Aug 18 (Reuters) - Olympic athletics men's 400m heats
results in Beijing on Monday.
Heat 1
1. Leslie Djhone (France) 45.12 seconds Q
2. David Neville (U.S.) 45.22 Q
3. Williams Collazo (Cuba) 45.37 Q
4. Kevin Borlee (Belgium) 45.43 Q
5. Denis Alexeev (Russia) 45.52
6. Young Talkmore Nyongani (Zimbabwe) 45.89
7. Eric Milazar (Mauritius) 46.06
8. Masheto Gakologelwang (Botswana) 46.29
Heat 2
1. Christopher Brown (Bahamas) 44.79 Q
2. Joel Milburn (Australia) 44.80 Q
3. Johan Wissman (Sweden) 44.81 Q
4. Senga Gary Kikaya (DR Congo) 44.89 Q
5. Sanjay Ayre (Jamaica) 45.66
6. Arismendy Peguero (Dominican Republic) 46.28
7. Ivano Bucci (San Marino) 48.54
8. Liu Xiaosheng (China) 53.11
Heat 3
1. Nery Brenes (Costa Rica) 45.36 Q
2. James Godday (Nigeria) 45.49 Q
3. Andretti Bain (Bahamas) 45.96 Q
4. Niko Verekauta (Fiji) 46.32
5. Fernando Almeida (Brazil) 46.60
6. Lewis Banda (Zimbabwe) 46.76
7. Vincent Mumo Kiilu (Kenya) 46.79
8. Nagm Eldin Ali (Sudan) 47.12
Heat 4
1. Martyn Rooney (Britain) 45.00 Q
2. Sean Wroe (Australia) 45.17 Q
3. Ricardo Chambers (Jamaica) 45.22 Q
4. Erison Hurtauld (Dominica) 46.10
5. Andres Bayron Silva (Uruguay) 46.34
6. Rudolf Gotz (Czech Republic) 46.38
7. Yuzo Kanemaru (Japan) 46.39
. California Molefe (Botswana) DNS
Heat 5
1. LaShawn Merritt (U.S.) 44.96 Q
2. Saul Weipogwa (Nigeria) 45.19 Q
3. Claudio Licciardello (Italy) 45.25 Q
3. Jonathan Borlee (Belgium) 45.25 Q
5. Ato Modibo (Trinidad & Tobago) 45.63
6. Alleyne Francique (Grenada) 46.15
7. Geiner Mosquera (Colombia) 46.59
8. Siraj Williams (Liberia) 47.89
Heat 6
1. Andrew Steele (Britain) 44.94 Q
2. Renny Quow (Trinidad & Tobago) 45.13 Q
3. Michael Mathieu (Bahamas) 45.17 Q
4. Michael Blackwood (Jamaica) 45.56
5. Tyler Christopher (Canada) 45.67
6. Joel Phillip (Grenada) 46.30
7. Felix Martinez (Puerto Rico) 46.46
8. Daniel Dabrowski (Poland) 47.83
Heat 7
1. Jeremy Wariner (U.S.) 45.23 Q
2. Tabarie Henry (Virgin Islands) 45.36 Q
3. Cedric van Branteghem (Belgium) 45.54 Q
4. David Gillick (Ireland) 45.83
5. Maksim Dyldin (Russia) 46.03
6. Mykhaylo Knysh (Ukraine) 46.28
7. Mathieu Gnaligo Fousseni (Benin) 47.10
8. Naiel Santiago D'almeida (Sao Tome & Principe) 49.08
Q = Qualified
DNS = Did not start
(Compiled by Infostrada Sports; editing by Neil Maidment)
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