2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

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LaShawn Merritt, Kirani James, and Kévin Borlée.
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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
LaShawn Merritt
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Kévin Borlée
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium

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 44.35Q, WL
23 Kévin Borlée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 44.77Q
31 Rondell Bartholomew Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 44.82Q
41 Renny Quow Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 44.84Q, SB
52 Jermaine Gonzales Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 45.12Q
54 Kirani James Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 45.12Q
71 Greg Nixon Flag of the United States.svg  United States 45.16Q
74 Jonathan Borlée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 45.16Q
93 Rabah Yousif Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 45.20Q
101 Tabarie Henry Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands 45.22Q
115 Chris Brown Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 45.29Q
125 Martyn Rooney Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 45.30Q, SB
134 Ramon Miller Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 45.31Q, SB
145 Oscar Pistorius Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 45.39Q
155 Femi Seun Ogunode Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 45.42Q, SB
162 Jamaal Torrance Flag of the United States.svg  United States 45.44Q
175 Nery Brenes Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 45.47q
182 Marcin Marciniszyn Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 45.51Q
193 Yuzo Kanemaru Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 45.51Q
202 Demetrius Pinder Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 45.53Q
211 Riker Hylton Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 45.54q
223 Pavel Trenikhin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 45.55q, PB
234 William Collazo Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 45.89Q
242 Erison Hurtault Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 46.10q
254 Park Bong-Go Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 46.42SB
265 Tony McQuay Flag of the United States.svg  United States 46.76
274 Pako Seribe Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 46.97
281 Mathieu Gnanligo Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 47.01
294 Augusto Stanley Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay 47.31
301 Nelson Stone Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 47.86
315 Ahmed Mohamed Al-Merjabi Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 47.99
323 Arnold Sorina Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 48.76SB
334 Bahaa Al Farra Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 49.04PB
342 Nicolau Palanca Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 49.37SB
351 Kerfalla Camara Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 49.74PB
362 Ak Hafiy Tajuddin Rositi Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 50.12
5 Abdou Razack Rabo Samma Flag of Niger.svg  Niger DSQ
3 Arismendy Peguero Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic DNS
3 Gary Kikaya Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 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 44.76Q
23 Jermaine Gonzales Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 44.99Q
31 Kévin Borlée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 45.02Q
43 Jonathan Borlée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 45.14Q
53 Rondell Bartholomew Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 45.17q
62 Kirani James Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 45.20Q
73 Femi Seun Ogunode Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 45.41q, SB
81 Rabah Yousif Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 45.43
93 Greg Nixon Flag of the United States.svg  United States 45.51
102 Tabarie Henry Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands 45.53Q
112 Chris Brown Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 45.54
123 Pavel Trenikhin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 45.68
131 Renny Quow Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 45.72
142 Jamaal Torrance Flag of the United States.svg  United States 45.73
153 Demetrius Pinder Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 45.87
161 Ramon Miller Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 45.88
172 Nery Brenes Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 45.93
182 Marcin Marciniszyn Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 45.94
192 Martyn Rooney Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 46.09
201 Yuzo Kanemaru Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 46.11
211 William Collazo Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 46.13
223 Oscar Pistorius Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 46.19
231 Erison Hurtault Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 46.41
242 Riker Hylton Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 46.99

Final

The finish. 400 m final Daegu 2011.jpg
The finish.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Kirani James Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 44.60
Silver medal icon.svg4 LaShawn Merritt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 44.63
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Kévin Borlée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 44.90
43 Jermaine Gonzales Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 44.99
58 Jonathan Borlée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 45.07
62 Rondell Bartholomew Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 45.45
77 Tabarie Henry Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands 45.55
81 Femi Seun Ogunode Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 45.55

References

  1. "Kirani James captures 400m gold". BBC Sport. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  2. "Teenager James wins thrilling gold for Grenada". Reuters. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  3. "World Championship Statistics Handbook" (Press release). IAAF . Retrieved 2017-08-03.