2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

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Men's 400 metres
at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
VenueNanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park
Location Nanjing, China
Dates21 March (heats & semi-finals)
22 March (final)
Competitors26 from 19 nations
Winning time45.08
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2024
2026  

The men's 400 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China, on 21 and 22 March 2025. This was the 21st time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

Contents

The heats took place on 21 March during the morning session with the semi-finals held in the evening session. The final took place on 22 March during the evening session.

Background

The men's 400 metres was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

Records before the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
RecordAthlete (nation)Time (s)LocationDate
World record [1] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Christopher Morales Williams  (CAN)44.49 Fayetteville, United States24 February 2024
Championship record [2] Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Jereem Richards  (TTO)45.00 Belgrade, Serbia19 March 2022
World leading [3] Flag of the United States.svg  Christopher Bailey  (USA)44.70 Fayetteville, United States14 February 2025

Qualification

For the men's 400 metres, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025. [4] Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standards of 45.20 s. [5] Athletes could also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. [4] There was a target number of 30 athletes. [5]

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 21 March, starting at 10:23 (UTC+8) in the morning. [6] First 2 of each heat (Q) plus 2 fastest times (q) qualified to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Brian Faust Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 46.20 Q
2 Boško Kijanović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 46.62 Q, SB
3 Rusheen McDonald Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 46.72 q, SB
4 Matěj Krsek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 46.76
5 Jimy Soudril Flag of France.svg  France 47.28
6 Manuel Guijarro Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 47.47
[7]

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Christopher Bailey Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 45.70 Q
2 Patrik Simon Enyingi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 46.23 Q
3 Cooper Sherman Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 46.52 q, PB
4 Ryo Yoshikawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 47.15
5 Patrik Dömötör Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 47.47 PB
[7]

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Attila Molnár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 46.35 Q
2 Fuga Sato Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 46.60 Q, PB
3 Wendell Miller Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 47.33 PB
4 Jadson Erick Soares Lima  [ de ]Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 47.74 PB
5 Iñigo Pérez Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg  Honduras 49.18
6 Mohammad Jahir Rayhan Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 49.84 SB
[7]

Heat 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Matheus Lima Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 45.79 Q, AR
2 Lionel Spitz Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 46.79 Q
3 Matej Baluch  [ de; es ]Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 48.14
4 Rasheeme Griffith Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 48.73
5 Ailixier Wumaier Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 49.63
Markel Fernández Flag of Spain.svg  Spain DNS
[7]

Heat 5

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Christopher Morales Williams Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 45.85 Q
2 Jacory Patterson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 45.94 Q
3 Michal Desenský Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 47.84
4 Ruslan Litovski Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 50.10
Malique Smith  [ no; de ]Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  United States Virgin Islands DNS
Kalinga Kumarage  [ fr; de ]Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka DNS
[7]

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were held on 21 March, starting at 20:47 (UTC+8) in the evening. [6] First 3 of each heat (Q) qualified to the final.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Christopher Bailey Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 45.91 Q
2 Attila Molnár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 46.32 Q
3 Christopher Morales Williams Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 46.62 Q
4 Boško Kijanović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 47.20
5 Rusheen McDonald Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 47.22
6 Fuga Sato Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 48.31
[8]

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Brian Faust Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 45.89 Q
2 Jacory Patterson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 45.89 Q
3 Matheus Lima Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 46.22 Q
4 Patrik Simon Enyingi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 46.93
5 Cooper Sherman Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 47.67
6 Lionel Spitz Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 47.72
[8]

Final

The final was started on 22 March, starting at 20:55 (UTC+8) in the evening. [6]

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Christopher Bailey Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 45.08
Silver medal icon.svg Brian Faust Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 45.47=PB
Bronze medal icon.svg Jacory Patterson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 45.54
4 Attila Molnár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 45.77
5 Christopher Morales Williams Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 46.71
6 Matheus Lima Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 46.94
[9]

References

  1. "All time Top lists - Senior - 400 Metres Short Track". World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  2. "2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships - 400 Metres Men - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics . 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  3. "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 400 Metres Short Track men". World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Timetable and qualification system approved for WCH Tokyo 25 and WIC Nanjing 25".
  5. 1 2 "World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 "Nanjing 2025 - Timetable". World Athletics . 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "400 Metres Men - Round 1 results" (PDF). World Athletics . 21 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  8. 1 2 "400 Metres Men - Semifinals results" (PDF). World Athletics . 21 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  9. "400 Metres Men - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics . 22 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.