The men's 400 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 12 and 14 August at the Olympic Stadium. Fifty-three athletes from 35 nations competed. The event was won by 0.73 seconds by W
Interior view of the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, where the Men's 400m took place.
Kirani James
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Sir Kirani Zeno James GCNG COG is a Grenadian professional sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. He won the 400 m at the World Championships in 2011 and won the gold medal at the 2012 London Oly
Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres
…Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa, who broke the world record and won the nation's second gold medal in the men's 400 metres (after Bevil Rudd in 1920). Kirani James of Grenada and LaShawn Merritt of the United States became the sixth and seventh men to win two medals in the event, but Michael Johnson remained the…
James at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics