2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres
at the 2015 World Championships
Wayde van Niekerk fourth fastest in history
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates23 August (heats)
24 August (semifinals)
26 August (final)
Competitors44 from 27 nations
Winning time43.48
Medalists
gold medal Wayde van Niekerk   South Africa
silver medal LaShawn Merritt   United States
bronze medal Kirani James   Grenada
Events at the
2015 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The men's 400 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 23, 24 and 26 August.[1][2] The winning margin was 0.17 seconds.

Summary

Since 2008, all of the major gold medals had been won by either reigning Olympic champion Kirani James or defending champion LaShawn Merritt. In the final, both were out ahead, along with Wayde van Niekerk and Isaac Makwala, Africans with none of those credentials. Through the final turn, van Niekerk took sole possession of the lead, Makwala passed James to hit the home stretch with a slight advantage in second. Far off the pace was Luguelín Santos. Down the home stretch, Makwala was unable to hold his position and was passed by a burst from James. James was unable to hold that burst, Merritt cruised past James but was unable to make any headway on van Niekerk's lead.[3] Merritt made a desperate lean that actually cost him time but was well beaten, Santos followed Merritt down the home stretch to take fourth beating the National Record he set in the semi-final round.[4] van Niekerk's 43.48 improved upon his own African Record, putting him at number 4 on the all-time list. For the first time in history, three men broke 44 seconds. Merritt set the fastest non-winning time of all time at 43.65 seconds. In fact, places 2, 3 and 4 were all the fastest ever in that position.[5]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[6]

World record  Michael Johnson (USA) 43.18 Sevilla, Spain 26 August 1999
Championship record
World Leading  Isaac Makwala (BOT) 43.72 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland 5 July 2015
African Record
Asian Record  Abdelalelah Haroun (QAT) 44.27 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland 5 July 2015
NACAC record  Michael Johnson (USA) 43.18 Seville, Spain 26 August 1999
South American Record  Sanderlei Parrela (BRA) 44.29 Seville, Spain 26 August 1999
European Record  Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) 44.33 Rome, Italy 3 September 1987
Oceanian record  Darren Clark (AUS) 44.38 Seoul, South Korea 26 September 1988
The following records were established during the competition:
Asian Record  Yousef Masrahi (KSA) 43.93 Beijing, China 23 August 2015
World Leading  Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) 43.48 Beijing, China 26 August 2015
African Record

Qualification standards

Entry standards[7]
45.50

Schedule

Date Time Round
23 August 2015 11:10 Heats
24 August 2015 20:05 Semifinals
26 August 2015 21:25 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

KEY: Q Qualified q Fastest non-qualifiers NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: Best 3 (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the next round.[8]

Heat 2
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Yousef Masrahi  Saudi Arabia 43.93 Q, AR
2 2 Rusheen McDonald  Jamaica 43.93 Q, NR
3 2 Isaac Makwala  Botswana 44.19 Q
4 6 Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa 44.42 Q
5 1 David Verburg  United States 44.43 Q
6 2 Martyn Rooney  Great Britain & N.I. 44.45 q, PB
7 3 LaShawn Merritt  United States 44.51 Q
8 1 Machel Cedenio  Trinidad and Tobago 44.54 Q
8 6 Renny Quow  Trinidad and Tobago 44.54 Q, SB
10 4 Kirani James  Grenada 44.56 Q
11 4 Luguelín Santos  Dominican Republic 44.62 Q
12 6 Bryshon Nellum  United States 44.65 Q, PB
13 1 Jonathan Borlée  Belgium 44.67 Q, SB
14 6 Chris Brown  Bahamas 44.68 q
15 1 Peter Matthews  Jamaica 44.69 q, PB
16 2 Liemarvin Bonevacia  Netherlands 44.72 q, NR
17 3 Javon Francis  Jamaica 44.83 Q
18 4 Lalonde Gordon  Trinidad and Tobago 44.97 Q
19 3 Kevin Borlée  Belgium 45.01 Q, SB
20 3 Michael Mathieu  Bahamas 45.07 q
21 3 Nery Brenes  Costa Rica 45.08 q
22 2 Pavel Maslák  Czech Republic 45.16
23 4 Onkabetse Nkobolo  Botswana 45.17 PB
24 5 Rabah Yousif  Great Britain & N.I. 45.24 Q
25 1 Pavel Ivashko  Russia 45.25 PB
25 6 Winston George  Guyana 45.25 NR
27 5 Steven Gardiner  Bahamas 45.26 Q
28 1 Luka Janežič  Slovenia 45.28 NR
28 1 Alberth Bravo  Venezuela 45.28
30 4 Hederson Estefani  Brazil 45.36 SB
31 6 Hugo de Sousa  Brazil 45.42 SB
32 4 Jarryd Dunn  Great Britain & N.I. 45.49
33 5 Vernon Norwood  United States 45.53 Q
34 5 Mame-Ibra Anne  France 45.55
35 6 Gustavo Cuesta  Dominican Republic 45.59
36 5 Abubakar Abbas  Bahrain 45.64
37 3 Yuzo Kanemaru  Japan 45.65
38 3 Aliaksandr Linnik  Belarus 45.79
39 4 Vitaliy Butrym  Ukraine 45.88
40 5 Alphas Kishoyian  Kenya 46.02
41 1 Bralon Taplin  Grenada 46.27
42 3 Guo Zhongze  China 46.42
43 5 Mohamed Khouaja  Libya 46.50 SB
44 5 Berend Koekemoer  South Africa 46.52
2 Donald Sanford  Israel DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: Best 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the next round.[9]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Isaac Makwala  Botswana 44.11 Q
2 1 Kirani James  Grenada 44.16 Q
3 1 Luguelín Santos  Dominican Republic 44.26 Q, NR
4 3 Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa 44.31 Q
5 3 LaShawn Merritt  United States 44.34 Q, SB
6 2 Yousef Masrahi  Saudi Arabia 44.40 Q
7 2 Rabah Yousif  Great Britain & N.I. 44.54 q, PB
8 3 Machel Cedenio  Trinidad and Tobago 44.64 q
9 2 Lalonde Gordon  Trinidad and Tobago 44.70
10 1 David Verburg  United States 44.71
11 1 Kevin Borlée  Belgium 44.74 SB
12 3 Javon Francis  Jamaica 44.77
12 2 Bryshon Nellum  United States 44.77
14 3 Jonathan Borlée  Belgium 44.85
15 2 Rusheen McDonald  Jamaica 44.86
16 1 Renny Quow  Trinidad and Tobago 44.98
16 2 Steven Gardiner  Bahamas 44.98
18 1 Vernon Norwood  United States 45.07
18 1 Chris Brown  Bahamas 45.07
20 3 Martyn Rooney  Great Britain & N.I. 45.29
21 2 Nery Brenes  Costa Rica 45.41
22 1 Peter Matthews  Jamaica 45.42
23 3 Michael Mathieu  Bahamas 45.43
24 3 Liemarvin Bonevacia  Netherlands 45.65

Final

The final was held at 21:25.[10]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa 43.48 WL, AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 LaShawn Merritt  United States 43.65 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Kirani James  Grenada 43.78 SB
4 7 Luguelín Santos  Dominican Republic 44.11 NR
5 4 Isaac Makwala  Botswana 44.63
6 3 Rabah Yousif  Great Britain & N.I. 44.68
7 2 Machel Cedenio  Trinidad and Tobago 45.06
8 9 Yousef Masrahi  Saudi Arabia 45.15

References

  1. ^ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Start list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  3. ^ "World Championships 2015: Wayde van Niekerk wins 400m gold and is taken to hospital with exhaustion". Daily Telegraph. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. ^ "World Championships: Wayde van Niekerk wins superb 400m". BBC Sport. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Wayde van Niekerk wins men's 400m final at world championships". Guardian. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Records & Lists – 400 meters". IAAF. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  7. ^ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 17 August 2015
  8. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  10. ^ Final results
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