World Athletics Championships 2019/400 m men

Athletics World Championships 2019
discipline	400 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	42 athletes from 31 countries
venue	Doha
Competition location	Khalifa International Stadium
Competition phase	October 1st (preliminary) October 2nd (semifinals) October 4th (final)
Medalist Steven Gardiner ( BAH )   Anthony Zambrano ( COL )   Fred Kerley ( USA )

The winner Steven Gardiner during his run

The men's 400-meter race at the 2019 World Athletics Championships took place on October 1st, 2nd and 4th, 2019 in Doha , Qatar .

42 athletes from 31 countries took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by Steven Gardiner after 43.48 s, silver went to Anthony Zambrano with 44.15 s and the bronze medal went to Fred Kerley with 44.17 s.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Wayde van Niekerk	43.03 s	Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil	August 14, 2016
Championship record	Michael Johnson	43.18 s	World Championships 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

October 1, 2019, 4:35 p.m. local time (3:35 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	3	Machel Cedenio	Trinidad and Tobago	45.26
2	4th	Akeem Bloomfield	Jamaica	45.34
3	8th	Thapelo Phora	South Africa	45.45
4th	5	Alphas Kishoyian	Kenya	45.65
5	6th	Lucas Carvalho	Brazil	46.01
6th	2	Abdalelah Haroun	Qatar	47.76 SB
	7th	Matthew Hudson-Smith	United Kingdom	DNF

Run 2

October 1, 2019, 4:43 p.m. local time (3:43 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	2	Kirani James	Grenada	44.94
2	8th	Julian Walsh	Japan	45.14 PB
3	3	Vernon Norwood	United States	45.59
4th	7th	Steven Solomon	Australia	45.82
5	6th	Derrick Mokaleng	South Africa	45.87
6th	4th	Luka Janežič	Slovenia	46.84
7th	5	Tikie Terry Mael	Vanuatu	48.52 PB

Run 3

October 1, 2019, 4:51 p.m. local time (3:51 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	4th	Davide Re	Italy	45.08
2	3	Fred Kerley	United States	45.19
3	7th	Abbas Abubakar Abbas	Bahrain	45.47
4th	8th	Mazen al-Yasen	Saudi Arabia	45.70
5	2	Mikhail Litwin	Kazakhstan	46.28
6th	5	Bachir Mahamat	Chad	47.65
7th	6th	Jovan Stojoski	North Macedonia	47.92

Run 4

October 1, 2019, 4:59 p.m. local time (3:59 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	7th	Michael Norman	United States	45.00
2	5	Demish Gaye	Jamaica	45.02
3	3	Leungo Scotch	Botswana	45.10 PB
4th	4th	Yousef Karam	Kuwait	45.74
5	2	Alonzo Russell	Bahamas	45.91
6th	6th	Todiasoa Rabearison	Madagascar	46.80 NO
7th	8th	Moussa Zaroumeye	Niger	48.13

Run 5

October 1, 2019, 5:07 p.m. local time (4:07 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	3	Steven Gardiner	Bahamas	45.68
2	5	Philip Osei	Canada	45.87
3	6th	Anthony Zambrano	Colombia	45.93
4th	7th	Ditiro Nzamani	Botswana	46.19
5	2	Rusheen McDonald	Jamaica	46.21
6th	4th	Brandon Parris	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	47.39
7th	8th	Mohammad Jahir Rayhan	Bangladesh	48.48

Run 6

October 1, 2019, 5:15 p.m. local time (4:15 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	7th	Emmanuel Korir	Kenya	45.08
2	6th	Jonathan Sacoor	Belgium	45.32
3	5	Rabah Yousif	United Kingdom	45.40
4th	8th	Jhon Perlaza	Colombia	45.62
5	3	Nathan Strother	United States	45.71
6th	4th	Taha Husein Yaseen Yaseen	Iraq	46.58
7th	2	Jessy Franco	Gibraltar	47.41 NO

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

October 2, 2019, 8:35 p.m. local time (7:35 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	4th	Fred Kerley	United States	44.25
2	5	Emmanuel Korir	Kenya	44.37 SB
3	7th	Davide Re	Italy	44.85
4th	6th	Jonathan Sacoor	Belgium	45.03 PB
5	9	Thapelo Phora	South Africa	45.24
6th	8th	Abbas Abubakar Abbas	Bahrain	45.26
7th	2	Nathan Strother	United States	45.34
8th	3	Mazen al-Yasen	Saudi Arabia	46.11

Run 2

October 2, 2019, 8:43 p.m. local time (7:43 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Steven Gardiner	Bahamas	44.13 SB
2	5	Kirani James	Grenada	44.23 SB
3	7th	Demish Gaye	Jamaica	44.66 SB
4th	9	Vernon Norwood	United States	45.00
5	8th	Leungo Scotch	Botswana	45.00 PB
6th	3	Jhon Perlaza	Colombia	45.17
7th	4th	Philip Osei	Canada	45.44
8th	2	Steven Solomon	Australia	45.54 SB

Run 3

October 2, 2019, 8:51 p.m. local time (7:51 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	7th	Machel Cedenio	Trinidad and Tobago	44.41 SB
2	8th	Anthony Zambrano	Colombia	44.55 NO
3	6th	Akeem Bloomfield	Jamaica	44.77
4th	5	Julian Walsh	Japan	45.13 PB
5	9	Rabah Yousif	United Kingdom	45.15 SB
6th	2	Alphas Kishoyian	Kenya	45.55
7th	4th	Michael Norman	United States	45.94
	3	Yousef Karam	Kuwait	DNF

final

October 4, 2019, 10:20 p.m. local time (9:20 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
	4th	Steven Gardiner	Bahamas	43.48 NO
	8th	Anthony Zambrano	Colombia	44.15 AR
	5	Fred Kerley	United States	44.17
4th	3	Demish Gaye	Jamaica	44.46 PB
5	7th	Kirani James	Grenada	44.54
6th	9	Emmanuel Korir	Kenya	44.94
7th	6th	Machel Cedenio	Trinidad and Tobago	45.30
8th	2	Akeem Bloomfield	Jamaica	45.36

Web links and sources

• Results on the website of the IAAF (English)