Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Men's 400 metres hurdles at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Medalists
Angelo Taylor   United States   Hadi Souan Somayli   Saudi Arabia   Llewellyn Herbert   South Africa

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Wheelchair races

The Men's 400 metres Hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme were held at Stadium Australia on Sunday 24 September, Monday 25 September and Wednesday 27 September 2000.

The top two runners in each of the initial eight heats automatically qualified for the semifinals. The next eight fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 24 runners competed in 3 heats in the semifinals, with the top two runners from each heat qualifying for the finals. The next two fastest runners from across the heats also qualified.

Records

World and Olympic records prior to the Games.	World Record	46.78	Kevin Young	USA	Barcelona, Spain	8 June 1992
Olympic Record	46.78	Kevin Young	USA	Barcelona, Spain	8 June 1992

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

• Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
• q denotes qualification by overall place.
• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• DQ denotes disqualification.
• NR denotes national record.
• AR denotes area/continental record.
• OR denotes Olympic record.
• WR denotes world record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season best.

Qualifying heats

Round 1

Heat 1 of 8 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	3	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	8	0.171 s	49.25 s	Q
2	5	Thomas Goller	Germany	7	0.154 s	49.32 s	Q
3	17	Ruslan Mashchenko	Russia	3	0.255 s	50.01 s	q
4	34	Rohan Robinson	Australia	4	0.173 s	50.80 s
5	35	Willie Smith	Namibia	5	0.156 s	50.89 s
6	45	Carlos Zbinden	Chile	6	0.180 s	51.36 s
7	49	Victor Houston	Barbados	2	0.179 s	51.51 s

Heat 2 of 8 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	6	Fabrizio Mori	Italy	5	0.162 s	49.35 s	Q
2	8	Boris Gorban	Russia	8	0.195 s	49.44 s	Q
3	13	Félix Sánchez	Dominican Republic	4	0.142 s	49.70 s	q
4	14	Blair Young	Australia	6	0.193 s	49.75 s	q
5	16	Tien-Wen Chen	Chinese Taipei	2	0.180 s	49.93 s	q	NR
6	18T	Erick Keter	Kenya	3	0.269 s	50.06 s	q	SB
7	22T	Kazuhiko Yamazaki	Japan	1	0.177 s	50.15 s
8	22T	Yvon Rakotoarimiandry	Madagascar	7	0.185 s	50.15 s

Heat 3 of 8 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	9	Angelo Taylor	United States	8	0.185 s	49.48 s	Q
2	12	Dinsdale Morgan	Jamaica	6	0.171 s	49.64 s	Q
3	20	Ibou Faye	Senegal	4	0.188 s	50.09 s
4	29	Arijan Raja Ratnayake	Sri Lanka	7	0.346 s	50.43 s
5	31	Erkinjon Isakov	Uzbekistan	5	0.182 s	50.71 s
6	37	Hillary Kiprotich Maritim	Kenya	3	0.180 s	51.04 s
7	38	Sylvester Omodiale	Nigeria	2	0.189 s	51.06 s

Heat 4 of 8 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	21	Jiri Muzik	Czech Republic	8	0.216 s	50.11 s	Q
2	24	Eric Thomas	United States	6	0.170 s	50.16 s	Q
3	25	Periklis Iakovakis	Greece	1	0.165 s	50.20 s
4	30	Hideaki Kawamura	Japan	4	0.172 s	50.68 s
5	39	Vadim Zadoinov	Moldova	7	0.173 s	51.08 s
6	47	Mustapha Sdad	Morocco	2	0.216 s	51.39 s
7	51	Tom McGuirk	Ireland	3	0.183 s	51.73 s
8	58	Du-Yeon Lee	South Korea	5	0.192 s	52.61 s

Heat 5 of 8 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	43	Christopher Rawlinson	Great Britain	3	0.184 s	51.30 s	Q
2	48	Paweł Januszewski	Poland	2	0.163 s	51.40 s	Q
3	50	Tibor Bedi	Hungary	7	0.169 s	51.54 s
4	52	Kenneth Harnden	Zimbabwe	5	0.435 s	51.83 s
5	53	Leanid Vershynin	Belarus	4	0.151 s	51.84 s
6	56	Darko Juricic	Croatia	1	0.167 s	52.39 s
7	59	Zahr-Edin Al Najem	Syria	6	0.160 s	52.70 s
8	61	Iliya Dzhivondov	Bulgaria	8	0.279 s	54.36 s

Heat 6 of 8 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	4	Hadi Souan Somayli	Saudi Arabia	1	0.174 s	49.28 s	Q
2	7	James Carter	United States	7	0.174 s	49.41 s	Q
3	10	Alwyn Myburgh	South Africa	6	0.184 s	49.57 s	q
4	15	Pedro Rodrigues	Portugal	5	0.162 s	49.90 s	q
5	32	Anthony Borsumato	Great Britain	4	0.155 s	50.73 s
6	41	Costas Pochanis	Cyprus	3	0.244 s	51.20 s
7	42	Matthew Beckenham	Australia	8	0.176 s	51.27 s
8	55	Ian Weakley	Jamaica	2	0.179 s	52.18 s

Heat 7 of 8 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	Samuel Matete	Zambia	1	0.184 s	48.98 s	Q
2	2	Gennadiy Gorbenko	Ukraine	5	0.406 s	49.12 s	Q	PB
3	11	Matt Douglas	Great Britain	8	0.163 s	49.62 s	q
4	28	Kemel Thompson	Jamaica	7	0.241 s	50.40 s
5	33	Zid Abou Hamed	Syria	3	0.117 s	50.74 s
6	36	Paul Tucker	Guyana	6	0.354 s	50.92 s
7	40	Radoslav Holubek	Slovakia	2	0.127 s	51.18 s
8	46	Mowen Boino	Papua New Guinea	4	0.406 s	51.28 s		NR

Heat 8 of 8 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	18T	Eronilde de Araújo	Brazil	8	0.179 s	50.06 s	Q
2	26	Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli	Italy	6	0.179 s	50.27 s	Q
3	27	Vladislav Shiryayev	Russia	4	0.179 s	50.39 s
4	44	Inigo Monreal	Spain	5	0.502 s	51.32 s
5	54	Sinisa Pesa	Yugoslavia	7	0.165 s	52.14 s
6	57	Curt Young	Panama	2	0.164 s	52.46 s
7	60	Iain Harnden	Zimbabwe	3	0.287 s	54.01 s
8	62	Dai Tamesue	Japan	1	0.256 s	1:01.81

Heat 1- Overall

Round 1 Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Samuel Matete	Zambia	7	1	1	49.98 s	Q
2	Gennadiy Gorbenko	Ukraine	7	5	2	49.12 s	Q	PB
3	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	1	8	1	49.25 s	Q
4	Hadi Souan Somayli	Saudi Arabia	6	1	1	49.28 s	Q
5	Thomas Goller	Germany	1	7	2	49.32 s	Q
6	Fabrizio Mori	Italy	2	5	1	49.35 s	Q
7	James Carter	United States	2	7	2	49.41 s	Q
8	Boris Gorban	Russia	2	8	2	49.44 s	Q
9	Angelo Taylor	United States	3	8	1	49.48 s	Q
10	Alwyn Myburgh	South Africa	6	6	3	49.57 s	q
11	Matt Douglas	Great Britain	7	8	3	49.62 s	q
12	Dinsdale Morgan	Jamaica	3	6	2	49.64 s	Q
13	Félix Sánchez	Dominican Republic	2	4	3	49.70 s	q
14	Blair Young	Australia	2	6	4	49.75 s	q
15	Pedro Rodrigues	Portugal	6	5	4	49.90 s	q
16	Tien-Wen Chen	Chinese Taipei	2	2	5	49.93 s	q	NR
17	Ruslan Mashchenko	Russia	1	3	3	50.01 s	q
18	Eronilde de Araújo	Brazil	8	8	1	50.06 s	Q
	Erick Keter	Kenya	2	3	6	50.06 s	q	SB
20	Ibou Faye	Senegal	3	4	3	50.09 s
21	Jiri Muzik	Czech Republic	4	8	1	50.11 s	Q
22	Yvon Rakotoarimiandry	Madagascar	2	7	8	50.15 s
	Kazuhiko Yamazaki	Japan	2	1	7	50.15 s
24	Eric Thomas	United States	4	6	2	50.16 s	Q
25	Periklis Iakovakis	Greece	4	1	3	50.20 s
26	Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli	Italy	8	6	2	50.27 s	Q
27	Vladislav Shiryayev	Russia	8	4	3	50.39 s
28	Kemel Thompson	Jamaica	7	7	4	50.40 s
29	Arijan Raja Ratnayake	Sri Lanka	3	7	4	50.43 s
30	Hideaki Kawamura	Japan	4	4	4	50.68 s
31	Erkinjon Isakov	Uzbekistan	3	5	5	50.71 s
32	Anthony Borsumato	Great Britain	6	4	5	50.73 s
33	Zid Abou Hamed	Syria	7	3	5	50.74 s
34	Rohan Robinson	Australia	1	4	4	50.80 s
35	Willie Smith	Namibia	1	5	5	50.89 s
36	Paul Tucker	Guyana	7	6	6	50.92 s
37	Hillary Kiprotich Maritim	Kenya	3	3	6	51.04 s
38	Sylvester Omodiale	Nigeria	3	2	7	51.06 s
39	Vadim Zadoinov	Moldova	4	7	5	51.08 s
40	Radoslav Holubek	Slovakia	7	2	7	51.18 s
41	Costas Pochanis	Cyprus	6	3	6	51.20 s
42	Matthew Beckenham	Australia	6	8	7	51.27 s
43	Christopher Rawlinson	Great Britain	5	3	1	51.30 s	Q
44	Inigo Monreal	Spain	8	5	4	51.32 s
45	Carlos Zbinden	Chile	1	6	6	51.36 s
46	Mowen Boino	Papua New Guinea	7	4	8	51.28 s		NR
47	Mustapha Sdad	Morocco	4	2	6	51.39 s
48	Paweł Januszewski	Poland	5	2	2	51.40 s	Q
49	John Yasenchok	Uninted States	1	2	7	51.51 s
50	Tibor Bedi	Hungary	5	7	3	51.54 s
51	Tom McGuirk	Ireland	4	3	7	51.73 s
52	Kenneth Harnden	Zimbabwe	5	5	4	51.83 s
53	Leonid Vershinin	Belarus	5	4	5	51.84 s
54	Sinisa Pesa	Yugoslavia	8	7	5	52.14 s
55	Ian Weakley	Jamaica	6	2	8	52.18 s
56	Darko Juricic	Croatia	5	1	6	52.39 s
57	Curt Young	Panama	8	2	6	52.46 s
58	Du-Yeon Lee	South Korea	4	5	8	52.61 s
59	Zahr-Edin Al Najem	Syria	5	6	7	52.70 s
60	Iain Harnden	Zimbabwe	8	3	7	54.01 s
61	Iliya Dzhivondov	Bulgaria	5	8	8	54.36 s
62	Dai Tamesue	Japan	8	1	8	1:01.81

Semi-Finals

Heat 1 of 3 Date: Monday 25 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	Hadi Souan Somayli	Saudi Arabia	6	0.316 s	48.14 s	Q	AR
2	3T	Fabrizio Mori	Italy	4		48.40 s	Q	SB
3	3T	Gennadiy Gorbenko	Ukraine	5	0.478 s	48.40 s	q	PB
4	5	Paweł Januszewski	Poland	7	0.244 s	48.42 s	q	SB
5	13T	Eric Thomas	United States	2	0.188 s	49.25 s
6	16	Thomas Goller	Germany	3	0.152 s	49.28 s
7	18	Pedro Rodrigues	Portugal	1	0.163 s	49.48 s		SB
8	23	Tien-Wen Chen	Chinese Taipei	8	0.182 s	50.52 s

Heat 2 of 3 Date: Monday 25 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	2	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	4	0.153 s	48.38 s	Q
2	7	Angelo Taylor	United States	3	0.250 s	48.49 s	Q
3	9	Ruslan Mashchenko	Russia	7	0.177 s	48.49 s
4	14	Blair Young	Australia	8	0.255 s	49.20 s
5	16	Jiri Muzik	Czech Republic	5	0.277 s	49.23 s
6	13T	Christopher Rawlinson	Great Britain	6	0.177 s	49.25 s
7	20	Félix Sánchez	Dominican Republic	1	0.178 s	49.69 s
8	22T	Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli	Italy	2	0.242 s	50.10 s

Heat 3 of 3 Date: Monday 25 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	6	James Carter	United States	3	0.202 s	48.48 s	Q
2	8	Eronilde de Araújo	Brazil	4	0.181 s	48.76 s	Q
3	10	Samuel Matete	Zambia	6	0.228 s	48.98 s
4	13T	Alwyn Myburgh	South Africa	1	0.202 s	49.25 s
5	17	Boris Gorban	Russia	5	0.454 s	49.29 s
6	19	Matt Douglas	Great Britain	8	0.177 s	49.53 s
7	22	Dinsdale Morgan	Jamaica	2	0.166 s	50.23 s
8	24	Erick Keter	Kenya	7	0.202 s	51.25 s

Semi-Finals- Overall

Semi-Finals Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Hadi Souan Somayli	Saudi Arabia	1	6	1	48.14 s	Q	AR
2	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	2	4	1	48.38 s	Q
3	Fabrizio Mori	Italy	1	4	2	48.40 s	Q	SB
	Gennadiy Gorbenko	Ukraine	1	5	3	48.80 s	q	PB
5	Paweł Januszewski	Poland	1	7	4	48.42 s	q	SB
6	James Carter	United States	3	3	1	48.48 s	Q
7	Angelo Taylor	United States	2	3	2	48.49 s	Q
8	Eronilde de Araújo	Brazil	3	4	2	48.76 s	Q
9	Ruslan Mashchenko	Russia	2	7	3	48.94 s	Q
10	Samuel Matete	Zambia	3	6	3	48.98 s
11	Blair Young	Australia	2	8	4	49.20 s
12	Jiri Muzik	Czech Republic	2	5	5	49.23 s
13	Alwyn Myburgh	South Africa	3	1	4	49.25 s
	Christopher Rawlinson	Great Britain	2	6	6	49.25 s
	Eric Thomas	United States	1	2	5	49.25 s
16	Thomas Goller	Germany	1	3	6	49.28 s
17	Boris Gorban	Russia	3	5	5	49.29 s
18	Pedro Rodrigues	Portugal	1	1	7	49.48 s		SB
19	Matt Douglas	Great Britain	3	8	6	49.53 s
20	Félix Sánchez	Dominican Republic	2	1	7	49.69 s
21	Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli	Italy	2	2	8	50.10 s
22	Dinsdale Morgan	Jamaica	3	2	7	50.23 s
23	Tien-Wen Chen	Chinese Taipei	1	8	8	50.52 s
24	Erick Keter	Kenya	3	7	8	51.25 s

Final

Heat 1 of 1 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Record
1	Angelo Taylor	United States	1	0.179 s	47.50 s	PB
2	Hadi Souan Somayli	Saudi Arabia	4	0.437 s	47.53 s	AR
3	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	6	0.169 s	47.81 s	NR
4	James Carter	United States	5	0.421 s	48.04 s	PB
5	Eronilde de Araújo	Brazil	8	0.190 s	48.34 s
6	Paweł Januszewski	Poland	2	0.149 s	48.44 s
7	Fabrizio Mori	Italy	3	0.198 s	48.78 s
8	Gennadiy Gorbenko	Ukraine	7	0.395 s	49.01 s

References

• Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics