World Athletics Championships 1995/400 m men

5th World Athletics Championships
discipline	400 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	51 athletes from 35 countries
venue	Gothenburg
Competition location	Ullevi Stadium
Competition phase	August 5th (preliminary) August 6th (quarter-finals) August 7th (semi-finals) August 9th (final)
Medalist Michael Johnson ( USA )   Harry Reynolds ( USA )   Gregory Haughton ( JAM )

The Gothenburg Ullevi Stadium in 2006

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	Harry Reynolds	Zurich , Switzerland	17th August 1988
World championship record	43.65 s	Michael Johnson	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)
1	Roger Black	Great Britain	45.81
2	Kennedy Ochieng	Kenya	45.87
3	Arnaud Malherbe	South Africa	46.09
4th	Amar Hecini	Algeria	46.29
5	Udeme Ekpeyong	Nigeria	46.41
6th	Ahmed Ali	Ghana	46.75
7th	Kenmore Hughes	Antigua and Barbuda	47.26
8th	Médard Makanga	Republic of the Congo	47.38

Forward 2

August 5, 1995, 10:15 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Ibrahim Ismail Muftah	Qatar	45.10
2	Davis Kamoga	Uganda	45.34
3	Darnell Hall	United States	45.34
4th	Bobang Phiri	South Africa	45.91
5	Paul Greene	Australia	46.25
6th	Desiré Pierre-Louis	Mauritius	46.73
7th	Evripides Demosthenous	Cyprus	46.84

Forward 3

August 5, 1995, 10:20 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Mark Richardson	Great Britain	45.61
2	Gregory Haughton	Jamaica	45.62
3	Francis Ogola	Uganda	45.70
4th	Word Coombs	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	46.06
5	Hachim Ndiaye	Senegal	46.31
6th	Maxime Charlemagne	St. Lucia	48.21
DSQ	Arnold Payne	Zimbabwe	IAAF Rule 163.3 - Crossing the Track
DNS	Sebastián Keitel	Chile

Forward 4

August 5, 1995, 10:25 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Michael Johnson	United States	45.49
2	Abednego Matilu	Kenya	45.80
3	Davian Clarke	Jamaica	45.92
4th	Adrian Patrick	Great Britain	46.11
5	Pablo Escribá	Spain	46.85
6th	Omar Mena	Cuba	47.53
DSQ	Stephen Lugor	Sudan	IAAF Rule 163.3 - Crossing the Track

Forward 5

August 5, 1995, 10:30 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Harry Reynolds	United States	45.60
2	Mathias Rusterholz	Switzerland	45.97
3	Pierre-Marie Hilaire	France	46.13
4th	Jew Monye	Nigeria	46.25
5	Jorge Crusellas	Cuba	46.32
6th	Mohammed Al-Beshi	Saudi Arabia	46.76
7th	Richard Jones	Guyana	47.36

Forward 6

August 5, 1995, 10:35 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Samson Kitur	Kenya	45.63
2	Norberto Téllez	Cuba	45.72
3	Inaldo Justino Sena	Brazil	45.75
4th	Troy McIntosh	Bahamas	45.87
5	Michael Joubert	Australia	46.31
6th	Justice Dipeba	Botswana	46.57
7th	Raymundo Escalante	Mexico	48.29

Forward 7

August 5, 1995, 10:40 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Sunday Bada	Nigeria	46.08
2	Andrea Nuti	Italy	46.25
3	Danny McFarlane	Jamaica	46.27
4th	Shon Ju-il	South Korea	46.41
5	Sanderlei Parrela	Brazil	46.59
6th	Hayden Stephen	Trinidad and Tobago	47.64
7th	Solomone Bole	Fiji	47.92
DSQ	Álvaro James	Costa Rica	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)
1	Harry Reynolds	United States	44.63
2	Abednego Matilu	Kenya	44.97
3	Roger Black	Great Britain	45.01
4th	Jew Monye	Nigeria	45.16
5	Francis Ogola	Uganda	45.64
6th	Troy McIntosh	Bahamas	45.72
7th	Arnaud Malherbe	South Africa	46.12
8th	Hachim Ndiaye	Senegal	46.96

Quarter-finals 2

August 6, 1995, 6:30 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Darnell Hall	United States	45.09
2	Gregory Haughton	Jamaica	45.12
3	Ibrahim Ismail Muftah	Qatar	45.31
4th	Davis Kamoga	Uganda	45.50
5	Inaldo Justino Sena	Brazil	45.71
6th	Jorge Crusellas	Cuba	46.09
7th	Adrian Patrick	Great Britain	46.27
8th	Word Coombs	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	47.15

Quarter-finals 3

August 6, 1995, 6:35 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Samson Kitur	Kenya	45.25
2	Mark Richardson	Great Britain	45.30
3	Mathias Rusterholz	Switzerland	45.54
4th	Danny McFarlane	Jamaica	45.79
5	Andrea Nuti	Italy	45.89
6th	Pierre-Marie Hilaire	France	46.01
7th	Shon Ju-il	South Korea	46.31
8th	Paul Greene	Australia	46.36

Quarter-finals 4

August 6, 1995, 6:40 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Michael Johnson	United States	45.15
2	Sunday Bada	Nigeria	45.29
3	Norberto Téllez	Cuba	45.68
4th	Davian Clarke	Jamaica	45.69
5	Bobang Phiri	South Africa	45.94
6th	Kennedy Ochieng	Kenya	46.15
7th	Michael Joubert	Australia	46.61
8th	Amar Hecini	Algeria	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)
1	Michael Johnson	United States	44.91
2	Sunday Bada	Nigeria	45.03
3	Darnell Hall	United States	45.07
4th	Roger Black	Great Britain	45.32
5	Abednego Matilu	Kenya	45.41
6th	Davian Clarke	Jamaica	45.58
7th	Mathias Rusterholz	Switzerland	45.80
8th	Davis Kamoga	Uganda	45.92

Danny McFarlane's 45.98 s in the semifinals were not enough to enter the finals

Semi-final run 2

August 7, 1995, 5:45 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Gregory Haughton	Jamaica	44.70
2	Harry Reynolds	United States	45.10
3	Samson Kitur	Kenya	45.27
4th	Mark Richardson	Great Britain	45.42
5	Jew Monye	Nigeria	45.95
6th	Danny McFarlane	Jamaica	45.98
7th	Norberto Téllez	Cuba	46.68
DNS	Ibrahim Ismail Muftah	Qatar

final

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  Michael Johnson became world champion completely undisputed

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  Roger Black (here in 2011) , 1991 vice world champion and two-time European champion ( 1986 / 1990 ), came to seventh place

August 9, 1995, 6:20 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Michael Johnson	United States	43.39 CR
2	Harry Reynolds	United States	44.22
3	Gregory Haughton	Jamaica	44.56
4th	Samson Kitur	Kenya	44.71
5	Mark Richardson	Great Britain	44.81
6th	Darnell Hall	United States	44.83
7th	Roger Black	Great Britain	45.28
8th	Sunday Bada	Nigeria	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

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 400 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on May 24, 2020
2. ↑ ^{a b c} IAAF competition rules, page 91 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on May 24, 2020