Eleuthera's Chris Brown finishes 4th in the Olympic Quarter Mile (400m).

Eleuthera’s Chris Brown finished 4th, just off the medal podium, in the Olympic 400m final held on Monday in London. The 34 year old Wemyss Bight native finished strong in a time of 44.79, but once again the individual olympic medal proved elusive.  The race was won by 19-year-old Grenadian, Kirani James, one of a field of competitors averaging 10 years younger than the experienced Brown. James’ tremendous victory on the world stage represented the first time that the “spice” isle, Grenada, has won an olympic medal.

Fellow Bahamian, Demetrius Pinder finished 7th overall in a time of 44.98, out done by the Belgian Borlee twin brothers.

For the Caribbean it was a successful night on the track with 1st, 2nd and  3rd in the 400m going to James of Grenada, Santos of the Dominican Republic and Gordon of Trinidad & Tobago.

In the 400m hurdles, gold went to veteran Felix Sanchez of the Dominican Republic and Bronze went to Javier Culson of Puerto Rico. The USA’s Michael Tinsley won silver. Surprisingly, the USA did not have any qualifiers in the 400m final.

Results

400m hurdles

 1.  Felix Sanchez (Dominican Republic) 47.63 seconds
 2.  Michael Tinsley (U.S.)             47.91        
 3.  Javier Culson (Puerto Rico)        48.10        
 4.  David Greene (Britain)             48.24        
 5.  Angelo Taylor (U.S.)               48.25        
 6.  Jehue Gordon (Trinidad and Tobago) 48.86        
 7.  Leford Green (Jamaica)             49.12        
 8.  Kerron Clement (U.S.)              49.15

400m

1    Grenada JAMES Kirani    43.94     NR   
2    Dominican Republic SANTOS Luguelin    44.46        
3    Trinidad and Tobago GORDON Lalonde    44.52     PB    
4    Bahamas BROWN Chris    44.79  
5    Belgium BORLEE Kevin    44.81       
6    Belgium BORLEE Jonathan    44.83       
7    Bahamas PINDER Demetrius    44.98     
8    Australia SOLOMON Steven    45.14    

NR = National Record;  PB = Personal Best.