World Athletics Championships 1997/400 m hurdles for men

6th World Athletics Championships
discipline	400 meter hurdles
gender	Men
Attendees	49 athletes from 35 countries
venue	Athens
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 2nd (preliminary) August 3rd (semi-finals) August 4th (final)
Medalist Stéphane Diagana ( FRA )   Llewellyn Herbert ( RSA )   Bryan Bronson ( USA )

The Athens Olympic Stadium in 2014

The men's 400-meter hurdles at the 1997 World Athletics Championships was held from August 2-4, 1997 in the Olympic Stadium in the Greek capital, Athens .

World champion was Stéphane Diagana , who was third in the French World Cup in 1995 and third in the European Championship in 1994 . Silver went to the South African Llewellyn Herbert . The American Bryan Bronson came in third place.

Existing records

World record	46.78 s	Kevin Young	OS in Barcelona , Spain	August 6, 1992
World championship record	47.18 s		World Cup 1993 in Stuttgart , Germany	19th August 1993

The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships.

The French world champion Stéphane Diagana set a new world best of the year in the final with 47.70 seconds.

There were also the following nine national records:

• Lukas Soucek , Czech Republic - 49.08 s (equalized), 2nd lead
• Jiří Mužík , Czech Republic - 48.56 s, 3rd forerun
• Mubarak Sultan Al-Nubi Faraj , Qatar - 48.84s, 1st semi-final run
• Paweł Januszewski , Poland - 48.94 s, 2nd semi-final run
• Fabrizio Mori , Italy - 48.17s, 3rd semi-final run
• Jiří Mužík, Czech Republic - 48.27 s, 3rd semi-final run
• Dusán Kovács , Hungary - 48.45 s, 3rd semi-final run
• Llewellyn Herbert , South Africa - 47.86s, final
• Fabrizio Mori, Italy - 48.05s, final

doping

There was a doping case in this competition.

The Frenchman Pascal Maran , who was eliminated in the preliminary stages , was convicted of having doped with ephedrine after his race and was disqualified.

Since the doped athlete was eliminated in the first round, there were no particular disadvantages for other athletes.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was carried out in seven runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the three fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Forward 1

August 2, 1997, 6:00 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	49.23
2	Mubarak Sultan Al-Nubi Faraj	Qatar	49.39
3	Ian Weakley	Jamaica	49.52
4th	Marc Dollendorf	Belgium	49.66
5	Tom McGuirk	Ireland	49.93
6th	Niklas Eriksson	Sweden	50.25
7th	Siniša Peša	Yugoslavia	50.65

Forward 2

August 2, 1997, 6:05 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Fabrizio Mori	Italy	48.93
2	Lukas Soucek	Czech Republic	49.08 NRe
3	Yoshihiko Saito	Japan	49.52
4th	Jean-Paul Bruwier	Belgium	49.56
5	Gary Jennings	Great Britain	49.84
6th	Vladislav Schirjajew	Russia	49.95
7th	Hubert Rakotombelontsoa	Madagascar	52.29

Forward 3

August 2, 1997, 6:10 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Samuel Matete	Zambia	48.43
2	Jiří Mužík	Czech Republic	48.56 NO
3	Dinsdale Morgan	Jamaica	49.34
4th	Mustapha Sdad	Morocco	49.50
5	Christopher Rawlinson	Great Britain	49.72
6th	Nabil Selmi	Algeria	50.45
7th	Abdullah Sabt Ghulum	United Arab Emirates	51.51
DNS	Ibou Faye	Senegal

Forward 4

August 2, 1997, 6:15 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Shunji Karube	Japan	48.63
2	Joey Woody	United States	48.89
3	Kareem Archer	Jamaica	49.11
4th	Zid Abou Hamed	Australia	49.21
5	Paweł Januszewski	Poland	49.29
6th	Willie Smith	Namibia	51.12
7th	Domingo Cordero	Puerto Rico	52.26

Forward 5

August 2, 1997, 6:20 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Ruslan Mashchenko	Russia	48.93
2	Derrick Adkins	United States	49.23
3	Vadim Zadoynov	Moldova	49.49
4th	Laurent Ottoz	Italy	49.69
5	Egils Tebelis	Latvia	50.42
DNF	Miro Kocuvan	Slovenia
DOP	Pascal Maran	France

Forward 6

August 2, 1997, 6:25 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Stéphane Diagana	France	49.34
2	Ken Harnden	Zimbabwe	49.42
3	Kazuhiko Yamazaki	Japan	49.47
4th	Octavius ​​Terry	United States	49.84
5	Kenneth Enyiazu	Nigeria	50.12
6th	Cleverson da Silva	Brazil	50.63
7th	El Hefeny Ibrahim	Egypt	50.70
DNF	Ilir Xhani	Albania

Forward 7

August 2, 1997, 6:30 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Bryan Bronson	United States	48.84
2	Dusán Kovács	Hungary	48.99
3	Ashraf Saber	Italy	49.11
4th	Jimmy Coco	France	49.64
5	Carlos Zbinden	Chile	50.42
6th	Rohan Robinson	Australia	51.67
7th	Lambros Zervakos	Greece	52.94

Semifinals

From the two semi-finals, the first two athletes - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Semi-final run 1

August 3, 1997, 9:05 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Stéphane Diagana	France	48.14
2	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	48.31
3	Samuel Matete	Zambia	48.44
4th	Mubarak Sultan Al-Nubi Faraj	Qatar	48.84 NO
5	Joey Woody	United States	49.14
6th	Ian Weakley	Jamaica	49.89
7th	Mustapha Sdad	Morocco	50.78
DNF	Kazuhiko Yamazaki	Japan

Semi-final run 2

• 

  Even his Polish record of 48.94 s was not enough for Pawel Januszewski to reach the final

• 

  The defending champion and Olympic champion of 1996 Derrick Adkins was eliminated with 48.95 s in the semifinals

August 3, 1997, 9:13 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Ruslan Mashchenko	Russia	48.54
2	Dinsdale Morgan	Jamaica	48.56
3	Shunji Karube	Japan	48.81
4th	Paweł Januszewski	Poland	48.94 NO
5	Derrick Adkins	United States	48.95
6th	Lukas Soucek	Czech Republic	49.09
7th	Zid Abou Hamed	Australia	49.12
8th	Ashraf Saber	Italy	49.36

Semi-final run 3

August 3, 1997, 9:21 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Bryan Bronson	United States	47.83
2	Fabrizio Mori	Italy	48.17 NO
3	Jiří Mužík	Czech Republic	48.27 NO
4th	Dusán Kovács	Hungary	48.45 NO
5	Ken Harnden	Zimbabwe	48.82
6th	Yoshihiko Saito	Japan	49.60
7th	Vadim Zadoynov	Moldova	50.07
8th	Kareem Archer	Jamaica	50.76

• 

  Stéphane Diagana (Photo: 2005) - In 1994 he was third in the European Championship , in 1995 he was third in the World Cup , now he has become world champion

• 

  Jiří Mužík had run Czech records in the preliminary run with 48.56 s and in the semifinals with 48.27 s, in the final it was then enough to finish eighth in 49.51 s

final

August 4, 1997, 9:10 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Stéphane Diagana	France	47.70 WL
2	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	47.86 NO
3	Bryan Bronson	United States	47.88
4th	Fabrizio Mori	Italy	48.05 NO
5	Samuel Matete	Zambia	48.11
6th	Ruslan Mashchenko	Russia	48.62
7th	Dinsdale Morgan	Jamaica	49.06
8th	Jiří Mužík	Czech Republic	49.51

Video

• Stéphane Diagana: Dieu du 400 m haies à Athènes - Mon Instant Athlé , video published on July 5, 2012 on youtube.com, accessed on June 18, 2020

Web links

• 6th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed June 4, 2020
• Hurdles.html Men 400m Hurdles Athletics VI World Championship 1997 Athens (GRE) at todor66.com (English), accessed on May 18, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 400m Hurdles, Athens 1997, p. 154f (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on June 18, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 400 m hurdles men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on June 18, 2020
2. ^ First doping case of the World Cup , Rhein Zeitung August 10, 1997, accessed on June 18, 2020