World Athletics Championships 2015/400 m men

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World Athletics Championships 2015
athletics
discipline Men's 400-meter run
city China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Beijing
place Beijing National Stadium
Attendees 45 athletes from 28 countries
Competition phase August 23, 2015 (preliminary round)
August 24, 2015 (semi-finals)
August 26, 2015 (final)
Medalist
gold gold Wayde van Niekerk ( RSA ) South AfricaSouth Africa 
Silver medals silver LaShawn Merritt ( USA ) United StatesUnited States 
Bronze medals bronze Kirani James ( GRN ) GrenadaGrenada 

The men's 400-meter run at the 2015 World Athletics Championships took place on August 23, 24 and 26, 2015 in Beijing , People's Republic of China .

Records

World record United StatesUnited States Michael Johnson 43.18 s August 26, 1999 Seville , Spain
Championship record World Cup in Seville , Spain

Prelims

The Czech Luka Janežič finished sixth in his semi-final run and was eliminated
Pavel Maslák from the Czech Republic did not reach the semi-finals after finishing sixth in the second preliminary run
The Frenchman Mame-Ibra Anne was eliminated as fourth in his preliminary run
Winston George from Guyana was not enough for fifth place in his preliminary run to advance

From the six preliminary runs, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and also the six fastest - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.

Run 1

August 23, 2015, 11:10 am (5:10 am CEST )

space train Surname country Time (s)
1 6th David Verburg United StatesUnited States United States 44.43
2 7th Machel Cedenio Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 44.54
3 3 Jonathan Borlée BelgiumBelgium Belgium 44.67 SB
4th 4th Peter Matthews JamaicaJamaica Jamaica 44.69 PB
5 2 Pavel Ivashko RussiaRussia Russia 45.25 PB
6th 8th Luka Janežič SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 45.28 NO
7th 5 Alberth Bravo VenezuelaVenezuela Venezuela 45.28
8th 9 Bralon Taplin GrenadaGrenada Grenada 46.27

Run 2

August 23, 2015, 11:18 am (5:18 am CEST )

space train Surname country Time (s)
1 5 Yousef Ahmed Masrahi Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 43.93 AF
2 3 Rusheen McDonald JamaicaJamaica Jamaica 43.93 NO
3 8th Isaac Makwala BotswanaBotswana Botswana 44.19
4th 5 Martyn Rooney United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 44.45 PB
5 4th Liemarvin Bonevacia NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 44.72 NO
6th 6th Pavel Maslák Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 45.16
DNS Donald Blair-Sanford IsraelIsrael Israel

Run 3

August 23, 2015, 11:26 am (5:26 am CEST )

space train Surname country Time (s)
1 5 LaShawn Merritt United StatesUnited States United States 44.51
2 86 Javon Francis JamaicaJamaica Jamaica 44.83
3 6th Kevin Borlée BelgiumBelgium Belgium 45.01 SB
4th 2 Michael Mathieu BahamasBahamas Bahamas 45.07
5 3 Nery Brenes Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica 45.08
6th 9 Yūzō Kanemaru JapanJapan Japan 45.65
7th 4th Aljaksandr Linnik BelarusBelarus Belarus 45.79
8th 7th Guo Zhongze China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 46.42

Run 4

August 23, 2015, 11:34 am (5:34 am CEST )

space train Surname country Time (s)
1 6th Kirani James GrenadaGrenada Grenada 44.56
2 5 Luguelin Santos Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Dominican Republic 44.62
3 7th Lalonde Gordon Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 44.97
4th 8th Oncabetse Nkobolo BotswanaBotswana Botswana 45.17 PB
5 9 Hederson Estefani BrazilBrazil Brazil 45.36 SB
6th 4th Jarryd Dunn United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 45.49
7th 3 Vitaly Butrym UkraineUkraine Ukraine 45.88

Run 5

August 23, 2015, 11:42 am (5:42 am CEST )

space train Surname country Time (s)
1 7th Rabah Yousif United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 45.24
2 9 Steven Gardiner BahamasBahamas Bahamas 45.26
3 4th Vernon Norwood United StatesUnited States United States 45.53
4th 2 Mame-Ibra Anne FranceFrance France 45.55
5 8th Abubakar Abbas BahrainBahrain Bahrain 45.64
6th 3 Alphas Leken Kishoyian KenyaKenya Kenya 46.02
7th 5 Mohamed Khouaja LibyaLibya Libya 46.50 SB
8th 6th Berend Koekemoer South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 46.52

Run 6

August 23, 2015, 11:50 am (5:50 am CEST )

space train Surname country Time (s)
1 9 Wayde van Niekerk South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 44.42
2 7th Renny Quow Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 44.54 SB
3 8th Bryshon Nellum United StatesUnited States United States 44.05 PB
4th 4th Chris Brown BahamasBahamas Bahamas 44.68
5 5 Winston George GuyanaGuyana Guyana 45.25 NO
6th 3 Hugo de Sousa BrazilBrazil Brazil 45.42 SB
7th 7th Gustavo Cuesta Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Dominican Republic 45.59

Semifinals

The American David Verburg retired despite a good 44.72 s as third in his semi-final race
Lalonde Gordon from Trinidad and Tobago did not reach the finals in 44.70 s after his fourth place in the second semifinals

August 23, 2015, 11:50 a.m. (5:50 a.m. CEST ) 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 24, 2015, 8:05 p.m. (2:05 p.m. CEST )

space train Surname country Time (s)
1 7th Kirani James GrenadaGrenada Grenada 44.16
2 6th Luguelin Santos Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Dominican Republic 44.26 NO
3 5 David Verburg United StatesUnited States United States 44.71
4th 8th Kevin Borlée BelgiumBelgium Belgium 44.74 SB
5 4th Renny Quow Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 44.98
6th 9 Vernon Norwood United StatesUnited States United States 45.09
7th 2 Chris Brown BahamasBahamas Bahamas 45.07
8th 43 Peter Matthews JamaicaJamaica Jamaica 45.42

Run 2

August 24, 2015, 8:13 p.m. (2:13 p.m. CEST )

space train Surname country Time (s)
1 9 Isaac Makwala BotswanaBotswana Botswana 44.11
2 7th Yousef Ahmed Masrahi Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 44.40
3 4th Rabah Yousif United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 44.54 PB
4th 3 Lalonde Gordon Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 44.70
5 8th Bryshon Nellum United StatesUnited States United States 44.77
6th 5 Rusheen McDonald JamaicaJamaica Jamaica 44.86
7th 6th Steven Gardiner BahamasBahamas Bahamas 44.98
8th 2 Nery Brenes Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica 45.41

Run 3

August 24, 2015, 8:21 pm (2:21 pm CEST )

space train Surname country Time (s)
1 7th Wayde van Niekerk South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 44.31
2 6th LaShawn Merritt United StatesUnited States United States 44.34 SB
3 5 Machel Cedenio Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 44.64
4th 4th Javon Francis JamaicaJamaica Jamaica 44.77
5 9 Jonathan Borlée BelgiumBelgium Belgium 44.85
6th 8th Martyn Rooney United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 45.29
7th 3 Michael Mathieu BahamasBahamas Bahamas 45.43
8th 2 Liemarvin Bonevacia NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 45.65

final

August 26, 2015, 9:25 p.m. (3:25 p.m. CEST )

A high level in this discipline was already apparent in the semifinals. A time of at least 46.64 s was required to reach the final. It was difficult to find a clear favorite in terms of performance. Isaac Makwala from Botswana was the fastest semi-finalist with 44.11 s. Kirani James from Grenada was very close behind him with 44.16 s. The US defending champion LaShawn Merrit had also shown with 44.34 seconds that he was to be expected again.

The race started quickly, with the South African Wayde van Niekerk, James and Merrit in particular, setting a high pace. At the start of the home stretch, Makwala was still on the heels of the three leaders. But he degraded too much in the last hundred meters to keep up with the front. Finally Wayde van Niekerk prevailed against his competitors and became world champion in an excellent 43.68 s. Almost two tenths of a second behind him, LaShawn Merritt came in second with thirteen hundredths of a second ahead of Kirani James. Luguelín Santos was fourth, ahead of the Dominican Republic, who set a new national record with 44.22 s. This was followed by Isaac Makwala and, as the best European, the Brit Rabah Yousif in sixth place.

space train athlete country Time (s)
Gold medal icon.svg 6th Wayde van Niekerk South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 43.48 WL
Silver medal icon.svg 8th LaShawn Merritt United StatesUnited States United States 43.65 PB
Bronze medal icon.svg 5 Kirani James GrenadaGrenada Grenada 43.78 SB
4th 7th Luguelin Santos Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Dominican Republic 44.11 NO
5 4th Isaac Makwala BotswanaBotswana Botswana 44.63
6th 3 Rabah Yousif United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 44.68
7th 2 Machel Cedenio Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 45.06
8th 9 Yousef Ahmed Masrahi Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 45.15

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