Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metres
| Men's 400 metres at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
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Alonzo Babers winning the gold medal
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| Venue | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 4 to 8 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 76 | ||||||||||||
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Alonzo Babers |
 United States
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Gabriel Tiacoh |
 Côte d'Ivoire
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Antonio McKay |
United States
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The Men's 400 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entry list of 76 competitors, with ten qualifying heats (76), four quarterfinals (32) and two semi-finals (16), before the final (7) took off.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.
In the UK TV show Little Britain, character Denver Mills is credited as having won the silver medal in the 400 metres at the 1984 Olympics.
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