Olympics-Athletics-Men's 400m heats qualifiers

Aug 18 (Reuters) - Olympic athletics men's 400m heats
fastest qualifiers in Beijing on Monday.
1. Chris Brown (Bahamas) 44.79 seconds 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. Andrew Steele (Britain) 44.94 Q
6. LaShawn Merritt (U.S.) 44.96 Q
7. Martyn Rooney (Britain) 45.00 Q
8. Leslie Djhone (France) 45.12 Q
9. Renny Quow (Trinidad & Tobago) 45.13 Q
10. Michael Mathieu (Bahamas) 45.17 Q
10. Sean Wroe (Australia) 45.17 Q
12. Saul Weipogwa (Nigeria) 45.19 Q
13. Ricardo Chambers (Jamaica) 45.22 Q
13. David Neville (U.S.) 45.22 Q
15. Jeremy Wariner (U.S.) 45.23 Q
16. Claudio Licciardello (Italy) 45.25 Q
16. Jonathan Borlee (Belgium) 45.25 Q
18. Nery Brenes (Costa Rica) 45.36 Q
18. Tabarie Henry (Virgin Islands) 45.36 Q
20. William Collazo (Cuba) 45.37 Q
21. Kevin Borlee (Belgium) 45.43 Q
22. James Godday (Nigeria) 45.49 Q
23. Denis Alexeev (Russia) 45.52
24. Cedric van Branteghem (Belgium) 45.54 Q
25. Michael Blackwood (Jamaica) 45.56
26. Ato Modibo (Trinidad & Tobago) 45.63
27. Sanjay Ayre (Jamaica) 45.66
28. Tyler Christopher (Canada) 45.67
29. David Gillick (Ireland) 45.83
30. Young Talkmore Nyongani (Zimbabwe) 45.89
31. Andretti Bain (Bahamas) 45.96 Q
32. Maksim Dyldin (Russia) 46.03
33. Eric Milazar (Mauritius) 46.06
34. Erison Hurtauld (Dominica) 46.10
35. Alleyne Francique (Grenada) 46.15
36. Mykhaylo Knysh (Ukraine) 46.28
36. Arismendy Peguero (Dominican Republic) 46.28
38. Masheto Gakologelwang (Botswana) 46.29
39. Joel Phillip (Grenada) 46.30
40. Niko Verekauta (Fiji) 46.32
41. Andres Silva (Uruguay) 46.34
42. Rudolf Gotz (Czech Republic) 46.38
43. Yuzo Kanemaru (Japan) 46.39
44. Felix Martinez (Puerto Rico) 46.46
45. Geiner Mosquera (Colombia) 46.59
46. Fernando Almeida (Brazil) 46.60
47. Lewis Banda (Zimbabwe) 46.76
48. Vincent Mumo Kiilu (Kenya) 46.79
49. Mathieu Gnaligo Fousseni (Benin) 47.10
50. Nagm Eldin Ali (Sudan) 47.12
51. Daniel Dabrowski (Poland) 47.83
52. Siraj Williams (Liberia) 47.89
53. Ivano Bucci (San Marino) 48.54
54. Naiel Santiago D'almeida (Sao Tome & Principe) 49.08
55. Liu Xiaosheng (China) 53.11
. California Molefe (Botswana) DNS
Q = Qualified
DNS = Did not start

(Compiled by Infostrada Sports; editing by Neil Maidment)
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