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{{Infobox Olympic event |event = Men's 400 metres |games = 1920 Summer |image = |caption = |venue = Olympisch Stadion |dates = August 19–20 |competitors = 37 |nations = 16 |longnames = |gold = Bevil Rudd |goldNOC = RSA |silver = Guy Butler |silverNOC = GBR |bronze = Nils Engdahl |bronzeNOC = SWE |prev = 1912 |next = 1924 }}{{AthleticsAt1920SummerOlympics}}The men's 400 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Thursday, August 19, 1920, and on Friday, August 20, 1920. 37 runners from 16 nations competed.[1] RecordsThese were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics. World Record | 47.4(*) | USA}} Ted Meredith | Cambridge, MA (USA) | May 27, 1916 |
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Olympic Record | 48.2 | USA}} Charles Reidpath | Stockholm (SWE) | July 13, 1912 |
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(*) 440 yards (= 402.34 m) ResultsHeatsHeat 1Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Robert Lindsay|GBR|1920 Summer}} | 52.0 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Clarence Oldfield|RSA|1920 Summer}} | 52.2 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Tolly Bolin|SWE|1920 Summer}} | 52.6 | Heat 2Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Gaston Féry|FRA|1920 Summer}} | 51.1 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|John Ainsworth-Davis|GBR|1920 Summer}} | 51.3 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Karel Frankenstein|TCH|1920 Summer}} | 51.8 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Francis Irvine|RSA|1920 Summer}} | Heat 3Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Frank Shea|USA|1920 Summer}} | 50.8 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Henry Dafel|RSA|1920 Summer}} | 51.2 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Sven Krokström|SWE|1920 Summer}} | 51.6 | Heat 4Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ted Meredith|USA|1920 Summer}} | 51.6 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Géo André|FRA|1920 Summer}} | 52.3 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Giuseppe Bernardoni|ITA|1920 Summer}} | 52.8 | Heat 5Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Bevil Rudd|RSA|1920 Summer}} | 50.6 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Erik Wilén|FIN|1920 Summer}} | 51.1 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Reinhold Saulmann|EST|1920 Summer}} | 51.6 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Giovanni Tosi|ITA|1920 Summer}} | 51.8 | Heat 6Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Robert Emery|USA|1920 Summer}} | 52.6 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Guy Butler|GBR|1920 Summer}} | 53.2 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Karel Přibyl|TCH|1920 Summer}} | 54.0 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jules Migeot|BEL|1920 Summer}} | 55.1 | Heat 7Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|George Schiller|USA|1920 Summer}} | 50.4 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Nils Engdahl|SWE|1920 Summer}} | 50.6 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Maurice Delvart|FRA|1920 Summer}} | 50.9 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Einar Mangset|NOR|1920 Summer}} | 51.3 | Heat 8Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Eric Sundblad|SWE|1920 Summer}} | 52.0 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Hec Phillips|CAN|1920 Summer}} | 52.3 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Agide Simonazzi|ITA|1920 Summer}} | 53.0 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Purma Bannerjee|IND|1920 Summer}} | 53.1 | Heat 9Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Omer Corteyn|BEL|1920 Summer}} | 52.2 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Hedges Worthington-Eyre|GBR|1920 Summer}} | 52.5 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jean Proess|LUX|1920 Summer}} | 52.6 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|José García Lorenzana|ESP|1920 Summer}} | 52.8 | Heat 10Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|François Morren|BEL|1920 Summer}} | 51.6 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Miguel García Onsalo|ESP|1920 Summer}} | 52.0 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Eugène Bayon|FRA|1920 Summer}} | 52.4 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ahmed Khairy|EGY|1920 Summer}} |
QuarterfinalsQuarterfinal 1Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Nils Engdahl|SWE|1920 Summer}} | 50.4 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|John Ainsworth-Davis|GBR|1920 Summer}} | 50.7 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Robert Emery|USA|1920 Summer}} | 50.7 | Q | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|François Morren|BEL|1920 Summer}} | 50.8 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Clarence Oldfield|RSA|1920 Summer}} | 51.1 | Quarterfinal 2Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Gaston Féry|FRA|1920 Summer}} | 50.6 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Guy Butler|GBR|1920 Summer}} | 50.7 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ted Meredith|USA|1920 Summer}} | 50.8 | Q | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Erik Wilén|FIN|1920 Summer}} | 51.1 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Hec Phillips|CAN|1920 Summer}} | 51.5 | Quarterfinal 3Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Henry Dafel|RSA|1920 Summer}} | 51.0 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|George Schiller|USA|1920 Summer}} | 51.3 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Eric Sundblad|SWE|1920 Summer}} | 51.4 | Q | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Robert Lindsay|GBR|1920 Summer}} | 51.7 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Omer Corteyn|BEL|1920 Summer}} | 52.1 | Quarterfinal 4Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Frank Shea|USA|1920 Summer}} | 51.0 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Bevil Rudd|RSA|1920 Summer}} | 51.2 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Géo André|FRA|1920 Summer}} | 51.3 | Q | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Miguel García Onsalo|ESP|1920 Summer}} | 52.6 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Hedges Worthington-Eyre|GBR|1920 Summer}} | 52.7 |
SemifinalsSemifinal 1Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Nils Engdahl|SWE|1920 Summer}} | 49.6 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Bevil Rudd|RSA|1920 Summer}} | 49.7 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|John Ainsworth-Davis|GBR|1920 Summer}} | 49.9 | Q | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Robert Emery|USA|1920 Summer}} | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|George Schiller|USA|1920 Summer}} | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Gaston Féry|FRA|1912 Summer}} | Semifinal 2Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Frank Shea|USA|1920 Summer}} | 50.0 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Guy Butler|GBR|1920 Summer}} | 50.2 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Henry Dafel|RSA|1920 Summer}} | 50.4 | Q | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ted Meredith|USA|1920 Summer}} | 50.4 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Géo André|FRA|1920 Summer}} | 50.5 | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Eric Sundblad|SWE|1920 Summer}} | 52.0 |
FinalPlace | Athlete | Time | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Bevil Rudd|RSA|1920 Summer}} | 49.6 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Guy Butler|GBR|1920 Summer}} | 49.9 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Nils Engdahl|SWE|1920 Summer}} | 49.9 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Frank Shea|USA|1920 Summer}} | 49.9 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|John Ainsworth-Davis|GBR|1920 Summer}} | 50.0 | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Henry Dafel|RSA|1920 Summer}} | 50.1 |
References1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/ATH/mens-400-metres.html |title=Athletics at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's 400 metres |accessdate=22 July 2017 |work=sports-reference.com}}
External links- {{cite book | author = Belgium Olympic Committee | year = 1957 | title = Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report|language=fr}}
- {{cite web | last = Wudarski | first = Pawel | year = 1999 | url = http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ | title = Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich | accessdate = 11 August 2007|language=pl}}
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