2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

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The men's 400 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 28, 29 and 30. The winning margin was 0.03 seconds.

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Going into the Championships, defending champion LaShawn Merritt was serving a two-year ban. The ban was still in effect during the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, so Merritt was unable to compete. Ordinarily, since 1997, the defending champion is automatically invited to the championships, but the United States stipulates that the champion must compete in the national championships. It took a special decision by USATF to allow Merritt to enter. Merritt had minimal racing opportunities before the championships.

In qualifying, ordinarily athletes try to use the minimum effort to advance to the next round, but Merritt ran the year's world leading time of 44.35 in heat 3. The media focused on double amputee Oscar Pistorius, who ran 45.39 to qualify into the semi-finals.

In the semi-finals, Merritt ran a more controlled and relaxed 44.76 in semi 1, while Jermaine Gonzales controlled semi 3 in 44.99 and 18-year-old Kirani James ran an easy 45.20 to take semi 2. Rondell Bartholomew also qualified, placing two athletes from tiny Grenada in the final. Also twins Kévin and Jonathan Borlée placed two athletes from Belgium in the final. While his time from the trials would have made the final, Pistorius ran 46.19 in his semi and did not advance. Kirani James won the final beating LaShawn Merritt on the line with a time of 44.60. [1] [2] At 18 years, 363 days old, James became the youngest ever world medallist for the men's 400 m. [3]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Kirani James
Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada  (GRN)
LaShawn Merritt
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Kévin Borlée
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)

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
World LeadingFlag of Grenada.svg  Kirani James  (GRN)44.61 London, Great Britain 5 August 2011
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, Central American and Caribbean 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
45.2545.70

Schedule

DateTimeRound
August 28, 201111:15 Heats
August 29, 201120:00 Semifinals
August 30, 201121:45 Final

Results

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13 LaShawn Merritt Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)44.35Q, WL
23 Kévin Borlée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)44.77Q
31 Rondell Bartholomew Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada  (GRN)44.82Q
41 Renny Quow Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago  (TRI)44.84Q, SB
52 Jermaine Gonzales Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)45.12Q
54 Kirani James Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada  (GRN)45.12Q
71 Greg Nixon Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)45.16Q
74 Jonathan Borlée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)45.16Q
93 Rabah Yousif Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan  (SUD)45.20Q
101 Tabarie Henry Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands  (ISV)45.22Q
115 Chris Brown Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas  (BAH)45.29Q
125 Martyn Rooney Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)45.30Q, SB
134 Ramon Miller Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas  (BAH)45.31Q, SB
145 Oscar Pistorius Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)45.39Q
155 Femi Seun Ogunode Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)45.42Q, SB
162 Jamaal Torrance Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)45.44Q
175 Nery Brenes Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica  (CRC)45.47q
182 Marcin Marciniszyn Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)45.51Q
193 Yuzo Kanemaru Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)45.51Q
202 Demetrius Pinder Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas  (BAH)45.53Q
211 Riker Hylton Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)45.54q
223 Pavel Trenikhin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)45.55q, PB
234 William Collazo Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)45.89Q
242 Erison Hurtault Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica  (DMA)46.10q
254 Park Bong-Go Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)46.42SB
265 Tony McQuay Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)46.76
274 Pako Seribe Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana  (BOT)46.97
281 Mathieu Gnanligo Flag of Benin.svg  Benin  (BEN)47.01
294 Augusto Stanley Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay  (PAR)47.31
301 Nelson Stone Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea  (PNG)47.86
315 Ahmed Mohamed Al-Merjabi Flag of Oman.svg  Oman  (OMN)47.99
323 Arnold Sorina Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu  (VAN)48.76SB
334 Bahaa Al Farra Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine  (PLE)49.04PB
342 Nicolau Palanca Flag of Angola.svg  Angola  (ANG)49.37SB
351 Kerfalla Camara Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea  (GUI)49.74PB
362 Ak Hafiy Tajuddin Rositi Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei  (BRU)50.12
5 Abdou Razack Rabo Samma Flag of Niger.svg  Niger  (NIG)DSQ
3 Arismendy Peguero Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic  (DOM)DNS
3 Gary Kikaya Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo  (COD)DNS

Semifinals

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11 LaShawn Merritt Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)44.76Q
23 Jermaine Gonzales Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)44.99Q
31 Kévin Borlée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)45.02Q
43 Jonathan Borlée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)45.14Q
53 Rondell Bartholomew Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada  (GRN)45.17q
62 Kirani James Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada  (GRN)45.20Q
73 Femi Seun Ogunode Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)45.41q, SB
81 Rabah Yousif Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan  (SUD)45.43
93 Greg Nixon Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)45.51
102 Tabarie Henry Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands  (ISV)45.53Q
112 Chris Brown Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas  (BAH)45.54
123 Pavel Trenikhin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)45.68
131 Renny Quow Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago  (TRI)45.72
142 Jamaal Torrance Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)45.73
153 Demetrius Pinder Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas  (BAH)45.87
161 Ramon Miller Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas  (BAH)45.88
172 Nery Brenes Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica  (CRC)45.93
182 Marcin Marciniszyn Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)45.94
192 Martyn Rooney Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)46.09
201 Yuzo Kanemaru Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)46.11
211 William Collazo Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)46.13
223 Oscar Pistorius Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)46.19
231 Erison Hurtault Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica  (DMA)46.41
242 Riker Hylton Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)46.99

Final

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The finish.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Kirani James Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada  (GRN)44.60
Silver medal icon.svg4 LaShawn Merritt Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)44.63
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Kévin Borlée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)44.90
43 Jermaine Gonzales Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)44.99
58 Jonathan Borlée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)45.07
62 Rondell Bartholomew Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada  (GRN)45.45
77 Tabarie Henry Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands  (ISV)45.55
81 Femi Seun Ogunode Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)45.55

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