2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres


The men's 400 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 28, 29 and 31 August.

Medalists

Records

Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.
World record43.18Seville, Spain26 August 1999
Championship record43.18Seville, Spain26 August 1999
World Leading43.50Stockholm, Sweden7 August 2007
African record44.10Stuttgart, Germany9 September 2006
Asian record44.56Budapest, Hungary12 August 1988
North American record43.18Seville, Spain26 August 1999
South American record44.29Seville, Spain26 August 1999
European record44.33Rome, Italy3 September 1987
Oceanian record44.38Seoul, South Korea26 September 1988

Schedule

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 3 fastest advance to the [|semifinals].
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Chris Brown44.50Q, SB
4LaShawn Merritt44.78Q
1John Steffensen44.82Q, SB
1Arismendy Peguero44.92Q, PB
4Johan Wissman44.94Q, NR
3Alleyne Francique44.95Q, SB
6Nery Brenes45.01Q, NR
2Jeremy Wariner45.10Q
6Angelo Taylor45.13Q
107Tyler Christopher45.15Q
113Leslie Djhone45.17Q
125Gary Kikaya45.21Q
137Ato Modibo45.22Q, SB
142Avard Moncur45.27Q
155Sanjay Ayre45.28Q
166William Collazo45.29Q, PB
174Andrae Williams45.31Q
183Ricardo Chambers45.34Q
192David Gillick45.35Q
206California Molefe45.36q, SB
217Sean Wroe45.39Q
224Young Talkmore Nyongani45.40q, SB
235Timothy Benjamin45.44Q
236Michael Blackwood45.44q
231Bastian Swillims45.44PB
265Chris Lloyd45.46
272Martyn Rooney45.47SB
282Lewis Banda45.47SB
297Daniel Dąbrowski45.50
303Andrew Steele45.54
315Vladislav Frolov45.69
321Renny Quow45.70
337Andrea Barberi45.74SB
341Marcin Marciniszyn45.83
353Rafał Wieruszewski45.94SB
363Carlos Santa45.99SB
372Brice Panel46.02
383Clemens Zeller46.06
391Dimitrios Regas46.22SB
406Yuki Yamaguchi46.28
414Eric Milazar46.55
425Ioan Vieru46.78
434Andrés Silva46.79
442Félix Martínez46.86
451Takeshi Fujiwara46.92NR
467Dimitrios Gravalos46.94
475Mathieu Gnanligo47.51
486Jonathon Lavers47.97NR
496Ivano Bucci48.07PB
505Nicolau Palanca48.60
514Dalibor Spasovski48.63PB
527Moses Kamut48.90
534Karar A.M. Al Abbody48.95PB
542Abdulla Mohamed Hussein50.54PB
552Hermán López50.72
3Yuzo KanemaruDNF
6Nagmeldin Ali AbubakrDNF
7Lionel LarryDNF
4Gakologelwang MashetoDNS
5Hamdan Al-BishiDNS

Semifinals

First 2 in each semifinal and the next 2 fastest advance to the [|final].
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
3LaShawn Merritt44.31Q
2Jeremy Wariner44.33Q
1Angelo Taylor44.45Q
3Leslie Djhone44.46Q, NR
3Tyler Christopher44.47q, SB
2Chris Brown44.50Q
1Johan Wissman44.56Q, NR
1Avard Moncur44.86q, SB
3John Steffensen44.95
102Ato Modibo45.12SB
111Nery Brenes45.14
112Gary Kikaya45.14
132Ricardo Chambers45.18
141Sean Wroe45.25PB
152David Gillick45.37
163Andrae Williams45.40
171Alleyne Francique45.41
182California Molefe45.47
191Arismendy Peguero45.54
192William Collazo45.54
211Michael Blackwood45.60
223Timothy Benjamin46.17
233Young Talkmore Nyongani46.23
3Sanjay AyreDNF

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Jeremy Wariner43.45WL
LaShawn Merritt43.96PB
Angelo Taylor44.32
4Chris Brown44.45NR
5Leslie Djhone44.59
6Tyler Christopher44.71
7Johan Wissman44.72
8Avard Moncur45.40