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Men's 400 metre hurdles at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Medalists
Felix Sanchez   Dominican Republic   Danny McFarlane   Jamaica   Naman Keita   France
«2000	2008»

Athletics at the 2004 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

The men's 400 metres hurdles was one of 23 track events of athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens. It was contested at the Athens Olympic Stadium, from August 23 to August 26, by a total of 35 athletes from 24 nations.

In a first round, the first four runners from each of the five heats, together with the four fastest losing runners from all heats (5×4+4=24), automatically qualified for the semifinals. In the semifinals, these 24 runners competed in three heats, with the first two from each heat and the two fastest losing runners advancing to the final (3×2+2=8).

Qualification

The Olympic qualification period for the athletics ran from January 1, 2003 to August 9, 2004. For this event, each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter up to three athletes, provided they had run below 49.20 seconds during this period in IAAF-sanctioned meetings or tournaments. If an NOC had no athletes qualified under this standard, it could enter up to one athlete that had run below 49.50 seconds.

Records

These are the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics.

World Record	46.78	Kevin Young	Barcelona (ESP)	6 August 1992
Olympic Record	46.78	Kevin Young	Barcelona (ESP)	6 August 1992

Results

All times shown are in seconds. The following abbreviations are used:

• Q denotes qualification by place
• q denotes qualification by time
• DSQ denotes disqualification
• NR denotes "national record"
• PB denotes "personal best"
• SB denotes "season best"

First round

The first round was held on August 23. The first four runners of each heat plus the four overall fastest losing runners qualified for the semifinals.

Heat	Athlete	Nation	Time		Rank
1	Taylor, AngeloAngelo Taylor	United States	48.79		9	Q
1	Mužík, JiříJiří Mužík	Czech Republic	48.85	SB	12	Q
1	Rawlinson, ChristopherChristopher Rawlinson	Great Britain	48.94		14	Q
1	Gorban, BorisBoris Gorban	Russia	49.25		18	Q
1	Meleshenko, YevgeniyYevgeniy Meleshenko	Kazakhstan	49.43		22	q
1	Yoshizawa, KenKen Yoshizawa	Japan	50.95		29
1	Couto, KurtKurt Couto	Mozambique	51.18	NR	31
2	McFarlane, DannyDanny McFarlane	Jamaica	48.53	SB	2	Q
2	Brazell, BennieBennie Brazell	United States	48.57		3	Q
2	Plawgo, MarekMarek Plawgo	Poland	48.67	SB	6	Q
2	Herbert, LlewellynLlewellyn Herbert	South Africa	48.70		8	Q
2	Tesařík, ŠtěpánŠtěpán Tesařík	Czech Republic	49.44		23	q
2	Motar, AlaaAlaa Motar	Iraq	51.97		33
2	Luis, YacnierYacnier Luis	Cuba	999 DSQ		999 —
3	Carter, JamesJames Carter	United States	48.64		4	Q
3	Iakovakis, PeriklisPeriklis Iakovakis	Greece	48.69	SB	7	Q
3	Tamesue, DaiDai Tamesue	Japan	48.80		10	Q
3	Rodriguez, Eduardo IvanEduardo Ivan Rodriguez	Spain	49.25		19	Q
3	Kamani, BayanoBayano Kamani	Panama	49.37		20	q
3	Maiga, IbrahimaIbrahima Maiga	Mali	50.63		28
3	Aguillar, MichaelMichael Aguillar	Belize	51.21		32
4	Sanchez, FelixFelix Sanchez	Dominican Republic	48.51		1	Q
4	Myburgh, AlwynAlwyn Myburgh	South Africa	48.84		11	Q
4	Lipskiy, MikhailMikhail Lipskiy	Russia	49.00		15	Q
4	Al-Somaily, Hadi Soua'anHadi Soua'an Al-Somaily	Saudi Arabia	49.15	SB	17	Q
4	Griffiths, DeanDean Griffiths	Jamaica	49.41		21	q
4	El-Idrissi, CédricCédric El-Idrissi	Switzerland	49.44		24
4	Boino, MowenMowen Boino	Papua New Guinea	50.97	NR	30
5	Thompson, KemelKemel Thompson	Jamaica	48.66	SB	5	Q
5	Keita, NamanNaman Keita	France	48.88		13	Q
5	Cilliers, OckertOckert Cilliers	South Africa	49.12		16	Q
5	Monteiro, EdivaldoEdivaldo Monteiro	Portugal	49.53		25	Q
5	Al-Hamaidi, IbrahimIbrahim Al-Hamaidi	Saudi Arabia	49.64		26
5	Douglas, MatthewMatthew Douglas	Great Britain	49.77		27
5	Tondi, IbrahimIbrahim Tondi	Niger	52.62		34

Semifinals

The first round was held on August 24. The first two runners of each heat plus the two fastest losing runners qualified for the final.

Heat	Athlete	Nation	Time		Rank
1	Sanchez, FelixFelix Sanchez	Dominican Republic	47.93		1	Q
1	Plawgo, MarekMarek Plawgo	Poland	48.16	NR	3	Q
1	Myburgh, AlwynAlwyn Myburgh	South Africa	48.21	SB	6	q
1	Taylor, AngeloAngelo Taylor	United States	48.72		13
1	Al-Somaily, Hadi Soua'anHadi Soua'an Al-Somaily	Saudi Arabia	48.98	SB	15
1	Lipskiy, MikhailMikhail Lipskiy	Russia	49.10		17
1	Monteiro, EdivaldoEdivaldo Monteiro	Portugal	49.26		18
1	Griffiths, DeanDean Griffiths	Jamaica	49.51		21
2	McFarlane, DannyDanny McFarlane	Jamaica	48.00	PB	2	Q
2	Brazell, BennieBennie Brazell	United States	48.19		5	Q
2	Tamesue, DaiDai Tamesue	Japan	48.46	SB	10
2	Iakovakis, PeriklisPeriklis Iakovakis	Greece	48.47	SB	11
2	Herbert, LlewellynLlewellyn Herbert	South Africa	48.57		12
2	Rodriguez, Eduardo IvanEduardo Ivan Rodriguez	Spain	49.77		22
2	Tesařík, ŠtěpánŠtěpán Tesařík	Czech Republic	49.87		23
2	Rawlinson, ChristopherChristopher Rawlinson	Great Britain	50.89		24
3	Carter, JamesJames Carter	United States	48.18		4	Q
3	Kamani, BayanoBayano Kamani	Panama	48.23	NR	7	Q
3	Keita, NamanNaman Keita	France	48.24		8	q
3	Thompson, KemelKemel Thompson	Jamaica	48.25	SB	9
3	Mužík, JiříJiří Mužík	Czech Republic	48.88		14
3	Cilliers, OckertOckert Cilliers	South Africa	49.01		16
3	Gorban, BorisBoris Gorban	Russia	49.46		19
3	Meleshenko, YevgeniyYevgeniy Meleshenko	Kazakhstan	49.48		20

Final

The final was held on August 26.

Rank	Athlete	Time
	Felix Sanchez (DOM)	47.63	SB
	Danny McFarlane (JAM)	48.11
	Naman Keita (FRA)	48.26
4	James Carter (USA)	48.58
5	Bayano Kamani (PAN)	48.74
6	Marek Plawgo (POL)	49.00
7	Alwyn Myburgh (RSA)	49.07
8	Bennie Brazell (USA)	49.51

References

• "Athens Olympic Games 2004 - Results". IAAF. 2004. http://www.iaaf.org/oly04/results/byevent.html. Retrieved 2007-08-23.