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Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

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Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Angelo Taylor (2008)
VenueStadium Australia
Date24 September 2000 (quarterfinals)
25 September 2000 (semifinals)
27 September 2000 (final)
Competitors62 from 45 nations
Winning time47.50
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Angelo Taylor
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hadi Souan Somayli
 Saudi Arabia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Llewellyn Herbert
 South Africa
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The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme were held at Stadium Australia on Sunday 24 September, Monday 25 September and Wednesday 27 September 2000.[1] There were 62 competitors from 45 nations.[2] The event was won by 0.03 seconds by Angelo Taylor of the United States, the nation's fifth consecutive and 17th overall victory in the event. Saudi Arabia and South Africa each earned their first medals in the men's 400 metres hurdles, as Hadi Souan Somayli took silver and Llewellyn Herbert received bronze.

Background

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This was the 22nd time the event was held. It had been introduced along with the men's 200 metres hurdles in 1900, with the 200 being dropped after 1904 and the 400 being held through 1908 before being left off the 1912 programme. However, when the Olympics returned in 1920 after World War I, the men's 400 metres hurdles was back and would continue to be contested at every Games thereafter.

Four of the eight finalists from the 1996 Games returned: silver medalist Samuel Matete of Zambia, fifth-place finisher Rohan Robinson of Australia, sixth-place finisher Fabrizio Mori of Italy, and eighth-place finisher Eronilde de Araujo of Brazil. Mori had won the 1999 World Championship, but Angelo Taylor of the United States and Llewellyn Herbert of South Africa were the favorites.[2]

Belarus, Chinese Taipei, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, Namibia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 21st appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

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Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run 49.90 seconds or faster during the qualification period. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run 50.20 seconds or faster could be entered.[3]

Competition format

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The competition used the three-round format used every Games since 1908 (except the four-round competition in 1952): quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The number of semifinals was expanded from 2 to 3. Ten sets of hurdles were set on the course. The hurdles were 3 feet (91.5 centimetres) tall and were placed 35 metres apart beginning 45 metres from the starting line, resulting in a 40 metres home stretch after the last hurdle. The 400 metres track was standard.

There were 8 quarterfinal heats with 7 or 8 athletes each. The top 2 men in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals along with the next fastest 8 overall. The 24 semifinalists were divided into 3 semifinals of 8 athletes each, with the top 2 in each semifinal and the next 2 fastest overall advancing to the 8-man final.[2]

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World record  Kevin Young (USA) 46.78 Barcelona, Spain 6 August 1992
Olympic record  Kevin Young (USA) 46.78 Barcelona, Spain 6 August 1992

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

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All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 24 September 2000 18:15 Quarterfinals
Monday, 25 September 2000 19:45 Semifinals
Wednesday, 27 September 2000 20:35 Final

Results

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All times shown are in seconds.

Quarterfinals

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Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 8 Llewellyn Herbert  South Africa 0.171 49.25 Q
2 7 Thomas Goller  Germany 0.154 49.32 Q
3 3 Ruslan Mashchenko  Russia 0.255 50.01 q
4 4 Rohan Robinson  Australia 0.173 50.80
5 5 Willie Smith  Namibia 0.156 50.89
6 6 Carlos Zbinden  Chile 0.180 51.36
7 2 Victor Houston  Barbados 0.179 51.51

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 5 Fabrizio Mori  Italy 0.162 49.35 Q
2 8 Boris Gorban  Russia 0.195 49.44 Q
3 4 Félix Sánchez  Dominican Republic 0.142 49.70 q
4 6 Blair Young  Australia 0.193 49.75 q
5 2 Tien-Wen Chen  Chinese Taipei 0.180 49.93 q, NR
6 3 Erick Keter  Kenya 0.269 50.06 q, SB
7 1 Kazuhiko Yamazaki  Japan 0.177 50.15
8 7 Yvon Rakotoarimiandry  Madagascar 0.185 50.15

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 8 Angelo Taylor  United States 0.185 49.48 Q
2 6 Dinsdale Morgan  Jamaica 0.171 49.64 Q
3 4 Ibou Faye  Senegal 0.188 50.09
4 7 Arijan Raja Ratnayake  Sri Lanka 0.346 50.43
5 5 Erkinjon Isakov  Uzbekistan 0.182 50.71
6 3 Hillary Kiprotich Maritim  Kenya 0.180 51.04
7 2 Sylvester Omodiale  Nigeria 0.189 51.06

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 8 Jiri Muzik  Czech Republic 0.216 50.11 Q
2 6 Eric Thomas  United States 0.170 50.16 Q
3 1 Periklis Iakovakis  Greece 0.165 50.20
4 4 Hideaki Kawamura  Japan 0.172 50.68
5 7 Vadim Zadoinov  Moldova 0.173 51.08
6 2 Mustapha Sdad  Morocco 0.216 51.39
7 3 Tom McGuirk  Ireland 0.183 51.73
8 5 Lee Du-yeon  South Korea 0.192 52.61

Quarterfinal 5

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 3 Christopher Rawlinson  Great Britain 0.184 51.30 Q
2 2 Paweł Januszewski  Poland 0.163 51.40 Q
3 7 Tibor Bedi  Hungary 0.169 51.54
4 5 Kenneth Harnden  Zimbabwe 0.435 51.83
5 4 Leonid Vershinin  Belarus 0.151 51.84
6 1 Darko Juricic  Croatia 0.167 52.39
7 6 Zahr-el-Din El-Najem  Syria 0.160 52.70
8 8 Iliya Dzhivondov  Bulgaria 0.279 54.36

Quarterfinal 6

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 1 Hadi Souan Somayli  Saudi Arabia 0.174 49.28 Q
2 7 James Carter  United States 0.174 49.41 Q
3 6 Alwyn Myburgh  South Africa 0.184 49.57 q
4 5 Pedro Rodrigues  Portugal 0.162 49.90 q
5 4 Anthony Borsumato  Great Britain 0.155 50.73
6 3 Costas Pochanis  Cyprus 0.244 51.20
7 8 Matthew Beckenham  Australia 0.176 51.27
8 2 Ian Weakley  Jamaica 0.179 52.18

Quarterfinal 7

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 1 Samuel Matete  Zambia 0.184 48.98 Q
2 5 Gennadiy Gorbenko  Ukraine 0.406 49.12 Q, PB
3 8 Matt Douglas  Great Britain 0.163 49.62 q
4 7 Kemel Thompson  Jamaica 0.241 50.40
5 3 Zid Abou Hamed  Syria 0.117 50.74
6 6 Paul Tucker  Guyana 0.354 50.92
7 2 Radoslav Holubek  Slovakia 0.127 51.18
8 4 Mowen Boino  Papua New Guinea 0.406 51.28 NR

Quarterfinal 8

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 8 Eronilde de Araújo  Brazil 0.179 50.06 Q
2 6 Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli  Italy 0.179 50.27 Q
3 4 Vladislav Shiryayev  Russia 0.179 50.39
4 5 Inigo Monreal  Spain 0.502 51.32
5 7 Sinisa Pesa  FR Yugoslavia 0.165 52.14
6 2 Curt Young  Panama 0.164 52.46
7 3 Iain Harnden  Zimbabwe 0.287 54.01
8 1 Dai Tamesue  Japan 0.256 1:01.81

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 6 Hadi Souan Somayli  Saudi Arabia 0.316 48.14 Q, AR
2 4 Fabrizio Mori  Italy 48.40 Q, SB
3 5 Gennadiy Gorbenko  Ukraine 0.478 48.40 q, PB
4 7 Paweł Januszewski  Poland 0.244 48.42 q, SB
5 2 Eric Thomas  United States 0.188 49.25
6 3 Thomas Goller  Germany 0.152 49.28
7 1 Pedro Rodrigues  Portugal 0.163 49.48 SB
8 8 Tien-Wen Chen  Chinese Taipei 0.182 50.52

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 4 Llewellyn Herbert  South Africa 0.153 48.38 Q
2 3 Angelo Taylor  United States 0.250 48.49 Q
3 7 Ruslan Mashchenko  Russia 0.177 48.49
4 8 Blair Young  Australia 0.255 49.20
5 5 Jiri Muzik  Czech Republic 0.277 49.23
6 6 Chris Rawlinson  Great Britain 0.177 49.25
7 1 Félix Sánchez  Dominican Republic 0.178 49.69
8 2 Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli  Italy 0.242 50.10

Semifinal 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 3 James Carter  United States 0.202 48.48 Q
2 4 Eronilde de Araújo  Brazil 0.181 48.76 Q
3 6 Samuel Matete  Zambia 0.228 48.98
4 1 Alwyn Myburgh  South Africa 0.202 49.25
5 5 Boris Gorban  Russia 0.454 49.29
6 8 Matt Douglas  Great Britain 0.177 49.53
7 2 Dinsdale Morgan  Jamaica 0.166 50.23
8 7 Erick Keter  Kenya 0.202 51.25

Final

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 Angelo Taylor  United States 0.179 47.50 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Hadi Souan Somayli  Saudi Arabia 0.437 47.53 AR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Llewellyn Herbert  South Africa 0.169 47.81 NR
4 5 James Carter  United States 0.421 48.04 PB
5 8 Eronilde de Araújo  Brazil 0.190 48.34
6 2 Paweł Januszewski  Poland 0.149 48.44
7 3 Fabrizio Mori  Italy 0.198 48.78
8 7 Gennadiy Gorbenko  Ukraine 0.395 49.01

Results summary

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Rank Athlete Nation Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Angelo Taylor  United States 49.48 48.49 47.50 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hadi Souan Somayli  Saudi Arabia 49.28 48.14 47.53 AR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Llewellyn Herbert  South Africa 49.25 48.38 47.81 NR
4 James Carter  United States 49.41 48.48 48.04 PB
5 Eronilde de Araújo  Brazil 50.06 48.76 48.34
6 Paweł Januszewski  Poland 51.40 48.42 48.44 SB
7 Fabrizio Mori  Italy 49.35 48.40 48.78 SB
8 Gennadiy Gorbenko  Ukraine 49.12 48.80 49.01 PB
9 Ruslan Mashchenko  Russia 50.01 48.94 Did not advance
10 Samuel Matete  Zambia 49.98 48.98
11 Blair Young  Australia 49.75 49.20
12 Jiri Muzik  Czech Republic 50.11 49.23
13 Alwyn Myburgh  South Africa 49.57 49.25
Chris Rawlinson  Great Britain 51.30 49.25
Eric Thomas  United States 50.16 49.25
16 Thomas Goller  Germany 49.32 49.28
17 Boris Gorban  Russia 49.44 49.29
18 Pedro Rodrigues  Portugal 49.90 49.48 SB
19 Matt Douglas  Great Britain 49.62 49.53
20 Félix Sánchez  Dominican Republic 49.70 49.69
21 Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli  Italy 50.27 50.10
22 Dinsdale Morgan  Jamaica 49.64 50.23
23 Tien-Wen Chen  Chinese Taipei 49.93 50.52 NR
24 Erick Keter  Kenya 50.06 51.25 SB
25 Ibou Faye  Senegal 50.09 Did not advance
26 Yvon Rakotoarimiandry  Madagascar 50.15
Kazuhiko Yamazaki  Japan 50.15
28 Periklis Iakovakis  Greece 50.20
29 Vladislav Shiryayev  Russia 50.39
30 Kemel Thompson  Jamaica 50.40
31 Arijan Raja Ratnayake  Sri Lanka 50.43
32 Hideaki Kawamura  Japan 50.68
33 Erkinjon Isakov  Uzbekistan 50.71
34 Anthony Borsumato  Great Britain 50.73
35 Zid Abou Hamed  Syria 50.74
36 Rohan Robinson  Australia 50.80
37 Willie Smith  Namibia 50.89
38 Paul Tucker  Guyana 50.92
39 Hillary Kiprotich Maritim  Kenya 51.04
40 Sylvester Omodiale  Nigeria 51.06
41 Vadim Zadoinov  Moldova 51.08
42 Radoslav Holubek  Slovakia 51.18
43 Costas Pochanis  Cyprus 51.20
44 Matthew Beckenham  Australia 51.27
45 Inigo Monreal  Spain 51.32
46 Carlos Zbinden  Chile 51.36
47 Mowen Boino  Papua New Guinea 51.28 NR
48 Mustapha Sdad  Morocco 51.39
49 Victor Houston  Barbados 51.51
50 Tibor Bedi  Hungary 51.54
51 Tom McGuirk  Ireland 51.73
52 Kenneth Harnden  Zimbabwe 51.83
53 Leonid Vershinin  Belarus 51.84
54 Sinisa Pesa  FR Yugoslavia 52.14
55 Ian Weakley  Jamaica 52.18
56 Darko Juricic  Croatia 52.39
57 Curt Young  Panama 52.46
58 Du-Yeon Lee  South Korea 52.61
59 Zahr-Edin Al Najem  Syria 52.70
60 Iain Harnden  Zimbabwe 54.01
61 Iliya Dzhivondov  Bulgaria 54.36
62 Dai Tamesue  Japan 1:01.81

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Hurdles". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "400 metres Hurdles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. ^ http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/tfn_pdfs/ogqualifying_standards.pdf[permanent dead link‍]
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