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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to three qualified athletes in the men's 200 metres event if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of three has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard is 20.24 seconds.
At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 37 events were contested in athletics.There were a total number of 1005 participating athletes from 80 countries. The men's 50 kilometres walk competition was dropped from the Olympic athletics programme, despite its constant presence at the games since 1932.
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 ...
Hayward Field will be the host site of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials for the eighth time and the fifth Olympic cycle in a row.. Hundreds of the best track and field athletes will be in ...
The day on the track will conclude with the 3,000-meter men's steeplechase. Noah Lyles, 100-meter U.S. gold medalist, will return to the track in 200-meter semifinals (2:02 p.m.).
The men's 800 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 12–15 August at the Olympic Stadium. [1] Fifty-eight athletes from 39 nations competed. [ 2 ] The event was won by 0.46 seconds by David Rudisha of Kenya, the fourth man to successfully defend Olympic gold in the 800 metres.
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).
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