Contents
- Background
- Competition format
- Records
- Schedule
- Results
- Heats
- Quarterfinals
- Semifinals
- Final
- References
| Men's 400 metres at the Games of the XI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympiastadion: Berlin, Germany | |||||||||
| Dates | August 6, 1936 (heats and quarterfinals) August 7, 1936 (semifinals and final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 42 from 25 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 46.5 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 80 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeple | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
The men's 400 metres sprint event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place in early August. Forty-two athletes from 25 nations competed. [1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was won by 0.2 seconds by American Archie Williams, the third consecutive and seventh overall title in the event for the United States. [2] Godfrey Brown's silver was Great Britain's first medal in the event since 1924.
