World Athletics Championships 2015/400 m hurdles of men
World Athletics Championships 2015 | |
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discipline | Men's 400-meter hurdles |
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place | Beijing National Stadium |
Attendees | 44 athletes from 27 countries |
Competition phase | August 22, 2015 (preliminary round) August 23, 2015 (semi-finals) August 25, 2015 (final) |
Medalist | |
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Nicholas bed ( KEN )
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Denis Kudryavtsev ( RUS )
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Jeffery Gibson ( BAH )
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The men's 400 meter hurdles at the 2015 World Athletics Championships took place on August 22, 23 and 25, 2015 in Beijing , People's Republic of China .
The Kenyan Nicholas Bett won . Denis Kudrjawzew from Russia was runner-up in front of Jeffery Gibson from the Bahamas.
Records
World record |
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46.78 s | OS in Barcelona , Spain | August 6, 1992 |
Championship record |
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47.18 s | World Cup in Stuttgart , Germany | 19th August 1993 |
Prelims
From the five preliminary runs, the four first in each run - highlighted in light blue - and the four fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.
Run 1
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August 22, 2015, 6:35 p.m. (12:35 p.m. CEST )
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 9 | Nicholas bed |
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48.37 |
2 | 6th | Timofei Tschaly |
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49.05 SB |
3 | 5 | Jeffery Gibson |
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49.09 |
4th | 7th | Kurt Couto |
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49.15 SB |
5 | 2 | Abdelmalik Lahoulou |
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49.33 |
6th | 3 | Roxroy Cato |
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49.47 |
7th | 8th | Michael Cochrane |
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49.58 NO |
8th | 4th | Takayuki Kishimoto |
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49.78 |
9 | 1 | Eric Alejandro |
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49.94 |
Run 2
August 22, 2015, 6:43 p.m. (12:43 p.m. CEST )
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 3 | Boniface Mucheru Tumuti |
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48.79 PB |
2 | 4th | Michael Tinsley |
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48.91 |
3 | 8th | Javier Culson |
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49.02 |
4th | 5 | Louis Jacobus van Zyl |
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49.12 |
5 | 6th | Leford Green |
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49.33 |
6th | 7th | Yūta Konishi |
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49.58 SB |
7th | 2 | Jehue Gordon |
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49.91 |
8th | 9 | Maoulida Darouèche |
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53.06 |
DNS | 1 | Andrés Silva |
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Run 3
August 22, 2015, 6:51 p.m. (12:51 p.m. CEST )
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 6th | Kerron Clement |
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48.75 |
2 | 7th | Niall Flannery |
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48.90 SB |
3 | 5 | Kariem Hussein |
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49.08 |
4th | 8th | Annsert Whyte |
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49.10 |
5 | 9 | Miles Ukaoma |
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49.38 |
6th | 2 | Saber Boukemouche |
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51.54 |
DSQ | 3 | Mohamed Sghaier |
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DNS | 4th | Cornel Fredericks |
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Run 4
August 22, 2015, 6:59 p.m. (12:59 p.m. CEST )
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 8th | Yasmani Copello |
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48.89 NO |
2 | 3 | Rasmus Mägi |
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49.18 |
3 | 9 | Thomas Barr |
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49.20 |
4th | 2 | Cheng Wen |
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49.56 PB |
5 | 4th | Ivan Shabljuev |
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49.56 |
6th | 6th | Eric Cray |
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50.04 |
7th | 5 | Bershawn Jackson |
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50.14 |
8th | 7th | Johannes Hardus Maritz |
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51.10 |
DNS | 1 | Jack Green |
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Run 5
August 22, 2015, 7:07 pm (1:07 pm CEST )
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 7th | Denis Kudryavtsev |
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48.51 PB |
2 | 1 | Patryk Dobek |
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48.94 |
3 | 3 | Johnny Dutch |
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48.97 |
4th | 8th | Yūki Matsushita |
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49.34 |
5 | 4th | Aron Kipchumba Koech |
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49.38 PB |
6th | 5 | Michaël Bultheel |
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49.38 |
7th | 6th | Miloud Rahmani |
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50.21 |
8th | 2 | Jaak-Heinrich Jagor |
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50.29 |
9 | 9 | Amadou Ndiaye |
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52.40 |
Semifinals
From the three semi-finals, the first two of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.
Run 1
August 23, 2015, 6:40 p.m. (12:40 p.m. CEST )
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 7th | Boniface Mucheru Tumuti |
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48.29 PB |
2 | 6th | Kerron Clement |
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48.50 |
3 | 4th | Timofei Tschaly |
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48.69 PB |
4th | 9 | Thomas Barr |
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48.71 |
5 | 5 | Rasmus Mägi |
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48.76 |
6th | 2 | Abdelmalik Lahoulou |
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48.87 NO |
7th | 8th | Annsert Whyte |
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48.90 SB |
8th | 3 | Michaël Bulthee |
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49.66 |
Run 2
August 23, 2015, 6:48 p.m. (12:48 p.m. CEST )
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 7th | Denis Kudryavtsev |
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48.23 PB |
2 | 9 | Jeffery Gibson |
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48.37 NO |
3 | 6th | Patryk Dobek |
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48.40 PB |
4th | 5 | Yasmani Copello |
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48.46 NO |
5 | 4th | Johnny Dutch |
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48.74 |
6th | 8th | Louis Jacobus van Zyl |
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48.90 |
7th | 2 | Aron Kipchumba Koech |
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49.54 |
8th | 3 | Cheng Wen |
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49.62 |
Run 3
August 23, 2015, 6:56 p.m. (12:56 p.m. CEST )
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 5 | Michael Tinsley |
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48.47 |
2 | 4th | Nicholas bed |
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48.54 |
3 | 8th | Kariem Hussein |
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48.59 |
4th | 7th | Niall Flannery |
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49.17 |
5 | 6th | Javier Culson |
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49.36 |
6th | 3 | Leford Green |
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49.59 |
7th | 9 | Kurt Couto |
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50.58 |
8th | 2 | Yuki Matsushita |
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51.10 |
final
August 25, 2015, 8:25 p.m. local time (2:25 p.m. CEST )
There was no clear favorite in this competition. The reigning world champion Jehue Gordon was one of the participants here in Beijing , but was eliminated in the preliminary run. But the US vice world champion and 2012 Olympic runner-up Michael Tinsley made it to the final. His compatriot Kerron Clement was also one of the favorites. With strong performances in the semifinals, the Russian Denis Kudrjawzew, the Kenyan Boniface Tumuti and Jeffery Gibson from the Bahamas also got into conversation.
The race turned into a very exciting affair. At the beginning of the home stretch, six runners still had a chance to win. These six athletes were only a few meters apart. Kudrjawzew led gossamerly before Gibson and Clement. Close behind were the Kenyans Nicholas Bett and Tinsley in front of Tumuti.
The greatest stamina was finally shown by Nicholas Bett, who surprisingly became world champion and set a new world record for the year with 47.79 s. 26 hundredths of a second after him, Denis Kudrjawzew crossed the finish line in second place. Its time of 48.05 s also meant a new Russian national record. Jeffery Gibson won bronze another twelve hundredths of a second behind. Kerron Clement missed the medal rank by only a hundredth of a second. Boniface Tumuti was fifth, ahead of Yasmani Copello from Turkey and Patryk Dobek from Poland. Michael Tinsley had recently run out of strength and he only let the race coast down when he saw that he could not fight for the medals.
space | train | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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9 | Nicholas bed |
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47.79 WL |
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6th | Denis Kudryavtsev |
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48.05 NO |
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7th | Jeffery Gibson |
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48.17 NO |
4th | 8th | Kerron Clement |
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48.18 SB |
5 | 4th | Boniface Mucheru Tumuti |
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48.33 |
6th | 2 | Yasmani Copello |
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48.96 |
7th | 3 | Patryk Dobek |
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49.14 |
8th | 5 | Michael Tinsley |
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50.02 |
Web links and sources
- Homepage for the 2015 World Championships, 400 m hurdles men on the IAAF website (English), accessed on October 27, 2018
- Results of the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on October 27, 2018
- Reports on the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on October 27, 2018
Video
- Nicholas Bett 47.79 gold 400m hurdles , also slow motion replay (Spanish) on youtube.com, published August 25, 2015, accessed October 27, 2018
- Bett bags historic 400m hurdles gold on youtube.com, published August 26, 2015, accessed October 27, 2018