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Host City: Atlanta, United States
Venue(s): Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Date Started: July 29, 1996
Date Finished: July 29, 1996
Format: Top two in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Derrick Adkins |
| Silver: | Samuel Matete |
| Bronze: | Calvin Davis |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ibou Faye | 26 | Senegal | SEN | 48.84 | 0,370 | 7 | QU |
| 2 | Fabrizio Mori | 27 | Italy | ITA | 48.90 | 0,356 | 8 | QU |
| 3 | Kazuhiko Yamazaki | 25 | Japan | JPN | 49.07 | 0,307 | 5 | |
| 4 | Dinsdale Morgan | 22 | Jamaica | JAM | 49.16 | 0,256 | 6 | |
| 5 | Kehinde Aladefa | 21 | Nigeria | NGR | 49.60 | 0,282 | 4 | |
| 6 | Peter Crampton | 27 | Great Britain | GBR | 49.78 | 0,230 | 3 | |
| 7 | Gilbert Hashan | 26 | Mauritius | MRI | 49.94 | 0,221 | 1 | |
| 8 | Salvador Vila | 26 | Spain | ESP | 50.55 | 0,243 | 2 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eronilde de Araújo | 25 | Brazil | BRA | 48.52 | 0,195 | 2 | QU |
| 2 | Laurent Ottoz | 26 | Italy | ITA | 48.92 | 0,179 | 1 | QU |
| 3 | Carlos Silva | 22 | Portugal | POR | 49.09 | 0,318 | 7 | |
| 4 | Mubarak Sultan Al-Nubi Faraj | 18 | Qatar | QAT | 49.27 | 0,246 | 3 | |
| 5 | Miro Kocuvan | 25 | Slovenia | SLO | 49.66 | 0,268 | 4 | |
| 6 | Jean-Paul Bruwier | 25 | Belgium | BEL | 49.69 | 0,415 | 8 | |
| 7 | Barnabas Kinyor | 34 | Kenya | KEN | 49.82 | 0,340 | 5 | |
| 8 | Mugur Mateescu | 27 | Romania | ROU | 49.97 | 0,298 | 6 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Matete | 27 | Zambia | ZAM | 48.21 | 0,291 | 5 | QU |
| 2 | Rohan Robinson | 24 | Australia | AUS | 48.89 | 0,203 | 2 | QU |
| 3 | Erick Keter | 29 | Kenya | KEN | 49.03 | 0,222 | 3 | |
| 4 | Vadim Zadoinov | 27 | Moldova | MDA | 49.73 | 0,197 | 6 | |
| 5 | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily | 19 | Saudi Arabia | KSA | 49.94 | 0,601 | 7 | |
| 6 | Hamidou M'Baye | 32 | Senegal | SEN | 50.30 | 0,258 | 8 | |
| 7 | Llewellyn Herbert | 18 | South Africa | RSA | 51.13 | 0,269 | 4 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bryan Bronson | 23 | United States | USA | 49.06 | 0,301 | 5 | QU |
| 2 | Dusán Kovács | 24 | Hungary | HUN | 49.23 | 0,340 | 6 | QU |
| 3 | Paweł Januszewski | 24 | Poland | POL | 49.63 | 0,253 | 3 | |
| 4 | Hideaki Kawamura | 21 | Japan | JPN | 49.88 | 0,282 | 4 | |
| 5 | Julius Masvanise | 30 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 50.16 | 0,360 | 8 | |
| 6 | Jozef Kucej | 31 | Slovakia | SVK | 50.31 | 0,211 | 2 | |
| 7 | Amadou Sy Savané | 22 | Guinea | GUI | 50.90 | 0,198 | 1 | |
| 8 | Simon Hollingsworth | 24 | Australia | AUS | 52.16 | 0,399 | 7 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Ridgeon | 29 | Great Britain | GBR | 49.31 | 0,163 | 1 | QU |
| 2 | Marc Dollendorf | 30 | Belgium | BEL | 49.49 | 0,285 | 8 | QU |
| 3 | Ruslan Mashchenko | 24 | Russia | RUS | 49.94 | 0,266 | 3 | |
| 4 | Egīls Tēbelis | 23 | Latvia | LAT | 50.73 | 0,344 | 5 | |
| 5 | Domingo Cordero | 30 | Puerto Rico | PUR | 51.20 | 0,322 | 6 | |
| 6 | Marcel Schelbert | 20 | Switzerland | SUI | 51.20 | 0,263 | 4 | |
| 7 | Curt Young | 22 | Panama | PAN | 55.20 | 0,192 | 2 | |
| AC | Winthrop Graham | 30 | Jamaica | JAM | 0,306 | 7 | DNF |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calvin Davis | 24 | United States | USA | 48.94 | 0,186 | 2 | QU |
| 2 | Sven Nylander | 34 | Sweden | SWE | 49.54 | 0,263 | 8 | QU |
| 3 | Ashraf Saber | 23 | Italy | ITA | 49.71 | 0,396 | 6 | |
| 4 | Gideon Biwott | 29 | Kenya | KEN | 49.74 | 0,347 | 5 | |
| 5 | Tom McGuirk | 25 | Ireland | IRL | 50.76 | 0,204 | 1 | |
| 6 | Cléverson da Silva | 22 | Brazil | BRA | 51.23 | 0,342 | 7 | |
| 7 | Óscar Pitillas | 24 | Spain | ESP | 51.35 | 0,263 | 4 | |
| 8 | Lancelot Gittens | 21 | Guyana | GUY | 54.79 | 0,280 | 3 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derrick Adkins | 26 | United States | USA | 48.46 | 0,305 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Éverson Teixeira | 21 | Brazil | BRA | 48.52 | 0,325 | 8 | QU |
| 3 | Ken Harnden | 23 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 48.54 | 0,294 | 3 | QC |
| 4 | Neil Gardner | 21 | Jamaica | JAM | 48.59 | 0,311 | 7 | QC |
| 5 | Shunji Karube | 27 | Japan | JPN | 48.96 | 0,238 | 1 | |
| 6 | Gary Jennings | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | 50.41 | 0,262 | 4 | |
| 7 | Íñigo Monreal | 21 | Spain | ESP | 52.23 | 0,257 | 2 | |
| 8 | Ivan Wakit | 22 | Papua New Guinea | PNG | 53.42 | 0,280 | 5 |