2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles


The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on.

Summary

led the final from start to finish. At the final hurdle, Abderrahman Samba, in second place and seemingly gaining on Warholm, stumbled and struggled to maintain his balance, dropping to seventh. From the last hurdle to the finish line Warholm increased his speed again, winning by a comfortable margin, while Yasmani Copello overtook Kerron Clement on the final run in to gain silver.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthleteDateLocation
World46.78Kevin Young6 Aug 1992Barcelona, Spain
Championship47.18Kevin Young19 Aug 1993Stuttgart, Germany
World leading47.80Kyron McMasterKingston, Jamaica
African47.10Samuel Matete7 Aug 1991Zürich, Switzerland
Asian47.53Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily27 Sep 2000Sydney, Australia
NACAC46.78Kevin Young6 Aug 1992Barcelona, Spain
South American47.84Bayano Kamani7 Aug 2005Helsinki, Finland
European47.37Stéphane Diagana5 Jul 1995Lausanne, Switzerland
Oceanian48.28Rohan Robinson31 Jul 1996Atlanta, United States

The following records were set at the competition:
RecordAthleteDate
Argentine49.69Guillermo Ruggeri6 Aug 2017

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 49.35.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time, is as follows:
DateTimeRound
6 August11:05Heats
7 August20:20Semifinals
9 August21:33Final

Results

Heats

The first round took place on 6 August in five heats as follows:
Heat12345
Start time11:0511:1311:2211:3111:41
Photo finish

The first four in each heat and the next four fastest qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
138Yasmani Copello49.13
249Juander Santos49.19
352Mamadou Kassé Hanne49.34
424TJ Holmes49.35
539Abderrahman Samba49.39
657Márcio Teles49.41
754Patryk Dobek49.42
815Kerron Clement49.46
934Ludvy Vaillant49.49
1044Karsten Warholm49.50
1155Aron Koech49.55
1253Jack Green49.55
1358Eric Futch49.57
1413Takatoshi Abe49.65
1543Guillermo Ruggeri49.69,
1629Jaheel Hyde49.72
1725Abdelmalik Lahoulou49.78
1826Thomas Barr49.79
1932José Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon49.79
2016Jaak-Heinrich Jagor49.81
2147Ricardo Cunningham49.91
2218Kemar Mowatt50.00
2345Victor Coroller50.00
2437Kariem Hussein50.12
2514Hederson Estefani50.22
2635Jordin Andrade50.32
2712Javier Culson50.33
2823Yusuke Ishida50.35
2922Lorenzo Vergani50.37
3059Sergio Fernández50.38
3146Ryo Kajiki51.36
3236Creve Armando Machava51.71
3317José Luis Gaspar51.82
3456Mehboob Ali52.24
3527Ephraim Lerkin52.36
3619Pablo Andrés Ibáñez52.72
42Michael Stigler
28Kyron McMaster
48Eric Cray
33Rasmus Mägi

Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 7 August in three heats as follows:
Heat123
Start time20:2020:3020:40
Photo finish

The first two in each heat and the next two fastest qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
117Kerron Clement48.35
215Karsten Warholm48.43
314Juander Santos48.59,
413Kemar Mowatt48.66
536Abderrahman Samba48.75
634Yasmani Copello48.91
726TJ Holmes49.12
822Kariem Hussein49.13
932Eric Futch49.30
1018Abdelmalik Lahoulou49.33
1116Patryk Dobek49.40
1227Jaheel Hyde49.75
1323Jack Green49.93
1424Takatoshi Abe49.93
1535Ludvy Vaillant49.95
1638José Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon50.29
1725Mamadou Kassé Hanne50.35
1829Aron Kipchumba Koech50.40
1928Jaak-Heinrich Jagor50.43
2033Ricardo Cunningham50.54
2112Victor Coroller55.69
37Márcio Teles
39Guillermo Ruggeri
19Thomas Barr

Final

The final took place on 9 August at 20:34. The results were as follows :
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Karsten Warholm48.35
8Yasmani Copello48.49
4Kerron Clement48.52
43Kemar Mowatt48.99
57TJ Holmes49.00
62Juander Santos49.04
76Abderrahman Samba49.74
89Kariem Hussein50.07