Quincy Hall's 400m Olympic Gold Medal Run Time, Splits from Viral Race Video

American sprinter Quincy Hall was in fifth place halfway through the men's 400m final on Wednesday before a late burst of speed pushed him into gold medal position at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The official split times for the race showed how Hall orchestrated his comeback by running the final 100 meters in 11.59 seconds.

Hall is the first American man to win the 400-meter race since LaShawn Merritt claimed gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Hall was at no point any higher in the pack than fourth place prior to the 300-meter mark.

The American sprinter then found another gear to push to the front and finish the race in 43.40 seconds.

That mark shattered Hall's previous personal best, the 44.17-second run he completed to qualify at the U.S. Olympic Trials in June.

That mark is also the fastest time recorded since Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa set the world record in 2016, as well as the fifth-fastest in the event's Olympic history.

British sprinter Matthew Hudson-Smith crossed the finish line just four one-thousandths of a second later to claim the silver medal.

The comeback was particularly notable given that Hall was focused on different race two years ago. The sprinter previously specialized in the 400m hurdles, the event in which he won an NCAA title at South Carolina in 2019, and only shifted to the 400m flat last year.

That decision paid off with a bronze at the 2023 World Championships, followed by Wednesday's historic comeback gold.

Hall's run marks one of several viral comeback efforts from Team USA in this week's slate of track and field events.

Noah Lyles, who was in seventh place halfway through the 100-meter race, surged in the back half of the run to earn a photo-finish gold.

Cole Hocker set an Olympic record with his own comeback effort in the 1,500-meter race, which saw him go from the middle of the group to gold medal position in the final stretch.

Team USA will hope to see more heroics from its men's track and field athletes as Lyles looks to earn his second Olympic gold in the 400-meter final on Thursday in Paris.