American Quincy Hall win gold in men’s 400m at Paris Olympics

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Quincy Hall for the US won gold Wednesday in the men’s 400 meters at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Hall came from behind to pass eventual silver medalist Matthew Hudson-Smith from Britain and Muzala Samukonga from Zambia, who won bronze, and crossed the finish line in 43.40 seconds — the fifth-fastest time all-time.

Hudson-Smith set a European record at 43.44. Samukonga broke a new national time of 43.74.

London 2012 champion, Kirani James of Grenada, finished fifth.​​​​​​​

• Matthew Hudson-Smith
• men's 400 meters
• Muzala Samukonga
• Quincy Hall