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    South Africa
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Grenada
← 2013
2017 →

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

[edit]

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

[edit]

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

[edit]
Entry standards[7]
45.50

Schedule

[edit]
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

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

Heats

[edit]

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

Semifinals

[edit]

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

Final

[edit]

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 (RSA) 43.48 WL, AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 LaShawn Merritt  United States (USA) 43.65 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Kirani James  Grenada (GRN) 43.78 SB
4 7 Luguelín Santos  Dominican Republic (DOM) 44.11 NR
5 4 Isaac Makwala  Botswana (BOT) 44.63
6 3 Rabah Yousif  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 44.68
7 2 Machel Cedenio  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 45.06
8 9 Yousef Masrahi  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 45.15

References

[edit]
  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