Olympian Database
Olympic Records |  | ||||||
| Records set at the Olympics - Men's 400 m | ||||||
| 2016 | Wayde van Niekerk |  |
RSA | 43,03 | WR | Final |
| 1996 | Michael Johnson |  |
USA | 43,49 | OR | Final |
| 1992 | Quincy Watts | |
USA | 43,50 | OR | Final |
| Quincy Watts | |
USA | 43,71 | OR | Semifinal | |
| 1968 | Lee Evans | |
USA | 43,86 | WR | Final |
| Lee Evans | |
USA | 44,8 | OR | Semifinal | |
| 1960 | Otis Davis | |
USA | 44,9 | WR | Final |
| Otis Davis | |
USA | 45,4 | OR | Semifinal | |
| Otis Davis | |
USA | 45,9 | EOR | Quarterfinal | |
| Carl Kaufmann |  |
GER | 44,9 | EWR | Final | |
| 1952 | George Rhoden |  |
JAM | 45,9 | OR | Final |
| 1948 | Arthur Wint | |
JAM | 46,2 | EOR | Final |
| 1932 | William Carr | |
USA | 46,2 | WR | Final |
| William Carr | |
USA | 47,2 | OR | Semifinal | |
| 1924 | Eric Liddell |  |
GBR | 47,6 | OR | Final |
| Horatio Fitch | |
USA | 47,8 | OR | Semifinal | |
| Josef Imbach |  |
SUI | 48,0 | OR | Quarterfinal | |
| 1912 | Charles Reidpath | |
USA | 48,2 | OR | Final |
| 1908 | Wyndham Halswelle | |
GBR | 48,4 | OR | Semifinal |
| 1904 | Harry Hillman | |
USA | 49,2 | OR | Final |
| 1900 | Maxwell Long | |
USA | 49,4 | OR | Final |
| Maxwell Long | |
USA | 50,4 | OR | Round 1 | |
| 1896 | Thomas Burke | |
USA | 54,2 | OR | Final |
| Herbert Jamison | |
USA | 56,8 | OR | Round 1 | |
| These facts about Men's 400 m - Athletics at the Summer Olympics are based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database | ||||||
