| Date | 12 – 13 July 1912 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm |
| Participants | 49 from 16 countries |
| Olympic Record | 48.4 / Wyndham Halswelle  GBR / 22 July 1908 / Details |
Three Americans were highly considered for this event. Ed Lindberg had won the AAU Championship in 1909 and 1911, and won the Central U.S. Olympic Trial. Donnell Young won the 1911 IC4A title and the Eastern U.S. Olympic Trial. The 1912 IC4A 440 yard champion had been Syracuse’s Charles Reidpath.
In the fifth semi-final, Young was involved in a controversial incident with Germany’s Hanns Braun. On the first curve, Braun tried to cut in front of Young, who reacted by pushing Braun violently to the outside of the track. Young finished first but was disqualified and Braun was advanced to the final, where he would compete against four Americans - Reidpath, Lindberg, Ted Meredith, and Carroll Haff.
The first round and semi-finals had been run without lanes, but the Braun/Young incident changed that. Strings were put up for the final and the runners ran in lanes. Braun took the lead until he was passed on the last curve by Reidpath. Reidpath held on to narrowly defeat Braun, with Lindberg taking the bronze medal.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | R1 | SF | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Reidpath |  USA | 51.2 (2 h15) | 48.7 (1 h1) | 48.2 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Hanns Braun |  GER | 50.6 (1 h3) | 49.2 (1 h5) | 48.3 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Ed Lindberg | USA | 50.6 (1 h10) | 48.9 (1 h2) | 48.4 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Ted Meredith | USA | – (2 h3) | 48.8 (1 h3) | 49.2 (4) | |||
| 5 | Carroll Haff | USA | 50.4 (1 h7) | 49.7 (1 h4) | 49.5 (5) | |||
| 2 h1 r2/3 | Hec Edmundson | USA | 50.2 (1 h11) | – (2 h1) | – | |||
| 2 h2 r2/3 | Eric Lindholm |  SWE | 51.4 (1 h9) | 50.2 (2 h2) | – | |||
| 2 h3 r2/3 | Mel Sheppard | USA | 1:06.6 (2 h2) | 48.9est (2 h3) | – | |||
| 2 h4 r2/3 | Emilio Lunghi |  ITA | 50.5 (2 h7) | – (2 h4) | – | |||
| 2 h5 r2/3 | Ira Davenport | USA | – (2 h12) | – (2 h5) | – | |||
| 3 h1 r2/3 | George Nicol | GBR | 50.0 (1 h12) | – (3 h1) | – | |||
| 3 h2 r2/3 | Charles Lelong |  FRA | 50.2 (1 h5) | – (3 h2) | – | |||
| 3 h3 r2/3 | George Patching |  RSA | 51.1 (1 h15) | 50.5est (3 h3) | – | |||
| 3 h4 r2/3 | Ervin Szerelemhegyi |  HUN | – (2 h14) | – (3 h4) | – | |||
| 4 h1 r2/3 | Frigyes Wiesner-Mezei | HUN | 50.8 (1 h8) | – (4 h1) | – | |||
| 4 h3 r2/3 | Knut Stenborg | SWE | 1:01.6 (1 h6) | 50.5 (4 h3) | – | |||
| 5 h1 r2/3 | Charles Poulenard | FRA | 50.7 (2 h1) | – (5 h1) | – | |||
| 5 h3 r2/3 | Ole Jakob Pedersen |  NOR | 51.6 (2 h9) | – (5 h3) | – | |||
| AC h2 r2/3 | Cyril Seedhouse | GBR | 51.5 (1 h14) | – (DNF h2) | – | |||
| AC h2 r2/3 | Algernon Wells | GBR | 1:01.2 (2 h13) | – (DNF h2) | – | |||
| AC h2 r2/3 | Jacques Person | GER | 55.4 (1 h13) | – (DNF h2) | – | |||
| AC h3 r2/3 | Ernest Henley | GBR | – (2 h11) | – (DNF h3) | – | |||
| AC h4 r2/3 | Ernest Haley | GBR | 1:06.6 (1 h2) | – (DNF h4) | – | |||
| AC h4 r2/3 | Jim Rosenberger | USA | 50.6 (1 h1) | – (DNF h4) | – | |||
| AC h5 r2/3 | James Soutter | GBR | – (2 h10) | – (AC h5) | – | |||
| AC h5 r2/3 | Paul Zerling | SWE | 55.4 (1 h4) | – (AC h5) | – | |||
| AC h5 r2/3 | Donnell Young | USA | 50.4 (2 h5) | – (DQ h5) | – | |||
| 2 h4 r1/3 | Yahiko Mishima |  JPN | 55.5 (2 h4) | – | – | |||
| 2 h8 r1/3 | Johan Dahlin | SWE | 51.0 (2 h8) | – | – | |||
| 3 h1 r1/3 | Władysław Ponurski |  AUT | – (3 h1) | – | – | |||
| 3 h3 r1/3 | Armando Cortesão |  POR | – (3 h3) | – | – | |||
| 3 h5 r1/3 | István Déván | HUN | – (3 h5) | – | – | |||
| 3 h7 r1/3 | Max Herrmann | GER | – (3 h7) | – | – | |||
| 3 h8 r1/3 | Géo Malfait | FRA | – (3 h8) | – | – | |||
| 3 h9 r1/3 | Heinrich Burkowitz | GER | 51.7est (3 h9) | – | – | |||
| 3 h10 r1/3 | Franco Giongo | ITA | – (3 h10) | – | – | |||
| 3 h11 r1/3 | Mel Brock |  CAN | – (3 h11) | – | – | |||
| 3 h12 r1/3 | Tom Gallon | CAN | – (3 h12) | – | – | |||
| 3 h15 r1/3 | Heinrich Wenseler | GER | – (3 h15) | – | – | |||
| 4 h5 r1/3 | Gösta Möller | SWE | – (4 h5) | – | – | |||
| 4 h9 r1/3 | Václav Labík-Gregan |  BOH | – (4 h9) | – | – | |||
| 4 h11 r1/3 | Pyotr Gayevsky |  RUS | – (4 h11) | – | – | |||
| 4 h12 r1/3 | Erich Lehmann | GER | – (4 h12) | – | – | |||
| 4 h15 r1/3 | Alan Patterson | GBR | – (4 h15) | – | – | |||
| 5 h12 r1/3 | Georges Rolot | FRA | – (5 h12) | – | – | |||
| 5 h15 r1/3 | Robert Schürrer | FRA | – (5 h15) | – | – | |||
| 6 h12 r1/3 | Ödön Bodor | HUN | – (6 h12) | – | – | |||
| AC h1 r1/3 | Claude Ross |  ANZ | – (DNF h1) | – | – | |||
| AC h14 r1/3 | Alex Pedersen | NOR | [51.9] (DQ h14) | – | – | |||
| James Hill | GBR | – | – | – | ||||
| Bernhard Vogel | RUS | – | – | – | ||||
| Raymond Saladin | FRA | – | – | – | ||||
| Alexandre Correia Leal | POR | – | – | – | ||||
| Naum Filimonov | RUS | – | – | – | ||||
| Clément Mentrel | FRA | – | – | – | ||||
| Tivadar Kiss | HUN | – | – | – | ||||
| Jack Garland Skeet | ANZ | – | – | – | ||||
| Tor Österlund | SWE | – | – | – | ||||
| Maurice Colman |  BEL | – | – | – | ||||
| Ralph Craig | USA | – | – | – | ||||
| Victor Jacquemin | BEL | – | – | – | ||||
| Zdeněk Městecký | BOH | – | – | – | ||||
| Army Howard | CAN | – | – | – | ||||
| Bobby Kerr | CAN | – | – | – | ||||
| Federico Mueller |  CHI | – | – | – | ||||
| Leopoldo Palma | CHI | – | – | – | ||||
| Lauri Pihkala |  FIN | – | – | – | ||||
| Joseph Caullé | FRA | – | – | – | ||||
| Pierre Failliot | FRA | – | – | – | ||||
| André Fouache | FRA | – | – | – | ||||
| Laurie Anderson | GBR | – | – | – | ||||
| Robert Burton | GBR | – | – | – | ||||
| Robert Lindsay | GBR | – | – | – | ||||
| Duncan Macmillan | GBR | – | – | – | ||||
| Károly Radóczy | HUN | – | – | – | ||||
| Jan Grijseels |  NED | – | – | – | ||||
| Herman Sotaaen | NOR | – | – | – | ||||
| Herberts Baumanis | RUS | – | – | – | ||||
| Aleksandr Schultz | RUS | – | – | – | ||||
| Erik Frisell | SWE | – | – | – | ||||
| Karl Haglund | SWE | – | – | – | ||||
| Karl August Luther | SWE | – | – | – | ||||
| Ture Persson | SWE | – | – | – | ||||
| Carl Cooke | USA | – | – | – | ||||
| Hal Heiland | USA | – | – | – |
| Date | 12 July 1912 — 11:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top 2 in each heat advanced to the semi-finals. |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Rosenberger | USA | 50.6 | ||
| 2 | Charles Poulenard | FRA | 50.7 | ||
| 3 | Władysław Ponurski | AUT | – | ||
| Claude Ross | ANZ | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernest Haley | GBR | 1:06.6 | ||
| 2 | Mel Sheppard | USA | 1:06.6 |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hanns Braun | GER | 50.6 | ||
| 2 | Ted Meredith | USA | – | ||
| 3 | Armando Cortesão | POR | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Zerling | SWE | 55.4 | ||
| 2 | Yahiko Mishima | JPN | 55.5 |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Lelong | FRA | 50.2 | ||
| 2 | Donnell Young | USA | 50.4 | ||
| 3 | István Déván | HUN | – | ||
| 4 | Gösta Möller | SWE | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knut Stenborg | SWE | 1:01.6 |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carroll Haff | USA | 50.4 | ||
| 2 | Emilio Lunghi | ITA | 50.5 | ||
| 3 | Max Herrmann | GER | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frigyes Wiesner-Mezei | HUN | 50.8 | ||
| 2 | Johan Dahlin | SWE | 51.0 | ||
| 3 | Géo Malfait | FRA | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Lindholm | SWE | 51.4 | ||
| 2 | Ole Jakob Pedersen | NOR | 51.6 | ||
| 3 | Heinrich Burkowitz | GER | 51.7est | ||
| 4 | Václav Labík-Gregan | BOH | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed Lindberg | USA | 50.6 | ||
| 2 | James Soutter | GBR | – | ||
| 3 | Franco Giongo | ITA | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hec Edmundson | USA | 50.2 | ||
| 2 | Ernest Henley | GBR | – | ||
| 3 | Mel Brock | CAN | – | ||
| 4 | Pyotr Gayevsky | RUS | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Nicol | GBR | 50.0 | ||
| 2 | Ira Davenport | USA | – | ||
| 3 | Tom Gallon | CAN | – | ||
| 4 | Erich Lehmann | GER | – | ||
| 5 | Georges Rolot | FRA | – | ||
| 6 | Ödön Bodor | HUN | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Person | GER | 55.4 | ||
| 2 | Algernon Wells | GBR | 1:01.2 |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cyril Seedhouse | GBR | 51.5 | ||
| 2 | Ervin Szerelemhegyi | HUN | – | ||
| Alex Pedersen | NOR | [51.9] |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Patching | RSA | 51.1 | ||
| 2 | Charles Reidpath | USA | 51.2 | ||
| 3 | Heinrich Wenseler | GER | – | ||
| 4 | Alan Patterson | GBR | – | ||
| 5 | Robert Schürrer | FRA | – |
| Date | 12 July 1912 — 16:15 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each heat advanced to the final round. |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Reidpath | USA | 48.7 | ||
| 2 | Hec Edmundson | USA | – | ||
| 3 | George Nicol | GBR | – | ||
| 4 | Frigyes Wiesner-Mezei | HUN | – | ||
| 5 | Charles Poulenard | FRA | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed Lindberg | USA | 48.9 | ||
| 2 | Eric Lindholm | SWE | 50.2 | ||
| 3 | Charles Lelong | FRA | – | ||
| Cyril Seedhouse | GBR | – | |||
| Jacques Person | GER | – | |||
| Algernon Wells | GBR | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ted Meredith | USA | 48.8 | ||
| 2 | Mel Sheppard | USA | 48.9est | ||
| 3 | George Patching | RSA | 50.5est | ||
| 4 | Knut Stenborg | SWE | 50.5 | ||
| 5 | Ole Jakob Pedersen | NOR | – | ||
| Ernest Henley | GBR | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carroll Haff | USA | 49.7 | ||
| 2 | Emilio Lunghi | ITA | – | ||
| 3 | Ervin Szerelemhegyi | HUN | – | ||
| Ernest Haley | GBR | – | |||
| Jim Rosenberger | USA | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hanns Braun | GER | 49.2 | ||
| 2 | Ira Davenport | USA | – | ||
| James Soutter | GBR | – | |||
| Paul Zerling | SWE | – | |||
| Donnell Young | USA | – | 1 |
| Date | 13 July 1912 — 15:00 |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Charles Reidpath | USA | 48.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Hanns Braun | GER | 48.3 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Ed Lindberg | USA | 48.4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Ted Meredith | USA | 49.2 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Carroll Haff | USA | 49.5 |
