2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships
Venue	Commonwealth Arena
Dates	1–2 March
Competitors	23 from 19 nations
Winning time	45.25 NR
Medalists
Alexander Doom    Belgium   Karsten Warholm    Norway   Rusheen McDonald    Jamaica
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The men's 400 metres at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on 1 and 2 March 2024.

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals

The heats were started on 1 March at 11:52. ^[1]

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Karsten Warholm	Norway	46.68	Q, SB
2	Rok Ferlan	Slovenia	47.04 [.036]	Q
3	Jacory Patterson	United States	47.04 [.038]
4	Graham Pellegrini	Malta	48.00
5	Ibrahim Ayorinde	Canada	48.05
—	Kentaro Sato	Japan	DNS
[2]

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Matěj Krsek	Czech Republic	46.07	Q
2	Rusheen McDonald	Jamaica	46.25	Q, PB
3	Lucas Carvalho	Brazil	46.82	q, PB
4	Franko Burraj	Albania	46.86	q, SB
5	Tomas Keršulis	Lithuania	47.92
[2]

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Attila Molnár	Hungary	46.52	Q
2	Dubem Nwachukwu	Nigeria	46.91	Q
3	Omar Elkhatib	Portugal	46.99	q, PB
4	Jereem Richards	Trinidad and Tobago	47.04	q, SB
5	Michal Desenský	Czech Republic	47.48
6	Rashid Moiwa	Sierra Leone	53.48	NR
[2]

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Alexander Doom	Belgium	46.11	Q
2	João Coelho	Portugal	46.35	Q, NR
3	Brian Faust	United States	47.11
4	Artūrs Pastors	Latvia	47.53	PB
5	Lucas Vilar	Brazil	47.92
6	Malique Smith	United States Virgin Islands	49.68	SB
[2]

Semi-finals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) advance to the final.

The heats were started on 1 March at 21:10.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Alexander Doom	Belgium	45.69	Q, PB
2	João Coelho	Portugal	45.98	Q, NR
3	Attila Molnár	Hungary	46.08	Q, NR
4	Jereem Richards	Trinidad and Tobago	46.64	SB
5	Dubem Nwachukwu	Nigeria	46.69
6	Franko Burraj	Albania	47.78
[3]

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Karsten Warholm	Norway	45.86	Q, SB
2	Rusheen McDonald	Jamaica	46.02	Q, PB
3	Matěj Krsek	Czech Republic	46.48	Q
4	Rok Ferlan	Slovenia	46.61	PB
5	Lucas Carvalho	Brazil	47.38
6	Omar Elkhatib	Portugal	47.78
[3]

Final

The final was started on 2 March at 21:10. ^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Alexander Doom	Belgium	45.25	NR
	5	Karsten Warholm	Norway	45.34	SB
	4	Rusheen McDonald	Jamaica	45.65	PB
4	3	João Coelho	Portugal	45.86	NR
5	2	Attila Molnár	Hungary	46.11
6	1	Matěj Krsek	Czech Republic	46.47

References

1. "400 Metres Men - Round 1 Start list" (PDF). World Athletics . 29 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
2. "400 Metres Men - Round 1 results" (PDF). World Athletics . 1 March 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
3. "400 Metres Men - Semi-Final results" (PDF). World Athletics . 1 March 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
4. "400 Metres Men - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics . 2 March 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.