The men's 400 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 28, 29 and 31 August. The winning margin was 0.51 seconds.
Medalists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Jeremy Wariner
United States | LaShawn Merritt
United States | Angelo Taylor
United States |
Records
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.
Schedule
Date | Time | Round |
August 28, 2007 | 10:10 | Heats |
August 29, 2007 | 21:25 | Semifinals |
August 31, 2007 | 22:05 | Final |
Results
KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | WR | World record | AR | Area record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
1 | 1 | Chris Brown | Bahamas | 44.50 | Q, SB |
2 | 4 | LaShawn Merritt | United States | 44.78 | Q |
3 | 1 | John Steffensen | Australia | 44.82 | Q, SB |
4 | 1 | Arismendy Peguero | Dominican Republic | 44.92 | Q, PB |
5 | 4 | Johan Wissman | Sweden | 44.94 | Q, NR |
6 | 3 | Alleyne Francique | Grenada | 44.95 | Q, SB |
7 | 6 | Nery Brenes | Costa Rica | 45.01 | Q, NR |
8 | 2 | Jeremy Wariner | United States | 45.10 | Q |
9 | 6 | Angelo Taylor | United States | 45.13 | Q |
10 | 7 | Tyler Christopher | Canada | 45.15 | Q |
11 | 3 | Leslie Djhone | France | 45.17 | Q |
12 | 5 | Gary Kikaya | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 45.21 | Q |
13 | 7 | Ato Modibo | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.22 | Q, SB |
14 | 2 | Avard Moncur | Bahamas | 45.27 | Q |
15 | 5 | Sanjay Ayre | Jamaica | 45.28 | Q |
16 | 6 | William Collazo | Cuba | 45.29 | Q, PB |
17 | 4 | Andrae Williams | Bahamas | 45.31 | Q |
18 | 3 | Ricardo Chambers | Jamaica | 45.34 | Q |
19 | 2 | David Gillick | Ireland | 45.35 | Q |
20 | 6 | California Molefe | Botswana | 45.36 | q, SB |
21 | 7 | Sean Wroe | Australia | 45.39 | Q |
22 | 4 | Young Talkmore Nyongani | Zimbabwe | 45.40 | q, SB |
23 | 5 | Timothy Benjamin | Great Britain | 45.44 | Q |
23 | 6 | Michael Blackwood | Jamaica | 45.44 | q |
23 | 1 | Bastian Swillims | Germany | 45.44 | PB |
26 | 5 | Chris Lloyd | Dominica | 45.46 | |
27 | 2 | Martyn Rooney | Great Britain | 45.47 | SB |
28 | 2 | Lewis Banda | Zimbabwe | 45.47 | SB |
29 | 7 | Daniel Dąbrowski | Poland | 45.50 | |
30 | 3 | Andrew Steele | Great Britain | 45.54 | |
31 | 5 | Vladislav Frolov | Russia | 45.69 | |
32 | 1 | Renny Quow | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.70 | |
33 | 7 | Andrea Barberi | Italy | 45.74 | SB |
34 | 1 | Marcin Marciniszyn | Poland | 45.83 | |
35 | 3 | Rafał Wieruszewski | Poland | 45.94 | SB |
36 | 3 | Carlos Santa | Dominican Republic | 45.99 | SB |
37 | 2 | Brice Panel | France | 46.02 | |
38 | 3 | Clemens Zeller | Austria | 46.06 | |
39 | 1 | Dimitrios Regas | Greece | 46.22 | SB |
40 | 6 | Yuki Yamaguchi | Japan | 46.28 | |
41 | 4 | Eric Milazar | Mauritius | 46.55 | |
42 | 5 | Ioan Vieru | Romania | 46.78 | |
43 | 4 | Andrés Silva | Uruguay | 46.79 | |
44 | 2 | Félix Martínez | Puerto Rico | 46.86 | |
45 | 1 | Takeshi Fujiwara | El Salvador | 46.92 | NR |
46 | 7 | Dimitrios Gravalos | Greece | 46.94 | |
47 | 5 | Mathieu Gnanligo | Benin | 47.51 | |
48 | 6 | Jonathon Lavers | Gibraltar | 47.97 | NR |
49 | 6 | Ivano Bucci | San Marino | 48.07 | PB |
50 | 5 | Nicolau Palanca | Angola | 48.60 | |
51 | 4 | Dalibor Spasovski | Macedonia | 48.63 | PB |
52 | 7 | Moses Kamut | Vanuatu | 48.90 | |
53 | 4 | Karar A.M. Al Abbody | Iraq | 48.95 | PB |
54 | 2 | Abdulla Mohamed Hussein | Somalia | 50.54 | PB |
55 | 2 | Hermán López | Nicaragua | 50.72 | |
| 3 | Yuzo Kanemaru | Japan | | DNF |
| 6 | Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr | Sudan | | DNF |
| 7 | Lionel Larry | United States | | DNF |
| 4 | Gakologelwang Masheto | Botswana | | DNS |
| 5 | Hamdan Al-Bishi | Saudi Arabia | | DNS |
Semifinals
First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.
Final
References
- Heats Results
- Semifinals Results
- Final Results
World champions in men's 400 metres |
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