The men's 400 metres

400 metres

The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...

event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics

At the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, 29 athletics events were contested, all for men only. The competitions were held from August 15, 1920 to August 23, 1920.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...

 at the 1920 Summer Olympics

1920 Summer Olympics

The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....

. The competition was held on Thursday, August 19, 1920 and on Friday, August 20, 1920.

37 runners from 16 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record	47.4(*)	Ted Meredith Ted Meredith James Edwin "Ted" Meredith was an American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Chester Heights, Pennsylvania and died in Camden, New Jersey, aged 65...	Cambridge, MA Cambridge, Massachusetts Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...  (USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )	May 27, 1916
Olympic Record	48.2	Charles Reidpath Charles Reidpath Charles Decker Reidpath was an American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics, who later went on to have an outstanding military career.-Biography:...	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...  (SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... )	July 13, 1912

(*) 440 yards (= 402.34 m)

Heats

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		52.0	Q
2		52.2	Q
3		52.6

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		51.1	Q
2		51.3	Q
3		51.8
4

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		50.8	Q
2		51.2	Q
3		51.6

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		51.6	Q
2		52.3	Q
3		52.8

Heat 5

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		50.6	Q
2		51.1	Q
3		51.6
4		51.8

Heat 6

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		52.6	Q
2		53.2	Q
3		54.0
4		55.1

Heat 7

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		50.4	Q
2		50.6	Q
3		50.9
4		51.3

Heat 8

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		52.0	Q
2		52.3	Q
3		53.0
4		53.1

Heat 9

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		52.2	Q
2		52.5	Q
3		52.6
4		52.8

Heat 10

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		51.6	Q
2		52.0	Q
3		52.4
4

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		50.4	Q
2		50.7	Q
3		50.7	Q
4		50.8
5		51.1

Quarterfinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		50.6	Q
2		50.7	Q
3		50.8	Q
4		51.1
5		51.5

Quarterfinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		51.0	Q
2		51.3	Q
3		51.4	Q
4		51.7
5		52.1

Quarterfinal 4

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		51.0	Q
2		51.2	Q
3		51.3	Q
4		52.6
5		52.7

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		49.6	Q
2		49.7	Q
3		49.9	Q
4
5
6

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		50.0	Q
2		50.2	Q
3		50.4	Q
4		50.4
5		50.5
6		52.0

Final

Place	Athlete	Time
1		49.6
2		49.9
3		49.9
4		49.9
5		50.0
6		50.1