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400 metres, Men

Date	22 – 25 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	68 from 44 countries

The defending champion was Michael Johnson (USA) who had won the last four World Championships. At the 1999 Worlds in Sevilla, Spain, he had finally broken the world record with 43.18. There was probably not a bigger favorite in Sydney. The runners expected to challenge him were, well, … nobody. And that was how it worked out. Johnson won the final by six metres over teammate Alvin Harrison. A few days later he anchored the US team to the 4×400 gold medal and said adieu to his track career. In 2008, after revelations about two runners of the US 4×400 team having taken drugs in 2000, that medal was removed from the United States and Johnson willingly returned his final gold medal to the IOC.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	3294	Michael Johnson	USA	45.25 (1 h7)	45.31 (1 h1)	44.65 (2 h1)	43.84 (1)	Gold
2	3277	Alvin Harrison	USA	44.96 (1 h6)	44.25 (1 h3)	44.53 (1 h1)	44.40 (2)	Silver
3	2260	Greg Haughton	JAM	45.63 (1 h4)	45.08 (2 h3)	44.93 (3 h1)	44.70 (3)	Bronze
4	1266	Sanderlei Parrela	BRA	45.55 (1 h3)	45.55 (4 h4)	45.17 (4 h1)	45.01 (4)
5	2715	Robert Maćkowiak	POL	45.39 (3 h6)	45.01 (1 h4)	45.53 (3 h2)	45.14 (5)
6	2846	Hendrick Mokganyetsi	RSA	45.22 (1 h5)	45.15 (2 h4)	45.52 (2 h2)	45.26 (6)
7	2263	Danny McFarlane	JAM	45.84 (2 h3)	45.40 (3 h2)	45.38 (1 h2)	45.55 (7)
5 h1 r3/4	1166	Avard Moncur	BAH	45.23 (1 h1)	45.43 (3 h1)	45.18 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	1781	Daniel Caines	GBR	45.39 (2 h1)	45.37 (3 h4)	45.55 (4 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	2708	Piotr Haczek	POL	45.61 (2 h5)	45.43 (2 h1)	45.66 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	1093	Casey Vincent	AUS	45.49 (3 h1)	45.45 (4 h1)	45.61 (5 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	1064	Pat Dwyer	AUS	45.82 (2 h2)	45.38 (4 h3)	45.70 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	2181	Alessandro Attene	ITA	45.79 (3 h5)	45.35 (3 h3)	46.41 (6 h2)	–
8 h1 r3/4	2433	Hamdan Al-Bishi	KSA	45.22 (1 h8)	45.35 (2 h2)	45.98 (8 h1)	–
AC h2 r3/4	2257	Davian Clarke	JAM	45.30 (2 h6)	45.06 (1 h2)	– (DNF h2)	–
5 h1 r2/4	2597	Éric Milazar	MRI	45.66 (4 h8)	45.52 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	1743	Ibrahima Wade	FRA	45.72 (3 h7)	45.61 (4 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	2873	Dmitry Golovastov	RUS	45.90 (4 h1)	45.66 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	1739	Marc Raquil	FRA	45.72 (3 h4)	45.56 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	3052	Sugath Thilakaratne	SRI	45.48 (2 h8)	45.54 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	3188	Davis Kamoga	UGA	45.92 (2 h9)	45.74 (5 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	1160	Chris Brown	BAH	45.80 (1 h9)	45.76 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	2555	Alejandro Cárdenas	MEX	46.14 (3 h2)	45.66 (6 h4)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	1569	David Canal	ESP	45.53 (2 h7)	45.54 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	2381	David Kirui	KEN	45.69 (2 h4)	46.00 (6 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	3173	Sofiène Laâbidi	TUN	45.84 (3 h3)	46.01 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	2625	Sunday Bada	NGR	45.75 (5 h4)	45.83 (7 h4)	–	–
8 h1 r2/4	2844	Arnaud Malherbe	RSA	45.73 (4 h4)	45.59 (8 h1)	–	–
8 h2 r2/4	2315	Jun Osakada	JPN	45.88 (4 h3)	46.15 (7 h2)	–	–
8 h3 r2/4	2631	Jude Monye	NGR	45.79 (1 h2)	46.32 (8 h3)	–	–
8 h4 r2/4	2803	Ibrahim Ismail	QAT	45.48 (3 h8)	45.96 (8 h4)	–	–
4 h2 r1/4	3166	Neil de Silva	TTO	46.84 (4 h2)	–	–	–
4 h5 r1/4	3048	Rohan Pradeep Kumara	SRI	46.00 (4 h5)	–	–	–
4 h6 r1/4	1966	Tasos Gkousis	GRE	46.38 (4 h6)	–	–	–
4 h7 r1/4	1015	Malik Louahla	ALG	46.06 (4 h7)	–	–	–
4 h9 r1/4	3027	Matija Šestak	SLO	45.95 (3 h9)	–	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	2324	Takahiko Yamamura	JPN	46.25 (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h2 r1/4	1033	Gustavo Aguirre	ARG	47.03 (5 h2)	–	–	–
5 h3 r1/4	3455	Tawanda Chiwira	ZIM	46.50 (5 h3)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	2800	Salaheddine Bakar Al-Safi	QAT	46.16 (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h6 r1/4	2447	Fawzi Al-Shammari	KUW	46.38 (5 h6)	–	–	–
5 h7 r1/4	1776	Sean Baldock	GBR	46.45 (5 h7)	–	–	–
5 h8 r1/4	3083	Štefan Balošák	SVK	46.42 (5 h8)	–	–	–
5 h9 r1/4	2126	Tom Coman	IRL	46.17 (4 h9)	–	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	1550	Carlos Santa	DOM	46.40 (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	1165	Troy McIntosh	BAH	47.06 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	2624	Nduka Awazie	NGR	46.81 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	3162	Ato Modibo	TTO	45.91 (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	2063	Zsolt Szeglet	HUN	46.19 (6 h5)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	2101	Paramjit Singh	IND	46.64 (6 h6)	–	–	–
6 h7 r1/4	1188	Fabian Rollins	BAR	46.85 (6 h7)	–	–	–
6 h8 r1/4	2319	Kenji Tabata	JPN	46.59 (6 h8)	–	–	–
6 h9 r1/4	2570	Juan Pedro Toledo	MEX	46.82 (5 h9)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	2721	Piotr Rysiukiewicz	POL	46.67 (7 h1)	–	–	–
7 h3 r1/4	1255	Johnson Kubisa	BOT	46.97 (7 h3)	–	–	–
7 h4 r1/4	1356	Benjamin Youla	CGO	47.54 (7 h4)	–	–	–
7 h5 r1/4	1777	Jamie Baulch	GBR	46.52 (7 h5)	–	–	–
7 h6 r1/4	3458	Phillip Mukomana	ZIM	47.11 (7 h6)	–	–	–
7 h7 r1/4	3202	Oleksandr Kaidash	UKR	46.88 (7 h7)	–	–	–
7 h8 r1/4	2013	Rudy Sylvan	GRN	48.17 (7 h8)	–	–	–
8 h1 r1/4	2030	Gerald Clervil	HAI	46.69 (8 h1)	–	–	–
8 h4 r1/4	1284	Iliya Dzhivondov	BUL	48.64 (8 h4)	–	–	–
8 h8 r1/4	3422	Basheer Al-Khewani	YEM	49.72 (8 h8)	–	–	–
AC h2 r1/4	2390	Kennedy Ochieng	KEN	– (DNF h2)	–	–	–
AC h2 r1/4	2489	Jonas Motiejūnas	LTU	– (DNF h2)	–	–	–
AC h3 r1/4	1501	Evripidis Dimosthenous	CYP	– (DNF h3)	–	–	–
AC h9 r1/4	1053	Daniel Batman	AUS	– (DNF h9)	–	–	–
DQ	3307	Antonio Pettigrew	USA	[45.62] (DQ h9)	[45.35] (DQ h2)	[45.24] (DQ h2)	[45.42] (DQ)		1

Round One (22 September 2000)

Top three in each heat and next five fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat #1 (10:40)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	1	Avard Moncur	BAH	45.23	0.266	Q
2	7	Daniel Caines	GBR	45.39	0.153	Q
3	5	Casey Vincent	AUS	45.49	0.162	Q
4	3	Dmitry Golovastov	RUS	45.90	0.234	q
5	2	Takahiko Yamamura	JPN	46.25	0.193
6	4	Carlos Santa	DOM	46.40	0.169
7	8	Piotr Rysiukiewicz	POL	46.67	0.227
8	6	Gerald Clervil	HAI	46.69	0.553

Heat #2 (10:45)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	8	Jude Monye	NGR	45.79	0.220	Q
2	1	Pat Dwyer	AUS	45.82	0.196	Q
3	5	Alejandro Cárdenas	MEX	46.14	0.143	Q
4	2	Neil de Silva	TTO	46.84	0.220
5	3	Gustavo Aguirre	ARG	47.03	0.237
6	6	Troy McIntosh	BAH	47.06	0.231
DNF	7	Jonas Motiejūnas	LTU	–	0.220
DNF	4	Kennedy Ochieng	KEN	–	0.178

Heat #3 (10:50)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Sanderlei Parrela	BRA	45.55	0.472	Q
2	5	Danny McFarlane	JAM	45.84	0.480	Q
3	3	Sofiène Laâbidi	TUN	45.84	0.252	Q
4	6	Jun Osakada	JPN	45.88	0.231	q
5	1	Tawanda Chiwira	ZIM	46.50	0.203
6	7	Nduka Awazie	NGR	46.81	0.319
7	8	Johnson Kubisa	BOT	46.97	0.387
DNF	2	Evripidis Dimosthenous	CYP	–	0.179

Heat #4 (10:55)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	8	Greg Haughton	JAM	45.63	0.295	Q
2	2	David Kirui	KEN	45.69	0.207	Q
3	3	Marc Raquil	FRA	45.72	0.238	Q
4	7	Arnaud Malherbe	RSA	45.73	0.200	q
5	6	Sunday Bada	NGR	45.75	0.554	q
6	5	Ato Modibo	TTO	45.91	0.486
7	4	Benjamin Youla	CGO	47.54	0.183
8	1	Iliya Dzhivondov	BUL	48.64	0.200

Heat #5 (11:00)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	2	Hendrick Mokganyetsi	RSA	45.22	0.209	Q
2	3	Piotr Haczek	POL	45.61	0.248	Q
3	7	Alessandro Attene	ITA	45.79	0.134	Q
4	4	Rohan Pradeep Kumara	SRI	46.00	0.499
5	8	Salaheddine Bakar Al-Safi	QAT	46.16	0.414
6	5	Zsolt Szeglet	HUN	46.19	0.176
7	6	Jamie Baulch	GBR	46.52	0.164

Heat #6 (11:05)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Alvin Harrison	USA	44.96	0.467	Q
2	5	Davian Clarke	JAM	45.30	0.204	Q
3	2	Robert Maćkowiak	POL	45.39	0.236	Q
4	3	Tasos Gkousis	GRE	46.38	0.211
5	7	Fawzi Al-Shammari	KUW	46.38	0.157
6	8	Paramjit Singh	IND	46.64	0.188
7	4	Phillip Mukomana	ZIM	47.11	0.503

Heat #7 (11:10)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Michael Johnson	USA	45.25	0.176	Q
2	2	David Canal	ESP	45.53	0.189	Q
3	3	Ibrahima Wade	FRA	45.72	0.262	Q
4	7	Malik Louahla	ALG	46.06	0.158
5	4	Sean Baldock	GBR	46.45	0.180
6	8	Fabian Rollins	BAR	46.85	0.447
7	6	Oleksandr Kaidash	UKR	46.88	0.586

Heat #8 (11:15)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Hamdan Al-Bishi	KSA	45.22	0.153	Q
2	2	Sugath Thilakaratne	SRI	45.48	0.211	Q
3	1	Ibrahim Ismail	QAT	45.48	0.234	Q
4	5	Éric Milazar	MRI	45.66	0.459	q
5	3	Štefan Balošák	SVK	46.42	0.192
6	7	Kenji Tabata	JPN	46.59	0.143
7	8	Rudy Sylvan	GRN	48.17	0.241
8	6	Basheer Al-Khewani	YEM	49.72	0.452

Heat #9 (11:20)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Chris Brown	BAH	45.80	0.505	Q
2	6	Davis Kamoga	UGA	45.92	0.625	Q
3	7	Matija Šestak	SLO	45.95	0.295
4	5	Tom Coman	IRL	46.17	0.263
5	2	Juan Pedro Toledo	MEX	46.82	0.282
DNF	8	Daniel Batman	AUS	–	0.378
DQ	3	Antonio Pettigrew	USA	[45.62]	[0.328]	Q	2

Quarter-Finals (23 September 2000)

Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1 (21:25)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Michael Johnson	USA	45.31	0.150	Q
2	1	Piotr Haczek	POL	45.43	0.251	Q
3	5	Avard Moncur	BAH	45.43	–	Q
4	8	Casey Vincent	AUS	45.45	0.163	Q
5	7	Éric Milazar	MRI	45.52	0.364
6	6	Sugath Thilakaratne	SRI	45.54	0.199
7	3	David Canal	ESP	45.54	0.221
8	2	Arnaud Malherbe	RSA	45.59	0.192

Heat #2 (21:32)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	3	Davian Clarke	JAM	45.06	0.283	Q
2	6	Hamdan Al-Bishi	KSA	45.35	0.200	Q
3	8	Danny McFarlane	JAM	45.40	0.183	Q
4	7	Ibrahima Wade	FRA	45.61	0.223
5	2	Davis Kamoga	UGA	45.74	0.207
6	5	David Kirui	KEN	46.00	–
7	1	Jun Osakada	JPN	46.15	0.217
DQ	4	Antonio Pettigrew	USA	[45.35]	[0.475]	Q	3

Heat #3 (21:39)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Alvin Harrison	USA	44.25	0.195	Q
2	4	Greg Haughton	JAM	45.08	0.494	Q
3	7	Alessandro Attene	ITA	45.35	0.150	Q
4	8	Pat Dwyer	AUS	45.38	0.174	Q
5	1	Dmitry Golovastov	RUS	45.66	0.184
6	5	Chris Brown	BAH	45.76	0.204
7	2	Sofiène Laâbidi	TUN	46.01	0.215
8	3	Jude Monye	NGR	46.32	0.203

Heat #4 (21:46)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	7	Robert Maćkowiak	POL	45.01	0.194	Q
2	4	Hendrick Mokganyetsi	RSA	45.15	0.440	Q
3	5	Daniel Caines	GBR	45.37	0.161	Q
4	3	Sanderlei Parrela	BRA	45.55	0.302	Q
5	2	Marc Raquil	FRA	45.56	0.224
6	1	Alejandro Cárdenas	MEX	45.66	0.139
7	8	Sunday Bada	NGR	45.83	0.226
8	6	Ibrahim Ismail	QAT	45.96	0.549

Semi-Finals (24 September 2000)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1 (21:00)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Alvin Harrison	USA	44.53	0.220	Q
2	5	Michael Johnson	USA	44.65	0.164	Q
3	3	Greg Haughton	JAM	44.93	0.258	Q
4	2	Sanderlei Parrela	BRA	45.17	0.212	Q
5	8	Avard Moncur	BAH	45.18	0.198
6	4	Piotr Haczek	POL	45.66	0.470
7	1	Pat Dwyer	AUS	45.70	0.176
8	7	Hamdan Al-Bishi	KSA	45.98	0.179

Heat #2 (21:07)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	7	Danny McFarlane	JAM	45.38	0.253	Q
2	5	Hendrick Mokganyetsi	RSA	45.52	0.529	Q
3	6	Robert Maćkowiak	POL	45.53	0.192	Q
4	8	Daniel Caines	GBR	45.55	0.168
5	2	Casey Vincent	AUS	45.61	0.229
6	1	Alessandro Attene	ITA	46.41	0.221		4
DNF	3	Davian Clarke	JAM	–	0.270
DQ	4	Antonio Pettigrew	USA	[45.24]	[0.499]	Q	5

Final (25 September 2000 — 20:25)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Michael Johnson	USA	43.84	0.610
2	4	Alvin Harrison	USA	44.40	0.490
3	8	Greg Haughton	JAM	44.70	0.346
4	2	Sanderlei Parrela	BRA	45.01	0.280
5	1	Robert Maćkowiak	POL	45.14	0.232
6	7	Hendrick Mokganyetsi	RSA	45.26	0.442
7	3	Danny McFarlane	JAM	45.55	0.332
DQ	5	Antonio Pettigrew	USA	[45.42]	[0.567]	6