2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres
at the 2022 World Championships
Michael Norman shortly after the final.
VenueHayward Field
Dates17 July (heats)
20 July (semi-finals)
22 July (final)
Competitors48 from 31 nations
Winning time44.29
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Grenada
bronze medal    Great Britain
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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.

Summary

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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

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Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record  Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) 43.03 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 14 August 2016
Championship record  Michael Johnson (USA) 43.18 Seville, Spain 26 August 1999
World Leading  Michael Norman (USA) 43.56 Eugene, United States 25 June 2022
African Record  Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) 43.03 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 14 August 2016
Asian Record  Youssef Ahmed Masrahi (KSA) 43.93 Beijing, China 23 August 2015
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Michael Johnson (USA) 43.18 Seville, Spain 26 August 1999
South American Record  Anthony Zambrano (COL) 43.93 Tokyo, Japan 2 August 2021
European Record  Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) 44.33 Rome, Italy 3 September 1987
Oceanian record  Darren Clark (AUS) 44.38 Seoul, South Korea 26 September 1988

Qualification standard

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

Schedule

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

Date Time Round
17 July 11:05 Heats
20 July 19:15 Semi-finals
22 July 19:35 Final

Results

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Heats

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Bayapo Ndori  Botswana (BOT) 44.87 Q, PB
2 1 Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa (RSA) 45.18 Q
3 5 Kirani James  Grenada (GRN) 45.29 Q
4 2 Michael Norman  United States (USA) 45.37 Q
5 1 Jonathan Jones  Barbados (BAR) 45.46 Q
6 6 Matthew Hudson-Smith  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 45.49 Q
7 4 Champion Allison  United States (USA) 45.56 Q
8 5 Nathon Allen  Jamaica (JAM) 45.61 Q
9 1 Alex Haydock-Wilson  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 45.62 Q, SB
10 2 Christopher Taylor  Jamaica (JAM) 45.68 Q
11 2 Zakhiti Nene  South Africa (RSA) 45.69 Q
12 4 Dylan Borlée  Belgium (BEL) 45.70 Q
13 2 Kevin Borlée  Belgium (BEL) 45.72 q
14 3 Michael Cherry  United States (USA) 45.81 Q
15 3 Muzala Samukonga  Zambia (ZAM) 45.82 Q
16 6 Liemarvin Bonevacia  Netherlands (NED) 45.82 Q
17 6 Lidio Andrés Feliz  Dominican Republic (DOM) 45.87 Q
18 5 Fuga Sato  Japan (JPN) 45.88 q
19 1 Julian Jrummi Walsh  Japan (JPN) 45.90 q
20 4 Isaac Makwala  Botswana (BOT) 45.93 Q
21 5 Alex Beck  Australia (AUS) 45.99 q
22 4 Mikhail Litvin  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 46.00 q, SB
23 6 Christopher O'Donnell  Ireland (IRL) 46.01 q
24 1 Patrik Šorm  Czech Republic (CZE) 46.07
25 3 Alexander Doom  Belgium (BEL) 46.18 Q
26 2 Benjamin Lobo Vedel  Denmark (DEN) 46.27
27 6 Kaito Kawabata  Japan (JPN) 46.34
28 3 Jevaughn Powell  Jamaica (JAM) 46.42
29 5 Edoardo Scotti  Italy (ITA) 46.46
30 2 Luis Avilés  Mexico (MEX) 46.47
31 4 Davide Re  Italy (ITA) 46.49
32 2 Kajetan Duszyński  Poland (POL) 46.57
33 4 Dwight St. Hillaire  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 46.60
34 3 Ricky Petrucciani  Switzerland (SUI) 46.60
35 4 Boško Kijanović  Serbia (SRB) 46.85
36 1 Steven Solomon  Australia (AUS) 46.87
37 3 Anthony Pesela  Botswana (BOT) 47.36
38 6 Lucas Carvalho  Brazil (BRA) 47.53
39 5 Dexter Mayorga  Nicaragua (NCA) 48.40
40 6 Aiden Hazzard  Anguilla (AIA) 51.44 SB
41 3 Obediah Timbaci  Vanuatu (VAN) 53.32

Semi-finals

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Michael Norman  United States (USA) 44.30 Q
2 1 Matthew Hudson-Smith  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 44.38 Q
3 3 Champion Allison  United States (USA) 44.71 Q
4 2 Kirani James  Grenada (GRN) 44.74 Q
5 3 Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa (RSA) 44.75 Q
6 3 Jonathan Jones  Barbados (BAR) 44.78 q
7 2 Bayapo Ndori  Botswana (BOT) 44.94 Q
8 1 Christopher Taylor  Jamaica (JAM) 44.97 q, SB
9 2 Muzala Samukonga  Zambia (ZAM) 45.02 PB
10 3 Alex Haydock-Wilson  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 45.08 PB
11 1 Zakhiti Nene  South Africa (RSA) 45.24
12 3 Kevin Borlée  Belgium (BEL) 45.26
13 2 Michael Cherry  United States (USA) 45.28
14 1 Dylan Borlée  Belgium (BEL) 45.41
15 3 Liemarvin Bonevacia  Netherlands (NED) 45.50
16 3 Mikhail Litvin  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 45.63 PB
17 2 Fuga Sato  Japan (JPN) 45.71
18 1 Julian Jrummi Walsh  Japan (JPN) 45.75
19 2 Alexander Doom  Belgium (BEL) 45.80
20 2 Christopher O'Donnell  Ireland (IRL) 46.01
21 3 Isaac Makwala  Botswana (BOT) 46.04
22 1 Lidio Andrés Feliz  Dominican Republic (DOM) 46.19
23 1 Alex Beck  Australia (AUS) 46.21
2 Nathon Allen  Jamaica (JAM) DNF

Final

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

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michael Norman  United States (USA) 44.29
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kirani James  Grenada (GRN) 44.48
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Matthew Hudson-Smith  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 44.66
4 Champion Allison  United States (USA) 44.77
5 Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa (RSA) 44.97
6 Bayapo Ndori  Botswana (BOT) 45.29
7 Christopher Taylor  Jamaica (JAM) 45.30
8 Jonathan Jones  Barbados (BAR) 46.13

References

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  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