Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

In the build up to the Games, World Athletics touted reigning Olympic champion and world record holder Karsten Warholm, 2020 Olympic silver medallist and world leader Rai Benjamin, and 2022 world champion Alison Dos Santos for a battle for the gold. Other athletes seen as medal contenders included 2023 world silver medallist Kyron McMaster, 2023 world fourth-placer Roshawn Clarke and fellow Jamaican Malik James-King. Clarke and Benjamin following in second (12.77 s). By the halfway mark at the fifth hurdle, dos Santos has passed Clement Ducos for the third placed spot. Benjamin took the lead over the eighth hurdle, with Warholm in second and dos Santos in third. They maintained their positions up until the line. ==Background==

The men's 400 m hurdles has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900, with a sole gap at the 1912 Summer Olympics. ==Qualification==

For the men's 400 metres hurdles event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. Forty athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 48.70 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event. ==Results==

Round 1 Round 1 was held on 5 August, starting at 10:05 (UTC+2) in the morning. Qualification Rules: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals. All others advance to Repechage round (except DNS, DNF, DQ). Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Heat 5 Repechage round The repechage round was held on 6 August, starting at 12:00 (UTC+2) in the afternoon. Heat 2 Heat 3 Semi-finals The semi-finals were held on 7 August, starting at 19:35 (UTC+2) in the evening. Semifinal 2 Semifinal 3 Final The final was held on 9 August, starting at 21:45 (UTC+2) in the evening. ==References==