Competitors 60 from 27 nations | ||
Venue Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Dates July 10 (heats and quarterfinals)
July 11 (semifinals and final) | ||
The men's 400 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. This race was depicted in the film Chariots of Fire. The competition was held on Thursday, July 10, 1924 and on Friday, July 11, 1924.
Contents
As for all other races the track was 500 metres in circumference.
Sixty runners from 27 nations competed.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.
(*) 440 yards (= 402.34 m)
In the quarter-finals, Josef Imbach set a new Olympic record with 48.0 seconds. In the semi-finals Horatio Fitch improved the Olympic record with 47.8 seconds. In the final, Eric Liddell set a new world record with 47.6 seconds; this time was ratified as a 400 metres world record as Ted Meredith ran his record over 440 yards.
Round 1
All heats were held on Thursday, July 10, 1924 and started at 2 p.m.
The best two finishers of every heat qualified for the quarter-finals.
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Heat 5
Heat 6
Heat 7
Heat 8
Heat 9
Heat 10
Heat 11
Heat 12
Heat 13
Heat 14
Heat 15
Heat 16
Heat 17
Quarterfinals
All semi-finals were held on Thursday, July 10, 1924 and started at 4 p.m.
The best two finishers of every heat qualified for the semifinals.
Horace Aylwin, Lajos Kurunczy, George Renwick, and Erik Åström qualified for the quarterfinals but withdrew.
Quarterfinal 1
Quarterfinal 2
Quarterfinal 3
Quarterfinal 4
Quarterfinal 5
Quarterfinal 6
Semifinals
All semi-finals were held on Friday, July 11, 1924 and started at 2:45 p.m.
The best three finishers of each heat qualified for the final.
Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final
The final was held on Friday, July 11, 1924 and started at 5:30 p.m.