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[edit]
Records[edit]
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.
Schedule[edit]
Date
|
Time
|
Round
|
August 28, 2007 |
10:10 |
Heats
|
August 29, 2007 |
21:25 |
Semifinals
|
August 31, 2007 |
22:05 |
Final
|
Results[edit]
KEY:
|
q |
Fastest non-qualifiers
|
Q |
Qualified
|
WR |
World record
|
AR |
Area record
|
NR |
National record
|
PB |
Personal best
|
SB |
Seasonal best
|
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[edit]
First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.
References[edit]