2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

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The men's 400 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 9, 10 and 12 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. The winning margin was 0.42 seconds.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Wariner
United States (USA)
Silver Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Rock
United States (USA)
Bronze Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tyler Christopher
Canada (CAN)

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

Heats

August 9, 2005

Heat 1

  1. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Timothy Benjamin 44.85 Q
  2. Flag of Jamaica.svg Brandon Simpson 44.98 Q
  3. Flag of Nigeria.svg James Godday 45.30 q (PB)
  4. Flag of Botswana.svg California Molefe 45.34 q (NR)
  5. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Pierre Lavanchy 45.79 q
  6. Flag of Croatia.svg Željko Vincek 46.03
  7. Flag of Jordan.svg Abdesalem Khalifeh Bajes Al-Hajjaj 48.89
  8. Flag of Monaco.svg Florent Battistel 50.54

Heat 2

  1. Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Wariner 45.24 Q
  2. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Tobin 45.41 Q
  3. Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Young Talkmore Nyongani 45.55 q
  4. Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi 45.88 q
  5. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Cedric van Branteghem 46.42
  6. Flag of Mexico.svg Alejandro Cárdenas 46.73 (SB)
  7. Flag of French Polynesia.svg Isaac Yaya 47.75

Heat 3

  1. Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Steffensen 45.62 Q
  2. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tyler Christopher 45.66 Q
  3. Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Arismendy Peguero 45.80 q (SB)
  4. Flag of Mauritius.svg Eric Milazar 45.91
  5. Flag of the Bahamas.svg Andrae Williams 46.49
  6. Flag of Germany.svg Simon Kirch 47.45
  7. Flag of Yemen.svg Saeed Al-Adhreai 49.74

Heat 4

  1. Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Rock 44.98 Q
  2. Flag of the Bahamas.svg Chris Brown 45.20 Q
  3. Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Barberi 45.70 q (PB)
  4. Flag of Tunisia.svg Sofiane Labidi 45.71 q
  5. Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuhiro Sato 45.78 q (SB)
  6. Flag of Brazil.svg Anderson Jorge dos Santos 46.32
  7. Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chung Cheng-Kang 47.85 (PB)
  8. Flag of San Marino.svg Glauco Martini 51.48

Heat 5

  1. Flag of Jamaica.svg Michael Blackwood 45.58 Q
  2. Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Carlos Santa 45.63 Q
  3. Flag of Grenada.svg Alleyne Francique 45.77 q
  4. Flag of Poland.svg Marcin Marciniszyn 45.97
  5. Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Damion Barry 46.20
  6. Flag of Costa Rica.svg Nery Brenes 47.11
  7. Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Ibrahim Ahmadov 48.51

Heat 6

  1. Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-2003).svg Gary Kikaya 45.88 Q
  2. Flag of Jamaica.svg Lanceford Spence 46.21 Q
  3. Flag of South Africa.svg Ofentse Mogawane 46.80
  4. Flag of Barbados.svg Wilan Louis 46.93
  5. Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Prasanna Sampath Amarasekara 47.11
  6. Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Chris Meke Walasi 49.47

Heat 7

  1. Flag of the United States.svg Darold Williamson 45.97 Q
  2. Flag of Sudan.svg Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr 46.02 Q
  3. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Malachi Davis 46.14
  4. Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Ato Modibo 46.28
  5. Flag of France.svg Leslie Djhone 46.57
  6. Flag of Dominica.svg Chris Lloyd 47.13
  7. Flag of Vanuatu.svg Moses Kamut 48.63

Semi-finals

August 10, 2005

Heat 1

  1. Flag of Jamaica.svg Brandon Simpson 45.53 Q
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Rock 45.78 Q
  3. Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Steffensen 46.06 q
  4. Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Carlos Santa 46.07
  5. Flag of Grenada.svg Alleyne Francique 46.59
  6. Flag of Nigeria.svg James Godday 46.62
  7. Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi 46.80
  8. Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Barberi 47.10

Heat 2

  1. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tyler Christopher 45.47 Q
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Darold Williamson 45.65 Q
  3. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Timothy Benjamin 45.66 q
  4. Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Arismendy Peguero 46.08
  5. Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-2003).svg Gary Kikaya 46.15
  6. Flag of Sudan.svg Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr 46.67
  7. Flag of Jamaica.svg Lanceford Spence 47.20

Heat 3

  1. Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Wariner 45.65 Q
  2. Flag of the Bahamas.svg Chris Brown 45.67 Q
  3. Flag of Jamaica.svg Michael Blackwood 46.25
  4. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Tobin 46.69
  5. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Pierre Lavanchy 47.19
  6. Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Young Talkmore Nyongani 47.20
  7. Flag of Botswana.svg California Molefe 47.26
  8. Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuhiro Sato 48.55

Final

August 12, 2005

  1. Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Wariner 43.93 (WL)
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Rock 44.35 (PB)
  3. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tyler Christopher 44.44 (NR)
  4. Flag of the Bahamas.svg Chris Brown 44.48 (PB)
  5. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Timothy Benjamin 44.93
  6. Flag of Jamaica.svg Brandon Simpson 45.01
  7. Flag of the United States.svg Darold Williamson 45.12
  8. Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Steffensen 45.46