2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 28, 29 and 30.

LaShawn Merritt, Kirani James, and Kévin Borlée.
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Events at the
2011 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

Going into the Championships, defending champion LaShawn Merritt was serving a 2-year ban. The ban was still in effect during the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, so Merritt was unable to compete. Ordinarily, since 1997, the defending champion is automatically invited to the championships, but the United States stipulates that the champion must compete in the national championships. It took a special decision by USATF to allow Merritt to enter. Merritt had minimal racing opportunities prior to the championships.

In qualifying, ordinarily athletes try to use the minimum effort to advance to the next round, but Merritt ran the year's world leading time of 44.35 in heat 3. The media focused on double amputee Oscar Pistorius, who ran 45.39 to qualify into the semi-finals.

In the semi finals, Merritt ran a more controlled and relaxed 44.76 in semi 1, while Jermaine Gonzales controlled semi 3 in 44.99 and 18-year-old Kirani James ran an easy 45.20 to take semi 2. Rondell Bartholomew also qualified, placing two athletes from tiny Grenada in the final. Also twins Kévin and Jonathan Borlée placed two athletes from Belgium in the final. While his time from the trials would have made the final, Pistorius ran 46.19 in his semi and did not advance. Kirani James won the final beating LaShawn Merritt on the line with a time of 44.60.[1][2] At 18 years, 363 days old, James became the youngest ever world medallist for the men's 400 m.[3]

Medalists
GoldSilverBronze
Kirani James
 Grenada (GRN)		 LaShawn Merritt
 United States (USA)		 Kévin Borlée
 Belgium (BEL)

Records

Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

World record  Michael Johnson (USA) 43.18 Seville, Spain 26 August 1999
Championship record
World Leading  Kirani James (GRN) 44.61 London, Great Britain 5 August 2011
African record  Gary Kikaya (COD) 44.10 Stuttgart, Germany 9 September 2006
Asian record  Mohamed Amer Al-Malky (OMA) 44.56 Budapest, Hungary 12 August 1988
North, Central American and Caribbean 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

Qualification standards
A time B time
45.25 45.70

Schedule
Date Time Round
August 28, 201111:15Heats
August 29, 201120:00Semifinals
August 30, 201121:45Final

Results
KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13LaShawn Merritt United States (USA)44.35Q, WL
23Kévin Borlée Belgium (BEL)44.77Q
31Rondell Bartholomew Grenada (GRN)44.82Q
41Renny Quow Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)44.84Q, SB
52Jermaine Gonzales Jamaica (JAM)45.12Q
54Kirani James Grenada (GRN)45.12Q
71Greg Nixon United States (USA)45.16Q
74Jonathan Borlée Belgium (BEL)45.16Q
93Rabah Yousif Sudan (SUD)45.20Q
101Tabarie Henry U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV)45.22Q
115Chris Brown Bahamas (BAH)45.29Q
125Martyn Rooney Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)45.30Q, SB
134Ramon Miller Bahamas (BAH)45.31Q, SB
145Oscar Pistorius South Africa (RSA)45.39Q
155Femi Seun Ogunode Qatar (QAT)45.42Q, SB
162Jamaal Torrance United States (USA)45.44Q
175Nery Brenes Costa Rica (CRC)45.47q
182Marcin Marciniszyn Poland (POL)45.51Q
193Yuzo Kanemaru Japan (JPN)45.51Q
202Demetrius Pinder Bahamas (BAH)45.53Q
211Riker Hylton Jamaica (JAM)45.54q
223Pavel Trenikhin Russia (RUS)45.55q, PB
234William Collazo Cuba (CUB)45.89Q
242Erison Hurtault Dominica (DMA)46.10q
254Park Bong-Go South Korea (KOR)46.42SB
265Tony McQuay United States (USA)46.76
274Pako Seribe Botswana (BOT)46.97
281Mathieu Gnanligo Benin (BEN)47.01
294Augusto Stanley Paraguay (PAR)47.31
301Nelson Stone Papua New Guinea (PNG)47.86
315Ahmed Mohamed Al-Merjabi Oman (OMN)47.99
323Arnold Sorina Vanuatu (VAN)48.76SB
334Bahaa Al Farra Palestine (PLE)49.04PB
342Nicolau Palanca Angola (ANG)49.37SB
351Kerfalla Camara Guinea (GUI)49.74PB
362Ak Hafiy Tajuddin Rositi Brunei (BRU)50.12
5Abdou Razack Rabo Samma Niger (NIG)DSQ
3Arismendy Peguero Dominican Republic (DOM)DNS
3Gary Kikaya DR Congo (COD)DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11LaShawn Merritt United States (USA)44.76Q
23Jermaine Gonzales Jamaica (JAM)44.99Q
31Kévin Borlée Belgium (BEL)45.02Q
43Jonathan Borlée Belgium (BEL)45.14Q
53Rondell Bartholomew Grenada (GRN)45.17q
62Kirani James Grenada (GRN)45.20Q
73Femi Seun Ogunode Qatar (QAT)45.41q, SB
81Rabah Yousif Sudan (SUD)45.43
93Greg Nixon United States (USA)45.51
102Tabarie Henry U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV)45.53Q
112Chris Brown Bahamas (BAH)45.54
123Pavel Trenikhin Russia (RUS)45.68
131Renny Quow Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)45.72
142Jamaal Torrance United States (USA)45.73
153Demetrius Pinder Bahamas (BAH)45.87
161Ramon Miller Bahamas (BAH)45.88
172Nery Brenes Costa Rica (CRC)45.93
182Marcin Marciniszyn Poland (POL)45.94
192Martyn Rooney Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)46.09
201Yuzo Kanemaru Japan (JPN)46.11
211William Collazo Cuba (CUB)46.13
223Oscar Pistorius South Africa (RSA)46.19
231Erison Hurtault Dominica (DMA)46.41
242Riker Hylton Jamaica (JAM)46.99

Final
The finish.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Kirani James Grenada (GRN)44.60
4LaShawn Merritt United States (USA)44.63
6Kévin Borlée Belgium (BEL)44.90
43Jermaine Gonzales Jamaica (JAM)44.99
58Jonathan Borlée Belgium (BEL)45.07
62Rondell Bartholomew Grenada (GRN)45.45
77Tabarie Henry U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV)45.55
81Femi Seun Ogunode Qatar (QAT)45.55

References
  1. "Kirani James captures 400m gold". BBC Sport. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  2. "Teenager James wins thrilling gold for Grenada". Reuters. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  3. "World Championship Statistics Handbook" (Press release). IAAF. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
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