2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the 2019 World Championships
400mH final men
VenueKhalifa International Stadium
Dates27 September (heats)
28 September (semi-finals)
30 September (final)
Competitors39 from 31 nations
Winning time47.42
Medalists
gold medal    Norway
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Qatar
Video on YouTube
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The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 27 to 30 September 2019.[1]

Summary

Coming into these Championships, only four men had ever run under 47 seconds. While world record holder Kevin Young never officially retired, now at 53 he's largely been a spectator for a couple of decades. The other three have accomplished the feat in less than a year, two this season in the same race. And all three were in Doha setting up a highly anticipated confrontation.

It took 48.93 to make the final. Abdelmalik Lahoulou set the Algerian national record and Alison dos Santos a personal best to get there.

In the final, Rai Benjamin in lane 7 appeared to get a better start, making up the stagger on Lahoulou to his outside, but that may have been deceptive. Down the backstretch, defending champion Karsten Warholm started to take charge. All alone in lane 9, the third of the big 3 Abderrahman Samba, was getting passed by. Through the turn, Warholm held his advantage over Benjamin which revealed to be a full stride coming off the turn. Kyron McMaster looked to be in third place. Benjamin made a run at Warholm down the stretch but stretched for the final hurdle, landing awkwardly and losing momentum and his last opportunity to try to catch Warholm. In front of a home crowd, Samba was able to get past McMaster to take the bronze.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

World record  Kevin Young (USA) 46.78 Barcelona, Spain 6 August 1992
Championship record  Kevin Young (USA) 47.18 Stuttgart, Germany 19 August 1993
World leading  Karsten Warholm (NOR) 46.92 Zürich, Switzerland 29 August 2019
African record  Samuel Matete (ZAM) 47.10 Zürich, Switzerland 7 August 1991
Asian record  Abderrahman Samba (QAT) 46.98 Paris, France 30 June 2018
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Kevin Young (USA) 46.78 Barcelona, Spain 6 August 1992
South American record  Bayano Kamani (PAN) 47.84 Helsinki, Finland 7 August 2005
European record  Karsten Warholm (NOR) 46.92 Zürich, Switzerland 29 August 2019
Oceanian record  Rohan Robinson (AUS) 48.28 Atlanta, United States 31 July 1996

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 49.30.[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[4]

Date Time Round
27 September 20:35 Heats
28 September 18:05 Semi-finals
30 September 22:40 Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semi-finals.[5]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Abderrahman Samba  Qatar 49.08 Q
2 3 Takatoshi Abe  Japan 49.25 Q
3 1 Karsten Warholm  Norway 49.27 Q
4 5 Rasmus Mägi  Estonia 49.34 Q, SB
5 1 Thomas Barr  Ireland 49.41 Q
6 5 Ludvy Vaillant  France 49.49 Q
7 3 TJ Holmes  United States 49.50 Q
8 5 Abdelmalik Lahoulou  Algeria 49.54 Q
9 2 Kyron McMaster  British Virgin Islands 49.60 Q
10 4 Rai Benjamin  United States 49.62 Q
11 1 Jabir Madari Pillyalil  India 49.62 Q
12 1 Kemar Mowatt  Jamaica 49.63 Q
13 2 Alison dos Santos  Brazil 49.66 Q
14 1 Amere Lattin  United States 49.72 q
15 5 Chris McAlister  Great Britain & N.I. 49.73 Q
16 5 Yasmani Copello  Turkey 49.75 q
17 4 Mohamed Amine Touati  Tunisia 49.76 Q
18 4 Patryk Dobek  Poland 49.89 Q
19 2 Chen Chieh  Chinese Taipei 49.95 Q
19 1 Fernando Vega  Mexico 49.95 q
21 3 Rilwan Alowonle  Nigeria 50.04 Q
22 4 Vít Müller  Czech Republic 50.15 Q
23 2 Luke Campbell  Germany 50.20 Q
24 4 Masaki Toyoda  Japan 50.34 q
25 1 Mehdi Pirjahan  Iran 50.46
26 3 Nick Smidt  Netherlands 50.54
27 5 Dharun Ayyasamy  India 50.55
28 3 Kariem Hussein  Switzerland 50.62
29 4 Sergio Fernández  Spain 50.71
30 2 Creve Armando Machava  Mozambique 50.76
31 5 Constantin Preis  Germany 50.93
32 4 Márcio Teles  Brazil 51.02
33 3 Wilfried Happio  France 51.25
34 1 Artur Terezan  Brazil 51.52 SB
35 2 Lindsay Hanekom  South Africa 51.71
36 2 Ned Justeen Azemia  Seychelles 52.58
37 3 Andrea Ercolani Volta  San Marino 52.60 NR
38 5 Malique Smith  U.S. Virgin Islands 59.45
2 Bienvenu Sawadogo  Burkina Faso DSQ 163.3(a)

Semi-finals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the Final.[6]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Karsten Warholm  Norway 48.28 Q
2 1 Alison dos Santos  Brazil 48.35 Q, PB
3 1 Yasmani Copello  Turkey 48.39 Q, SB
4 2 Abdelmalik Lahoulou  Algeria 48.39 Q, NR
5 1 Kyron McMaster  British Virgin Islands 48.40 q
6 3 Rai Benjamin  United States 48.52 Q
7 2 TJ Holmes  United States 48.67 q
8 3 Abderrahman Samba  Qatar 48.72 Q
9 1 Rasmus Mägi  Estonia 48.93 SB
10 3 Takatoshi Abe  Japan 48.97
11 3 Thomas Barr  Ireland 49.02 SB
12 2 Ludvy Vaillant  France 49.10
13 1 Mohamed Amine Touati  Tunisia 49.14 PB
14 2 Chris McAlister  Great Britain & N.I. 49.18 PB
15 1 Amere Lattin  United States 49.20
16 1 Kemar Mowatt  Jamaica 49.32
17 3 Jabir Madari Pillyalil  India 49.71
18 3 Fernando Vega  Mexico 49.96
19 3 Vít Müller  Czech Republic 49.97
20 1 Chen Chieh  Chinese Taipei 50.00
21 2 Luke Campbell  Germany 50.00
22 2 Patryk Dobek  Poland 50.18
23 2 Masaki Toyoda  Japan 50.30
24 3 Rilwan Alowonle  Nigeria 52.01

Final

The final was started on 30 September at 22:41.[7]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Karsten Warholm  Norway 47.42
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Rai Benjamin  United States 47.66
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 9 Abderrahman Samba  Qatar 48.03
4 2 Kyron McMaster  British Virgin Islands 48.10 SB
5 3 TJ Holmes  United States 48.20 PB
6 6 Yasmani Copello  Turkey 48.25 SB
7 5 Alison dos Santos  Brazil 48.28 PB
8 8 Abdelmalik Lahoulou  Algeria 49.46

References

  1. ^ "Start list" (PDF).
  2. ^ "400 Metres Hurdles Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Competitions Entry Standards 2019 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019". iaaf.org. 2 August 2019.
  4. ^ "400 Metres Hurdles Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Men's 400 metres hurdles − Heats − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 26 Sep 2019.
  6. ^ "Semi-finals results" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Final results" (PDF).