2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

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These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 36 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Friday August 29, 2003 at 22:05h.

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Summary

Félix Sánchez went out with purpose, to defend his championship, taking a clear lead over the first hurdle. He never looked back, just continuing to extend his lead to win by almost a full second. His winning time of 47.25 turned out to be the lifetime personal record of the future double Olympic gold medalist. It was the number 7 time in history, at the time, and has only been surpassed once since, by .01 by 2008 gold medalist Angelo Taylor, though it was also tied by Kerron Clement as he won the 2016 Olympics (which name-checks all Olympic champions from this era, 2000-2016).

Behind Sánchez was the battle for the other medals. Immediately outside of Sánchez, Joey Woody started slower, so Sánchez made up the stagger and passed Woody between the second and third hurdle. The closest to Sánchez, immediately to his inside was Periklis Iakovakis. Through the final turn, Chris Rawlinson and Danny McFarlane began to pull even with Iakovakis. By the eighth hurdle, Llewellyn Herbert pulled even with McFarlane. Between the eighth and ninth hurdles, Herbert put on a burst that put a meter on everyone except Sánchez, with Woody moving into contention behind him. Herbert had a firm grasp on silver until he hit the tenth hurdle, sprawling him to the track. Woody was the next to clear the hurdle and finished strongly to take that silver, a meter ahead of Iakovakis.

Final

RANKFINALTIME
Med 1.png Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Félix Sánchez  (DOM)47.25
Med 2.png Flag of the United States.svg  Joey Woody  (USA)48.18
Med 3.png Flag of Greece.svg  Periklis Iakovakis  (GRE)48.24
4.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Danny McFarlane  (JAM)48.30
5.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Kemel Thompson  (JAM)48.51
6.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Christopher Rawlinson  (GBR)48.90
7.Flag of Qatar.svg  Mubarak Faraj Al-Nubi  (QAT)52.64
8.Flag of South Africa.svg  Llewellyn Herbert  (RSA)1:12.10

Semi-final

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.Flag of Greece.svg  Periklis Iakovakis  (GRE)48.17
2.Flag of the United States.svg  Joey Woody  (USA)48.24
3.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Danny McFarlane  (JAM)48.35
4.Flag of Qatar.svg  Mubarak Faraj Al-Nubi  (QAT)48.53
5.Flag of France.svg  Stéphane Diagana  (FRA)48.64
6.Flag of Russia.svg  Boris Gorban  (RUS)49.42
7.Flag of Sweden.svg  Mikael Jakobsson  (SWE)50.06
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Anthony Borsumato  (GBR)DNF


RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Félix Sánchez  (DOM)48.16
2.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Christopher Rawlinson  (GBR)48.56
3.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Dean Griffiths  (JAM)48.64
4.Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Yevgeniy Meleshenko  (KAZ)48.84
5.Flag of South Africa.svg  Alwyn Myburgh  (RSA)48.98
6.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Stepan Tesarik  (CZE)49.23
7.Flag of Japan.svg  Dai Tamesue  (JPN)49.37
8.Flag of France.svg  Naman Keïta  (FRA)49.57


RANKHEAT 3TIME
1.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Kemel Thompson  (JAM)48.33
2.Flag of South Africa.svg  Llewellyn Herbert  (RSA)48.60
3.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jirí Mužík  (CZE)48.82
4.Flag of the United States.svg  Eric Thomas  (USA)49.00
5.Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily  (KSA)49.25
6.Flag of South Africa.svg  Ockert Cilliers  (RSA)49.32
7.Flag of Spain.svg  Eduardo Iván Rodríguez  (ESP)50.06
8.Flag of France.svg  Sébastien Maillard  (FRA)50.70

Heats

Held on Tuesday 2003-08-26

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.Flag of Greece.svg  Periklis Iakovakis  (GRE)48.76
2.Flag of the United States.svg  Eric Thomas  (USA)48.87
3.Flag of France.svg  Stéphane Diagana  (FRA)49.00
4.Flag of Japan.svg  Dai Tamesue  (JPN)49.45
5.Flag of Finland.svg  Ari-Pekka Lattu  (FIN)50.19
6.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Adam Kunkel  (CAN)50.68
7.Flag of Belize.svg  Michael Aguilar  (BIZ)51.33 [1]


RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.Flag of the United States.svg  Joey Woody  (USA)48.53
2.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Christopher Rawlinson  (GBR)48.73
3.Flag of Qatar.svg  Mubarak Faraj Al-Nubi  (QAT)48.90
4.Flag of Russia.svg  Boris Gorban  (RUS)49.07
5.Flag of France.svg  Naman Keïta  (FRA)49.08
6.Flag of Spain.svg  Eduardo Iván Rodríguez  (ESP)49.37
7.Flag of Portugal.svg  Edivaldo Monteiro  (POR)50.31
8.Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Tien-Wen Chen  (TPE)51.42


RANKHEAT 3TIME
1.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Kemel Thompson  (JAM)48.63
2.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jirí Mužík  (CZE)48.88
3.Flag of South Africa.svg  Alwyn Myburgh  (RSA)48.92
4.Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily  (KSA)48.97
5.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Anthony Borsumato  (GBR)49.16
6.Flag of Sweden.svg  Mikael Jakobsson  (SWE)49.40
7.Flag of Cuba.svg  Yacnier Luis  (CUB)49.73


RANKHEAT 4TIME
1.Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Félix Sánchez  (DOM)48.43
2.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Dean Griffiths  (JAM)48.75
3.Flag of South Africa.svg  Ockert Cilliers  (RSA)49.17
4.Flag of France.svg  Sébastien Maillard  (FRA)49.25
5.Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Cédric El-Idrissi  (SUI)50.04
6.Flag of Japan.svg  Ken Yoshizawa  (JPN)50.34
7.Flag of Panama.svg  Bayano Kamani  (PAN)51.18


RANKHEAT 5TIME
1.Flag of South Africa.svg  Llewellyn Herbert  (RSA)48.55
2.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Danny McFarlane  (JAM)48.86
3.Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Yevgeniy Meleshenko  (KAZ)48.95
4.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Stepan Tesarik  (CZE)49.09
5.Flag of Nigeria.svg  Victor Okorie  (NGR)49.66
Flag of the United States.svg  Bershawn Jackson  (USA)DQ
Flag of Mali.svg  Ibrahim Maïga  (MLI)DQ

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