Updated August 28, 2020 |
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400 meters
Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the men's 400 meter race from 1896 to the present.
| Year | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Tom Burke, USA | 54.2 | |
| 1900 | Maxey Long, USA | 49.4 | OR |
| 1904 | Harry Hillman, USA | 49.2 | OR |
| 1906 | Paul Pilgrim, USA | 53.2 | |
| 1908 | Wyndham Halswelle, GBR | 50.0 | |
| 1912 | Charlie Reidpath, USA | 48.2 | OR |
| 1920 | Bevil Rudd, S. Afr. | 49.6 | |
| 1924 | Eric Liddell, GBR | 47.6 | OR |
| 1928 | Ray Barbuti, USA | 47.8 | |
| 1932 | Bill Carr, USA | 46.2 | WR |
| 1936 | Archie Williams, USA | 46.5 | |
| 1948 | Arthur Wint, JAM | 46.2 | |
| 1952 | George Rhoden, JAM | 45.9 | OR |
| 1956 | Charley Jenkins, USA | 46.7 | |
| 1960 | Otis Davis, USA | 44.9 | WR |
| 1964 | Mike Larrabee, USA | 45.1 | |
| 1968 | Lee Evans, USA | 43.86 | WR |
| 1972 | Vince Matthews, USA | 44.66 | |
| 1976 | Alberto Juantorena, CUB | 44.26 | |
| 1980 | Viktor Markin, USSR | 44.60 | |
| 1984 | Alonzo Babers, USA | 44.27 | |
| 1988 | Steve Lewis, USA | 43.87 | |
| 1992 | Quincy Watts, USA | 43.50 | OR |
| 1996 | Michael Johnson, USA | 43.49 | OR |
| 2000 | Michael Johnson, USA | 43.84 | |
| 2004 | Jeremy Wariner, USA | 44.00 | |
| 2008 | Lashawn Merritt, USA | 43.75 | |
| 2012 | James Kirani, GRN | 43.94 |
| 200 meters | Men's Olympic Track & Field | 800 meters |
