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Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games:
Men's 400 metres
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Host City: Atlanta, United States
Venue(s): Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Date Started: July 26, 1996
Date Finished: July 29, 1996
| Gold: |  Michael Johnson |
| Silver: |  Roger Black |
| Bronze: |  Davis Kamoga |
Summary
Michael Johnson was the favorite, having won the 1993 and 1995 World Championships, Harry "Butch" Reynolds finishing second both times. They were two-thirds of the American team, with Alvin Harrison taking the third spot. Johnson's only loss in the event since 1989 was the 1992 Olympics, when food poisoning weakened him and he did not make the final. Running in the final wearing gold shoes, Johnson defeated Britain's Roger Black, 1986 and 1990 European Champion, by almost 10 metres, the largest margin of victory in the event since the 1896 Olympics, when things were a bit different. Reynolds was injured in Atlanta and did not finish his semi-final.
Final Standings
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Johnson | 28 | United States | USA | Gold | OR |
| 2 | Roger Black | 30 | Great Britain | GBR | Silver | |
| 3 | Davis Kamoga | 28 | Uganda | UGA | Bronze | |
| 4 | Alvin Harrison | 22 | United States | USA | ||
| 5 | Iwan Thomas | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 6 | Roxbert Martin | 26 | Jamaica | JAM | ||
| 7 | Davian Clarke | 20 | Jamaica | JAM | ||
| AC | Ibrahim Ismail | 24 | Qatar | QAT | ||
| 5 h1 r3/4 | Samson Kitur | 30 | Kenya | KEN | ||
| 5 h2 r3/4 | Sunday Bada | 27 | Nigeria | NGR | ||
| 6 h1 r3/4 | Štefan Balošák | 23 | Slovakia | SVK | ||
| 6 h2 r3/4 | Eswort Coombs | 23 | Saint Vincent | VIN | ||
| 7 h1 r3/4 | Troy Douglas | 33 | Bermuda | BER | ||
| 7 h2 r3/4 | Michael McDonald | 21 | Jamaica | JAM | ||
| 8 h2 r3/4 | Neil De Silva | 26 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | ||
| AC h1 r3/4 | Butch Reynolds | 32 | United States | USA | ||
| 5 h1 r2/4 | Arnaud Malherbe | 23 | South Africa | RSA | ||
| 5 h2 r2/4 | Alejandro Cárdeñas | 21 | Mexico | MEX | ||
| 5 h3 r2/4 | Clement Chukwu | 23 | Nigeria | NGR | ||
| 5 h4 r2/4 | Jean-Louis Rapnouil | 30 | France | FRA | ||
| 6 h1 r2/4 | Tawanda Chiwira | 21 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | ||
| 6 h2 r2/4 | Bobang Phiri | 28 | South Africa | RSA | ||
| 6 h3 r2/4 | Du'aine Ladejo | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 6 h4 r2/4 | Hendrik Mokganyetsi | 20 | South Africa | RSA | ||
| 7 h1 r2/4 | Matthias Rusterholz | 24 | Switzerland | SUI | ||
| 7 h2 r2/4 | Sanderlei Parrela | 19 | Brazil | BRA | ||
| 7 h3 r2/4 | Sugath Thilakaratne | 22 | Sri Lanka | SRI | ||
| 8 h1 r2/4 | Piotr Rysiukiewicz | 22 | Poland | POL | ||
| 8 h2 r2/4 | Kennedy Ochieng | 24 | Kenya | KEN | ||
| 8 h3 r2/4 | Paul Greene | 23 | Australia | AUS | ||
| AC h4 r2/4 | Jude Monye | 22 | Nigeria | NGR | ||
| 4 h2 r1/4 | Charles Gitonga | 24 | Kenya | KEN | ||
| 4 h3 r1/4 | Shigekazu Omori | 24 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 4 h4 r1/4 | Troy McIntosh | 23 | Bahamas | BAH | ||
| 5 h1 r1/4 | Michael Joubert | 26 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 5 h3 r1/4 | Laurent Clerc | 24 | Switzerland | SUI | ||
| 5 h4 r1/4 | Valdinei da Silva | 24 | Brazil | BRA | ||
| 5 h6 r1/4 | Dawda Jallow | 29 | Gambia | GAM | ||
| 5 h7 r1/4 | Osmar dos Santos | 27 | Brazil | BRA | ||
| 5 h8 r1/4 | Mark Ladbrook | 24 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 6 h1 r1/4 | Kossi Akoto | 27 | Togo | TOG | ||
| 6 h2 r1/4 | Mohamed Hamed Al-Bishi | 20 | Saudi Arabia | KSA | ||
| 6 h3 r1/4 | Son Ju-Il | 26 | South Korea | KOR | ||
| 6 h4 r1/4 | Richard Jones | 22 | Guyana | GUY | ||
| 6 h5 r1/4 | Euripidis Dimosthenous | 23 | Cyprus | CYP | ||
| 6 h6 r1/4 | Eugene Farrell | 23 | Ireland | IRL | ||
| 6 h7 r1/4 | Robert Guy | 32 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | ||
| 6 h8 r1/4 | Carl Oliver | 27 | Bahamas | BAH | ||
| 7 h2 r1/4 | Ivan Jean-Marie | 23 | Saint Lucia | LCA | ||
| 7 h3 r1/4 | Subul Babo | 30 | Papua New Guinea | PNG | ||
| 7 h4 r1/4 | Mpho Morobe | 29 | Lesotho | LES | ||
| 7 h5 r1/4 | Emmanuel Rubayiza | 18 | Rwanda | RWA | ||
| 7 h6 r1/4 | Casimiro Asumu Nze | 21 | Equatorial Guinea | GEQ | ||
| 7 h7 r1/4 | Martial Biguet | 25 | Central African Republic | CAF | ||
| 7 h8 r1/4 | Kimitene Biyago | 21 | Chad | CHA | ||
| 8 h2 r1/4 | Hassan Abdou | 23 | Comoros | COM | ||
| 8 h4 r1/4 | Mohamed Amir | 26 | Maldives | MDV | ||
| 8 h7 r1/4 | Anwar Mohamed Ali | 25 | Yemen | YEM | ||
| AC h1 r1/4 | Amar Hecini | 24 | Algeria | ALG | ||
| AC h1 r1/4 | Moustafa Abdel Naser | 21 | Libya | LBA | ||
| AC h5 r1/4 | Francis Ogola | 23 | Uganda | UGA | ||
| AC h6 r1/4 | Ibrahim Hassan | 25 | Ghana | GHA |
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