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2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

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Men's 400 metres
at the 2019 World Championships
The home straight.
VenueKhalifa International Stadium
Dates1 October (heats)
2 October (semi-finals)
4 October (final)
Competitors42 from 31 nations
Winning time43.48
Medalists
gold medal    Bahamas
silver medal    Colombia
bronze medal    United States
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The men's 400 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on 1, 2 and 4 October 2019.[1] The winning margin was 0.67 seconds which as of 2024 is the greatest winning margin in the men's 400 metres at these championships since the retirement of Michael Johnson.

Summary

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Kirani James had the pedigree -- a World Championship and an Olympic gold medal -- but those were back in 2011 and 2012. He finished second behind Wayde van Niekerk's world record at the last Olympics. Van Niekerk couldn't compete because he injured his knee in a celebrity rugby game and James was battling Graves' disease, the same ailment that affected Gail Devers. With a faster personal best, American champion Fred Kerley had been anticipated as USA's next golden boy until Michael Norman came on the scene with a relaxed, early season personal best that only equalled the #4 time in history. But Norman took himself out of the final, jogging home the second half of his semi-final. The other sub-44 qualifiers were Steven Gardiner, who had run his on this track in May and Akeem Bloomfield, who was the last time qualifier to get in. Gardiner led the qualifying, while Anthony Zambrano had to set a Colombian national record to get in.

In the final, James went out hard, passing Zambrano to his outside as they entered the backstretch. Inside of James, Machel Cedenio, James, Gardiner and Demish Gaye were running true to the stagger. James held that lead until midway through the final turn when he began to fade back as Gardiner was emerging slightly ahead. Coming onto the home straight, Gardiner held a 2 metre lead over James and Kerley, with Cedenio just slightly behind them. A further 2 metres back was Zambrano and Gaye. Down the stretch, Gardiner widened his lead, with Kerley the next best to chase. From far back, Zambrano was in another gear, speeding past Cedenio, James and a metre before the line, Kerley.[2]

Gardiner's win in 43.48 is the sixth fastest time in history. Zambrano's 44.15 set the South American record, beating Sanderlei Parrela's record from the World Championships 20 years earlier.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

Record Athlete Perf. Location Date
World Record  Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) 43.03 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 14 August 2016
Championship Record  Michael Johnson (USA) 43.18 Sevilla, Spain 26 August 1999
World Leading  Michael Norman (USA) 43.45 Torrance, United States 20 April 2019
African Record  Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) 43.03 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 14 August 2016
Asian Record  Youssef Ahmad Masrahi (KSA) 43.93 Beijing, China 23 August 2015
North, Central American and Caribbean Record  Michael Johnson (USA) 43.18 Seville, Spain 26 August 1999
South American Record  Sanderlei Claro Parrela (BRA) 44.29
European Record  Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) 44.33 Rome, Italy 3 September 1987
Oceanian Record  Darren Clark (AUS) 44.38 Seoul, South Korea 26 September 1988

The following records were set at the competition:

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date
Malagasy 46.80 Todiasoa Rabearison  MAD 1 Oct 2019
Gibraltarian 47.41 Jessy Franco  GIB
Colombian 44.55 Anthony Zambrano  COL 2 Oct 2019
Bahamian 43.48 Steven Gardiner  BAH 4 Oct 2019
South American 44.15 Anthony Zambrano  COL
Colombian

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 45.30.[4]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
1 October 16:35 Heats
2 October 20:35 Semi-finals
4 October 22:20 Final

Results

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Heats

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The first three in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) qualified for the semifinal.[6]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 2 Kirani James  Grenada (GRN) 44.94 Q
2 4 7 Michael Norman  United States (USA) 45.00 Q
3 4 5 Demish Gaye  Jamaica (JAM) 45.02 Q
4 6 7 Emmanuel Korir  Kenya (KEN) 45.08 Q
5 3 4 Davide Re  Italy (ITA) 45.08 Q
6 4 3 Leungo Scotch  Botswana (BOT) 45.10 Q, PB
7 2 8 Julian Walsh  Japan (JPN) 45.14 Q, PB
8 3 3 Fred Kerley  United States (USA) 45.19 Q
9 1 3 Machel Cedenio  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 45.26 Q
10 6 6 Jonathan Sacoor  Belgium (BEL) 45.32 Q
11 1 4 Akeem Bloomfield  Jamaica (JAM) 45.34 Q
12 6 5 Rabah Yousif  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 45.40 Q
13 1 8 Thapelo Phora  South Africa (RSA) 45.45 Q
14 3 7 Abbas Abubakar Abbas  Bahrain (BHR) 45.47 Q
15 2 3 Vernon Norwood  United States (USA) 45.59 Q
16 6 8 Jhon Perlaza  Colombia (COL) 45.62 q
17 1 5 Alphas Kishoyian  Kenya (KEN) 45.65 q
18 5 3 Steven Gardiner  Bahamas (BAH) 45.68 Q
19 3 8 Mazen Al-Yassin  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 45.70 q
20 6 3 Nathan Strother  United States (USA) 45.71 q
21 4 4 Yousef Karam  Kuwait (KUW) 45.74 q
22 2 7 Steven Solomon  Australia (AUS) 45.82 q
23 2 6 Derrick Mokaleng  South Africa (RSA) 45.87
24 5 5 Philip Osei  Canada (CAN) 45.87 Q
25 4 2 Alonzo Russell  Bahamas (BAH) 45.91
26 5 6 Anthony Zambrano  Colombia (COL) 45.93 Q
27 1 6 Lucas Carvalho  Brazil (BRA) 46.01
28 5 7 Ditiro Nzamani  Botswana (BOT) 46.19
29 5 2 Rusheen McDonald  Jamaica (JAM) 46.21
30 3 2 Mikhail Litvin  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 46.28
31 6 4 Taha Hussein Yaseen  Iraq (IRQ) 46.58
32 4 6 Todiasoa Rabearison  Madagascar (MAD) 46.80 NR
33 2 4 Luka Janežič  Slovenia (SLO) 46.84
34 5 4 Brandon Parris  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN) 47.39
35 6 2 Jessy Franco  Gibraltar (GIB) 47.41 NR
36 3 5 Bachir Mahamat  Chad (CHA) 47.65
37 1 2 Abdalelah Haroun  Qatar (QAT) 47.76 SB
38 3 6 Jovan Stojoski  North Macedonia (MKD) 47.92
39 4 8 Moussa Zaroumeye  Niger (NIG) 48.13
40 5 8 Mohammad Jahir Rayhan  Bangladesh (BAN) 48.48
41 2 5 Tikie Terry Mael  Vanuatu (VAN) 48.52 PB
1 7 Matthew Hudson-Smith  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) DNF

Semi-finals

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The first two in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.[7]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 6 Steven Gardiner  Bahamas (BAH) 44.13 Q, SB
2 2 5 Kirani James  Grenada (GRN) 44.23 Q, SB
3 1 4 Fred Kerley  United States (USA) 44.25 Q
4 1 5 Emmanuel Korir  Kenya (KEN) 44.37 Q, SB
5 3 7 Machel Cedenio  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 44.41 Q, SB
6 3 8 Anthony Zambrano  Colombia (COL) 44.55 Q, NR
7 2 7 Demish Gaye  Jamaica (JAM) 44.66 q, SB
8 3 6 Akeem Bloomfield  Jamaica (JAM) 44.77 q
9 1 7 Davide Re  Italy (ITA) 44.85
10 2 9 Vernon Norwood  United States (USA) 45.00
11 2 8 Leungo Scotch  Botswana (BOT) 45.00 PB
12 1 6 Jonathan Sacoor  Belgium (BEL) 45.03 =PB
13 3 5 Julian Walsh  Japan (JPN) 45.13 PB
14 3 9 Rabah Yousif  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 45.15 PB
15 2 3 Jhon Perlaza  Colombia (COL) 45.17
16 1 9 Thapelo Phora  South Africa (RSA) 45.24
17 1 8 Abbas Abubakar Abbas  Bahrain (BHR) 45.26
18 1 2 Nathan Strother  United States (USA) 45.34
19 2 4 Philip Osei  Canada (CAN) 45.44
20 2 2 Steven Solomon  Australia (AUS) 45.54 SB
21 3 2 Alphas Kishoyian  Kenya (KEN) 45.55
22 3 4 Michael Norman  United States (USA) 45.94
23 1 3 Mazen Al-Yassin  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 46.11
3 3 Yousef Karam  Kuwait (KUW) DNF

Final

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The final was started on 4 October at 22:20.[8]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Steven Gardiner  Bahamas (BAH) 43.48 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 Anthony Zambrano  Colombia (COL) 44.15 AR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Fred Kerley  United States (USA) 44.17
4 3 Demish Gaye  Jamaica (JAM) 44.46 PB
5 7 Kirani James  Grenada (GRN) 44.54
6 9 Emmanuel Korir  Kenya (KEN) 44.94
7 6 Machel Cedenio  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 45.30
8 2 Akeem Bloomfield  Jamaica (JAM) 45.36

References

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  1. ^ "400 Metres Men − Round 1 − Start List" (PDF). IAAF. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Gardiner powers away to win dramatic 400 meters". Reuters. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  3. ^ "100 Metres Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Competitions Entry Standards 2019 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019". iaaf.org. 2 August 2019.
  5. ^ "400 Metres Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Heats results" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Semi-finals results" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Final results" (PDF).