2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 6–9 August.[1]

Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the 2017 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates6 August (heats)
7 August (semifinal)
9 August (final)
Competitors39 from 28 nations
Winning time48.35
Medalists
    Norway
    Turkey
    United States
Video on YouTube
Official Video

Summary

Karsten Warholm led the final from start to finish. At the final hurdle, Abderrahman Samba, in second place and seemingly gaining on Warholm, stumbled and struggled to maintain his balance, dropping to seventh. From the last hurdle to the finish line Warholm increased his speed again, winning by a comfortable margin, while Yasmani Copello overtook Kerron Clement on the final run in to gain silver.[2][3][4]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[5]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.DateLocation
World 46.78 Kevin Young  USA 6 Aug 1992 Barcelona, Spain
Championship 47.18 Kevin Young  USA 19 Aug 1993 Stuttgart, Germany
World leading 47.80 Kyron McMaster  IVB 20 May 2017 Kingston, Jamaica
African 47.10 Samuel Matete  ZAM 7 Aug 1991 Zürich, Switzerland
Asian 47.53 Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily  KSA 27 Sep 2000 Sydney, Australia
NACAC 46.78 Kevin Young  USA 6 Aug 1992 Barcelona, Spain
South American 47.84 Bayano Kamani  PAN 7 Aug 2005 Helsinki, Finland
European 47.37 Stéphane Diagana  FRA 5 Jul 1995 Lausanne, Switzerland
Oceanian 48.28 Rohan Robinson  AUS 31 Jul 1996 Atlanta, United States

The following records were set at the competition:[6]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.Date
Argentine 49.69 Guillermo Ruggeri  ARG 6 Aug 2017

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 49.35.[7]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:[8]

Date Time Round
6 August11:05Heats
7 August20:20Semifinals
9 August21:33Final

Results

Heats

The first round took place on 6 August in five heats as follows:[9]

Heat12345
Start time 11:0511:1311:2211:3111:41
Photo finish

The first four in each heat ( Q ) and the next four fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:[10]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
138Yasmani Copello Turkey (TUR)49.13Q
249Juander Santos Dominican Republic (DOM)49.19Q
352Mamadou Kassé Hanne France (FRA)49.34Q
424TJ Holmes United States (USA)49.35Q
539Abderrahman Samba Qatar (QAT)49.39Q
657Márcio Teles Brazil (BRA)49.41Q
754Patryk Dobek Poland (POL)49.42Q
815Kerron Clement United States (USA)49.46Q
934Ludvy Vaillant France (FRA)49.49Q
1044Karsten Warholm Norway (NOR)49.50Q
1155Aron Koech Kenya (KEN)49.55Q
1253Jack Green Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)49.55q
1358Eric Futch United States (USA)49.57q
1413Takatoshi Abe Japan (JPN)49.65Q
1543Guillermo Ruggeri Argentina (ARG)49.69Q, NR
1629Jaheel Hyde Jamaica (JAM)49.72Q
1725Abdelmalik Lahoulou Algeria (ALG)49.78Q
1826Thomas Barr Ireland (IRL)49.79Q
1932José Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon Italy (ITA)49.79Q
2016Jaak-Heinrich Jagor Estonia (EST)49.81Q
2147Ricardo Cunningham Jamaica (JAM)49.91Q
2218Kemar Mowatt Jamaica (JAM)50.00Q
2345Victor Coroller France (FRA)50.00q
2437Kariem Hussein Switzerland (SUI)50.12q
2514Hederson Estefani Brazil (BRA)50.22
2635Jordin Andrade Cape Verde (CPV)50.32
2712Javier Culson Puerto Rico (PUR)50.33
2823Yusuke Ishida Japan (JPN)50.35
2922Lorenzo Vergani Italy (ITA)50.37
3059Sergio Fernández Spain (ESP)50.38
3146Ryo Kajiki Japan (JPN)51.36
3236Creve Armando Machava Mozambique (MOZ)51.71
3317José Luis Gaspar Cuba (CUB)51.82
3456Mehboob Ali Pakistan (PAK)52.24
3527Ephraim Lerkin Papua New Guinea (PNG)52.36
3619Pablo Andrés Ibáñez El Salvador (ESA)52.72
42Michael Stigler United States (USA)DQR 168.7(a)
28Kyron McMaster British Virgin Islands (IVB)DQ R 163.3(a)
48Eric Cray Philippines (PHI)DQR 162.7
33Rasmus Mägi Estonia (EST)DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 7 August in three heats as follows:[11]

Heat123
Start time 20:2020:3020:40
Photo finish

The first two in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:[12]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
117Kerron Clement United States (USA)48.35Q
215Karsten Warholm Norway (NOR)48.43Q
314Juander Santos Dominican Republic (DOM)48.59q, PB
413Kemar Mowatt Jamaica (JAM)48.66q
536Abderrahman Samba Qatar (QAT)48.75Q
634Yasmani Copello Turkey (TUR)48.91Q
726TJ Holmes United States (USA)49.12Q
822Kariem Hussein Switzerland (SUI)49.13Q
932Eric Futch United States (USA)49.30
1018Abdelmalik Lahoulou Algeria (ALG)49.33
1116Patryk Dobek Poland (POL)49.40
1227Jaheel Hyde Jamaica (JAM)49.75
1323Jack Green Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)49.93
1424Takatoshi Abe Japan (JPN)49.93
1535Ludvy Vaillant France (FRA)49.95
1638José Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon Italy (ITA)50.29
1725Mamadou Kassé Hanne France (FRA)50.35
1829Aron Kipchumba Koech Kenya (KEN)50.40
1928Jaak-Heinrich Jagor Estonia (EST)50.43
2033Ricardo Cunningham Jamaica (JAM)50.54
2112Victor Coroller France (FRA)55.69
37Márcio Teles Brazil (BRA)DNF
39Guillermo Ruggeri Argentina (ARG)DQ R 163.3(a)
19Thomas Barr Ireland (IRL)DNS

Final

The final took place on 9 August at 20:34. The results were as follows (photo finish):[13]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Karsten Warholm Norway (NOR)48.35
8Yasmani Copello Turkey (TUR)48.49
4Kerron Clement United States (USA)48.52
43Kemar Mowatt Jamaica (JAM)48.99
57TJ Holmes United States (USA)49.00
62Juander Santos Dominican Republic (DOM)49.04
76Abderrahman Samba Qatar (QAT)49.74
89Kariem Hussein Switzerland (SUI)50.07

References

  1. Start list
  2. "Young Norwegian Warholm earns breakthrough 400m hurdles win". Reuters. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  3. "Karsten Warholm Upsets Olympic Champion Kerron Clement In 400m Hurdles". FloTrack. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  4. "Report: men's 400m hurdles final – IAAF World Championships London 2017". IAAF. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  5. "400 Metres Hurdles Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  6. "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  7. "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. "400 Metres Hurdles Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  9. "400 Metres Hurdles Men − Heats − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  10. "400 Metres Hurdles Men − Heats − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  11. "400 Metres Hurdles Men − Semi-Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  12. "400 Metres Hurdles Men − Semi-Final − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  13. "400 Metres Hurdles Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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