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Semi-Final Updates: 
(first two in each heat advance to final)



Update: Aug 4, 10:40pm CT
SEMI FINAL START LISTS

Lane	Bib	Athlete	PB	SB	+
2	2177	HYATT Dane	44.83	44.83	+
3	2078	BONEVACIA Liemarvin	45.60	45.60	+
4	1133	BORLEE Kevin	44.56	44.56	+
5	1564	SANTOS Luguelin	44.45	44.45	+
6	3241	NELLUM Bryshon	44.80	44.80	+
7	1831	ROONEY Martyn	44.60	44.92	+
8	1105	MILLER Ramon	44.87	44.87	+
9	2374	MASRAHI Yousef Ahmed	45.43	45.43

LASHAWN MERRIT OUT WITH INJURY!
400 Meter First Round 
Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest times (q) qualified.
FULL RESULTS

Heat 1: Luguelin Santos of Dominican Republic wins comfortably in a surprisingly quick time of 45.04. Oscar Pistorious finishes second to advance to the semi-finals easing up at the end to run a great time of 45.44. Trinidad's best 400 meter man, Renny Quow, did not start.

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Heat 2: Kirani James of Grenada (NCAA champ at Alabama) highlighted the second heat by making up the majority of the stagger around 200 meters, but in second with 100 to go. James easily pulled away from the field in the final straightaway to win in 45.23. Two collegiates in the race were Deon Lendore of Trinidad (Texas A&M, 5th in 45.81) and Daundre Barnaby of Canada (Miss St, 6th in 46.04).

Heat 3: Jonathan Borlee from Belgium, the former Florida State All-American, blazed to the #2 time in the world this year running 44.43. The time was a new Beligian national record. His previous personal best was 44.71 and best time this year was 44.88. He wasn't the only standout from the heat as second place was 44.91 (Pavel Maslak of Czech Republic, National Record) and third at 45.00 (Pavel Trenikhin of Russia). Donald Sanford, ASU grad, finish 5th in 45.71 running for Israel

Heat 4: Demetrius Pinder of the Bahamas (Texas A&M grad) dominates the section in 44.92. USA's Bryshon Nellum finishes second in 45.29 to continue his dream season. Another Texas A&M grad, Tabarie Henry, finishes 4th in 45.43 fading in the final 60 meters running for US Virgin Islands.

Heat 5: Chris Brown of the Bahamas holds off USA's Tony McQuay (Florida grad, NCAA Champ) as McQuay came of the curve in 3rd and charged the final 100 meters looking to his left at Brown as they both qualify (45.40 to 45.48). Jamaica's Jermaine Gonzales, who ran 44.40 in 2010, finished a disappointing 6th in 46.21.

Heat 6: LaShawn Merritt shocked everyone by pulling out of the blocks slowly and pulling off the track on the back stretch. The dream of defending his Olympic title washing away with an achilles injury that he had in Monaco. After attention focused back to the track, Lalonde Gordan of Trinidad led until the final straight when Aussie Steven Solomon took over, winning in 45.18 (Gordan 45.43). Solomon will be heading to Stanford in the fall. In a post race interview, Merritt said he will look to get ready for 2013 World Champs hinting that he will be pulling out of the 4x400 here in london.

Heat 7: Kevin Borlee caps of the Belgian twins presence in the opening rounds winning his section in 45.14. GB's Martyn Rooney looked good in the closing 100 to finish second in 45.36. Erison Hurtault, a Columbia grad running for Dominica, finished 5th in 46.05.

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last updated: July 18th at 6:05pm CT

Men's 400 Quick Hits
2012 London Olympic Games


400 Meter Schedule:
Day 2, Aug 4th - Round 1 (4:35am CT) - qualifying procedure TBA
Day 3, Aug 5th - Semi-final (2:40pm CT) - qualifying procedure TBA
Day 4, Aug 6th - Finals (3:30pm CT)

400 Meter Records:
World Record - 43.18 - Michael Johnson (USA) 26 August 1999
Olympic Record - 43.49 - Michael Johnson (USA) 29 July 1996
American Record - 43.19 - Michael Johnson 26 August 1999

The Favorites: (personal best/season best)
1. LaShawn Merritt, United States (43.75/44.12) - Reigning Olympic Champ, runner up at WC 2011
2. Kirani James, Grenada (44.36/44.72) - 2011 World Champion.
3. Luguelin Santos (44.45/44.45) - His young, but he's fast. 2012 World Junior Champion

The Americans:
1. LaShawn Merritt (43.75/44.12) - 2008 Olympic Champ
2. Tony McQuay (44.49/44.49) - 2011 World Champion team member
3. Bryshon Nellum (44.80/44.80) - First Olympic Team

Past 400 Olympic Results: (from wiki)

2000 Olympic Games 1 Michael Johnson United States 6 0.610 s 43.84 s 2 Alvin Harrison United States 4 0.490 s 44.40 s 3 Gregory Haughton Jamaica 8 0.346 s 44.70 s SB 4 Sanderlei Claro Parrela Brazil 2 0.280 s 45.01 s 5 Robert Mackowiak Poland 1 0.232 s 45.14 s 6 Hendrick Mokganyetsi South Africa 7 0.442 s 45.26 s 7 Danny McFarlane Jamaica 2 0.332 s 45.55 s DISQ Antonio Pettigrew United States 5 0.576 s 45.42 s

2004 Olympic Games Jeremy Wariner United States 44.00 PB Otis Harris United States 44.16 PB Derrick Brew United States 44.42 PB 4 Alleyne Francique Grenada 44.66 5 Brandon Simpson Jamaica 44.76 PB 6 Davian Clarke Jamaica 44.83 PB 7 Leslie Djhone France 44.94   8 Michael Blackwood Jamaica 45.55

2008 Olympic Games 4 LaShawn Merritt United States 43.75 0.318   7 Jeremy Wariner United States 44.74 0.209   9 David Neville United States 44.80 0.293   4 5 Chris Brown Bahamas 44.84 0.231   5 6 Leslie Djhone France 45.11 0.164   6 8 Martyn Rooney Great Britain 45.12 0.208   7 2 Renny Quow Trinidad and Tobago 45.22 0.201   8 3 Johan Wissman Sweden 45.39 0.218

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