Athletics World Championships 2019/400 m hurdles of men

Athletics World Championships 2019
discipline	400 meter hurdles
gender	Men
Attendees	39 athletes from 30 countries
venue	Doha
Competition location	Khalifa International Stadium
Competition phase	September 27th (preliminary) September 28th (semi-finals) September 30th (final)
Medalist Karsten Warholm ( NOR )   Rai Benjamin ( USA )   Abderrahman Samba ( QAT )

The men's 400-meter hurdles at the 2019 World Athletics Championships took place on September 27, 28 and 30, 2019 in Doha , Qatar .

39 athletes from 30 countries took part in the competition. The gold medal went to Karsten Warholm in 47.42 s, silver went to Rai Benjamin with 47.66 s and the bronze medal went to Abderrahman Samba with 48.03 s.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Kevin Young	46.78 s	Olympic Games in Barcelona , Spain	August 6, 1992
Championship record		47.18 s	World Championships 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

September 27, 2019, 8:35 p.m. local time (7:35 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	4th	Karsten Warholm	Norway	49.27
2	7th	Thomas Barr	Ireland	49.41
3	3	Jabir Madari Pillyalil	India	49.62
4th	9	Kemar Mowatt	Jamaica	49.63
5	5	Amere Lattin	United States	49.72
6th	2	Fernando Vega	Mexico	49.95
7th	8th	Mahdi Pirjahan	Iran	50.46
8th	6th	Artur Terezan	Brazil	51.52 SB

Run 2

September 27, 2019, 8:42 p.m. local time (7:42 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	4th	Kyron McMaster	British Virgin Islands	49.60
2	8th	Alison dos Santos	Brazil	49.66
3	9	Chen Chieh	Chinese Taipei	49.95
4th	2	Luke Campbell	Germany	50.20
5	5	Creve Armando Machava	Mozambique	50.76
6th	3	Lindsay Hanekom	South Africa	51.71
7th	6th	Ned Justeen Azemia	Seychelles	52.58
	7th	Bienvenu Sawadogo	Burkina Faso	DSQ 1

¹ Rule 163.3 (a): Crossing the Lane

Run 3

September 27, 2019, 8:50 p.m. local time (7:50 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	8th	Abderrahman Samba	Qatar	49.08
2	2	Takatoshi Abe	Japan	49.25
3	9	TJ Holmes	United States	49.50
4th	4th	Rilwan Alowonle	Nigeria	50.04
5	7th	Nick Smidt	Netherlands	50.54
6th	3	Kariem Hussein	Switzerland	50.62
7th	6th	Wilfried Happio	France	51.25
8th	5	Andrea Ercolani Volta	San Marino	52.60 NO

Run 4

September 27, 2019, 8:57 p.m. local time (7:57 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	4th	Rai Benjamin	United States	49.62
2	8th	Mohamed Amine Touati	Tunisia	49.76
3	6th	Patryk Dobek	Poland	49.89
4th	5	Vít Müller	Czech Republic	50.15
5	2	Masaki Toyoda	Japan	50.34
6th	3	Sergio Fernández	Spain	50.71
7th	7th	Marcio Teles	Brazil	51.02

Run 5

September 27, 2019, 9:04 p.m. local time (8:04 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Rasmus Mägi	Estonia	49.34 SB
2	7th	Ludvy Vaillant	France	49.49
3	8th	Abdelmalik Lahoulou	Algeria	49.54
4th	3	Chris McAlister	United Kingdom	49.73
5	9	Yasmani Copello	Turkey	49.75
6th	2	Ayyasamy Dharun	India	50.55
7th	5	Constantin price	Germany	50.93
8th	4th	Malique Smith	American Virgin Islands	59.45

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

September 28, 2019, 6:05 p.m. local time (5:05 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Alison dos Santos	Brazil	48.35 PB
2	3	Yasmani Copello	Turkey	48.39 SB
3	5	Kyron McMaster	British Virgin Islands	48.40
4th	7th	Rasmus Mägi	Estonia	48.93 SB
5	4th	Mohamed Amine Touati	Tunisia	49.14 PB
6th	2	Amere Lattin	United States	49.20
7th	8th	Kemar Mowatt	Jamaica	49.32
8th	9	Chen Chieh	Chinese Taipei	50.00

Run 2

September 28, 2019, 6:15 p.m. local time (5:15 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	4th	Karsten Warholm	Norway	48.28
2	6th	Abdelmalik Lahoulou	Algeria	48.39 NO
3	7th	TJ Holmes	United States	48.67
4th	5	Ludvy Vaillant	France	49.10
5	9	Chris McAlister	United Kingdom	49.18 PB
6th	3	Luke Campbell	Germany	50.00
7th	8th	Patryk Dobek	Poland	50.18
8th	2	Masaki Toyoda	Japan	50.30

Run 3

September 28, 2019, 6:25 p.m. local time (5:25 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Rai Benjamin	United States	48.52
2	5	Abderrahman Samba	Qatar	48.72
3	4th	Takatoshi Abe	Japan	48.97
4th	7th	Thomas Barr	Ireland	49.02 SB
5	9	Jabir Madari Pillyalil	India	49.71
6th	2	Fernando Vega	Mexico	49.96
7th	3	Vít Müller	Czech Republic	49.97
8th	8th	Rilwan Alowonle	Nigeria	52.01

final

September 30, 2019, 10:40 p.m. local time (9:40 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
	4th	Karsten Warholm	Norway	47.42
	7th	Rai Benjamin	United States	47.66
	9	Abderrahman Samba	Qatar	48.03
4th	2	Kyron McMaster	British Virgin Islands	48.10 SB
5	3	TJ Holmes	United States	48.20 PB
6th	6th	Yasmani Copello	Turkey	48.25 SB
7th	5	Alison dos Santos	Brazil	48.28 PB
8th	8th	Abdelmalik Lahoulou	Algeria	49.46

Web links and sources

• Results on the website of the IAAF (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 400 Meters Hurdles Men - Round 1. (PDF) In: media.aws.iaaf.org. Retrieved September 29, 2019 .