2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2019 World Championships
400mH final men
Venue	Khalifa International Stadium
Dates	27 September (heats) 28 September (semi-finals) 30 September (final)
Competitors	39 from 31 nations
Winning time	47.42
Medalists
Karsten Warholm    Norway   Rai Benjamin    United States   Abderrahman Samba    Qatar
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The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 27 to 30 September 2019. ^[1]

Summary

Coming into these Championships, only four men had ever run under 47 seconds. While world record holder Kevin Young never officially retired, now at 53 he's largely been a spectator for a couple of decades. The other three have accomplished the feat in less than a year, two this season in the same race. And all three were in Doha setting up a highly anticipated confrontation.

It took 48.93 to make the final. Abdelmalik Lahoulou set the Algerian national record and Alison dos Santos a personal best to get there.

In the final, Rai Benjamin in lane 7 appeared to get a better start, making up the stagger on Lahoulou to his outside, but that may have been deceptive. Down the backstretch, defending champion Karsten Warholm started to take charge. All alone in lane 9, the third of the big 3 Abderrahman Samba, was getting passed by. Through the turn, Warholm held his advantage over Benjamin which revealed to be a full stride coming off the turn. Kyron McMaster looked to be in third place. Benjamin made a run at Warholm down the stretch but stretched for the final hurdle, landing awkwardly and losing momentum and his last opportunity to try to catch Warholm. In front of a home crowd, Samba was able to get past McMaster to take the bronze.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: ^[2]

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	Karsten Warholm  (NOR)	46.92	Zürich, Switzerland	29 August 2019
African record	Samuel Matete  (ZAM)	47.10	Zürich, Switzerland	7 August 1991
Asian record	Abderrahman Samba  (QAT)	46.98	Paris, France	30 June 2018
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	Karsten Warholm  (NOR)	46.92	Zürich, Switzerland	29 August 2019
Oceanian record	Rohan Robinson  (AUS)	48.28	Atlanta, United States	31 July 1996

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 49.30. ^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows: ^[4]

Date	Time	Round
27 September	20:35	Heats
28 September	18:05	Semi-finals
30 September	22:40	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semi-finals. ^[5]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Abderrahman Samba	Qatar  (QAT)	49.08	Q
2	3	Takatoshi Abe	Japan  (JPN)	49.25	Q
3	1	Karsten Warholm	Norway  (NOR)	49.27	Q
4	5	Rasmus Mägi	Estonia  (EST)	49.34	Q, SB
5	1	Thomas Barr	Ireland  (IRL)	49.41	Q
6	5	Ludvy Vaillant	France  (FRA)	49.49	Q
7	3	TJ Holmes	United States  (USA)	49.50	Q
8	5	Abdelmalik Lahoulou	Algeria  (ALG)	49.54	Q
9	2	Kyron McMaster	British Virgin Islands  (IVB)	49.60	Q
10	4	Rai Benjamin	United States  (USA)	49.62	Q
11	1	Jabir Madari Pillyalil	India  (IND)	49.62	Q
12	1	Kemar Mowatt	Jamaica  (JAM)	49.63	Q
13	2	Alison dos Santos	Brazil  (BRA)	49.66	Q
14	1	Amere Lattin	United States  (USA)	49.72	q
15	5	Chris McAlister	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	49.73	Q
16	5	Yasmani Copello	Turkey  (TUR)	49.75	q
17	4	Mohamed Amine Touati	Tunisia  (TUN)	49.76	Q
18	4	Patryk Dobek	Poland  (POL)	49.89	Q
19	2	Chen Chieh	Chinese Taipei  (TPE)	49.95	Q
19	1	Fernando Vega	Mexico  (MEX)	49.95	q
21	3	Rilwan Alowonle	Nigeria  (NGR)	50.04	Q
22	4	Vít Müller	Czech Republic  (CZE)	50.15	Q
23	2	Luke Campbell	Germany  (GER)	50.20	Q
24	4	Masaki Toyoda	Japan  (JPN)	50.34	q
25	1	Mehdi Pirjahan	Iran  (IRI)	50.46
26	3	Nick Smidt	Netherlands  (NED)	50.54
27	5	Dharun Ayyasamy	India  (IND)	50.55
28	3	Kariem Hussein	Switzerland  (SUI)	50.62
29	4	Sergio Fernández	Spain  (ESP)	50.71
30	2	Creve Armando Machava	Mozambique  (MOZ)	50.76
31	5	Constantin Preis	Germany  (GER)	50.93
32	4	Márcio Teles	Brazil  (BRA)	51.02
33	3	Wilfried Happio	France  (FRA)	51.25
34	1	Artur Terezan	Brazil  (BRA)	51.52	SB
35	2	Lindsay Hanekom	South Africa  (RSA)	51.71
36	2	Ned Justeen Azemia	Seychelles  (SEY)	52.58
37	3	Andrea Ercolani Volta	San Marino  (SMR)	52.60	NR
38	5	Malique Smith	U.S. Virgin Islands  (ISV)	59.45
	2	Bienvenu Sawadogo	Burkina Faso  (BUR)	DSQ	163.3(a)

Semi-finals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the Final. ^[6]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Karsten Warholm	Norway  (NOR)	48.28	Q
2	1	Alison dos Santos	Brazil  (BRA)	48.35	Q, PB
3	1	Yasmani Copello	Turkey  (TUR)	48.39	Q, SB
4	2	Abdelmalik Lahoulou	Algeria  (ALG)	48.39	Q, NR
5	1	Kyron McMaster	British Virgin Islands  (IVB)	48.40	q
6	3	Rai Benjamin	United States  (USA)	48.52	Q
7	2	TJ Holmes	United States  (USA)	48.67	q
8	3	Abderrahman Samba	Qatar  (QAT)	48.72	Q
9	1	Rasmus Mägi	Estonia  (EST)	48.93	SB
10	3	Takatoshi Abe	Japan  (JPN)	48.97
11	3	Thomas Barr	Ireland  (IRL)	49.02	SB
12	2	Ludvy Vaillant	France  (FRA)	49.10
13	1	Mohamed Amine Touati	Tunisia  (TUN)	49.14	PB
14	2	Chris McAlister	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	49.18	PB
15	1	Amere Lattin	United States  (USA)	49.20
16	1	Kemar Mowatt	Jamaica  (JAM)	49.32
17	3	Jabir Madari Pillyalil	India  (IND)	49.71
18	3	Fernando Vega	Mexico  (MEX)	49.96
19	3	Vít Müller	Czech Republic  (CZE)	49.97
20	1	Chen Chieh	Chinese Taipei  (TPE)	50.00
21	2	Luke Campbell	Germany  (GER)	50.00
22	2	Patryk Dobek	Poland  (POL)	50.18
23	2	Masaki Toyoda	Japan  (JPN)	50.30
24	3	Rilwan Alowonle	Nigeria  (NGR)	52.01

Final

The final was started on 30 September at 22:41. ^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Karsten Warholm	Norway  (NOR)	47.42
	7	Rai Benjamin	United States  (USA)	47.66
	9	Abderrahman Samba	Qatar  (QAT)	48.03
4	2	Kyron McMaster	British Virgin Islands  (IVB)	48.10	SB
5	3	TJ Holmes	United States  (USA)	48.20	PB
6	6	Yasmani Copello	Turkey  (TUR)	48.25	SB
7	5	Alison dos Santos	Brazil  (BRA)	48.28	PB
8	8	Abdelmalik Lahoulou	Algeria  (ALG)	49.46

References

1. "Start list" (PDF).
2. "400 Metres Hurdles Men − Records". IAAF . Retrieved 21 September 2019.
3. "Competitions Entry Standards 2019 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019". iaaf.org. 2 August 2019.
4. "400 Metres Hurdles Men − Timetable". IAAF . Retrieved 21 September 2019.
5. "Men's 400 metres hurdles − Heats − Results" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 26 Sep 2019.
6. "Semi-finals results" (PDF).
7. "Final results" (PDF).