World Athletics Championships 1995/400 m men
5th World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 400 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 51 athletes from 35 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Ullevi Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 5th (preliminary) August 6th (quarter-finals) August 7th (semi-finals) August 9th (final) |
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The men's 400-meter run at the 1995 World Athletics Championships was held from August 5th to 9th, 1995 in Gothenburg's Ullevi Stadium .
In the first two places there was the same result as at the World Championships two years earlier . The US runners achieved a double victory. It was won by defending champion Michael Johnson , the 1991 world champion over 200 meters was and the 4-400-meter relay times of his country in 1992 Olympic gold and 1993 World Cup won -Gold. Here in Gothenburg Michael Johnson won over 200 meters two days later and on the final day over 4 × 400 meters. Silver went to the two-time vice world champion ( 1987/1993 ). 1988 Olympic runner-up and world record holder Harry Reynolds , who won two World Cup gold (1987/1993) and 1988 Olympic gold as a member of the United States' 4 x 400 meter relay . The Jamaican Gregory Haughton won the bronze medal.
World champion Michael Johnson was in a class of his own in this race. He won by more than eight tenths of a second.
Records
Existing records
World record | 43.29 s |
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Zurich , Switzerland | 17th August 1988 |
World championship record | 43.65 s |
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World Cup 1993 in Stuttgart , Germany | 17th August 1993 |
Record improvement
The US world champion Michael Johnson improved his own world championship record in the final on August 9th by 26 hundredths of a second to 43.39 s and thus approached the world record of runner-up world champion Harry Reynolds down to a tenth of a second.
Preliminary round
The preliminary round was carried out in seven runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the quarter-finals.
Forward 1
August 5, 1995, 10:10 am
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Roger Black |
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45.81 |
2 | Kennedy Ochieng |
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45.87 |
3 | Arnaud Malherbe |
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46.09 |
4th | Amar Hecini |
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46.29 |
5 | Udeme Ekpeyong |
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46.41 |
6th | Ahmed Ali |
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46.75 |
7th | Kenmore Hughes |
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47.26 |
8th | Médard Makanga |
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47.38 |
Forward 2
August 5, 1995, 10:15 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Ibrahim Ismail Muftah |
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45.10 |
2 | Davis Kamoga |
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45.34 |
3 | Darnell Hall |
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45.34 |
4th | Bobang Phiri |
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45.91 |
5 | Paul Greene |
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46.25 |
6th | Desiré Pierre-Louis |
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46.73 |
7th | Evripides Demosthenous |
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46.84 |
Forward 3
August 5, 1995, 10:20 am
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Mark Richardson |
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45.61 |
2 | Gregory Haughton |
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45.62 |
3 | Francis Ogola |
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45.70 |
4th | Word Coombs |
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46.06 |
5 | Hachim Ndiaye |
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46.31 |
6th | Maxime Charlemagne |
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48.21 |
DSQ | Arnold Payne |
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IAAF Rule 163.3 - Crossing the Track |
DNS | Sebastián Keitel |
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Forward 4
August 5, 1995, 10:25 am
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Michael Johnson |
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45.49 |
2 | Abednego Matilu |
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45.80 |
3 | Davian Clarke |
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45.92 |
4th | Adrian Patrick |
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46.11 |
5 | Pablo Escribá |
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46.85 |
6th | Omar Mena |
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47.53 |
DSQ | Stephen Lugor |
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IAAF Rule 163.3 - Crossing the Track |
Forward 5
August 5, 1995, 10:30 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Harry Reynolds |
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45.60 |
2 | Mathias Rusterholz |
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45.97 |
3 | Pierre-Marie Hilaire |
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46.13 |
4th | Jew Monye |
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46.25 |
5 | Jorge Crusellas |
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46.32 |
6th | Mohammed Al-Beshi |
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46.76 |
7th | Richard Jones |
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47.36 |
Forward 6
August 5, 1995, 10:35 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Samson Kitur |
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45.63 |
2 | Norberto Téllez |
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45.72 |
3 | Inaldo Justino Sena |
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45.75 |
4th | Troy McIntosh |
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45.87 |
5 | Michael Joubert |
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46.31 |
6th | Justice Dipeba |
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46.57 |
7th | Raymundo Escalante |
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48.29 |
Forward 7
August 5, 1995, 10:40 am
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Sunday Bada |
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46.08 |
2 | Andrea Nuti |
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46.25 |
3 | Danny McFarlane |
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46.27 |
4th | Shon Ju-il |
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46.41 |
5 | Sanderlei Parrela |
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46.59 |
6th | Hayden Stephen |
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47.64 |
7th | Solomone Bole |
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47.92 |
DSQ | Álvaro James |
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IAAF Rule 163.3 - Crossing the Track |
Quarter finals
From the four quarter-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the semi-finals.
Quarter-finals 1
August 6, 1995, 6:25 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Harry Reynolds |
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44.63 |
2 | Abednego Matilu |
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44.97 |
3 | Roger Black |
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45.01 |
4th | Jew Monye |
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45.16 |
5 | Francis Ogola |
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45.64 |
6th | Troy McIntosh |
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45.72 |
7th | Arnaud Malherbe |
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46.12 |
8th | Hachim Ndiaye |
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46.96 |
Quarter-finals 2
August 6, 1995, 6:30 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Darnell Hall |
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45.09 |
2 | Gregory Haughton |
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45.12 |
3 | Ibrahim Ismail Muftah |
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45.31 |
4th | Davis Kamoga |
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45.50 |
5 | Inaldo Justino Sena |
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45.71 |
6th | Jorge Crusellas |
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46.09 |
7th | Adrian Patrick |
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46.27 |
8th | Word Coombs |
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47.15 |
Quarter-finals 3
August 6, 1995, 6:35 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Samson Kitur |
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45.25 |
2 | Mark Richardson |
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45.30 |
3 | Mathias Rusterholz |
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45.54 |
4th | Danny McFarlane |
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45.79 |
5 | Andrea Nuti |
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45.89 |
6th | Pierre-Marie Hilaire |
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46.01 |
7th | Shon Ju-il |
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46.31 |
8th | Paul Greene |
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46.36 |
Quarter-finals 4
August 6, 1995, 6:40 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Michael Johnson |
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45.15 |
2 | Sunday Bada |
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45.29 |
3 | Norberto Téllez |
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45.68 |
4th | Davian Clarke |
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45.69 |
5 | Bobang Phiri |
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45.94 |
6th | Kennedy Ochieng |
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46.15 |
7th | Michael Joubert |
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46.61 |
8th | Amar Hecini |
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46.64 |
Semifinals
From the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Semi-final run 1
August 7, 1995, 5:40 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Michael Johnson |
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44.91 |
2 | Sunday Bada |
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45.03 |
3 | Darnell Hall |
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45.07 |
4th | Roger Black |
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45.32 |
5 | Abednego Matilu |
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45.41 |
6th | Davian Clarke |
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45.58 |
7th | Mathias Rusterholz |
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45.80 |
8th | Davis Kamoga |
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45.92 |
Semi-final run 2
August 7, 1995, 5:45 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Gregory Haughton |
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44.70 |
2 | Harry Reynolds |
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45.10 |
3 | Samson Kitur |
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45.27 |
4th | Mark Richardson |
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45.42 |
5 | Jew Monye |
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45.95 |
6th | Danny McFarlane |
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45.98 |
7th | Norberto Téllez |
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46.68 |
DNS | Ibrahim Ismail Muftah |
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final
August 9, 1995, 6:20 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Michael Johnson |
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43.39 CR |
2 | Harry Reynolds |
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44.22 |
3 | Gregory Haughton |
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44.56 |
4th | Samson Kitur |
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44.71 |
5 | Mark Richardson |
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44.81 |
6th | Darnell Hall |
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44.83 |
7th | Roger Black |
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45.28 |
8th | Sunday Bada |
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45.50 |
Video
- Mens 400m Final - 1995 IAAF World Athletics Championships on youtube.com, accessed May 24, 2020
Web links
- 5th IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed on May 18, 2020
- Men 400m Athletics V World Championship 1995 Goteborg (SWE) on todor66.com (English), accessed May 18, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 400 m, Gothenborg 1995, p. 106 (PDF 10.3 MB), English, accessed on May 24, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 400 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on May 24, 2020
- ↑ a b c IAAF competition rules, page 91 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on May 24, 2020