2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 11–13 August.[1]

Men's 400 metres
at the 2013 World Championships
VenueLuzhniki Stadium
Dates11 August (heats)
12 August (semifinals)
13 August (final)
Competitors35 from 26 nations
Winning time43.74
Medalists
 
 
 

The final had the 2008 Olympic Champion/2009 World Champion LaShawn Merritt and current defending champion and Olympic champion Kirani James in lanes 6 and 5 respectively. At the gun, Merritt took it out hard, passing Luguelín Santos to his outside and leaving him a couple meters behind at the halfway mark. James worked hard along the backstretch and into the turn to keep up with Merritt reaching the final straight two meters back, Jonathan Borlée one meter further back while the rest of the field almost 5 meters back with Santos the last out of the turn. Then the long striding James began to flail in quicksand. As Merritt charged home for the personal best 43.74 win, James fell back through the field. In lane 4, Tony McQuay asserted himself against the rest of the field, the first to pass James and run home for the silver. Borlée was clearly the next but Santos came from dead last to catch him just before the line to take the bronze.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[2]

World record  Michael Johnson (USA) 43.18 Sevilla, Spain 26 August 1999
Championship record
World Leading  Kirani James (GRN) 43.96 Saint-Denis, France 6 July 2013
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 Sevilla, Spain 26 August 1999
South American Record  Sanderlei Parrela (BRA) 44.29 Sevilla, 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
45.28 45.60

Schedule

Date Time Round
11 August 201311:05Heats
12 August 201320:05Semifinals
13 August 201321:50Final

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) advanced to the semifinals.[3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
136LaShawn Merritt United States (USA)44.92Q
257Kirani James Grenada (GRN)45.00Q
314Tony McQuay United States (USA)45.06Q
425Anderson Henriques Brazil (BRA)45.13Q, PB
538Deon Lendore Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)45.17Q
652Jarrin Solomon Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)45.19Q, PB
758Javere Bell Jamaica (JAM)45.20Q
848Luguelín Santos Dominican Republic (DOM)45.23Q
912Jonathan Borlée Belgium (BEL)45.24Q
1047Kevin Borlée Belgium (BEL)45.32Q
1127Javon Francis Jamaica (JAM)45.37Q
1226Matteo Galvan Italy (ITA)45.39Q, PB
1222Yousef Masrahi Saudi Arabia (KSA)45.39Q
1245Chris Brown Bahamas (BAH)45.39Q
1542Nigel Levine Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)45.41Q
1633Pavel Maslák Czech Republic (CZE)45.44Q
1723Arman Hall United States (USA)45.45q
1813Nick Ekelund-Arenander Denmark (DEN)45.50Q
1935José Meléndez Venezuela (VEN)45.82Q, PB
2053Gustavo Cuesta Dominican Republic (DOM)45.93Q
2143Omar Johnson Jamaica (JAM)45.97q
2224Brian Gregan Ireland (IRL)46.04q
2315Nery Brenes Costa Rica (CRC)46.16Q
2444Yuzo Kanemaru Japan (JPN)46.18q
2537Vladimir Krasnov Russia (RUS)46.23
2654Wayde van Niekerk South Africa (RSA)46.37
2734LaToy Williams Bahamas (BAH)46.65
2855Kevin Moore Malta (MLT)47.52
2916Ramon Miller Bahamas (BAH)47.53
3056Angelo Garland Turks and Caicos Islands (TKS)48.65
3132Ak Hafiy Tajuddin Rositi Brunei (BRU)49.98
3228Hamdinou Cheikh El Wely Mauritania (MTN)52.33PB
17Yoandys Lescay Cuba (CUB)DQR 163.3
46Daniel Aleman Nicaragua (NCA)DQR 163.3
18Zaw Win Thet Myanmar (MYA)DQR 163.3

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.[4]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
126LaShawn Merritt United States (USA)44.60Q
218Yousef Masrahi Saudi Arabia (KSA)44.61Q, NR
313Tony McQuay United States (USA)44.66Q
434Kirani James Grenada (GRN)44.81Q
536Luguelín Santos Dominican Republic (DOM)44.83Q
637Pavel Maslák Czech Republic (CZE)44.84q, NR
723Jonathan Borlée Belgium (BEL)44.85Q
815Anderson Henriques Brazil (BRA)44.95q, PB
914Kevin Borlée Belgium (BEL)45.03
1028Chris Brown Bahamas (BAH)45.18SB
1135Jarrin Solomon Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)45.43
1224Deon Lendore Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)45.47
1332Arman Hall United States (USA)45.54
1438Nigel Levine Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)45.60
1516Javon Francis Jamaica (JAM)45.62
1625Matteo Galvan Italy (ITA)45.69
1733Javere Bell Jamaica (JAM)45.77
1817Nick Ekelund-Arenander Denmark (DEN)45.89
1921Omar Johnson Jamaica (JAM)45.89
2022Gustavo Cuesta Dominican Republic (DOM)45.93
2112Brian Gregan Ireland (IRL)45.98
2227José Meléndez Venezuela (VEN)46.22
2311Yuzo Kanemaru Japan (JPN)46.28
2431Nery Brenes Costa Rica (CRC)46.34

Final

The final was held at 21:50.[5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
6LaShawn Merritt United States (USA)43.74PB, WL
4Tony McQuay United States (USA)44.40PB
7Luguelín Santos Dominican Republic (DOM)44.52SB
48Jonathan Borlée Belgium (BEL)44.54SB
51Pavel Maslák Czech Republic (CZE)44.91
63Yousef Masrahi Saudi Arabia (KSA)44.97
75Kirani James Grenada (GRN)44.99
82Anderson Henriques Brazil (BRA)45.03

References

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