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The men's 400 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 1 and 5 August 2021 at the Olympic Stadium. [1] Approximately fifty athletes were expected to compete; the exact number was dependent on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 48 qualifying through time or ranking (3 universality places were used in 2016).
Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the Games. They were due to be held from 31 July – 9 August 2020, at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo , Japan. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the games were postponed to 2021, with the track and field events set for 30 July – 8 August. [ 1 ]
The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 30 July and 3 August 2021 at the Olympic Stadium. [1] 36 athletes from 26 nations competed. [2] In what has been described as one of the greatest races in Olympic history, [3] Karsten Warholm of Norway won the gold medal, setting a new world record of 45.94
Norway's Karsten Warholm needed a world record to beat Rai Bejamin in the men's 400m hurdles. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
USA Track and Field announced their Olympic roster based on these guidelines on July 6, 2021. [8] The trials for the men's and women's marathon were held on February 29, 2020 in Atlanta [9] and the trials for the men's 50 km race walk were held on January 25, 2020 at San Diego Christian College and the Santee Town Center station in Santee ...
The Olympic record for the men's race was set in 2016, and the record for the women's race was set in 2024. Wayde van Niekerk holds the men's record of 43.03 seconds, breaking world and Olympic records that had been held by Michael Johnson since 1999 and 1996 respectively. Marileidy Paulino is the women's record holder at 48.17 seconds.
Earlier this summer, Hall told Olympics.com that he was “wasting time” running that event as a pro. On Wednesday night, he called switching his focus to the open 400 two years ago the “best ...
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...