2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres
Men's 400 metres at the 2022 World Championships | ||||||||||
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![]() Michael Norman shortly after the final. | ||||||||||
Venue | Hayward Field | |||||||||
Dates | 17 July (heats) 20 July (semi-finals) 22 July (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 48 from 31 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 44.29 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Official Video
35 km walk | men | women | ||
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Field events | ||||
High jump | men | women | ||
Pole vault | men | women | ||
Long jump | men | women | ||
Triple jump | men | women | ||
Shot put | men | women | ||
Discus throw | men | women | ||
Hammer throw | men | women | ||
Javelin throw | men | women | ||
Combined events | ||||
Heptathlon | women | |||
Decathlon | men | |||
World Team event | ||||
World Team | ||||
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
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
Before the competition records were as follows:[2]
Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
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World record | ![]() |
43.03 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 14 August 2016 |
Championship record
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43.18 | Seville, Spain | 26 August 1999 |
World Leading | ![]() |
43.56 | Eugene, United States
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25 June 2022 |
African Record | ![]() |
43.03 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 14 August 2016 |
Asian Record | ![]() Youssef Ahmed Masrahi (KSA)
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43.93 | Beijing, China | 23 August 2015 |
North, Central American and Caribbean record | ![]() |
43.18 | Seville, Spain | 26 August 1999 |
South American Record | ![]() |
43.93 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 August 2021 |
European Record | ![]() |
44.33 | Rome, Italy | 3 September 1987 |
Oceanian record | ![]() |
44.38 | Seoul, South Korea | 26 September 1988 |
Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 44.90.[3]
Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:
Date | Time | Round |
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17 July | 11:05 | Heats |
20 July | 19:15 | Semi-finals |
22 July | 19:35 | Final |
Results
Heats
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 |
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1 | 5 | Bayapo Ndori | ![]() |
44.87 | Q, PB |
2 | 1 | Wayde van Niekerk | ![]() |
45.18 | Q |
3 | 5 | Kirani James | ![]() |
45.29 | Q |
4 | 2 | Michael Norman | ![]() |
45.37 | Q |
5 | 1 | Jonathan Jones | ![]() |
45.46 | Q |
6 | 6 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | ![]() Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
45.49 | Q |
7 | 4 | Champion Allison | ![]() |
45.56 | Q |
8 | 5 | Nathon Allen | ![]() |
45.61 | Q |
9 | 1 | Alex Haydock-Wilson | ![]() Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
45.62 | Q, SB |
10 | 2 | Christopher Taylor | ![]() |
45.68 | Q |
11 | 2 | Zakhiti Nene |
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45.69 | Q |
12 | 4 | Dylan Borlée | ![]() |
45.70 | Q |
13 | 2 | Kevin Borlée | ![]() |
45.72 | q |
14 | 3 | Michael Cherry | ![]() |
45.81 | Q |
15 | 3 | Muzala Samukonga | ![]() |
45.82 | Q |
16 | 6 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | ![]() |
45.82 | Q |
17 | 6 | Lidio Andrés Feliz | ![]() |
45.87 | Q |
18 | 5 | Fuga Sato | ![]() |
45.88 | q |
19 | 1 | Julian Jrummi Walsh |
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45.90 | q |
20 | 4 | Isaac Makwala | ![]() |
45.93 | Q |
21 | 5 | Alex Beck | ![]() |
45.99 | q |
22 | 4 | Mikhail Litvin | ![]() |
46.00 | q, SB |
23 | 6 | Christopher O'Donnell | ![]() |
46.01 | q |
24 | 1 | Patrik Šorm | ![]() |
46.07 | |
25 | 3 | Alexander Doom | ![]() |
46.18 | Q |
26 | 2 | Benjamin Lobo Vedel | ![]() |
46.27 | |
27 | 6 | Kaito Kawabata | ![]() |
46.34 | |
28 | 3 | Jevaughn Powell | ![]() |
46.42 | |
29 | 5 | Edoardo Scotti | ![]() |
46.46 | |
30 | 2 | Luis Avilés | ![]() |
46.47 | |
31 | 4 | Davide Re | ![]() |
46.49 | |
32 | 2 | Kajetan Duszyński | ![]() |
46.57 | |
33 | 4 | Dwight St. Hillaire | ![]() |
46.60 | |
34 | 3 | Ricky Petrucciani | ![]() |
46.60 | |
35 | 4 | Boško Kijanović | ![]() |
46.85 | |
36 | 1 | Steven Solomon | ![]() |
46.87 | |
37 | 3 | Anthony Pesela | ![]() |
47.36 | |
38 | 6 | Lucas Carvalho | ![]() |
47.53 | |
39 | 5 | Dexter Mayorga | ![]() |
48.40 | |
40 | 6 | Aiden Hazzard | ![]() |
51.44 | SB |
41 | 3 | Obediah Timbaci | ![]() |
53.32 |
Semi-finals
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 |
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1 | 1 | Michael Norman | ![]() |
44.30 | Q |
2 | 1 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | ![]() Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
44.38 | Q |
3 | 3 | Champion Allison | ![]() |
44.71 | Q |
4 | 2 | Kirani James | ![]() |
44.74 | Q |
5 | 3 | Wayde van Niekerk | ![]() |
44.75 | Q |
6 | 3 | Jonathan Jones | ![]() |
44.78 | q |
7 | 2 | Bayapo Ndori | ![]() |
44.94 | Q |
8 | 1 | Christopher Taylor | ![]() |
44.97 | q, SB |
9 | 2 | Muzala Samukonga | ![]() |
45.02 | PB |
10 | 3 | Alex Haydock-Wilson | ![]() Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
45.08 | PB |
11 | 1 | Zakhiti Nene |
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45.24 | |
12 | 3 | Kevin Borlée | ![]() |
45.26 | |
13 | 2 | Michael Cherry | ![]() |
45.28 | |
14 | 1 | Dylan Borlée | ![]() |
45.41 | |
15 | 3 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | ![]() |
45.50 | |
16 | 3 | Mikhail Litvin | ![]() |
45.63 | PB |
17 | 2 | Fuga Sato | ![]() |
45.71 | |
18 | 1 | Julian Jrummi Walsh |
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45.75 | |
19 | 2 | Alexander Doom | ![]() |
45.80 | |
20 | 2 | Christopher O'Donnell | ![]() |
46.01 | |
21 | 3 | Isaac Makwala | ![]() |
46.04 | |
22 | 1 | Lidio Andrés Feliz | ![]() |
46.19 | |
23 | 1 | Alex Beck | ![]() |
46.21 | |
2 | Nathon Allen | ![]() |
DNF |
Final
The final took place on 22 July at 19:35.[6]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Michael Norman | ![]() |
44.29 | |
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Kirani James | ![]() |
44.48 | |
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Matthew Hudson-Smith | ![]() Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
44.66 | |
4 | Champion Allison | ![]() |
44.77 | |
5 | Wayde van Niekerk | ![]() |
44.97 | |
6 | Bayapo Ndori | ![]() |
45.29 | |
7 | Christopher Taylor | ![]() |
45.30 | |
8 | Jonathan Jones | ![]() |
46.13 |
References
- ^ Timetable
- IAAF. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Heats Summary
- ^ Semi-finals Start List
- ^ Final Results