Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres


These are the official results of the men's 400 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 69 participating athletes, with nine qualifying heats.
In heat 1 of the semi-final round, Derek Redmond tore his hamstring 250 meters to the finish line and was disqualified due to outside assistance from his father. Despite the results, the crowd gave him a standing ovation.
In heat 2 of the semi-final round, Quincy Watts ran the number 2 time in history, 43.71, only surpassed by the world record held by Butch Reynolds. At those trials, Danny Everett had run the previous number time in history 43.81, while Reynolds did not qualify. In heat 2, Everett suffered a foot injury and hobbled home. In the final, Watts again improved the number 2 time in history while breaking the Olympic Record with his 43.50 win.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.
World Record43.29 Butch ReynoldsZürich August 17, 1988
Olympic Record43.86 Lee EvansMexico City October 18, 1968

Quincy Watts set two new Olympic records. He first ran 43.71 in the semi-finals and improved his mark in the final to 43.50.

Final

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Quincy Watts43.50 OR-
Steve Lewis44.21-
Samson Kitur44.24-
4Ian Morris44.25-
5Roberto Hernández44.52-
6David Grindley44.75-
7Ibrahim Ismail Muftah45.10-
8Susumu Takano45.18-

Semifinals

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Quincy Watts43.71 OR-
2Samson Kitur44.18-
3Ian Morris44.21-
4David Grindley44.47-
5Roger Black44.72-
6Benyounes Lahlou45.49-
7Bobang Phiri45.59-
8Danny Everett56.61-

Quarterfinals

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Derek Redmond45.02-
2Susumu Takano45.27-
3Troy Douglas45.67-
4Danny Everett45.76-
5David Kitur46.25-
6Edielson Rocha46.34-
7Alvin Daniel46.44-
8Tamás Molnár46.80-

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Ian Morris44.78-
2David Grindley44.91-
3Ibrahim Ismail Muftah45.18-
4Sunday Bada45.34-
5Devon Morris45.67-
6Cayetano Cornet46.27-
—Solomon Amegatcher-
—Cephas Lemba-

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Steve Lewis44.54-
2Roberto Hernández44.84-
3Roger Black45.28-
4Simon Kemboi45.40-
5Thomas Schönlebe45.46-
6Slobodan Branković45.90-
7Andrea Nuti45.96-
8Mark Garner46.85-

Heats

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Troy Douglas46.02-
2Alvin Daniel46.09-
3Thomas Schönlebe46.26-
4Seibert Straughn46.54-
5Delon Felix47.39-
6Mohamed Al-Malky48.00-
7Randolph Foster48.80-
8Vanxay Sinebandith51.71-

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Quincy Watts45.38-
2Bobang Phiri45.57-
3Rico Lieder45.86-
4Francis Ogola45.87-
5Ediélson Tenório46.31-
6Kossi Akoto46.97-
7Martial Biguet47.82 -

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Simon Kemboi45.84-
2Slobodan Branković46.34-
3Devon Morris46.45-
4Patrick Delice46.58-
5Subul Babo47.17-
6Médard Makanga48.17-
7Kenmore Hughes48.56-
8Mohamed Amir50.35-

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Danny Everett45.68-
2David Grindley45.79-
3Andrea Nuti46.12-
4Innocent Egbunike46.51-
5Dmitry Kosov47.28-
6Joseph Adam47.68-
7Baptiste Firiam48.98-
8Eulogio Ngache50.83-

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Samson Kitur45.41-
2Susumu Takano45.96-
3Tamás Molnár46.21-
4Anthony Wallace46.88-
5Camera Ntereke47.32-
6Michael Joseph50.90-
—Desai Wynter-
—Lamin MarikongDQ-

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Ian Morris45.65-
2Benyounes Lahlou45.73-
3David Kitur46.22-
4Mark Garner46.26-
5Apisai Driu Baibai47.81-
6Henry Mohoanyane48.39-
7Mohamed Mehdi Hasan48.62-

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Steve Lewis45.14-
2Sunday Bada45.38-
3Sidnei de Souza45.92-
4Cayetano Cornet46.13-
5Tim Hesse46.67-
6Michael McLean47.75-
7Samba Fall50.91-

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Ibrahim Ismail Muftah45.21-
2Roger Black45.94-
3Cephas Lemba45.94-
4Marco Vaccari46.37-
5Takahiro Watanabe46.45-
6Foday Sillah47.00-
7João Francisco Capindica47.44-
8Stephen Lugor48.94-