1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

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Men's 400 metres
at the 1999 World Championships
Venue Estadio Olímpico
Dates22 August (heats)
23 August (quarter-finals)
24 August (semi-finals)
26 August (final)
Competitors48
Winning time43.18 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
  1997
2001  
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These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 48 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final held on Thursday 26 August 1999 at 8.45 pm. The winning margin was 1.11 seconds which as of May 2025 remains the greatest winning margin in the history of the men's 400 metres at these championships and the only time this race has been won by over one second. It was also a greater winning margin than the men's 5,000 metres in 1999.

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Final

RANKFINALTIME
Med 1.png Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Johnson  (USA)43.18 Sport records icon WR.svg Sport records icon CR.svg
Med 2.png Flag of Brazil.svg  Sanderlei Claro Parrela  (BRA)44.29
Med 3.png Flag of Mexico.svg  Alejandro Cárdenas  (MEX)44.31
4.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mark Richardson  (GBR)44.65
5.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Gregory Haughton  (JAM)45.07
6.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jamie Baulch  (GBR)45.18
Flag of the United States.svg  Antonio Pettigrew  (USA)DQ
Flag of the United States.svg  Jerome Young  (USA)DQ

Semi-final

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Johnson  (USA)43.95
2.Flag of Mexico.svg  Alejandro Cárdenas  (MEX)44.37
3.Flag of Brazil.svg  Sanderlei Claro Parrela  (BRA)44.37
4.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mark Richardson  (GBR)44.47
5.Flag of the United States.svg  Jerome Davis  (USA)44.51
6.Flag of Poland.svg  Tomasz Czubak  (POL)44.62 (NR)
7.Flag of Kenya.svg  Kennedy Ochieng  (KEN)45.57
8.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Danny McFarlane  (JAM)45.86


RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Gregory Haughton  (JAM)45.09
2.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jamie Baulch  (GBR)45.24
3.Flag of Slovenia.svg  Matija Šestak  (SLO)45.47
4.Flag of Senegal.svg  Ibrahima Wade  (SEN)45.66
5.Flag of Brazil.svg  Anderson Jorge dos Santos  (BRA)45.67
Flag of the United States.svg  Antonio Pettigrew  (USA)DQ
Flag of the United States.svg  Jerome Young  (USA)DQ
Flag of Poland.svg  Piotr Rysiukiewicz  (POL)DNF

Quarter-finals

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jamie Baulch  (GBR)45.14
3.Flag of Poland.svg  Piotr Rysiukiewicz  (POL)45.54
4.Flag of Brazil.svg  Anderson Jorge dos Santos  (BRA)45.61
5.Flag of Japan.svg  Jun Osakada  (JPN)45.71
6.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Michael McDonald  (JAM)45.87
7.Flag of Nigeria.svg  Udeme Ekpeyong  (NGR)46.40
8.Flag of South Africa.svg  Jopie van Oudtshoorn  (RSA)46.42
Flag of the United States.svg  Antonio Pettigrew  (USA)DQ


RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Johnson  (USA)45.10
2.Flag of Poland.svg  Tomasz Czubak  (POL)45.27
3.Flag of Senegal.svg  Ibrahima Wade  (SEN)45.53
4.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Danny McFarlane  (JAM)45.54
5.Flag of Nigeria.svg  Sunday Bada  (NGR)45.69
6.Flag of Spain.svg  David Canal  (ESP)46.21
7.Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sugath Tillakeratne  (SRI)46.40
8.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Shane Niemi  (CAN)46.57


RANKHEAT 3TIME
1.Flag of Mexico.svg  Alejandro Cárdenas  (MEX)44.97
2.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mark Richardson  (GBR)44.98
3.Flag of Kenya.svg  Kennedy Ochieng  (KEN)45.13
4.Flag of Poland.svg  Robert Maćkowiak  (POL)45.23
5.Flag of South Africa.svg  Arnaud Malherbe  (RSA)45.77
6.Flag of France.svg  Marc Foucan  (FRA)45.78
Flag of the United States.svg  Jerome Young  (USA)DQ
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Eric Milazar  (MRI)DNS


RANKHEAT 4TIME
1.Flag of Brazil.svg  Sanderlei Claro Parrela  (BRA)44.72
2.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Gregory Haughton  (JAM)45.13
3.Flag of the United States.svg  Jerome Davis  (USA)45.14
4.Flag of Slovenia.svg  Matija Šestak  (SLO)45.43
5.Flag of Nigeria.svg  Clement Chukwu  (NGR)45.50
6.Flag of Qatar.svg  Ibrahim Ismail Muftah  (QAT)46.04
7.Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Phillip Mukomana  (ZIM)46.36
8.Flag of Japan.svg  Masayoshi Kan  (JPN)46.37

Heats

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.Flag of Poland.svg  Tomasz Czubak  (POL)45.13
2.Flag of the United States.svg  Jerome Davis  (USA)45.25
3.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mark Richardson  (GBR)45.26
4.Flag of Slovenia.svg  Matija Šestak  (SLO)45.47
5.Flag of Nigeria.svg  Clement Chukwu  (NGR)45.95
6.Flag of Japan.svg  Kenji Tabata  (JPN)46.42
7.Flag of South Africa.svg  Adriaan Botha  (RSA)46.44
8.Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Carlos Santa  (DOM)46.80


RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.Flag of Mexico.svg  Alejandro Cárdenas  (MEX)45.34
2.Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Johnson  (USA)45.35
3.Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Phillip Mukomana  (ZIM)45.63
4.Flag of Mauritius.svg  Eric Milazar  (MRI)45.90
5.Flag of Kenya.svg  Kennedy Ochieng  (KEN)46.13
6.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Solomon Wariso  (GBR)46.61
7.Flag of Cyprus.svg  Evripides Demosthenous  (CYP)46.72
8.Flag of Ireland.svg  Paul McBurney  (IRL)46.87


RANKHEAT 3TIME
1.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Michael McDonald  (JAM)45.13
2.Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sugath Tillakeratne  (SRI)45.73
3.Flag of Qatar.svg  Ibrahim Ismail Muftah  (QAT)45.94
4.Flag of Nigeria.svg  Udeme Ekpeyong  (NGR)46.25
5.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Shane Niemi  (CAN)46.33
6.Flag of Russia.svg  Dmitriy Golovastov  (RUS)46.53
7.Flag of Zambia.svg  Bothwell Namuswa  (ZAM)48.10
Flag of the United States.svg  Antonio Pettigrew  (USA)DQ


RANKHEAT 4TIME
1.Flag of Brazil.svg  Sanderlei Claro Parrela  (BRA)45.15
2.Flag of Spain.svg  David Canal  (ESP)45.36
3.Flag of Poland.svg  Robert Maćkowiak  (POL)45.51
4.Flag of South Africa.svg  Arnaud Malherbe  (RSA)45.56
5.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Danny McFarlane  (JAM)45.58
6.Flag of Nigeria.svg  Sunday Bada  (NGR)45.61
7.Flag of Japan.svg  Masayoshi Kan  (JPN)46.20
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Benjamin Youla  (CGO)DNS


RANKHEAT 5TIME
1.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jamie Baulch  (GBR)45.51
2.Flag of Senegal.svg  Ibrahima Wade  (SEN)45.76
3.Flag of Poland.svg  Piotr Rysiukiewicz  (POL)46.12
4.Flag of Greece.svg  Anastasios Goussis  (GRE)46.60
5.Flag of Slovakia.svg  Marcel Lopuchovsky  (SVK)46.97
6.Flag of Kenya.svg  Abednego Matilu  (KEN)47.42
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Neil de Silva  (TRI)DQ
Flag of the United States.svg  Jerome Young  (USA)DQ


RANKHEAT 6TIME
1.Flag of Brazil.svg  Anderson Jorge dos Santos  (BRA)45.72
2.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Gregory Haughton  (JAM)45.87
3.Flag of Japan.svg  Jun Osakada  (JPN)45.94
4.Flag of South Africa.svg  Jopie van Oudtshoorn  (RSA)45.98
5.Flag of France.svg  Marc Foucan  (FRA)46.13
6.Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Matthias Rusterholz  (SUI)46.43
7.Flag of Grenada.svg  Alleyne Francique  (GRN)47.49
8.Flag of Malta.svg  Rashid Chouhal  (MLT)48.32

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