World Athletics Championships 2017/400 m men
2017 World Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | Men's 400-meter run |
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place | Olympic Stadium London |
Attendees | 52 athletes from 34 countries |
Competition phase | August 5, 2017 (preliminary) August 6, 2017 (semi-finals) August 8, 2017 (final) |
Medalist | |
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Wayde van Niekerk ( RSA )
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Steven Gardiner ( BAH )
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Abdalelah Haroun ( QAT )
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The men's 400 meter race at the 2017 World Athletics Championships took place in London , Great Britain , between August 5 and 8, 2017 .
The South African Wayde van Niekerk won . Steven Gardiner from Bahamas became vice world champion. Abdalelah Haroun from Qatar won the bronze medal.
Records
World record |
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43.03 s | Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil | August 14, 2016 |
Championship record |
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43.18 s | World Cup in Seville , Spain | August 26, 1999 |
Prelims
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 5, 2017, 10:45 am (11:45 am CEST )
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 7th | Fred Kerley |
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44.92 |
2 | 8th | Lalonde Gordon |
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45.02 |
3 | 6th | Kevin Borlée |
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45.09 |
4th | 9 | Pavel Maslák |
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45.10 SB |
5 | 5 | Matthew Hudson-Smith |
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45.32 |
6th | 4th | Lucas Carvalho |
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45.86 |
7th | 3 | Lucas Búa |
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46.00 |
8th | 2 | Collins grandmae Gichana |
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46.10 |
9 | 1 | Bachir Mahamat |
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47.50 |
Run 2
August 5, 2017, 10:54 am (11:54 am CEST )
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 5 | Wayde van Niekerk |
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45.27 |
2 | 2 | Davide Re |
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45.71 |
3 | 3 | Machel Cedenio |
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45.77 |
4th | 4th | Teddy Atine-Venel |
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45.90 |
5 | 6th | Yoandy's Lescay |
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45.93 |
6th | 1 | Luka Janežič |
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46.06 |
7th | 9 | Steven Solomon |
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46.27 |
8th | 7th | Kimorie Shearman |
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47.05 |
DSQ | 8th | Nery Brenes |
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IAAF Rule 163.3a - Rail violation |
Run 3
August 5, 2017, 11:03 am (12:03 pm CEST )
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 6th | Baboloki Thebe |
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44.82 |
2 | 8th | Demish Gaye |
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44.92 |
3 | 3 | Dwayne Cowan |
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45.39 |
4th | 7th | Bonface Ontuga Mweresa |
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45.58 |
5 | 9 | Rafał Omelko |
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45.69 |
6th | 4th | Samuel García |
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46.37 |
7th | 2 | Pieter Conradie |
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46.62 |
8th | 1 | Warren Hazel |
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46.96 |
9 | 5 | Narek Ghukasjan |
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49.70 SB |
Run 4
August 5, 2017, 11:12 am (12:12 pm CEST )
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 7th | Steven Gardiner |
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44.75 |
2 | 5 | Wilbert London III |
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45.10 |
3 | 4th | Brian Gregan |
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45.37 |
4th | 9 | Jonathan Borlée |
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45.70 |
5 | 8th | Luguelin Santos |
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45.73 |
6th | 3 | Mamoudou-Elimane Hanne |
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45.89 |
7th | 2 | Yilmar Herrera |
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47.18 |
DSQ | 6th | Steven Gayle |
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IAAF Rule 163.3a - Rail violation |
Run 5
August 5, 2017, 11:21 am (12:21 pm CEST )
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 6th | Isaac Makwala |
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44.55 |
2 | 9 | LaShawn Merritt |
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45.00 |
3 | 8th | Jamal Walton |
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45.02 SB |
4th | 5 | Óscar Husillos |
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45.22 PB |
5 | 3 | Raymond Kibet |
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45.75 |
6th | 8th | Martyn Rooney |
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45.75 |
7th | 7th | Renny Quow |
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45.95 |
8th | 1 | Winston George |
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46.02 |
9 | 4th | Sailosi Tubuilagi |
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48.98 |
Run 6
August 5, 2017, 11:30 a.m. (12:30 p.m. CEST )
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 6th | Nathon Allen |
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44.91 |
2 | 3 | Gil Roberts |
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44.92 |
3 | 9 | Abdalelah Haroun |
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45.27 |
4th | 4th | Muhammed Anas |
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45.98 |
5 | 5 | Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel |
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46.63 |
6th | 8th | Takamasa Kitagawa |
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47.35 |
7th | 7th | Karabo Sibanda |
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47.44 |
DNS | 2 | Emmanuel Dasor |
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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 6, 2017, 7:40 p.m. (8:40 p.m. CEST )
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 5 | Steven Gardiner |
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43.89 NO |
2 | 6th | Nathon Allen |
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44.19 PB |
3 | 7th | Fred Kerley |
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44.51 |
4th | 9 | Kevin Borlée |
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45.10 |
5 | 4th | Wilbert London III |
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45.12 |
6th | 3 | Óscar Husillos |
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45.16 PB |
7th | 2 | Rafał Omelko |
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45.37 |
8th | 8th | Dwayne Cowan |
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45.96 |
Run 2
August 6, 2017, 7:48 p.m. (8:48 p.m. CEST )
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 6th | Wayde van Niekerk |
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44.22 |
2 | 5 | Baboloki Thebe |
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44.33 |
3 | 9 | Abdalelah Haroun |
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44.64 SB |
4th | 2 | Matthew Hudson-Smith |
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44.74 SB |
5 | 4th | Lalonde Gordon |
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45.20 |
6th | 8th | Brian Gregan |
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45.42 |
7th | 7th | LaShawn Merritt |
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45.52 |
8th | 3 | Bonface Ontuga Mweresa |
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45.93 |
Run 3
August 6, 2017, 7:56 p.m. (8:56 p.m. CEST )
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 5 | Isaac Makwala |
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44.30 |
2 | 6th | Demish Gaye |
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44.55 PB |
3 | 7th | Gil Roberts |
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44.84 |
4th | 9 | Jamal Walton |
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45.16 |
5 | 3 | Jonathan Borlée |
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45.23 |
6th | 2 | Pavel Maslák |
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45.25 |
7th | 8th | Machel Cedenio |
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45.91 |
8th | 4th | Davide Re |
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45.95 |
final
August 8, 2017, 9:50 p.m. local time (10:50 p.m. CEST )
The clear favorite in this race was the South African world record holder , Olympic champion and 2015 world champion Wayde van Niekerk. The US runner-up in the world championship, Olympic third in 2012 and Olympic champion in 2008 LaShawn Merritt was also among the participants here in London , but he had already been eliminated in the semifinals. In the semifinals, Steven Gardiner from Bahamas presented himself very strongly and was one of the most important competitors for van Niekerk. Nathon Allen had also put himself into the role of possible medal candidates with the second fastest semi-final time.
Isaac Makwala from Botswana, fourth fastest semi-finalist, was affected by gastroenteritis rampant at these World Championships , so the IAAF had quarantined him for the final. A few days later he got another chance over 200 meters , where he reached the final where he finished sixth.
Van Niekerk was quickly ahead in the final. He was the first to hit the home straight. Not far behind were Gardiner and Baboloki Thebe from Botswana, followed by Allen. From far back, Abdalelah Haroun from Qatar stormed past his opponents in the last eighty meters. The leading Wayde van Niekerk could no longer be caught. He defended his world title from 2015. For Steven Gardiner it was again very tight, but he too was just able to hold his own with a lead of seven hundredths of a second and won the silver medal. But third place went to Abdalelah Haroun with his strong finish ahead of Baboloki Thebe and Nathon Allen. Allen's compatriot Demish Gaye was sixth ahead of Fred Kerley, the only American in the final.
space | train | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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6th | Wayde van Niekerk |
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43.98 |
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4th | Steven Gardiner |
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44.41 |
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3 | Abdalelah Haroun |
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44.48 SB |
4th | 9 | Baboloki Thebe |
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44.66 |
5 | 5 | Nathon Allen |
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44.88 |
6th | 8th | Demish Gaye |
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45.04 |
7th | 2 | Fred Kerley |
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45.23 |
DNS | 7th | Isaac Makwala |
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Start ban due to gastroenteritis quarantine |
Isaac Makwala from Botswana was not allowed to take part in the final because of a gastroenteritis quarantine imposed by the IAAF
Web links and sources
- Homepage for the 2017 World Championships, 400 m men on the IAAF website , accessed on November 20, 2018
- Results of the 2017 World Athletics Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on November 20, 2018
- Reports on the 2017 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on November 20, 2018
Video
- WCH London 2017 Highlights - 400m - Men - Final - Van Niekerk wins on youtube.com, published on August 9, 2017, accessed on November 20, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b IAAF competition rules, page 73 (PDF), accessed on November 20, 2018