Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres
| Men's 400 metres at the Games of the V Olympiad
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Reidpath winning gold with Braun in the foreground.
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| Dates | July 12 (heats, semifinals) July 13 (final) |
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| Competitors | 49 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
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Charles Reidpath |
 United States
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Hanns Braun |
 Germany
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Edward Lindberg |
United States
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The men's 400 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Friday, July 12, 1912 and on Saturday, July 13, 1912.
Forty-nine runners from 16 nations competed.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.
(*) unofficial 440 yards (= 402.34 m)
(**) This track was 536.45 metres= 1⁄3 mile in circumference.
The Olympic record of 48.4 seconds, set at the previous Olympics, fell in the final. Charles Reidpath broke the record with a 48.2 second performance. Hanns Braun also broke the old record and Edward Lindberg tied it, en route to silver and bronze medals, respectively.
All heats were held on Friday, July 12, 1912.
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Heat 5
Heat 6
Heat 7
Heat 8
Heat 9
Heat 10
Heat 11
Heat 12
Heat 13
Heat 14
Heat 15
All semi-finals were held on Friday, July 12, 1912.
Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Semifinal 3
Semifinal 4
Semifinal 5
The final was held on Saturday, July 13, 1912.
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