Quincy Hall, South Carolina alum, completes incredible comeback to win 400m gold

Quincy Hall won a gold medal with a comeback for the ages on Wednesday.

Running in the 400-meter final, Hall looked to be in fourth place around the turn and unlikely to medal until he kicked it into another gear down the final stretch, making up enough ground to come out on top with a time of 43.40 in an epic comeback that has to be seen to be believed.

UNBELIEVABLE!

Quincy Hall looked dead coming off the turn. Like he had no gas. Then all-time comeback to secure #Gold for #TeamUSA in the 400m!

The races at #Paris2024 have been insane! #Olympics pic.twitter.com/aLAXgIxsoo

— Jeff D. Lowe (@JeffDLowe) August 7, 2024

image posted by @ESPN on X, formerly Twitter

There has been something about Team USA’s sprinters in Paris, finding some extra juice when it matters most.

there have now been THREE men’s track events which Team USA was losing in the closing moments but came back to win gold (Quincy Hall in the 400m, Noah Lyles in the 100m, Cole Hocker in the 1500m) pic.twitter.com/Vw9QeQmaRH

— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) August 7, 2024

Hall is the first South Carolina Gamecock to medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. A native of Kansas City, Missouri, Hall arrived at South Carolina as a transfer from the College of the Sequoias.

He was a Gamecock from 2019 to 2020. Hall was the SEC’s 2019 Indoor and Outdoor Champion in the 400m. He also picked up numerous national honors, including 2020 Indoor All-American (400m), 2019 Outdoor NCAA Champion (400m Hurdles), 2019 Indoor First-Team All-American (400m), 2019 Indoor First-Team All-American (4x400m Relay), 2019 Outdoor First-Team All-American (400m Hurdles) and 2019 Outdoor First-Team All-American (4x400m Relay).