1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

None Men's 400 metres 1999 World Championships Estadio Olímpico 22 August (heats)23 August (quarter-finals)24 August (semi-finals)26 August (final) 48 43.18 WR Michael Johnson USA Sanderlei Claro Parrela BRA Alejandro Cárdenas MEX 1997 2001 thumb|110px|udlrRIYBUsw Official video These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 48 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final held on Thursday 26 August 1999 at 8.45 pm. The winning margin was 1.11 seconds which as of May 2025 remains the greatest winning margin in the history of the men's 400 metres at these championships and the only time this race has been won by over one second. It was also a greater winning margin than the men's 5,000 metres in 1999. Final RANKFINALTIMEImage:Med 1.pngMichael Johnson USA43.18 20px|World Record 20px|Championships RecordImage:Med 2.pngSanderlei Claro Parrela BRA44.29Image:Med 3.pngAlejandro Cárdenas MEX44.314.Mark Richardson GBR44.655.Gregory Haughton JAM45.076.Jamie Baulch GBR45.18Antonio Pettigrew USADQJerome Young USADQ Semi-final Held on Tuesday 24 August 1999 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.Michael Johnson USA43.952.Alejandro Cárdenas MEX44.373.Sanderlei Claro Parrela BRA44.374.Mark Richardson GBR44.475.Jerome Davis USA44.516.Tomasz Czubak POL44.62 (NR)7.Kennedy Ochieng KEN45.578.Danny McFarlane JAM45.86 RANKHEAT 2TIME1.Gregory Haughton JAM45.092.Jamie Baulch GBR45.243.Matija Šestak SLO45.474.Ibrahima Wade SEN45.665.Anderson Jorge dos Santos BRA45.67Antonio Pettigrew USADQJerome Young USADQPiotr Rysiukiewicz POLDNF Quarter-finals Held on Monday 23 August 1999 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.Jamie Baulch GBR45.143.Piotr Rysiukiewicz POL45.544.Anderson Jorge dos Santos BRA45.615.Jun Osakada JPN45.716.Michael McDonald JAM45.877.Udeme Ekpeyong NGR46.408.Jopie van Oudtshoorn RSA46.42Antonio Pettigrew USADQ RANKHEAT 2TIME1.Michael Johnson USA45.102.Tomasz Czubak POL45.273.Ibrahima Wade SEN45.534.Danny McFarlane JAM45.545.Sunday Bada NGR45.696.David Canal ESP46.217.Sugath Tillakeratne SRI46.408.Shane Niemi CAN46.57 RANKHEAT 3TIME1.Alejandro Cárdenas MEX44.972.Mark Richardson GBR44.983.Kennedy Ochieng KEN45.134.Robert Maćkowiak POL45.235.Arnaud Malherbe RSA45.776.Marc Foucan FRA45.78Jerome Young USADQEric Milazar MRIDNS RANKHEAT 4TIME1.Sanderlei Claro Parrela BRA44.722.Gregory Haughton JAM45.133.Jerome Davis USA45.144.Matija Šestak SLO45.435.Clement Chukwu NGR45.506.Ibrahim Ismail Muftah QAT46.047.Phillip Mukomana ZIM46.368.Masayoshi Kan JPN46.37 Heats Held on Saturday 21 August 1999 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.Tomasz Czubak POL45.132.Jerome Davis USA45.253.Mark Richardson GBR45.264.Matija Šestak SLO45.475.Clement Chukwu NGR45.956.Kenji Tabata JPN46.427.Adriaan Botha RSA46.448.Carlos Santa DOM46.80 RANKHEAT 2TIME1.Alejandro Cárdenas MEX45.342.Michael Johnson USA45.353.Phillip Mukomana ZIM45.634.Eric Milazar MRI45.905.Kennedy Ochieng KEN46.136.Solomon Wariso GBR46.617.Evripides Demosthenous CYP46.728.Paul McBurney IRL46.87 RANKHEAT 3TIME1.Michael McDonald JAM45.132.Sugath Tillakeratne SRI45.733.Ibrahim Ismail Muftah QAT45.944.Udeme Ekpeyong NGR46.255.Shane Niemi CAN46.336.Dmitriy Golovastov RUS46.537.Bothwell Namuswa ZAM48.10Antonio Pettigrew USADQ RANKHEAT 4TIME1.Sanderlei Claro Parrela BRA45.152.David Canal ESP45.363.Robert Maćkowiak POL45.514.Arnaud Malherbe RSA45.565.Danny McFarlane JAM45.586.Sunday Bada NGR45.617.Masayoshi Kan JPN46.20Benjamin Youla CGODNS RANKHEAT 5TIME1.Jamie Baulch GBR45.512.Ibrahima Wade SEN45.763.Piotr Rysiukiewicz POL46.124.Anastasios Goussis GRE46.605.Marcel Lopuchovsky SVK46.976.Abednego Matilu KEN47.42Neil de Silva TRIDQJerome Young USADQ RANKHEAT 6TIME1.Anderson Jorge dos Santos BRA45.722.Gregory Haughton JAM45.873.Jun Osakada JPN45.944.Jopie van Oudtshoorn RSA45.985.Marc Foucan FRA46.136.Matthias Rusterholz SUI46.437.Alleyne Francique GRN47.498.Rashid Chouhal MLT48.32 References The 7th IAAF World Championships in athletics 1999. Result. iaaf.org H Category:400 metres at the World Athletics Championships