Men 400m Athletics IV Olympic Games London, Great Britain 1908 - Saturday, 25th July - Gold Medal: Wyndham Halswelle, Great Btitain
Finaltime
1. Wyndham HalswelleGBR Great Btitain50.0s
-. William RobbinsUSA United StatesDNS
-. John TaylorUSA United StatesDNS
-. John CarpenterUSA United StatesDSQ
First Final Thursday, 23rd Julytime
1. John CarpenterUSA United States47.8s
2. Wyndham HalswelleGBR United StatesUnknown
3. William RobbinsUSA United StatesUnknown
4. John TaylorUSA United StatesUnknown

world Men 400m History

Venue: White City Stadium - track of 536.45 metres=​1⁄3 mile.
37 competitors from 10 nations.
World Record: 47.8s - Maxie Long, New York (USA), September 29, 1900
Olympic Record: 49.2s - Harry Hillman, St. Louis (USA), August 29, 1904
It was the most controversial event of the London Games. The final resulted in the disqualification of American runner John Carpenter, who had blocked British athlete Wyndham Halswelle in a manoeuvre that was legal under American rules but prohibited by the British rules under which the race was run. As part of the disqualification of Carpenter, a second final race was ordered. Halswelle was to face the other two finalists again. These men, William Robbins and John Taylor, were both Americans and decided not to contest the repeat of the final to protest against the judges' decision. Halswelle was thus the only medallist in the 400 metres.

Semifinals - Wednesday, 22th July.

Winner of each of 4 Semis advanced to Final.
Semi 1time
1. John CarpenterUSAUSA49.4s
2. Charles DaviesGBRGBR49.8s
3. Ned MerriamUSAUSAUnknown
4. G. W. YoungGBRGBRUnknown
Semi 2time
1. Wyndham HalswelleGBRGBR48.4s OR
2. Edwin MontagueGBRGBR49.8s
3. George NicolGBRGBRUnknown
4. William C. ProutUSAUSAUnknown
Semi 3time
1. John TaylorUSAUSA49.8s
2. Horace RameyUSAUSA50.5s
3. Edward RyleGBRGBRUnknown
4. Georges MalfaitFRAFRAUnknown
Semi 4time
1. William RobbinsUSAUSA49.0s
2. Louis SebertCANCAN49.5s
3. John AtleeUSAUSAUnknown

Heats - Tuesday, 21st July.

Winners of each of 16 Heats advanced to Semifinals.
Heat 1time
1. Edwin MontagueGBRGBR50.2s
2. Paul PilgrimUSAUSA51.4s
Heat 2time
cancelled as there were no starters.
Heat 3time
1. Edward RyleGBRGBRwalkover
Heat 4time
1. John TaylorUSAUSA50.8s
2. Roberto PennaITAITA52.4s
3. Sven LåftmanSWESWEUnknown
Heat 5time
1. George NicolGBRGBR50.8s
2. Oscar GuttormsenNORNOR52.4s
Heat 6time
1. Georges MalfaitFRAFRA50.0s
2. Donald BuddoCANCAN51.2s
Heat 7time
1. William RobbinsUSAUSA50.4s
2. József NagyHUNHUN51.1s
3. Noel Godfrey ChavasseGBRGBRUnknown
4. Victor HennyNEDNEDUnknown
Heat 8time
1. William C. ProutUSAUSA50.4s
2. Christopher Maude ChavasseGBRGBR50.7s
Heat 9time
1. Horace RameyUSAUSA51.0s
2. Arthur AstleyGBRGBRUnknown
Heat 10time
1. Louis SebertCanCan50.2s
2. Massimo CartasegnaITAITA52.7s
-. Victor JacqueminBELBELDNF
Heat 11time
1. John AtleeUSAUSA50.4s
2. Alan PattersonGBRGBR50.6s
3. Giuseppe TarellaITAITAUnknown
Heat 12time
1. Charles DaviesGBRGBR50.4s
2. Cornelis den HeldNEDNED51.0s
Heat 13time
1. Ned MerriamUSAUSA52.2s
2. R. C. RobbGBRGBR52.5s
Heat 14time
1. John CarpenterUSAUSA49.8s
2. Otto TrieloffGERGER50.9s
3. Arvid RingstrandSWESWEUnknown
4. Henk van der WalNEDNEDUnknown
Heat 15time
1. Wyndham HalswelleGBRGBR49.4s
2. Frederick de SeldingUSAUSA50.8s
3. Bram EversNEDNEDUnknown
Heat 16time
1. G. W. YoungGBRGBR52.4s
2. Jacobus HoogveldNEDNED (54.3s)
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