2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

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The men's 400 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 18, 19 and 21 August. The winning margin was 0.54 seconds.

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The United States had a strong tradition in the event, with an American topping the Olympic 400 m podium every time since the 1988 Olympics. Similar to the 2007 World Championships, Jeremy Wariner and LaShawn Merritt were the clear favourites. However, on this occasion, recent form favoured the Olympic champion Merritt instead of the reigning world champion Wariner. Both Americans were undefeated that season but Merritt held the world-leading time of 44.50 seconds. A gold or silver medallist outside of these two competitors seemed unlikely; Bahamian Chris Brown, Irishman David Gillick, Frenchman Leslie Djhone and the other two runners from the United States (Gil Roberts and Lionel Larry) were seen to be capable of a bronze at best. [1]

On the first day, Ramon Miller surprised as the fastest qualifier in the heats, scoring a new personal best of 45 seconds. Tabarie Henry, Djhone and Renny Quow were the next fastest, and African record holder Gary Kikaya was most high-profile casualty of the first round, having been disqualified for a lane infraction. [2]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
LaShawn Merritt
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Jeremy Wariner
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Renny Quow
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago

Records

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

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Johnson  (USA)43.18 Seville, Spain 26 August 1999
Championship record Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Johnson  (USA)43.18Seville, Spain26 August 1999
World LeadingFlag of the United States.svg  LaShawn Merritt  (USA)44.50 Baie-Mahault, France 3 July 2009
African record Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Gary Kikaya  (COD)44.10 Stuttgart, Germany 9 September 2006
Asian record Flag of Oman.svg  Mohamed Amer Al-Malky  (OMA)44.56 Budapest, Hungary 12 August 1988
North American record Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Johnson  (USA)43.18Seville, Spain26 August 1999
South American record Flag of Brazil.svg  Sanderlei Parrela  (BRA)44.29Seville, Spain26 August 1999
European record Flag of East Germany.svg  Thomas Schönlebe  (GDR)44.33 Rome, Italy 3 September 1987
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Darren Clark  (AUS)44.38 Seoul, South Korea 26 September 1988

Qualification standards

A timeB time
45.5545.95

Schedule

DateTimeRound
August 18, 200911:05 Heats
August 19, 200918:15 Semifinals
August 21, 200921:20 Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 3 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Ramon Miller Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 45.00Q, PB
27 Tabarie Henry Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands 45.14Q
35 Leslie Djhone Flag of France.svg  France 45.20Q
42 Renny Quow Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 45.21Q
54 LaShawn Merritt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 45.23Q
67 Sean Wroe Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 45.31Q
74 John Steffensen Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 45.37Q
87 Martyn Rooney Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 45.45Q
91 Robert Tobin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 45.50Q
102 William Collazo Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 45.52Q
113 Chris Brown Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 45.53Q
126 Jeremy Wariner Flag of the United States.svg  United States 45.54Q
121 David Gillick Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 45.54Q
123 Michael Bingham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 45.54Q
151 Rabah Yousif Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 45.55Q, PB
157 Erison Hurtault Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 45.55q, SB
173 Joel Milburn Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 45.56Q, SB
177 Mohamed Ashour Khouaja Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya 45.56q, NR
196 Ricardo Chambers Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 45.57Q
202 Kevin Borlée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 45.61Q
211 Lionel Larry Flag of the United States.svg  United States 45.64q
222 Marcin Marciniszyn Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 45.77SB
235 Johan Wissman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 45.83Q
244 Matteo Galvan Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 45.86Q, PB
255 Maksim Dyldin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 45.91
261 Young Talkmore Nyongani Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 45.92
271 Cédric Van Branteghem Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 45.94
284 Héctor Carrasquillo Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 46.11
292 Arismendy Peguero Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 46.13
306 Teddy Venel Flag of France.svg  France 46.16Q
313 Eric Milazar Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 46.39
325 Gil Roberts Flag of the United States.svg  United States 46.41
337 Saul Weigopwa Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 46.42
343 Isaac Makwala Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 46.45
354 Alvin Harrison Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 46.67
363 Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 46.48
371 Hideyuki Hirose Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 46.80
386 Yuzo Kanemaru Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 46.83
397 Rondell Bartholomew Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 46.85
403 Andrés Silva Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 46.86
412 Mathieu Gnanligo Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 47.00SB
426 Yousef Ahmed Masrahi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 47.03
435 Mark Kiprotich Muttai Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 47.04
442 Nelson Stone Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 47.13
456 Pieter Smith Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 48.14
465 Naiel d'Almeida Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe 49.47
477 Moumouni Kimba Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 50.93PB
483 Zaw Win Thet Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Myanmar 51.41PB
2 Michael Mathieu Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas DSQ
4 Gary Kikaya Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo DSQ
4 Yannick Fonsat Flag of France.svg  France DNS
5 James Godday Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria DNS
6 Nery Brenes Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica DNS

Key: NR = National record, PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Semifinals

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12 LaShawn Merritt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 44.37Q, WL
22 Renny Quow Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 44.53Q, PB
31 Jeremy Wariner Flag of the United States.svg  United States 44.69Q
41 Michael Bingham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 44.74Q, PB
51 Leslie Djhone Flag of France.svg  France 44.80q, SB
61 David Gillick Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 44.88q
72 William Collazo Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 44.93
83 Chris Brown Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 44.95Q
93 Tabarie Henry Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands 44.97Q
101 Ramon Miller Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 44.99PB
113 Ricardo Chambers Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 45.13SB
123 Kevin Borlée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 45.28SB
132 Sean Wroe Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 45.32
143 John Steffensen Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 45.50
152 Erison Hurtault Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 45.59
162 Rabah Yousif Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 45.63
173 Lionel Larry Flag of the United States.svg  United States 45.85
183 Robert Tobin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 45.90
192 Martyn Rooney Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 45.98
201 Joel Milburn Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 46.06
212 Teddy Venel Flag of France.svg  France 46.30
221 Mohamed Ashour Khouaja Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya 46.43
233 Matteo Galvan Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 46.87
1 Johan Wissman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNS

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg LaShawn Merritt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 44.06WL
Silver medal icon.svg Jeremy Wariner Flag of the United States.svg  United States 44.60SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Renny Quow Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 45.02
4 Tabarie Henry Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands 45.42
5 Chris Brown Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 45.47
6 David Gillick Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 45.53
7 Michael Bingham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 45.56
8 Leslie Djhone Flag of France.svg  France 45.90

References

General
Specific
  1. Ramsak, Bob (2009-08-09). Men's 400m - PREVIEW Archived 2009-08-13 at the Wayback Machine . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-18.
  2. Ramsak, Bob (2009-08-09). Event Report - Men's 400m - Heats Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-18.