2025 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

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Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
Venue National Stadium
Location Tokyo, Japan
Dates15 September (heats)
17 September (semi-finals)
19 September (final)
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The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 World Athletics Championships will be held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 15, 17 and 19 September 2025. [1]

Contents

Summary

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [2]

RecordAthlete & Nat.Perf.LocationDate
World record Flag of Norway.svg  Karsten Warholm  (NOR)45.94 Tokyo, Japan 3 August 2021
Championship record Flag of Brazil.svg  Alison dos Santos  (BRA)46.29 Eugene, United States19 July 2022
2025 World LeadingFlag of Norway.svg  Karsten Warholm  (NOR)46.28 Chorzów, Poland16 August 2025
African Record Flag of Zambia.svg  Samuel Matete  (ZAM)47.10 Zürich, Switzerland7 August 1991
Asian Record Flag of Qatar.svg  Abderrahman Samba  (QAT)46.98 Paris, France30 June 2018
European Record Flag of Norway.svg  Karsten Warholm  (NOR)45.94 Tokyo, Japan 3 August 2021
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Rai Benjamin  (USA)46.17
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Rohan Robinson  (AUS)48.28 Atlanta, United States31 July 1996
South American Record Flag of Brazil.svg  Alison dos Santos  (BRA)46.29 Eugene, United States19 July 2022

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 48.50. [3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), is as follows: [1]

DateTimeRound
15 September19:35 Heats
17 September21.30 Semi-finals
19 September21:15 Final

Results

Heats

The heats will take place on 15 September. The first four athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next four fastest ( q ) qualify for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
17 Abderrahman Samba Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 48.03 Q
26 Tyri Donovan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 48.26 Q, PB
33 Chris Robinson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 48.27 [.263] Q
48 Malik James-King Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 48.27 [.267] Q, SB
52 Wiseman Were Mukhobe Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 48.27 [.269] q, PB
64 Oskar Edlund Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 48.52 q, PB
71 Jesús David Delgado Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 48.98
85 Shunta Inoue Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 49.73
99 Chi Chong Cheong Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 52.76
[4]

Heat 2

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
19 Bassem Hemeida Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 48.43 Q
24 Alison dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 48.48 Q
36 Owe Fischer-Breiholz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 48.81 Q
41 Matic Ian Guček Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 48.92 Q
53 Kyron McMaster Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands 49.89
62 Daiki Ogawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 50.08
75 Marc Anthony Ibrahim  [ de ]Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 50.20
88 Akanye Francis Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis 53.26
—7 Alessandro Sibilio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF
[4]

Heat 3

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
12 Matheus Lima Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 48.15 Q
26 Ismail Abakar Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 48.34 Q
39 Karsten Warholm Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 48.56 Q
44 Berke Akçam Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 48.68 Q, SB
57 Kemorena Tisang Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 48.72 q
68 Joshua Abuaku Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 49.41
71 Carl Bengtström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 49.74
83 Assinie Wilson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 49.91
95 Jun Jie Calvin Quek Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 50.17
[4]

Heat 4

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
19 Rai Benjamin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 48.15 Q
23 Emil Agyekum Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 48.33 Q
31 Victor Ntweng Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 48.54 Q, PB
48 Gerald Drummond Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 48.81 Q, SB
57 Roshawn Clarke Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 48.83 q
62 Vít Müller Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 49.02
74 Seamus Derbyshire Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 49.20
85 Dennick Luke Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 49.32
96 Julien Bonvin Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 49.53
[4]

Heat 5

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
17 Ezekiel Nathaniel Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 48.37 Q
25 Caleb Dean Flag of the United States.svg  United States 48.67 Q
33 Francisco Guilherme dos Reis Viana Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 48.69 Q, PB
44 Alastair Chalmers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 48.86 Q
58 Sabelo Dhlamini Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 49.50
61 İsmail Nezir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 49.66
79 Patrik Dömötör Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 49.91
86 Ken Toyoda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 51.80
92 Najimul Hossain Roni Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 52.47
[4]

Semi-finals

The semi-finals will take place on 17 September. The first two athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualify for the final.

Heat 1

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
2 Matic Ian Guček Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
3 Kemorena Tisang Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
4 Karsten Warholm Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
5 Emil Agyekum Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
6 Chris Robinson Flag of the United States.svg  United States
7 Tyri Donovan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.
8 Abderrahman Samba Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
9 Francisco Guilherme dos Reis Viana Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

Heat 2

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
2 Oskar Edlund Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
3 Wiseman Were Mukhobe Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
4 Malik James-King Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
5 Caleb Dean Flag of the United States.svg  United States
6 Ismail Abakar Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
7 Matheus Lima Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
8 Ezekiel Nathaniel Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
9 Owe Fischer-Breiholz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

Heat 3

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
2 Roshawn Clarke Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
3 Alastair Chalmers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.
4 Gerald Drummond Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
5 Rai Benjamin Flag of the United States.svg  United States
6 Alison dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
7 Bassem Hemeida Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
8 Victor Ntweng Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
9 Berke Akçam Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey

Final

References

  1. 1 2 "Timetable - Tokyo 25 - World Athletics Championship - Men's 400 metres hurdles". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "400 metres hurdles Men − Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Men's 400 metres hurdles - Round 1 results" (PDF). World Athletics. 15 September 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
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