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Sports > Olympics > The Olympic Games Summary > Summer Games: Gold Medals > Track and Field–Men

400-Meter Dash

1896 Thomas Burke, United States 54.20
1900 Maxwell Long, United States 49.40
1904 Harry Hillman, United States 49.20
1906 Paul Pilgrim, United States 53.20
1908 Wyndham Halswelle, Great Britain (walkover) 50.00
1912 Charles Reidpath, United States 48.20
1920 Bevil Rudd, South Africa 49.60
1924 Eric Liddell, Great Britain 47.60
1928 Ray Barbuti, United States 47.80
1932 William Carr, United States 46.20
1936 Archie Williams, United States 46.50
1948 Arthur Wint, Jamaica, B.W.I. 46.20
1952 George Rhoden, Jamaica, B.W.I. 45.90
1956 Charles Jenkins, United States 46.70
1960 Otis Davis, United States 44.90
1964 Mike Larrabee, United States 45.10
1968 Lee Evans, United States 43.80
1972 Vincent Matthews, United States 44.66
1976 Alberto Juantorena, Cuba 44.26
1980 Viktor Markin, USSR 44.60
1984 Alonzo Babers, United States 44.27
1988 Steve Lewis, United States 43.87
1992 Quincy Watts, United States 43.50
1996 Michael Johnson, United States 43.49
2000 Michael Johnson, United States 43.84
2004 Jeremy Wariner, United States 44.00
2008 LaShawn Merritt, United States 43.75

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