1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

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Men's 400 metres
at the 1997 World Championships
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates3 August (heats)
4 August (semi-finals)
5 August (final)
Competitors50
Winning time44.12
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1995
1999  

These are the results of the Men's 400 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece. The winning margin was 0.25 seconds.

Contents

Medalists

Gold Flag of the United States.svg Michael Johnson
United States (USA)
Silver Flag of Uganda.svg Davis Kamoga
Uganda (UGA)
Bronze Flag of the United States.svg Tyree Washington
United States (USA)

Results

Heats

First 4 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
16 Jerome Young Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 45.34Q
23 Sanderlei Claro Parrela Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 45.35Q
33 Tyree Washington Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 45.35Q
46 Mark Richardson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 45.44Q
53 Sugath Tillakeratne Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 45.58Q, NR
63 Ibrahima Wade Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 45.61Q
74 Iwan Thomas Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 45.62Q
85 Michael Johnson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 45.66Q
93 Matthias Rusterholz Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 45.76q, SB
104 Davian Clarke Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 45.77Q
115 Eswort Coombs Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 45.78Q
126 Sunday Bada Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 45.79Q
134 Tomasz Czubak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 45.82Q
145 Hachim Ndiaye Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 45.84Q
147 Štefan Balošák Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 45.84Q
161 Jamie Baulch Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 45.85Q
163 Jean-Louis Rapnouil Flag of France.svg  France 45.85q
185 Kennedy Ochieng Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 45.88Q
186 Ibrahim Ismail Muftah Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 45.88Q
202 Michael McDonald Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 45.89Q
215 Marco Vaccari Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 46.00q
221 Roxbert Martin Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 46.04Q
234 Arnaud Malherbe Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 46.08Q
241 Tawanda Chiwira Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 46.09Q
257 Clement Chukwu Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 46.10Q
267 Robert Maćkowiak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 46.15Q
272 Davis Kamoga Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 46.17Q
284 Samir-Adel Louahla Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 46.22q
292 Alejandro Cardenas Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 46.26Q
305 Odair da Costa Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe 46.48PB
316 Soloveni Nakaunicina Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 46.51
325 Jan Poděbradský Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 46.52
331 Benjamin Youla Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 46.62Q, NR
344 Konstantinos Moumoulidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 46.64
351 Roman Galkin Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 46.82
361 Antonio Andrés Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 46.94
377 Rafik Elouardi Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 46.95
386 Shigekazu Omori Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 47.09
393 Kenmore Hughes Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 47.11SB
402 Shon Ju-Il Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 47.47Q
414 Evripides Demosthenous Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 47.57
422 Liod Kgopong Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 47.66
432 Kendon Maynard Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  United States Virgin Islands 47.83
447 Dennis Darling Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 47.96
456 Eugene Farrell Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 48.20SB
467 Angelo Ignatius Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg  Netherlands Antilles 49.01
472 Mohsin Munir Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 49.61
486 Bashir Mohamed Al Khewani Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 50.96
7 Antonio Pettigrew Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States DQQ
1 Neil de Silva Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago DNF
2 Jude Monye Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria DNS

Quarterfinals

First 3 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Jerome Young Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 44.87Q
21 Iwan Thomas Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 44.98Q
34 Mark Richardson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 45.05Q
42 Jamie Baulch Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 45.06Q
43 Clement Chukwu Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 45.06Q
63 Tyree Washington Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 45.09Q
74 Michael McDonald Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 45.16Q
82 Davis Kamoga Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 45.25Q
91 Robert Maćkowiak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 45.26Q, NR
103 Davian Clarke Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 45.27Q
111 Roxbert Martin Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 45.37q
114 Sunday Bada Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 45.37q, SB
132 Ibrahima Wade Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 45.38Q
142 Michael Johnson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 45.39q
154 Tomasz Czubak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 45.41q, PB
163 Hachim Ndiaye Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 45.44PB
172 Eswort Coombs Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 45.47
181 Štefan Balošák Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 45.48
191 Matthias Rusterholz Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 45.89
203 Sugath Tillakeratne Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 46.11
214 Ibrahim Ismail Muftah Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 46.12
222 Jean-Louis Rapnouil Flag of France.svg  France 46.14
232 Tawanda Chiwira Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 46.22
244 Samir-Adel Louahla Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 46.23
253 Kennedy Ochieng Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 46.28
262 Benjamin Youla Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 46.29 NR
273 Marco Vaccari Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 46.32
281 Alejandro Cardenas Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 46.63
294 Arnaud Malherbe Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 46.73
301 Shon Ju-Il Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 47.36
1 Antonio Pettigrew Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States DQQ
3 Sanderlei Claro Parrela Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil DNS

Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12 Michael Johnson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 44.37Q
22 Jerome Young Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 44.50Q, SB
32 Davis Kamoga Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 44.57Q, SB
41 Tyree Washington Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 44.61Q
42 Iwan Thomas Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 44.61Q
61 Mark Richardson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 44.62Q, SB
71 Jamie Baulch Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 44.69Q, SB
81 Davian Clarke Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 45.07
92 Clement Chukwu Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 45.26
101 Ibrahima Wade Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 45.47
112 Roxbert Martin Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 45.49
122 Tomasz Czubak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 45.51
132 Michael McDonald Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 45.74
141 Sunday Bada Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 45.96
1 Antonio Pettigrew Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States DQQ
1 Robert Maćkowiak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland DNS

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Michael Johnson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 44.12
Silver medal icon.svg7 Davis Kamoga Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 44.37 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Tyree Washington Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 44.39PB
45 Mark Richardson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 44.47PB
56 Jerome Young Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 44.51
62 Iwan Thomas Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 44.52
71 Jamie Baulch Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 45.22
8 Antonio Pettigrew Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States DQ

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