2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2015 World Championships
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	22 August (heats) 23 August (semifinals) 25 August (final)
Competitors	41 from 26 nations
Winning time	47.79
Medalists
Nicholas Bett    Kenya   Denis Kudryavtsev    Russia   Jeffery Gibson    Bahamas
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The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22, 23 and 25 August. ^{[1] [2]}

Summary

While Kenya has dominated the longest hurdle race, the 3000 metres steeplechase since the 1968 Olympics, and John Akii-Bua from neighboring Uganda hinted at what might be the capability of East African athletes in this event, Kenya has never had a medalist at 400 hurdles, until this year. Nicholas Bett was the fastest qualifier in the heats. His teammate Boniface Tumuti was the second fastest in the semi-finals, while Bett struggled into the slowest qualifier into the finals. That put Bett almost unnoticed in the far outside lane. Michael Tinsley was the only returning medalist from recent history and the rest of the world leaders were already eliminated, making for a very open race. The fastest 5 finalists all ran their personal best just to make the final race.

Tinsley was the early leader out of the blocks, but was quickly overtaken by Denis Kudryavtsev down the backstretch. Through the turn Tinsley began to hit hurdles, Kudryavtsev the clear leader coming to the straightaway. A couple of meters behind was a wall of Tinsley, Jeffery Gibson and Kerron Clement, with Bett slightly behind them. Kudryavtsev stretched for the ninth hurdle, Tinsley hit it and Bett stormed past. Reminiscent of Kenyan steeplechase finishes, he took the final barrier somewhat awkwardly but continued with so much power that the rest of the field was left behind him. Kudryavtsev held on for silver with a Russian national record. Gibson won the race to the line for bronze, setting his second Bahamian national record of the competition. The once dominant American team, shut out, while Kenya wins its first medal in the event and it was gold. ^[3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: ^[4]

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	Bershawn Jackson  (USA)	48.09	Doha, Qatar	15 May 2015
African Record	Samuel Matete  (ZAM)	47.10	Zurich, Switzerland	7 August 1991
Asian Record	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily  (KSA)	47.53	Sydney, Australia	27 September 2000
North, Central American and Caribbean 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, GA, United States	31 July 1996

Qualification standards

Entry standards [5]
49.50

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
22 August 2015	18:35	Heats
23 August 2015	18:40	Semifinals
25 August 2015	20:25	Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: Best 4 (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualify for the next round. ^[6]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Nicholas Bett	Kenya  (KEN)	48.37	Q
2	5	Denis Kudryavtsev	Russia  (RUS)	48.51	Q, PB
3	3	Kerron Clement	United States  (USA)	48.75	Q
4	2	Boniface Tumuti	Kenya  (KEN)	48.79	Q, PB
5	4	Yasmani Copello	Turkey  (TUR)	48.89	Q, NR
6	3	Niall Flannery	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	48.90	Q, SB
7	2	Michael Tinsley	United States  (USA)	48.91	Q
8	5	Patryk Dobek	Poland  (POL)	48.94	Q
9	5	Johnny Dutch	United States  (USA)	48.97	Q
10	2	Javier Culson	Puerto Rico  (PUR)	49.02	Q
11	1	Timofey Chalyy	Russia  (RUS)	49.05	Q, SB
12	3	Kariem Hussein	Switzerland  (SUI)	49.08	Q
13	1	Jeffery Gibson	Bahamas  (BAH)	49.09	Q
14	3	Annsert Whyte	Jamaica  (JAM)	49.10	Q
15	2	L. J. van Zyl	South Africa  (RSA)	49.12	Q
16	1	Kurt Couto	Mozambique  (MOZ)	49.15	Q, SB
17	4	Rasmus Mägi	Estonia  (EST)	49.18	Q
18	4	Thomas Barr	Ireland  (IRL)	49.20	Q
19	1	Abdelmalik Lahoulou	Algeria  (ALG)	49.33	q
19	2	Leford Green	Jamaica  (JAM)	49.33	q
21	5	Yuki Matsushita	Japan  (JPN)	49.34	Q
22	5	Haron Koech	Kenya  (KEN)	49.38	q, PB
22	5	Michaël Bultheel	Belgium  (BEL)	49.38	q
22	3	Miles Ukaoma	Nigeria  (NGR)	49.38
25	1	Roxroy Cato	Jamaica  (JAM)	49.47
26	4	Cheng Wen	China  (CHN)	49.56	Q, PB
26	4	Ivan Shablyuyev	Russia  (RUS)	49.56
28	1	Michael Cochrane	New Zealand  (NZL)	49.58	NR
28	2	Yuta Konishi	Japan  (JPN)	49.58	SB
30	1	Takayuki Kishimoto	Japan  (JPN)	49.78
31	2	Jehue Gordon	Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)	49.91
32	1	Eric Alejandro	Puerto Rico  (PUR)	49.94
33	4	Eric Cray	Philippines  (PHI)	50.04
34	4	Bershawn Jackson	United States  (USA)	50.14
35	5	Miloud Rahmani	Algeria  (ALG)	50.21
36	5	Jaak-Heinrich Jagor	Estonia  (EST)	50.29
37	4	Johannes Maritz	Namibia  (NAM)	51.10
38	3	Saber Boukemouche	Algeria  (ALG)	51.54
39	5	Amadou Ndiaye	Senegal  (SEN)	52.40
40	2	Maoulida Darouèche	Comoros  (COM)	53.06
	3	Mohamed Sghaier	Tunisia  (TUN)	DQ	R163.3(a)
	2	Andrés Silva	Uruguay  (URU)	DNS
	3	Cornel Fredericks	South Africa  (RSA)	DNS
	4	Jack Green	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final. ^[7]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Denis Kudryavtsev	Russia  (RUS)	48.23	Q, PB
2	1	Boniface Tumuti	Kenya  (KEN)	48.29	Q, PB
3	2	Jeffery Gibson	Bahamas  (BAH)	48.37	Q, NR
4	2	Patryk Dobek	Poland  (POL)	48.40	q, PB
5	2	Yasmani Copello	Turkey  (TUR)	48.46	q, NR
6	3	Michael Tinsley	United States  (USA)	48.47	Q
7	1	Kerron Clement	United States  (USA)	48.50	Q
8	3	Nicholas Bett	Kenya  (KEN)	48.54	Q
9	3	Kariem Hussein	Switzerland  (SUI)	48.59
10	1	Timofey Chalyy	Russia  (RUS)	48.69	PB
11	1	Thomas Barr	Ireland  (IRL)	48.71
12	2	Johnny Dutch	United States  (USA)	48.74
13	1	Rasmus Mägi	Estonia  (EST)	48.76
14	1	Abdelmalik Lahoulou	Algeria  (ALG)	48.87	NR
15	2	L. J. van Zyl	South Africa  (RSA)	48.89
16	1	Annsert Whyte	Jamaica  (JAM)	48.90	SB
17	3	Niall Flannery	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	49.17
18	3	Javier Culson	Puerto Rico  (PUR)	49.36
19	2	Haron Koech	Kenya  (KEN)	49.54
20	3	Leford Green	Jamaica  (JAM)	49.59
21	2	Cheng Wen	China  (CHN)	49.62
22	1	Michaël Bultheel	Belgium  (BEL)	49.66
23	3	Kurt Couto	Mozambique  (MOZ)	50.58
24	3	Yuki Matsushita	Japan  (JPN)	51.10

Final

The final was started at 21:15. ^[8]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	9	Nicholas Bett	Kenya  (KEN)	47.79	WL, NR
	6	Denis Kudryavtsev	Russia  (RUS)	48.05	NR
	7	Jeffery Gibson	Bahamas  (BAH)	48.17	NR
4	8	Kerron Clement	United States  (USA)	48.18	SB
5	4	Boniface Tumuti	Kenya  (KEN)	48.33
6	2	Yasmani Copello	Turkey  (TUR)	48.96
7	3	Patryk Dobek	Poland  (POL)	49.14
8	5	Michael Tinsley	United States  (USA)	50.02

References

1. "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 11 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
2. "Start list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
3. "MEN'S 400M HURDLES FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
4. "Records & Lists – 400 meters hurdles". IAAF . Retrieved 17 August 2015.
5. IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 17 August 2015
6. "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
7. "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
8. Final results