Lee Evans set the men's 400 meters record with a run of 44.95 seconds in Winnipeg in July 1967, later beaten by John Smith at 44.60 in Cali. In which Canadian city did Cuban Alberto Juantorena run it at 44.26 seconds on July 29, 1976 at the Olympic Games?

Question

Accepted Answer

Montreal. The men's 400 metres world record dropped to 44.95 seconds when Lee Evans of the U.S. ran that time in Winnipeg on 30 July 1967. Nine years later, on 29 July 1976, Alberto Juantorena of Cuba lowered the record to 44.26 seconds at the Olympics in Montreal.