23 (5 h2)	–
5 h3 r2/3	2874	Boris Gorban	RUS	49.44 (2 h2)	49.29 (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r2/3	1870	Thomas Goller	GER	49.32 (2 h1)	49.28 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	1814	Chris Rawlinson	GBR	51.30 (1 h5)	49.25 (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r2/3	1791	Matt Douglas	GBR	49.62 (3 h7)	49.53 (6 h3)	–
7 h1 r2/3	2764	Pedro Rodrigues	POR	49.90 (4 h6)	49.48 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	1549	Félix Sánchez	DOM	49.70 (3 h2)	49.69 (7 h2)	–
7 h3 r2/3	2264	Dinsdale Morgan	JAM	49.64 (2 h3)	50.23 (7 h3)	–
8 h1 r2/3	3150	Chen Tien-Wen	TPE	49.93 (5 h2)	50.52 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r2/3	2198	Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli	ITA	50.27 (2 h8)	50.10 (8 h2)	–
8 h3 r2/3	2376	Erick Keter	KEN	50.06 (6 h2)	51.25 (8 h3)	–
3 h3 r1/3	2995	Ibou Faye	SEN	50.09 (3 h3)	–	–
3 h4 r1/3	1967	Periklis Iakovakis	GRE	50.20 (3 h4)	–	–
3 h5 r1/3	2041	Tibor Bédi	HUN	51.54 (3 h5)	–	–
3 h8 r1/3	2905	Vladislav Shiryayev	RUS	50.39 (3 h8)	–	–
4 h1 r1/3	1086	Rohan Robinson	AUS	50.80 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	3050	Harijana Ratnayake	SRI	50.43 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	2309	Hideaki Kawamura	JPN	50.68 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r1/3	3457	Ken Harnden	ZIM	51.83 (4 h5)	–	–
4 h7 r1/3	2268	Kemel Thompson	JAM	50.40 (4 h7)	–	–
4 h8 r1/3	1603	Íñigo Monreal	ESP	51.32 (4 h8)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	2604	Willie Smith	NAM	50.89 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	3384	Erkinzhon Isakov	UZB	50.71 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	2549	Vadim Zadoinov	MDA	51.08 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	1234	Leanid Vershinin	BLR	51.84 (5 h5)	–	–
5 h6 r1/3	1778	Tony Borsumato	GBR	50.73 (5 h6)	–	–
5 h7 r1/3	3467	Zaid Abou Hamed	SYR	50.74 (5 h7)	–	–
5 h8 r1/3	3430	Siniša Peša	SCG	52.14 (5 h8)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	1366	Carlos Zbinden	CHI	51.36 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	2387	Hillary Maritim	KEN	51.04 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	2528	Mustapha Sdad	MAR	51.39 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r1/3	1451	Darko Juričić	CRO	52.39 (6 h5)	–	–
6 h6 r1/3	1506	Kostas Pochanis	CYP	51.20 (6 h6)	–	–
6 h7 r1/3	2028	Paul Tucker	GUY	50.92 (6 h7)	–	–
6 h8 r1/3	2692	Curt Young	PAN	52.46 (6 h8)	–	–
7 h1 r1/3	1186	Victor Houston	BAR	51.51 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r1/3	2325	Kazuhiko Yamazaki	JPN	50.15 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r1/3	2634	Sylvester Omodiale	NGR	51.06 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r1/3	2138	Tom McGuirk	IRL	51.73 (7 h4)	–	–
7 h5 r1/3	3117	Zahr-el-Din El-Najem	SYR	52.70 (7 h5)	–	–
7 h6 r1/3	1054	Matt Beckenham	AUS	51.27 (7 h6)	–	–
7 h7 r1/3	3087	Radoslav Holúbek	SVK	51.18 (7 h7)	–	–
7 h8 r1/3	3456	Iain Harnden	ZIM	54.01 (7 h8)	–	–
8 h2 r1/3	2503	Yvon Rakotoarimiandry	MAD	50.15 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h4 r1/3	2419	Lee Du-Yeon	KOR	52.61 (8 h4)	–	–
8 h5 r1/3	1284	Iliya Dzhivondov	BUL	54.36 (8 h5)	–	–
8 h6 r1/3	2270	Ian Weakley	JAM	52.18 (8 h6)	–	–
8 h7 r1/3	2702	Mowen Boino	PNG	51.38 (8 h7)	–	–
8 h8 r1/3	2321	Dai Tamesue	JPN	1:01.81 (8 h8)	–	–

Round One

Date	24 September 2000
Format	Top two in each heat and next eight fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Reaction Time
1	3451	Samuel Matete	ZAM	48.98	0.184	Q
2	3199	Hennadiy Horbenko	UKR	49.12	0.406	Q
3	2841	Llewellyn Herbert	RSA	49.25	0.171	Q
4	2443	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily	KSA	49.28	0.174	Q
5	1870	Thomas Goller	GER	49.32	0.154	Q
6	2208	Fabrizio Mori	ITA	49.35	0.162	Q
7	3258	James Carter	USA	49.41	0.174	Q
8	2874	Boris Gorban	RUS	49.44	0.195	Q
9	3316	Angelo Taylor	USA	49.48	0.185	Q
10	2847	Alwyn Myburgh	RSA	49.57	0.184	q
11	1791	Matt Douglas	GBR	49.62	0.163	q
12	2264	Dinsdale Morgan	JAM	49.64	0.171	Q
13	1549	Félix Sánchez	DOM	49.70	0.142	q
14	1095	Blair Young	AUS	49.75	0.193	q
15	2764	Pedro Rodrigues	POR	49.90	0.162	q
16	3150	Chen Tien-Wen	TPE	49.93	0.180	q
17	2891	Ruslan Mashchenko	RUS	50.01	0.225	q
=18	2376	Erick Keter	KEN	50.06	0.269	q
=18	1260	Eronildes Araújo	BRA	50.06	0.179	Q
20	2995	Ibou Faye	SEN	50.09	0.188
21	1519	Jiří Mužík	CZE	50.11	0.216	Q
22	2325	Kazuhiko Yamazaki	JPN	50.15	0.177
23	2503	Yvon Rakotoarimiandry	MAD	50.15	0.185
24	3317	Eric Thomas	USA	50.16	0.170	Q
25	1967	Periklis Iakovakis	GRE	50.20	0.165
26	2198	Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli	ITA	50.27	0.179	Q
27	2905	Vladislav Shiryayev	RUS	50.39	0.179
28	2268	Kemel Thompson	JAM	50.40	0.241
29	3050	Harijana Ratnayake	SRI	50.43	0.346
30	2309	Hideaki Kawamura	JPN	50.68	0.172
31	3384	Erkinzhon Isakov	UZB	50.71	0.182
32	1778	Tony Borsumato	GBR	50.73	0.155
33	3467	Zaid Abou Hamed	SYR	50.74	0.117
34	1086	Rohan Robinson	AUS	50.80	0.173
35	2604	Willie Smith	NAM	50.89	0.156
36	2028	Paul Tucker	GUY	50.92	0.354
37	2387	Hillary Maritim	KEN	51.04	0.180
38	2634	Sylvester Omodiale	NGR	51.06	0.189
39	2549	Vadim Zadoinov	MDA	51.08	0.173
40	3087	Radoslav Holúbek	SVK	51.18	0.127
41	1506	Kostas Pochanis	CYP	51.20	0.244
42	1054	Matt Beckenham	AUS	51.27	0.176
43	1814	Chris Rawlinson	GBR	51.30	0.184	Q
44	1603	Íñigo Monreal	ESP	51.32	0.502
45	1366	Carlos Zbinden	CHI	51.36	0.180
46	2702	Mowen Boino	PNG	51.38	0.406
47	2528	Mustapha Sdad	MAR	51.39	0.216
48	2709	Paweł Januszewski	POL	51.40	0.163	Q
49	1186	Victor Houston	BAR	51.51	0.179
50	2041	Tibor Bédi	HUN	51.54	0.169
51	2138	Tom McGuirk	IRL	51.73	0.183
52	3457	Ken Harnden	ZIM	51.83	0.435
53	1234	Leanid Vershinin	BLR	51.84	0.151
54	3430	Siniša Peša	SCG	52.14	0.165
55	2270	Ian Weakley	JAM	52.18	0.179
56	1451	Darko Juričić	CRO	52.39	0.167
57	2692	Curt Young	PAN	52.46	0.164
58	2419	Lee Du-Yeon	KOR	52.61	0.192
59	3117	Zahr-el-Din El-Najem	SYR	52.70	0.160
60	3456	Iain Harnden	ZIM	54.01	0.287
61	1284	Iliya Dzhivondov	BUL	54.36	0.279
62	2321	Dai Tamesue	JPN	1:01.81	0.256

Heat #1

Time	18:15

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	2841	Llewellyn Herbert	RSA	49.25	0.171	Q
2	1870	Thomas Goller	GER	49.32	0.154	Q
3	2891	Ruslan Mashchenko	RUS	50.01	0.225	q
4	1086	Rohan Robinson	AUS	50.80	0.173
5	2604	Willie Smith	NAM	50.89	0.156
6	1366	Carlos Zbinden	CHI	51.36	0.180
7	1186	Victor Houston	BAR	51.51	0.179

Heat #2

Time	18:22

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	2208	Fabrizio Mori	ITA	49.35	0.162	Q
2	2874	Boris Gorban	RUS	49.44	0.195	Q
3	1549	Félix Sánchez	DOM	49.70	0.142	q
4	1095	Blair Young	AUS	49.75	0.193	q
5	3150	Chen Tien-Wen	TPE	49.93	0.180	q
6	2376	Erick Keter	KEN	50.06	0.269	q
7	2325	Kazuhiko Yamazaki	JPN	50.15	0.177
8	2503	Yvon Rakotoarimiandry	MAD	50.15	0.185

Heat #3

Time	18:29

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	3316	Angelo Taylor	USA	49.48	0.185	Q
2	2264	Dinsdale Morgan	JAM	49.64	0.171	Q
3	2995	Ibou Faye	SEN	50.09	0.188
4	3050	Harijana Ratnayake	SRI	50.43	0.346
5	3384	Erkinzhon Isakov	UZB	50.71	0.182
6	2387	Hillary Maritim	KEN	51.04	0.180
7	2634	Sylvester Omodiale	NGR	51.06	0.189

Heat #4

Time	18:36

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	1519	Jiří Mužík	CZE	50.11	0.216	Q
2	3317	Eric Thomas	USA	50.16	0.170	Q
3	1967	Periklis Iakovakis	GRE	50.20	0.165
4	2309	Hideaki Kawamura	JPN	50.68	0.172
5	2549	Vadim Zadoinov	MDA	51.08	0.173
6	2528	Mustapha Sdad	MAR	51.39	0.216
7	2138	Tom McGuirk	IRL	51.73	0.183
8	2419	Lee Du-Yeon	KOR	52.61	0.192

Heat #5

Time	18:43

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	1814	Chris Rawlinson	GBR	51.30	0.184	Q
2	2709	Paweł Januszewski	POL	51.40	0.163	Q
3	2041	Tibor Bédi	HUN	51.54	0.169
4	3457	Ken Harnden	ZIM	51.83	0.435
5	1234	Leanid Vershinin	BLR	51.84	0.151
6	1451	Darko Juričić	CRO	52.39	0.167
7	3117	Zahr-el-Din El-Najem	SYR	52.70	0.160
8	1284	Iliya Dzhivondov	BUL	54.36	0.279

Heat #6

Time	18:49

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	2443	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily	KSA	49.28	0.174	Q
2	3258	James Carter	USA	49.41	0.174	Q
3	2847	Alwyn Myburgh	RSA	49.57	0.184	q
4	2764	Pedro Rodrigues	POR	49.90	0.162	q
5	1778	Tony Borsumato	GBR	50.73	0.155
6	1506	Kostas Pochanis	CYP	51.20	0.244
7	1054	Matt Beckenham	AUS	51.27	0.176
8	2270	Ian Weakley	JAM	52.18	0.179

Heat #7

Time	18:55

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	3451	Samuel Matete	ZAM	48.98	0.184	Q
2	3199	Hennadiy Horbenko	UKR	49.12	0.406	Q
3	1791	Matt Douglas	GBR	49.62	0.163	q
4	2268	Kemel Thompson	JAM	50.40	0.241
5	3467	Zaid Abou Hamed	SYR	50.74	0.117
6	2028	Paul Tucker	GUY	50.92	0.354
7	3087	Radoslav Holúbek	SVK	51.18	0.127
8	2702	Mowen Boino	PNG	51.38	0.406

Heat #8

Time	19:01

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	1260	Eronildes Araújo	BRA	50.06	0.179	Q
2	2198	Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli	ITA	50.27	0.179	Q
3	2905	Vladislav Shiryayev	RUS	50.39	0.179
4	1603	Íñigo Monreal	ESP	51.32	0.502
5	3430	Siniša Peša	SCG	52.14	0.165
6	2692	Curt Young	PAN	52.46	0.164
7	3456	Iain Harnden	ZIM	54.01	0.287
8	2321	Dai Tamesue	JPN	1:01.81	0.256

Semi-Finals

Date	25 September 2000
Format	Top two in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Reaction Time
1	2443	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily	KSA	48.14	0.316	Q
2	2841	Llewellyn Herbert	RSA	48.38	0.153	Q
3	2208	Fabrizio Mori	ITA	48.40	–	Q
4	3199	Hennadiy Horbenko	UKR	48.40	0.478	q
5	2709	Paweł Januszewski	POL	48.42	0.244	q
6	3258	James Carter	USA	48.48	0.202	Q
7	3316	Angelo Taylor	USA	48.49	0.250	Q
8	1260	Eronildes Araújo	BRA	48.76	0.181	Q
9	2891	Ruslan Mashchenko	RUS	48.94	0.177
10	3451	Samuel Matete	ZAM	48.98	0.228
11	1095	Blair Young	AUS	49.20	0.255
12	1519	Jiří Mužík	CZE	49.23	0.227
=13	3317	Eric Thomas	USA	49.25	0.188
=13	1814	Chris Rawlinson	GBR	49.25	0.177
=13	2847	Alwyn Myburgh	RSA	49.25	0.202
16	1870	Thomas Goller	GER	49.28	0.152
17	2874	Boris Gorban	RUS	49.29	0.454
18	2764	Pedro Rodrigues	POR	49.48	0.163
19	1791	Matt Douglas	GBR	49.53	0.177
20	1549	Félix Sánchez	DOM	49.69	0.178
21	2198	Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli	ITA	50.10	0.242
22	2264	Dinsdale Morgan	JAM	50.23	0.166
23	3150	Chen Tien-Wen	TPE	50.52	0.182
24	2376	Erick Keter	KEN	51.25	0.202

Heat #1

Time	19:45

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	2443	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily	KSA	48.14	0.316	Q
2	2208	Fabrizio Mori	ITA	48.40	–	Q
3	3199	Hennadiy Horbenko	UKR	48.40	0.478	q
4	2709	Paweł Januszewski	POL	48.42	0.244	q
5	3317	Eric Thomas	USA	49.25	0.188
6	1870	Thomas Goller	GER	49.28	0.152
7	2764	Pedro Rodrigues	POR	49.48	0.163
8	3150	Chen Tien-Wen	TPE	50.52	0.182

Heat #2

Time	19:52

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	2841	Llewellyn Herbert	RSA	48.38	0.153	Q
2	3316	Angelo Taylor	USA	48.49	0.250	Q
3	2891	Ruslan Mashchenko	RUS	48.94	0.177
4	1095	Blair Young	AUS	49.20	0.255
5	1519	Jiří Mužík	CZE	49.23	0.227
6	1814	Chris Rawlinson	GBR	49.25	0.177
7	1549	Félix Sánchez	DOM	49.69	0.178
8	2198	Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli	ITA	50.10	0.242

Heat #3

Time	19:59

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	3258	James Carter	USA	48.48	0.202	Q
2	1260	Eronildes Araújo	BRA	48.76	0.181	Q
3	3451	Samuel Matete	ZAM	48.98	0.228
4	2847	Alwyn Myburgh	RSA	49.25	0.202
5	2874	Boris Gorban	RUS	49.29	0.454
6	1791	Matt Douglas	GBR	49.53	0.177
7	2264	Dinsdale Morgan	JAM	50.23	0.166
8	2376	Erick Keter	KEN	51.25	0.202

Final Round

Date	27 September 2000 — 20:35

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	3316	Angelo Taylor	USA	47.50	0.179
2	2443	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily	KSA	47.53	0.437
3	2841	Llewellyn Herbert	RSA	47.81	0.169
4	3258	James Carter	USA	48.04	0.421
5	1260	Eronildes Araújo	BRA	48.34	0.190
6	2709	Paweł Januszewski	POL	48.44	0.149
7	2208	Fabrizio Mori	ITA	48.78	0.198
8	3199	Hennadiy Horbenko	UKR	49.01	0.395