Athletics at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games:

Men's Decathlon 400 metres

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Host City: Montréal, Canada
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Montréal, Québec
Date Started: July 29, 1976
Date Finished: July 29, 1976

Gold:	Bruce Jenner
Silver:	Guido Kratschmer
Bronze:	Mykola Avilov

400 metres

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	T(A)	T(H)	P(1971HT)	P(1977AT)	P(1985AT)
1	Claus Marek	22	West Germany	FRG	47.12	47.1	943	942	952
2	Bruce Jenner	26	United States	USA	47.51	47.5	923	922	933
3	Eberhard Stroot	25	West Germany	FRG	47.61	47.6	918	917	928
4	Ryszard Skowronek	27	Poland	POL	47.91	47.9	903	903	913
5	Raimo Pihl	26	Sweden	SWE	47.97	48.0	898	900	911
6	Daley Thompson	17	Great Britain	GBR	48.15	48.2	889	891	902
7	Mykola Avilov	27	Soviet Union	URS	48.16	48.2	889	891	901
8	Guido Kratschmer	23	West Germany	FRG	48.19	48.2	889	889	900
9	Fred Dixon	26	United States	USA	48.38	48.4	880	880	891
10	Leonid Lytvynenko	27	Soviet Union	URS	48.44	48.4	880	877	888
11	Sepp Zeilbauer	23	Austria	AUT	48.94	48.9	856	854	864
12	Roger Lespagnard	29	Belgium	BEL	48.99	49.0	852	851	862
13	Siegfried Stark	21	East Germany	GDR	49.14	49.1	847	844	855
14	Aleksandr Grebenyuk	25	Soviet Union	URS	49.21	49.2	842	841	851
15	Johannes Lahti	24	Finland	FIN	49.34	49.3	838	835	845
16	Philippe Bobin	21	France	FRA	49.79	49.8	814	815	824
17	Lennart Hedmark	32	Sweden	SWE	49.80	49.8	814	814	824
18	Ryszard Katus	29	Poland	POL	49.87	49.9	810	811	821
19	Fred Samara	26	United States	USA	50.07	50.1	801	802	811
20	Georg Werthner	20	Austria	AUT	50.08	50.1	801	802	811
21	Gilles Gémise-Fareau	22	France	FRA	50.09	50.1	801	801	810
22	Tito Steiner	24	Argentina	ARG	50.30	50.3	792	792	801
23	Régis Ghesquière	27	Belgium	BEL	50.32	50.3	792	791	800
24	Luděk Pernica	26	Czechoslovakia	TCH	50.37	50.4	788	789	798
25	Runald Beckman	25	Sweden	SWE	50.66	50.7	775	776	784
26	Elías Sveinsson	24	Iceland	ISL	51.77	51.8	728	729	735
27	Eltjo Schutter	23	Netherlands	NED	2:20.43	2:20.4	0	0	0

400 metres Heat One

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	T(A)	T(H)	P(1971HT)	P(1977AT)	P(1985AT)
1	Eberhard Stroot	25	West Germany	FRG	47.61	47.6	918	917	928
2	Ryszard Katus	29	Poland	POL	49.87	49.9	810	812	821
3	Fred Samara	26	United States	USA	50.07	50.1	801	802	811
4	Georg Werthner	20	Austria	AUT	50.08	50.1	801	802	811
5	Tito Steiner	24	Argentina	ARG	50.30	50.3	792	792	801
6	Eltjo Schutter	23	Netherlands	NED	2:20.43	2:20.4	0	0	0

400 metres Heat Two

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	T(A)	T(H)	P(1971HT)	P(1977AT)	P(1985AT)
1	Claus Marek	22	West Germany	FRG	47.12	47.1	943	942	952
2	Ryszard Skowronek	27	Poland	POL	47.91	47.9	903	903	913
3	Daley Thompson	17	Great Britain	GBR	48.15	48.2	889	892	902
4	Leonid Lytvynenko	27	Soviet Union	URS	48.44	48.4	880	877	888
5	Roger Lespagnard	29	Belgium	BEL	48.99	49.0	852	853	862
6	Lennart Hedmark	32	Sweden	SWE	49.80	49.8	814	814	824
7	Runald Beckman	25	Sweden	SWE	50.66	50.7	775	776	784

400 metres Heat Three

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	T(A)	T(H)	P(1971HT)	P(1977AT)	P(1985AT)
1	Siegfried Stark	21	East Germany	GDR	49.14	49.1	847	844	855
2	Aleksandr Grebenyuk	25	Soviet Union	URS	49.21	49.2	842	841	851
3	Philippe Bobin	21	France	FRA	49.79	49.8	814	814	824
4	Régis Ghesquière	27	Belgium	BEL	50.32	50.3	792	791	800
5	Luděk Pernica	26	Czechoslovakia	TCH	50.37	50.4	788	790	798
6	Elías Sveinsson	24	Iceland	ISL	51.77	51.8	728	730	735

400 metres Heat Four

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	T(A)	T(H)	P(1971HT)	P(1977AT)	P(1985AT)
1	Bruce Jenner	26	United States	USA	47.51	47.5	923	922	933
2	Raimo Pihl	26	Sweden	SWE	47.97	48.0	898	900	911
3	Mykola Avilov	27	Soviet Union	URS	48.16	48.2	889	891	901
4	Guido Kratschmer	23	West Germany	FRG	48.19	48.2	889	889	900
5	Fred Dixon	26	United States	USA	48.38	48.4	880	881	891
6	Sepp Zeilbauer	23	Austria	AUT	48.94	48.9	856	853	864
7	Johannes Lahti	24	Finland	FIN	49.34	49.3	838	836	845
8	Gilles Gémise-Fareau	22	France	FRA	50.09	50.1	801	801	810

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