World Athletics Championships 2001/400 m men

8th World Athletics Championships
discipline	400 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	55 athletes from 40 countries
venue	Edmonton
Competition location	Commonwealth Stadium
Competition phase	August 4th (preliminary) August 5th (semi-finals) August 6th (final)
Medalist Avard Moncur ( BAH )   Ingo Schultz ( GER )   Gregory Haughton ( JAM )

The Commonwealth Stadium by Edmonton in 2005

The men's 400-meter run at the 2001 World Athletics Championships was held from August 4 to 6, 2001 in the Commonwealth Stadium in the Canadian city ​​of Edmonton .

Avard Moncur from the Bahamas became world champion .
The German Ingo Schultz won silver .
As in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games and the 1995 World Championships, the Jamaican Gregory Haughton , who had also won gold at the 1999 Pan-American Games, was rewarded with bronze . With the 4 x 400-meter relay his country, he had about 1995 World Cup -Silber, 1999 World Cup -Bronze, 1996 and 2000 each Olympic bronze and 1999 won gold at the Pan American Games. Here in Edmonton there was another bronze for him with the 4 x 400 meters relay on the final day.

Existing records

World record	43.18 s	Michael Johnson	1999 World Cup in Seville , Spain	August 26, 1999
World Cup record

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

Three national records were set:

• 47.87 s - Yoube Ould H'meïde ( Mauritania ), 3rd run on August 4th
• 45.54 s - Jimisola Laursen ( Sweden ), 6th advance on August 4th
• 45.54 s - Malik Louahla ( Algeria ), 7th advance on August 4th

doping

This competition was burdened by two doping cases.

• Antonio Pettigrew ( USA ), initially placed fourth , confessed to having obtained doping agents from Angel Heredia, a Mexican dealer, from 1997, including erythropoietin , also known as EPO, and growth hormones. As a result, he was stripped of some results, including his two results from these World Championships over 400 meters and 4 × 400 m - he was a member of the initially victorious US team.
• The US American Jerome Young , who was initially eliminated in the semifinals, has a long doping history until long after these World Championships. After several violations, including erythropoietin, numerous medals and results - including those from these world championships - were revoked in 2004 and he was given a lifelong ban. He was also a member of the disqualified, originally victorious US season.

Several athletes were affected by these doping offenses:

• A runner who was eliminated in the semifinals could have taken part in the final using the time rule. Due to the fact that they were equal to the hundredth of a second, two starters were considered. Both had achieved 45.14 seconds in the first and third semifinals respectively. Here, the thousandths of a second or possibly an elimination run should have decided. The two participants were:
  • Mark Richardson , ( UK )
  • Malik Louahla , ( Algeria )
• A runner who was eliminated in the preliminary run could have taken part in the semi-finals by placing third in the fourth preliminary run. This was:
  • Sanjay Ayre , ( Jamaica )
• Another runner who was eliminated in the preliminary run would have been eligible to start in the semifinals according to the time rule. Due to the fact that they were equal to the hundredth of a second, two starters were eligible. Both had achieved 45.82 s in the first and fourth heats. Here, the thousandths of a second or possibly an elimination run should have decided. The two participants were:
  • Karel Bláha , ( Czech Republic )
  • Ato Modibo , ( Trinidad and Tobago )

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.

Comment on the question of eligibility for participation in the semi-finals: Antonio Pettigrew and Jerome Young, who were
disqualified long later for doping offenses, barred two runners from participating in the finals. By placing third in the fourth heat, the Jamaican Sanjay Ayre would have qualified as one of these two directly for the semi-finals. The Czech Karel Bláha and Ato Modibo from Trinidad and Tobago , who were at the same time to a hundredth of a second with 45.82 s from the first and fourth heats respectively, are eligible for further qualification to participate in the semi-finals . Here, the thousandths of a second or possibly an elimination run should have decided.

Forward 1

August 4, 2001, 9:45 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Avard Moncur	Bahamas	44.88
2	Marcus La Grange	South Africa	45.20
3	Robert Maćkowiak	Poland	45.27
4th	Anderson dos Santos	Brazil	45.47
5	Karel Bláha	Czech Republic	45.82 may be eligible to participate in the semi-finals
6th	Tomas Coman	Ireland	45.90
DSQ	Yevheniy Zyukov	Ukraine	IAAF Rule 163.3 - Crossing the Track

Forward 2

August 4, 2001, 9:51 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Alleyne Francique	Grenada	45.66
2	Mark Richardson	Great Britain	45.66
3	Piotr Rysiukiewicz	Poland	45.99
4th	Ezra Sambu	Kenya	46.18
5	Amin Badany Goma'a	Egypt	46.29
6th	Alessandro Attene	Italy	46.56
7th	Kenji Tabata	Japan	46.68
8th	Carlton Fortune	Suriname	52.69

Forward 3

August 4, 2001, 9:57 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Hamdan Al-Bishi	Saudi Arabia	45.00
2	Michael McDonald	Jamaica	45.02
3	Sugath Thilakaratne	Sri Lanka	45.41
4th	Ato Modibo	Trinidad and Tobago	45.82 actually qualified for the semifinals
5	Takahiko Yamamura	Japan	47.22
6th	Álvaro James	Costa Rica	47.46
7th	Yoube Ould H'meïde	Mauritania	47.87 NO
DOP	Jerome Young	United States	admitted to the semifinals

Forward 4

August 4, 2001, 10:03 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	45.94
2	Piotr Długosielski	Poland	46.49
3	Sanjay Ayre	Jamaica	46.96 may be eligible to participate in the semi-finals
4th	Adriaan Botha	South Africa	47.32
5	Kenmore Hughes	Antigua and Barbuda	48.18
6th	Meshaal Saad Al-Harbi	Kuwait	48.19
DNF	Arnold Payne	Zimbabwe
DOP	Antonio Pettigrew	United States	admitted to the semifinals

Forward 5

As fourth of his heat, Chris Brown missed the next lap by one place

August 4, 2001, 10:09 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Gregory Haughton	Jamaica	45.54
2	David Canal	Spain	45.60
3	Ivan Thomas	Great Britain	45.92
4th	Chris Brown	Bahamas	46.01
5	Sunday Bada	Nigeria	46.12
6th	Flávio Godoy	Brazil	46.13
7th	Muhamad Zaiful Zainal Abidin	Malaysia	46.46
8th	Kerth Gumbs	Anguilla	57.83

Forward 6

August 4, 2001, 10:15 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Ingo Schultz	Germany	45.11
2	Leonard Byrd	United States	45.35
3	Shane Niemi	Canada	45.41
4th	Jimisola Laursen	Sweden	45.54 NO
5	Rohan Pradeep Kumara	Sri Lanka	46.46
6th	Sofiane Labidi	Tunisia	47.03
7th	William Hernández	Venezuela	47.26
8th	Bheki Malima	Swaziland	49.61

Forward 7

August 4, 2001, 10:21 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Malik Louahla	Algeria	45.13 NO
2	Hendrick Mokganyetsi	South Africa	45.15
3	Marc Raquil	France	45.55
4th	Benjamin Youla	Republic of the Congo	45.92
5	Jamie Baulch	Great Britain	46.15
6th	Dmitri Golovastov	Russia	46.26
7th	Jun Osakada	Japan	46.86
8th	Emmanuel De Lorenzi	Monaco	55.57

Semifinals

From each of the three 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.

Comment on the question of eligibility to participate in the finals: Antonio Pettigrew, who was
disqualified long later for doping offenses, blocked a runner from participating in the finals. The British Mark Richardson and the Algerian Malik Louahla are eligible for the actual entitlement to participate in the finals , with 45.14 seconds each from the first and third semifinal races at the same time down to a hundredth of a second. Here, the thousandths of a second or possibly an elimination run should have decided.

Semi-final run 1

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  Marc Raquil did not reach the final with his 45.22 seconds

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  46.12 seconds were not enough for Piotr Rysiukiewicz to make it into the final

August 5, 2001, 3:50 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Avard Moncur	Bahamas	44.89
2	Alleyne Francique	Grenada	45.11
3	Mark Richardson	Great Britain	45.14 may be eligible to participate in the finals
4th	Marc Raquil	France	45.22
5	David Canal	Spain	45.50
6th	Anderson dos Santos	Brazil	45.83
7th	Piotr Rysiukiewicz	Poland	46.12
DOP	Antonio Pettigrew	United States	admitted to the finals

Semi-final run 2

• 

  Hendrick Mokganyetsi reached 45.99 s in his semi-final run and was eliminated

• 

  Iwan Thomas (right) had no chance as eighth and last in the second semi-final race in 46.72 s

August 5, 2001, 3:57 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Gregory Haughton	Jamaica	44.83
2	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	44.92
3	Hamdan Al-Bishi	Saudi Arabia	45.10
4th	Leonard Byrd	United States	45.39
5	Shane Niemi	Canada	45.91
6th	Hendrick Mokganyetsi	South Africa	45.99
7th	Piotr Długosielski	Poland	46.62
8th	Ivan Thomas	Great Britain	46.72

Semi-final run 3

August 5, 2001, 4:04 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Ingo Schultz	Germany	44.66
2	Robert Maćkowiak	Poland	44.84
3	Malik Louahla	Algeria	45.14 may be eligible to participate in the finals
4th	Marcus La Grange	South Africa	45.44
5	Jimisola Laursen	Sweden	45.62
6th	Sugath Thilakaratne	Sri Lanka	45.69
DOP	Jerome Young	United States
DNF	Michael McDonald	Jamaica

final

August 6, 2001, 6:25 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Avard Moncur	Bahamas	44.64
2	Ingo Schultz	Germany	44.87
3	Gregory Haughton	Jamaica	44.98
4th	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	45.13
5	Hamdan Al-Bishi	Saudi Arabia	45.23
6th	Alleyne Francique	Grenada	46.23
DNF	Robert Maćkowiak	Poland
DOP	Antonio Pettigrew	United States

Robert Maćkowiak appeared at the start but was unable to start the race due to an injury.

• 

  World champion Avard Moncur (center) , also on the photo from the semifinals of the 2000 Olympic Games : fifth-placed Hamdan Al-Bishi (in green)

• 

  Vice world champion Ingo Schultz

• 

  Robert Maćkowiak was unable to start the race due to an injury.

Video

• Men's 400m Final - 2001 IAAF World Championships on youtube.com, accessed August 7, 2020

Web links

• 8th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed August 7, 2020
• Men 400m Athletics VIII World Championship 2001 Edmonton (CAN) on todor66.com, accessed August 7, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 400 m, Edmonton 2001, p. 107 (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on August 7, 2020
• Ingo Schultz - Out of nowhere to World Cup silver , on ndr.de, accessed on August 4, 2020
• Guesswork on the death of athletics star Pettigrew , Hamburger Abendblatt August 10, 2010 on Abendblatt.de, accessed on August 7, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 400 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on August 7, 2020
2. ↑ US runner Pettigrew receives severe punishment , Focus Online on focus.de, November 19, 2013, accessed on August 5, 2020
3. ↑ IAAF strips Young of more medals on espn.com February 26, 2009, accessed July 16, 2020
4. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 91 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on August 7, 2020