2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2007 World Championships
Venue	Nagai Stadium
Dates	25 August (heats) 26 August (semifinals) 28 August (final)
Competitors	37
Winning time	47.61
Medalists
Kerron Clement   United States  (USA)   Félix Sánchez   Dominican Republic  (DOM)   Marek Plawgo   Poland  (POL)
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The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 25, 26 and 28 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kerron Clement   United States	Félix Sánchez   Dominican Republic	Marek Plawgo   Poland

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record	Kevin Young  (USA)	46.78	Barcelona, Spain	6 August 1992
Championship record	Kevin Young  (USA)	47.18	Stuttgart, Germany	19 August 1993
World leading	James Carter  (USA)	47.72	Indianapolis, United States	23 June 2007
African record	Samuel Matete  (ZAM)	47.10	Zürich, Switzerland	7 August 1991
Asian record	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily  (KSA)	47.53	Sydney, Australia	27 September 2000
North American record	Kevin Young  (USA)	46.78	Barcelona, Spain	6 August 1992
South American record	Bayano Kamani  (PAN)	47.84	Helsinki, Finland	7 August 2005
European record	Stéphane Diagana  (FRA)	47.37	Lausanne, Switzerland	5 July 1995
Oceanian record	Rohan Robinson  (AUS)	48.28	Atlanta, United States	31 July 1996

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 25, 2007	20:45	Heats
August 26, 2007	21:45	Semifinals
August 28, 2007	22:20	Final

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

WR

World record

AR

Area record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Félix Sánchez	Dominican Republic	48.70	Q, SB
2	5	Bershawn Jackson	United States	48.87	Q
3	3	Danny McFarlane	Jamaica	48.91	Q
4	5	Kenji Narisako	Japan	48.92	Q, SB
5	4	Adam Kunkel	Canada	49.03	Q
6	3	Kerron Clement	United States	49.07	Q
7	3	Javier Culson	Puerto Rico	49.09	Q
8	4	Periklis Iakovakis	Greece	49.10	Q
9	4	Pieter de Villiers	South Africa	49.24	Q
10	5	Isa Phillips	Jamaica	49.38	Q
11	4	Fadil Bellaabouss	France	49.51	Q
12	2	James Carter	United States	49.52	Q
13	5	Ibrahima Maïga	Mali	49.55	q
14	4	Jonathan Williams	Belize	49.61	q
15	5	Joseph Abraham	India	49.64	q
16	1	Derrick Williams	United States	49.65	Q
17	1	Marek Plawgo	Poland	49.66	Q
17	1	Meng Yan	China	49.66	Q
17	3	Edivaldo Monteiro	Portugal	49.66	Q
17	3	Aleksandr Derevyagin	Russia	49.66	q
21	2	Bayano Kamani	Panama	49.67	Q
21	3	Dai Tamesue	Japan	49.67
23	1	L. J. van Zyl	South Africa	49.71
24	2	Gianni Carabelli	Italy	49.81	Q
25	2	Yevgeniy Meleshenko	Kazakhstan	49.94	Q
26	3	Dale Garland	United Kingdom	49.98
27	2	Kurt Couto	Mozambique	50.06
28	1	Raphael Fernandes	Brazil	50.33
29	2	Masahira Yoshikata	Japan	50.59
30	5	José María Romera	Spain	50.82
31	5	Nawaz Haq	Pakistan	51.72	PB
32	1	Allan Ayala Acevedo	Guatemala	52.26
33	4	Mowen Boino	Papua New Guinea	52.45
34	1	Jonnie Lowe	Honduras	52.66
	1	Naman Keïta	France		DSQ
	2	Alwyn Myburgh	South Africa		DNF
	4	Markino Buckley	Jamaica		DNF
	4	Ali Obaid Shirook	United Arab Emirates		DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Marek Plawgo	Poland	48.18	Q, SB
2	1	James Carter	United States	48.30	Q
3	1	Danny McFarlane	Jamaica	48.32	q, SB
4	2	Félix Sánchez	Dominican Republic	48.35	Q, SB
5	1	Derrick Williams	United States	48.43	q
6	1	Kenji Narisako	Japan	48.44	SB
6	2	Periklis Iakovakis	Greece	48.44	Q
8	3	Kerron Clement	United States	48.60	Q
9	3	Adam Kunkel	Canada	48.66	Q
10	2	Bershawn Jackson	United States	48.95
11	2	Aleksandr Derevyagin	Russia	49.11	PB
12	3	Bayano Kamani	Panama	49.13
13	1	Fadil Bellaabouss	France	49.17	PB
14	2	Edivaldo Monteiro	Portugal	49.31	SB
15	2	Pieter de Villiers	South Africa	49.37
16	3	Isa Phillips	Jamaica	49.47
17	1	Joseph Abraham	India	49.51	NR
18	1	Yevgeniy Meleshenko	Kazakhstan	49.56	SB
19	2	Javier Culson	Puerto Rico	49.64
20	2	Meng Yan	China	49.70
21	3	Jonathan Williams	Belize	49.77
22	3	Gianni Carabelli	Italy	50.35
23	3	Ibrahima Maïga	Mali	51.24
	3	Naman Keïta	France		DSQ

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kerron Clement	United States	47.61	WL
	Félix Sánchez	Dominican Republic	48.01	SB
	Marek Plawgo	Poland	48.12	NR
4	James Carter	United States	48.40
5	Danny McFarlane	Jamaica	48.59
6	Periklis Iakovakis	Greece	49.25
7	Derrick Williams	United States	52.97
	Adam Kunkel	Canada		DNF

References

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