World Athletics Championships 1993/400 m men

4th World Athletics Championships
discipline	400 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	40 athletes from 30 countries
venue	Stuttgart
Competition location	Gottlieb Daimler Stadium
Competition phase	August 14 (preliminary) August 15 (quarter-finals) August 16 (semi-finals) August 17 (final)
Medalist Michael Johnson ( USA )   Harry Reynolds ( USA )   Samson Kitur ( KEN )

The Gottlieb Daimler Stadium in Stuttgart in 2007

The men's 400-meter run at the World Athletics Championships in 1993 was held from August 14 to 17, 1993 in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium in Stuttgart .

The US athletes achieved a double victory in this competition. World champion became the dominant 200 and 400 meter runner of the 1990s Michael Johnson . Before these world championships he had become world champion over 200 meters in 1991 and was a member of his country's 4 x 400 meter relay in 1992 . Here in Stuttgart, too, he won a second World Cup gold medal with the US relay , his third overall. He won before the Olympic runner-up in 1988 , World Cup third in 1987 and world record holder Harry Reynolds , who in 1988 also won an Olympic gold medal as a member of his country's 4 x 400 meter relay and here, like Johnson, also over 4 x 400 meters Became world champion. Bronze went to the Kenyan Olympic third party from 1992 Samson Kitur . There was a second bronze medal for him on the final day over 4 × 400 meters.

Records

Existing records

World record	43.29 s	Harry Reynolds	Zurich , Switzerland	17th August 1988
World championship record	44.26 s	Innocent Egbunike	World Cup 1987 in Rome , Italy	September 1, 1987

Record improvement

The US world champion Michael Johnson improved the existing world championship record in the final on August 17th by 61 hundredths of a second to 43.65 s.

Preliminary round

August 5, 1993, 5:35 p.m.

The preliminary round was carried out in six runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the eight fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the quarter-finals. Out of forty athletes who competed, only eight were eliminated.

Forward 1

August 14, 1993, 1:15 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Michael Johnson	United States	45.60
2	Norberto Téllez	Cuba	45.79
3	Ian Morris	Trinidad and Tobago	45.80
4th	Dmitri Golovastov	Russia	45.97
5	Du'aine Ladejo	Great Britain	46.17
6th	Gholamreza Sistani	Iran	48.27
7th	Livingstone Roach	St. Kitts and Nevis	48.72

Forward 2

August 14, 1993, 1:22 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Jean-Louis Rapnouil	France	45.63
2	Kennedy Ochieng	Kenya	45.68
3	Roberto Hernández	Cuba	46.01
4th	Andrea Nuti	Italy	46.59
5	Keteng Baloseng	Botswana	47.93
DNS	Slobodan Branković	IWP
	Ilir Xhanari	Albania

Forward 3

August 14, 1993, 1:29 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Sunday Bada	Nigeria	45.98
2	Gregory Haughton	Jamaica	46.10
3	Patrick Delice	Trinidad and Tobago	46.16
4th	Sadek Boumendil	Algeria	46.37
5	Shigekazu Omori	Japan	47.17
6th	Roger Jordan	Barbados	47.75
7th	Francisco Flores	Honduras	50.86

Forward 4

August 14, 1993, 1:36 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Simon Kemboi	Kenya	45.91
2	Quincy Watts	United States	45.94
3	Ibrahim Hassan	Ghana	46.61
4th	Benyounes Lahlou	Morocco	46.64
5	Jean-Claude Yekpe	Benin	46.92
6th	Raymundo Escalante	Mexico	48.03
7th	Stephen Lugor	Sudan	48.72

Forward 5

August 14, 1993, 1:43 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Harry Reynolds	United States	45.34
2	Ibrahim Ismail	Qatar	45.48
3	Solomon Amegatcher	Ghana	45.68
4th	Ade Mafe	Great Britain	46.25
5	Francis Ogola	Uganda	46.53
6th	Anton Ivanov	Bulgaria	46.84
DNF	Baobo Neuendorf	Papua New Guinea

Forward 6

August 14, 1993, 1:50 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Samson Kitur	Kenya	45.71
2	Neil de Silva	Trinidad and Tobago	45.74
3	Evon Clarke	Jamaica	45.92
4th	Rico songs	Germany	46.16
5	Troy Douglas	Bermuda	46.17
6th	Cayetano Cornet	Spain	46.57
7th	Kossi Akoto	Togo	47.91

Quarter finals

From the four quarter-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the semi-finals.

Quarter-finals 1

August 15, 1993, 7:50 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Quincy Watts	United States	45.07
2	Simon Kemboi	Kenya	45.22
3	Neil de Silva	Trinidad and Tobago	45.50
4th	Rico songs	Germany	45.66
5	Jean-Louis Rapnouil	France	45.69
6th	Sadek Boumendil	Algeria	45.91
7th	Cayetano Cornet	Spain	46.46
DSQ	Francis Ogola	Uganda

Quarter-finals 2

August 15, 1993, 7:55 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Samson Kitur	Kenya	45.02
2	Sunday Bada	Nigeria	45.21
3	Gregory Haughton	Jamaica	45.48
4th	Solomon Amegatcher	Ghana	45.59
5	Dmitri Golovastov	Russia	46.00
6th	Ade Mafe	Great Britain	46.03
7th	Jean-Claude Yekpe	Benin	47.09
8th	Shigekazu Omori	Japan	47.42

Quarter-finals 3

Troy Douglas missed the semifinals by one place or six hundredths of a second

August 15, 1993, 8:00 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Michael Johnson	United States	44.72
2	Ibrahim Ismail	Qatar	44.95
3	Evon Clarke	Jamaica	45.32
4th	Norberto Téllez	Cuba	45.51
5	Troy Douglas	Bermuda	45.57
6th	Patrick Delice	Trinidad and Tobago	45.70
7th	Anton Ivanov	Bulgaria	45.93
8th	Andrea Nuti	Italy	46.77

Quarter-finals 4

August 15, 1993, 8:05 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Harry Reynolds	United States	44.71
2	Kennedy Ochieng	Kenya	44.90
3	Ian Morris	Trinidad and Tobago	45.90
4th	Du'aine Ladejo	Great Britain	46.51
5	Roger Jordan	Barbados	46.89
6th	Benyounes Lahlou	Morocco	47.83
DNS	Ibrahim Hassan	Ghana
	Roberto Hernández	Cuba

Semifinals

From the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Semi-final run 1

August 16, 1993, 7:20 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Quincy Watts	United States	44.63
2	Harry Reynolds	United States	44.82
3	Simon Kemboi	Kenya	44.94
4th	Kennedy Ochieng	Kenya	45.01
5	Evon Clarke	Jamaica	45.19
6th	Norberto Téllez	Cuba	46.17
7th	Du'aine Ladejo	Great Britain	46.33
DNS	Ian Morris	Trinidad and Tobago

Semi-final run 2

August 16, 1993, 7:27 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Samson Kitur	Kenya	44.34
2	Michael Johnson	United States	44.39
3	Sunday Bada	Nigeria	44.63
4th	Gregory Haughton	Jamaica	44.78
5	Ibrahim Ismail	Qatar	44.85
6th	Solomon Amegatcher	Ghana	45.58
7th	Neil de Silva	Trinidad and Tobago	45.66
8th	Rico songs	Germany	45.75

Michael Johnson became world champion for the second time after his victory in 1991 in the 200 meters , and there was a third title on the final day with the US relay over 4 × 400 meters

final

August 17, 1993, 7:45 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Michael Johnson	United States	43.65 CR
2	Harry Reynolds	United States	44.13
3	Samson Kitur	Kenya	44.54
4th	Quincy Watts	United States	45.01
5	Sunday Bada	Nigeria	45.11
6th	Gregory Haughton	Jamaica	45.63
7th	Simon Kemboi	Kenya	45.65
8th	Kennedy Ochieng	Kenya	45.68

Video

• 1993 World Champs, 400m Mens Final , Video posted on youtube.com February 5, 2015, accessed May 7, 2020

Web links

• 4th IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed May 7, 2020
• Men 400m Athletics IV World Championship Stuttgart (GER) 1993 at todor66.com (English), accessed on May 7, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 400 m, Stuttgart 1993, p. 105 (PDF 10.3 MB), English, accessed on May 7, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 400 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on May 7, 2020
2. ↑ Yugoslavia was during the Yugoslav wars according to the UN administrative penalties ( RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL 1993 on www.un.org (PDF, 10.2 MB), accessed on May 7, 2020) by the IAAF by the WM suspended -participation . Individual athletes from this area were allowed to start with a special permit.