2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

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Men's 400 metres
at the 2022 World Championships
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Michael Norman shortly after the final.
Venue Hayward Field
Dates17 July (heats)
20 July (semi-finals)
22 July (final)
Competitors48 from 31 nations
Winning time44.29
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
  2019
2023  
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The men's 400 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene from 17 to 22 July 2022. [1] The winning margin was 0.19 seconds.

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Summary

The semi-final took every athlete who broke 45 seconds into the final. By contrast, in 2015, sixteen athletes broke 45 in the semi-final round. 2015 was the second World Championships for two of the finalists, both former champions, Kirani James and world record holder Wayde van Niekerk. After what should have been a career-ending knee injury, it was remarkable for van Niekerk to get this far, each race an experiment to see how fast he could still go. The 2022 world leader was Michael Norman at 43.56. In two previous major championships, 2019 and the Olympics, Norman had failed to win, so he had something to prove here too.

Norman went out fast, but James was marginally faster through the entire first half of the race. Christopher Taylor, Matthew Hudson-Smith and van Niekerk were just a tick back. James maintained his slight edge through the turn, when they hit the straight, Norman accelerated, putting a gap on van Niekerk and Hudson-Smith, but James didn't go away. Norman battled, gaining a slight advantage, then widening it to a full meter by the finish. Two meters back, Hudson-Smith had gained the advantage over van Niekerk whose form broke down the last 25 meters. Coming from dead last off the turn, Champion Allison blazed by van Niekerk but came up short to catch Hudson-Smith for bronze.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [2]

RecordAthlete & Nat.Perf.LocationDate
World record Flag of South Africa.svg  Wayde van Niekerk  (RSA)43.03 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 14 August 2016
Championship record Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Johnson  (USA)43.18 Seville, Spain 26 August 1999
World Leading Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Norman  (USA)43.56 Eugene, United States 25 June 2022
African Record Flag of South Africa.svg  Wayde van Niekerk  (RSA)43.03 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 14 August 2016
Asian Record Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Youssef Ahmed Masrahi  (KSA)43.93 Beijing, China 23 August 2015
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Johnson  (USA)43.18 Seville, Spain 26 August 1999
South American Record Flag of Colombia.svg  Anthony Zambrano  (COL)43.93 Tokyo, Japan 2 August 2021
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 standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 44.90. [3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

DateTimeRound
17 July11:05 Heats
20 July19:15 Semi-finals
22 July19:35 Final

Results

Heats

The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the heats. [4]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Bayapo Ndori Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana  (BOT)44.87Q, PB
21 Wayde van Niekerk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)45.18Q
35 Kirani James Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada  (GRN)45.29Q
42 Michael Norman Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)45.37Q
51 Jonathan Jones Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados  (BAR)45.46Q
66 Matthew Hudson-Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)45.49Q
74 Champion Allison Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)45.56Q
85 Nathon Allen Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)45.61Q
91 Alex Haydock-Wilson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)45.62Q, SB
102 Christopher Taylor Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)45.68Q
112 Zakhiti Nene Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)45.69Q
124 Dylan Borlée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)45.70Q
132 Kevin Borlée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)45.72q
143 Michael Cherry Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)45.81Q
153 Muzala Samukonga Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia  (ZAM)45.82Q
166 Liemarvin Bonevacia Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)45.82Q
176 Lidio Andrés Feliz Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic  (DOM)45.87Q
185 Fuga Sato Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)45.88q
191 Julian Jrummi Walsh Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)45.90q
204 Isaac Makwala Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana  (BOT)45.93Q
215 Alex Beck Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)45.99q
224 Mikhail Litvin Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)46.00q, SB
236 Christopher O'Donnell Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)46.01q
241 Patrik Šorm Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)46.07
253 Alexander Doom Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)46.18Q
262 Benjamin Lobo Vedel Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)46.27
276 Kaito Kawabata Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)46.34
283 Jevaughn Powell Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)46.42
295 Edoardo Scotti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)46.46
302 Luis Avilés Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)46.47
314 Davide Re Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)46.49
322 Kajetan Duszyński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)46.57
334 Dwight St. Hillaire Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)46.60
343 Ricky Petrucciani Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)46.60
354 Boško Kijanović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SRB)46.85
361 Steven Solomon Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)46.87
373 Anthony Pesela Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana  (BOT)47.36
386 Lucas Carvalho Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)47.53
395 Dexter Mayorga Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua  (NCA)48.40
406 Aiden Hazzard Flag of Anguilla.svg  Anguilla  (AIA)51.44 SB
413 Obediah Timbaci Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu  (VAN)53.32

Semi-finals

The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify to the final. [5]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11 Michael Norman Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)44.30Q
21 Matthew Hudson-Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)44.38Q
33 Champion Allison Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)44.71Q
42 Kirani James Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada  (GRN)44.74Q
53 Wayde van Niekerk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)44.75Q
63 Jonathan Jones Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados  (BAR)44.78q
72 Bayapo Ndori Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana  (BOT)44.94Q
81 Christopher Taylor Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)44.97q, SB
92 Muzala Samukonga Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia  (ZAM)45.02 PB
103 Alex Haydock-Wilson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)45.08 PB
111 Zakhiti Nene Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)45.24
123 Kevin Borlée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)45.26
132 Michael Cherry Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)45.28
141 Dylan Borlée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)45.41
153 Liemarvin Bonevacia Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)45.50
163 Mikhail Litvin Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)45.63 PB
172 Fuga Sato Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)45.71
181 Julian Jrummi Walsh Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)45.75
192 Alexander Doom Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)45.80
202 Christopher O'Donnell Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)46.01
213 Isaac Makwala Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana  (BOT)46.04
221 Lidio Andrés Feliz Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic  (DOM)46.19
231 Alex Beck Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)46.21
2 Nathon Allen Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM) DNF

Final

The final took place on 22 July at 19:35. [6]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Michael Norman Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)44.29
Silver medal icon.svg Kirani James Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada  (GRN)44.48
Bronze medal icon.svg Matthew Hudson-Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)44.66
4 Champion Allison Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)44.77
5 Wayde van Niekerk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)44.97
6 Bayapo Ndori Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana  (BOT)45.29
7 Christopher Taylor Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)45.30
8 Jonathan Jones Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados  (BAR)46.13

References

  1. Timetable
  2. "400 Metres Men − Records". IAAF . Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. "Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022" (PDF). iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
  4. Heats Summary
  5. Semi-finals Start List
  6. Final Results