| | Event type
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 | Nr | Athlete | 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 (24 September 2000)
Top two in each heat and next eight fastest advanced to the semi-finals.
Heat One (18:15)
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | Reaction Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Llewellyn Herbert | RSA | 49.25 | 0.171 | |||
| 2 | 7 | Thomas Goller | GER | 49.32 | 0.154 | |||
| 3 | 3 | Ruslan Mashchenko | RUS | 50.01 | 0.225 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Rohan Robinson | AUS | 50.80 | 0.173 | |||
| 5 | 5 | Willie Smith | NAM | 50.89 | 0.156 | |||
| 6 | 6 | Carlos Zbinden | CHI | 51.36 | 0.180 | |||
| 7 | 2 | Victor Houston | BAR | 51.51 | 0.179 |
Heat Two (18:22)
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | Reaction Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Fabrizio Mori | ITA | 49.35 | 0.162 | |||
| 2 | 8 | Boris Gorban | RUS | 49.44 | 0.195 | |||
| 3 | 4 | Félix Sánchez | DOM | 49.70 | 0.142 | |||
| 4 | 6 | Blair Young | AUS | 49.75 | 0.193 | |||
| 5 | 2 | Chen Tien-Wen | TPE | 49.93 | 0.180 | |||
| 6 | 3 | Erick Keter | KEN | 50.06 | 0.269 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Kazuhiko Yamazaki | JPN | 50.15 | 0.177 | |||
| 8 | 7 | Yvon Rakotoarimiandry | MAD | 50.15 | 0.185 |
Heat Three (18:29)
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | Reaction Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Angelo Taylor | USA | 49.48 | 0.185 | |||
| 2 | 6 | Dinsdale Morgan | JAM | 49.64 | 0.171 | |||
| 3 | 4 | Ibou Faye | SEN | 50.09 | 0.188 | |||
| 4 | 7 | Harijana Ratnayake | SRI | 50.43 | 0.346 | |||
| 5 | 5 | Erkinzhon Isakov | UZB | 50.71 | 0.182 | |||
| 6 | 3 | Hillary Maritim | KEN | 51.04 | 0.180 | |||
| 7 | 2 | Sylvester Omodiale | NGR | 51.06 | 0.189 |
Heat Four (18:36)
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | Reaction Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Jiří Mužík | CZE | 50.11 | 0.216 | |||
| 2 | 6 | Eric Thomas | USA | 50.16 | 0.170 | |||
| 3 | 1 | Periklis Iakovakis | GRE | 50.20 | 0.165 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Hideaki Kawamura | JPN | 50.68 | 0.172 | |||
| 5 | 7 | Vadim Zadoinov | MDA | 51.08 | 0.173 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Mustapha Sdad | MAR | 51.39 | 0.216 | |||
| 7 | 3 | Tom McGuirk | IRL | 51.73 | 0.183 | |||
| 8 | 5 | Lee Du-Yeon | KOR | 52.61 | 0.192 |
Heat Five (18:43)
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | Reaction Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Chris Rawlinson | GBR | 51.30 | 0.184 | |||
| 2 | 2 | Paweł Januszewski | POL | 51.40 | 0.163 | |||
| 3 | 7 | Tibor Bédi | HUN | 51.54 | 0.169 | |||
| 4 | 5 | Ken Harnden | ZIM | 51.83 | 0.435 | |||
| 5 | 4 | Leanid Vershinin | BLR | 51.84 | 0.151 | |||
| 6 | 1 | Darko Juričić | CRO | 52.39 | 0.167 | |||
| 7 | 6 | Zahr-el-Din El-Najem | SYR | 52.70 | 0.160 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Iliya Dzhivondov | BUL | 54.36 | 0.279 |
Heat Six (18:49)
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | Reaction Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily | KSA | 49.28 | 0.174 | |||
| 2 | 7 | James Carter | USA | 49.41 | 0.174 | |||
| 3 | 6 | Alwyn Myburgh | RSA | 49.57 | 0.184 | |||
| 4 | 5 | Pedro Rodrigues | POR | 49.90 | 0.162 | |||
| 5 | 4 | Tony Borsumato | GBR | 50.73 | 0.155 | |||
| 6 | 3 | Kostas Pochanis | CYP | 51.20 | 0.244 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Matt Beckenham | AUS | 51.27 | 0.176 | |||
| 8 | 2 | Ian Weakley | JAM | 52.18 | 0.179 |
Heat Seven (18:55)
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | Reaction Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Samuel Matete | ZAM | 48.98 | 0.184 | |||
| 2 | 5 | Hennadiy Horbenko | UKR | 49.12 | 0.406 | |||
| 3 | 8 | Matt Douglas | GBR | 49.62 | 0.163 | |||
| 4 | 7 | Kemel Thompson | JAM | 50.40 | 0.241 | |||
| 5 | 3 | Zaid Abou Hamed | SYR | 50.74 | 0.117 | |||
| 6 | 6 | Paul Tucker | GUY | 50.92 | 0.354 | |||
| 7 | 2 | Radoslav Holúbek | SVK | 51.18 | 0.127 | |||
| 8 | 4 | Mowen Boino | PNG | 51.38 | 0.406 |
Heat Eight (19:01)
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | Reaction Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Eronildes Araújo | BRA | 50.06 | 0.179 | |||
| 2 | 6 | Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli | ITA | 50.27 | 0.179 | |||
| 3 | 4 | Vladislav Shiryayev | RUS | 50.39 | 0.179 | |||
| 4 | 5 | Íñigo Monreal | ESP | 51.32 | 0.502 | |||
| 5 | 7 | Siniša Peša | SCG | 52.14 | 0.165 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Curt Young | PAN | 52.46 | 0.164 | |||
| 7 | 3 | Iain Harnden | ZIM | 54.01 | 0.287 | |||
| 8 | 1 | Dai Tamesue | JPN | 1:01.81 | 0.256 |
Semi-Finals (25 September 2000)
Top two in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.
Heat One (19:45)
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | Reaction Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily | KSA | 48.14 | 0.316 | |||
| 2 | 4 | Fabrizio Mori | ITA | 48.40 | – | |||
| 3 | 5 | Hennadiy Horbenko | UKR | 48.40 | 0.478 | |||
| 4 | 7 | Paweł Januszewski | POL | 48.42 | 0.244 | |||
| 5 | 2 | Eric Thomas | USA | 49.25 | 0.188 | |||
| 6 | 3 | Thomas Goller | GER | 49.28 | 0.152 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Pedro Rodrigues | POR | 49.48 | 0.163 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Chen Tien-Wen | TPE | 50.52 | 0.182 |
Heat Two (19:52)
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | Reaction Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Llewellyn Herbert | RSA | 48.38 | 0.153 | |||
| 2 | 3 | Angelo Taylor | USA | 48.49 | 0.250 | |||
| 3 | 7 | Ruslan Mashchenko | RUS | 48.94 | 0.177 | |||
| 4 | 8 | Blair Young | AUS | 49.20 | 0.255 | |||
| 5 | 5 | Jiří Mužík | CZE | 49.23 | 0.227 | |||
| 6 | 6 | Chris Rawlinson | GBR | 49.25 | 0.177 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Félix Sánchez | DOM | 49.69 | 0.178 | |||
| 8 | 2 | Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli | ITA | 50.10 | 0.242 |
Heat Three (19:59)
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | Reaction Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | James Carter | USA | 48.48 | 0.202 | |||
| 2 | 4 | Eronildes Araújo | BRA | 48.76 | 0.181 | |||
| 3 | 6 | Samuel Matete | ZAM | 48.98 | 0.228 | |||
| 4 | 1 | Alwyn Myburgh | RSA | 49.25 | 0.202 | |||
| 5 | 5 | Boris Gorban | RUS | 49.29 | 0.454 | |||
| 6 | 8 | Matt Douglas | GBR | 49.53 | 0.177 | |||
| 7 | 2 | Dinsdale Morgan | JAM | 50.23 | 0.166 | |||
| 8 | 7 | Erick Keter | KEN | 51.25 | 0.202 |
Final (27 September 2000 — 20:35)
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | Reaction Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Angelo Taylor | USA | 47.50 | 0.179 | |||
| 2 | 4 | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily | KSA | 47.53 | 0.437 | |||
| 3 | 6 | Llewellyn Herbert | RSA | 47.81 | 0.169 | |||
| 4 | 5 | James Carter | USA | 48.04 | 0.421 | |||
| 5 | 8 | Eronildes Araújo | BRA | 48.34 | 0.190 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Paweł Januszewski | POL | 48.44 | 0.149 | |||
| 7 | 3 | Fabrizio Mori | ITA | 48.78 | 0.198 | |||
| 8 | 7 | Hennadiy Horbenko | UKR | 49.01 | 0.395 |