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| 2 | Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres - Semifinal 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Kirani James | Grenada | 0.144 | 44.02 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | LaShawn Merritt | United States | 0.271 | 44.21 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Karabo Sibanda | Botswana | 0.174 | 44.47 | q, PB |
| 7 | 4 | 7 | Luguelín Santos | Dominican Republic | 0.155 | 44.71 | SB |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Javon Francis | Jamaica | 0.170 | 44.96 | - |
| 9 | 6 | 5 | Nery Brenes | Costa Rica | 0.181 | 45.02 | - |
| 10 | 7 | 8 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | Netherlands | 0.166 | 45.03 | SB |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Lalonde Gordon | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.157 | 45.13 | - |

Question: How effective was Kirani James during the 2016 summer olympics? 
Answer: In the semi-finals, James had a season's best time of 44.02 to win the round nearly two tenths ahead of Merritt.