World Athletics Championships 1999/400 m men

7th World Athletics Championships
discipline	400 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	47 athletes from 30 countries
venue	Seville
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 22 (preliminary) August 23 (quarter-finals) August 24 (semi-finals) August 26 (final)
Medalist Michael Johnson ( USA )   Sanderlei Parrela ( BRA )   Alejandro Cárdenas ( MEX )

The Olympic Stadium of Seville in 2011

The men's 400-meter race at the 1999 World Athletics Championships was held from 23 to 26 August 1999 in the Olympic Stadium in the Spanish city ​​of Seville .

For the fourth time in a row, the US Olympic champion from 1996 Michael Johnson , who set a new world record in the final, became world champion. He was also about 200 meters double world champion ( 1991 / 1995 ), Olympic champion in 1996 and world record holder. He also had with the 400-meter relay four times his country twice World Cup -Gold ( 1,993 won / 1995) and 1996 Olympic gold.
Second place went to the Brazilian Sanderlei Parrela , who set new South American records in the semifinals and finals. He had previously won silver at the Pan American Games in 1999 with the Brazilian 4-by-400-meter relay.
Bronze went to the third of the Pan American Games in 1999 Mexican Alejandro Cárdenas . He was also third in the decathlon and over 4 × 400 meters at the Pan American Games in 1995 .

Records

Existing records

World record	43.29 s	Harry Reynolds	Zurich , Switzerland	17th August 1988
World Cup record	43.39 s	Michael Johnson	World Cup 1993 in 1995 in Gothenburg , Sweden	August 9, 1995

Record improvement

The US world champion Michael Johnson improved his own world championship record in the final on August 26th by 21 hundredths of a second to 43.18 s. At the same time, he set a new world record.

The following other records were recorded.

• Continental records:
  • Sanderlei Parrela ( Brazil ) - South American record in 44.37 s (1st semi-final on August 24th)
  • Sanderlei Parrela (Brazil) - South American record in 44.29 s (final on August 26)
• National records:
  • Matija Šestak ( Slovenia ) - 45.47 s (1st preliminary on August 22nd)
  • Matija Šestak (Slovenia) - 45.43 s (4th quarter-finals on August 23)
  • Rachid Chouhal ( Malta ) - 48.32 s (6th advance on August 22nd)
  • Alejandro Cárdenas ( Mexico ) - 44.37s (1st semifinals on August 24)
  • Alejandro Cárdenas (Mexico) - 44.31 s (final on August 26)
  • Tomasz Czubak ( Poland ) - 44.62s (1st semi-final on August 24th)

doping

There were two doped athletes in this competition, both runners from the United States .

• Antonio Pettigrew , initially fifth - He confessed to buying doping drugs, including erythropoietin , also known as EPO, and growth hormones from Angel Heredia, a Mexican dealer, in 1997 . As a result, he was stripped of some results, including his two results from these world championships.
• Jerome Young , first fourth - He has a long history of doping well after these World Championships. After several violations, including erythropoietin (EPO), numerous medals and results - including those from these world championships - were revoked in 2004 and a life ban was issued.

The following six athletes were disadvantaged.

• two runners who were eliminated in the semifinals but would have been eligible to start in the final:
  • Matija Šestak ( Slovenia ) - qualified by his placement
  • Ibrahima Wade ( Senegal ) - qualified by his placement
• two runners who were eliminated in the quarter-finals but would have been eligible to start in the semi-finals:
  • Jun Osakada ( Japan ) - qualified by placement
  • Robert Maćkowiak ( Poland ) - qualified by his placement
• two runners who were eliminated in the preliminary run, but would have been eligible to start in the quarter-finals:
  • Anastásios Goúsis ( Greece ) - qualified by his placement
  • Kenji Tabata ( Japan ) - qualified over his time

Preliminary round

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.

Forward 1

August 22, 1999, 10:15 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Tomasz Czubak	Poland	45.13
2	Jerome Davis	United States	45.25
3	Mark Richardson	Great Britain	45.26
4th	Matija Šestak	Slovenia	45.47 NO
5	Clement Chukwu	Nigeria	45.95
6th	Kenji Tabata	Japan	46.42 actually qualified for the quarter-finals
7th	Adriaan Botha	South Africa	46.44
8th	Carlos Santa	Dominican Republic	46.80

Forward 2

August 22, 1999, 10:22 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Alejandro Cardenas	Mexico	45.34
2	Michael Johnson	United States	45.35
3	Philip Mukomana	Zimbabwe	45.63
4th	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	45.90
5	Kennedy Ochieng	Kenya	46.13
6th	Solomon Wariso	Great Britain	46.61
7th	Evripides Demosthenous	Cyprus	46.72
8th	Paul McBurney	Ireland	46.87

Forward 3

August 22, 1999, 10:29 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Michael McDonald	Jamaica	45.13
2	Sugath Thilakaratne	Sri Lanka	45.73
3	Ibrahim Ismail Muftah	Qatar	45.94
4th	Udeme Ekpeyong	Nigeria	46.25
5	Shane Niemi	Canada	46.33
6th	Dmitri Golovastov	Russia	46.53
7th	Bothwell Nachihulu	Zambia	48.10
DOP	Antonio Pettigrew	United States	admitted to the quarter-finals

Forward 4

August 22, 1999, 10:36 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Sanderlei Parrela	Brazil	45.15
2	David Canal	Spain	45.36
3	Robert Maćkowiak	Poland	45.51
4th	Arnaud Malherbe	South Africa	45.56
5	Danny McFarlane	Jamaica	45.58
6th	Sunday Bada	Nigeria	45.61
7th	Masayoshi Kan	Japan	46.20
DNS	Benjamin Youla	Republic of the Congo

Anastásios Goúsis was eliminated in the run-up, but would have been eligible to start in the quarter-finals due to his placement

Forward 5

August 22, 1999, 10:43 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Jamie Baulch	Great Britain	45.51
2	Ibrahima Wade	Senegal	45.76
3	Piotr Rysiukiewicz	Poland	46.12
4th	Anastásios Goúsis	Greece	46.60 actually qualified for the quarter-finals
5	Marcel Lopuchovský	Slovakia	46.97
6th	Abednego Matilu	Kenya	47.42
DSQ	Neil de Silva	Trinidad and Tobago	IAAF Rule 163.3 - Crossing the Track
DOP	Jerome Young	United States	admitted to the quarter-finals

Forward 6

August 22, 1999, 10:50 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Anderson Jorge dos Santos	Brazil	45.72
2	Gregory Haughton	Jamaica	45.87
3	Jun Osakada	Japan	45.94
4th	Jopie van Oudtshoorn	South Africa	45.98
5	Marc Foucan	France	46.13
6th	Mathias Rusterholz	Switzerland	46.43
7th	Alleyne Francique	Grenada	47.49
8th	Rachid Chouhal	Malta	48.32 NO

Quarter finals

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

Quarter-finals 1

August 23, 1999, 8:40 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Jamie Baulch	Great Britain	45.14
2	Piotr Rysiukiewicz	Poland	45.54
3	Anderson Jorge dos Santos	Brazil	45.61
4th	Jun Osakada	Japan	45.71 actually qualified for the semifinals
5	Michael McDonald	Jamaica	45.87
6th	Udeme Ekpeyong	Nigeria	46.40
7th	Jopie van Oudtshoorn	South Africa	46.42
DOP	Antonio Pettigrew	United States	admitted to the semifinals

Quarter-finals 2

August 23, 1999, 8:46 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Michael Johnson	United States	45.10
2	Tomasz Czubak	Poland	45.27
3	Ibrahima Wade	Senegal	45.53
4th	Danny McFarlane	Jamaica	45.54
5	Sunday Bada	Nigeria	45.69
6th	David Canal	Spain	46.21
7th	Sugath Thilakaratne	Sri Lanka	46.40
8th	Shane Niemi	Canada	46.57

Quarter-finals 3

Robert Maćkowiak was eliminated in the quarter-finals as the fifth of his race, but should have started in the semi-finals after he officially moved up to fourth place - too late

August 23, 1999, 8:52 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Alejandro Cardenas	Mexico	44.97
2	Mark Richardson	Great Britain	44.98
3	Kennedy Ochieng	Kenya	45.13
4th	Robert Maćkowiak	Poland	45.23 actually qualified for the semi-finals
5	Arnaud Malherbe	South Africa	45.77
6th	Marc Foucan	France	45.78
DOP	Jerome Young	United States	admitted to the semifinals
DNS	Eric Milazar	Mauritius

Quarter-finals 4

August 23, 1999, 8:58 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Sanderlei Parrela	Brazil	44.72
2	Gregory Haughton	Jamaica	45.13
3	Jerome Davis	United States	45.14
4th	Matija Šestak	Slovenia	45.43 NO
5	Clement Chukwu	Nigeria	45.50
6th	Ibrahim Ismail Muftah	Qatar	46.04
7th	Philip Mukomana	Zimbabwe	46.36
8th	Masayoshi Kan	Japan	46.37

Despite his Polish record in 44.62 s, Tomasz Czubak did not reach the final

Semifinals

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

Semi-final run 1

August 24, 1999, 8:35 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Michael Johnson	United States	43.95
2	Alejandro Cardenas	Mexico	44.37 NO
3	Sanderlei Parrela	Brazil	44.37 SR
4th	Mark Richardson	Great Britain	44.47
5	Jerome Davis	United States	44.51
6th	Tomasz Czubak	Poland	44.62 NO
7th	Kennedy Ochieng	Kenya	45.57
8th	Danny McFarlane	Jamaica	45.86

Semi-final run 2

Piotr Rysiukiewicz did not finish in his semi-final race

August 24, 1999, 8:42 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Gregory Haughton	Jamaica	45.09
2	Jamie Baulch	Great Britain	45.24
3	Matija Šestak	Slovenia	45.47 actually qualified for the final
4th	Ibrahima Wade	Senegal	45.66 actually qualified for the final
5	Anderson Jorge dos Santos	Brazil	45.67
DNF	Piotr Rysiukiewicz	Poland
DOP	Antonio Pettigrew	United States	admitted to the finals
	Jerome Young	United States

final

World champion Michael Johnson was the dominant 200 and 400 meter runner of those years

August 26, 1999, 8:45 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Michael Johnson	United States	43.18 WR
2	Sanderlei Parrela	Brazil	44.29 SR
3	Alejandro Cardenas	Mexico	44.31 NO
4th	Mark Richardson	Great Britain	44.65
5	Gregory Haughton	Jamaica	45.07
6th	Jamie Baulch	Great Britain	45.18
DOP	Antonio Pettigrew	United States
	Jerome Young	United States

Video

• Michael Johnson 400m Final, 43.18 (Former WR) - 1999 Seville World Championships , video posted June 19, 2010 on youtube.com, accessed July 11, 2020

Web links

• 7th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed July 11, 2020
• Men 400m Athletics VII World Championship 1999 Sevilla (ESP) on todor66.com, accessed July 11, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 400 m, Seville 1999, p. 106f (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on July 11, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 400 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on July 11, 2020
2. ↑ US runner Pettigrew faces severe punishment , Handelsblatt November 21, 2008, accessed on July 11, 2020
3. ^ IAAF strips Young of more medals on espn.com February 26, 2009, accessed July 11, 2020
4. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 91 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on July 11, 2020