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2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

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Men's 400 metres
at the 2023 World Championships
VenueNational Athletics Centre
Dates20 August (heats)
22 August (semi-finals)
24 August (final)
Competitors48 from 36 nations
Winning time44.22
Medalists
gold medal    Jamaica
silver medal    Great Britain
bronze medal    United States
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The men's 400 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest, Hungary from 20 to 24 August 2023.[1] The winning margin was 0.09 seconds.

Summary

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The defending champion, Michael Norman, was unable to return due to injury, opening up the field. In the semi-finals, Antonio Watson ran his personal best of 44.13 to lead the field and pulling veteran Vernon Norwood to his personal best of 44.26 in the first semi. This relegated World Record holder, making a heroic return from what should have been a career-ending injury, Wayde van Niekerk to have to wait in the holding room to await his fate. In the second semi, Matthew Hudson-Smith led 2011 champion Kirani James In the third semi-final both 2022 Olympic champion Steven Gardiner and Olympic medalist Bayapo Ndori pulled up mid-race with hamstring injuries, opening the door for Quincy Hall.[2] van Niekerk's time qualified him for the final, but he was relegated to the inside lane 2.

From the gun in the final, Hudson-Smith was out fastest, making up the stagger on Hall to his outside at the end of the first turn. Inside of him, James was also gaining relative to the staggers. Van Niekerk pushed down the backstretch to try to regain contact with James. As they went into the final turn, Norwood began to move forward. Later in the turn, Watson started to move. As they hit the home stretch, Hudson-Smith had a metre and a half on James with Norwood and Watson about even on the outside another metre back, with van Niekerk about the same distance back on the inside. Still further back, Hall started to accelerate. Watson began to separate from Norwood and van Niekerk with Hall overstriding to try to catch them. 40 metres out, Watson caught James who could offer no more resistance. Norwood got past James and looked like he was closing on a slowing Hudson-Smith. Watson passed Hudson-Smith about 25 metres out and was on to victory. Norwood couldn't quite catch Hudson-Smith but a speeding Hall caught Norwood on the last step for bronze.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record  Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) 43.03 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 14 August 2016
Championship record  Michael Johnson (USA) 43.18 Seville, Spain 26 August 1999
World Leading  Steven Gardiner (BAH) 43.74 Székesfehérvár, Hungary 18 July 2023
African Record  Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) 43.03 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 14 August 2016
Asian Record  Youssef Ahmed Masrahi (KSA) 43.93 Beijing, China 23 August 2015
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Michael Johnson (USA) 43.18 Seville, Spain 26 August 1999
South American Record  Anthony Zambrano (COL) 43.93 Tokyo, Japan 2 August 2021
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 standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 45.00.[4]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:[1]

Date Time Round
20 August 10:25 Heats
22 August 21:00 Semi-finals
24 August 21:35 Final

Results

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Heats

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The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the semi-finals.[5]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen  Norway (NOR) 44.39 Q, NR
2 2 Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa (RSA) 44.57 Q
3 1 Steven Gardiner  Bahamas (BAH) 44.65 Q
4 2 Matthew Hudson-Smith  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 44.69 Q, SB
5 6 Bayapo Ndori  Botswana (BOT) 44.72 Q
6 5 Antonio Watson  Jamaica (JAM) 44.77 Q
7 1 Kentaro Sato  Japan (JPN) 44.77 Q, NR
8 2 Liemarvin Bonevacia  Netherlands (NED) 44.78 Q, SB
9 2 Busang Kebinatshipi  Botswana (BOT) 44.80 q, PB
10 1 Attila Molnár  Hungary (HUN) 44.84 Q, NR
11 5 Quincy Hall  United States (USA) 44.86 Q
12 3 Vernon Norwood  United States (USA) 44.87 Q
13 1 Zakithi Nene  South Africa (RSA) 44.88 q
14 4 Kirani James  Grenada (GRN) 44.91 Q
15 6 Alexander Doom  Belgium (BEL) 44.92 Q, PB
16 4 Fuga Sato  Japan (JPN) 44.97 Q, PB
17 4 Sean Bailey  Jamaica (JAM) 44.98 Q
18 1 Michael Joseph  Saint Lucia (LCA) 45.04 q
19 6 Zandrion Barnes  Jamaica (JAM) 45.05 Q
20 4 Davide Re  Italy (ITA) 45.07 q, SB
21 5 Yuki Joseph Nakajima  Japan (JPN) 45.15 Q
22 3 Jereem Richards  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 45.15 Q
23 4 Leungo Scotch  Botswana (BOT) 45.20 q
24 3 Dylan Borlée  Belgium (BEL) 45.24 q
25 6 Lucas Carvalho  Brazil (BRA) 45.34
25 6 Manuel Sanders  Germany (GER) 45.34
27 3 Oleksandr Pohorilko  Ukraine (UKR) 45.37
28 3 João Coelho  Portugal (POR) 45.38
29 2 Elián Larregina  Argentina (ARG) 45.42
30 5 Lythe Pillay  South Africa (RSA) 45.58
31 4 Dubem Nwachukwu  Nigeria (NGR) 45.60
32 4 Gustav Lundholm Nielsen [de]  Denmark (DEN) 45.66 PB
33 5 Lionel Spitz  Switzerland (SUI) 45.69
34 1 Aruna Dharshana  Sri Lanka (SRI) 45.70
35 1 Bonface Mweresa  Kenya (KEN) 45.91
36 6 Matěj Krsek  Czech Republic (CZE) 45.99
37 3 Jonathan Jones  Barbados (BAR) 46.03
38 6 Bryce Deadmon  United States (USA) 46.20
39 5 Karol Zalewski  Poland (POL) 46.53
40 5 Christopher O'Donnell  Ireland (IRL) 46.76
41 2 Alonzo Russell  Bahamas (BAH) 46.95
5 Desean Anju L Boyce  Barbados (BAR) DNF
2 Anthony Zambrano  Colombia (COL) DQ
4 Carl Bengtström  Sweden (SWE) DQ
3 Ricky Petrucciani  Switzerland (SUI) DNS

Semi-finals

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The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.[6]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Antonio Watson  Jamaica (JAM) 44.13 Q, PB
2 1 Vernon Norwood  United States (USA) 44.26 Q, PB
3 2 Matthew Hudson-Smith  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 44.26 Q, AR
4 3 Quincy Hall  United States (USA) 44.43 Q
5 2 Kirani James  Grenada (GRN) 44.58 Q
6 1 Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa (RSA) 44.65 q
7 2 Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen  Norway (NOR) 44.70 q
8 1 Jereem Richards  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 44.76
9 2 Fuga Sato  Japan (JPN) 44.88 PB
10 3 Sean Bailey  Jamaica (JAM) 44.94 Q
11 1 Kentaro Sato  Japan (JPN) 44.99
12 1 Attila Molnár  Hungary (HUN) 45.02
13 3 Yuki Joseph Nakajima  Japan (JPN) 45.04 PB
14 2 Liemarvin Bonevacia  Netherlands (NED) 45.23
15 3 Davide Re  Italy (ITA) 45.29
16 2 Zandrion Barnes  Jamaica (JAM) 45.38
17 1 Michael Joseph  Saint Lucia (LCA) 45.50
18 3 Alexander Doom  Belgium (BEL) 45.57
19 2 Dylan Borlée  Belgium (BEL) 45.59
20 3 Zakithi Nene  South Africa (RSA) 45.64
21 1 Leungo Scotch  Botswana (BOT) 45.96
22 2 Busang Kebinatshipi  Botswana (BOT) 46.39
3 Steven Gardiner  Bahamas (BAH) DNF
3 Bayapo Ndori  Botswana (BOT)

Final

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The final started at 21:35 on 24 August.[7] The results were as follows:[8]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Antonio Watson  Jamaica (JAM) 44.22
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Matthew Hudson-Smith  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 44.31
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Quincy Hall  United States (USA) 44.37 PB
4 Vernon Norwood  United States (USA) 44.39
5 Sean Bailey  Jamaica (JAM) 44.96
6 Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen  Norway (NOR) 45.08
7 Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa (RSA) 45.11
Kirani James  Grenada (GRN) DQ TR17.3.1: Lane infraction

References

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  1. ^ a b "Timetable - Budapest 23 - World Athletics Championship - Men 400 Metres". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  2. ^ World Athletics Championships 2023: Wayde van Niekerk moves through to 400m final after semi-final scare Archived 12 February 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Olympics (22 August 2023). Retrieved 2023-08-22.
  3. ^ "400 Metres Men − Records". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Qualification system published for World Athletics Championships Budapest 23" (PDF). World Athletics. worldathletics.org. 19 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Summary - 400 Metres Men - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Summary - 400 Metres Men - Semi-finals" (PDF). World Athletics. 22 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  7. ^ "START LIST - 400 Metres Men - Final" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 24 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 February 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  8. ^ "RESULTS 400 Metres Men - Final" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 24 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.