2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

None May 2026 Men's 400 metres 2015 World Championships Wayde van Niekerk Beijing 2015.jpg Wayde van Niekerk fourth fastest in history Beijing National Stadium 23 August (heats)24 August (semifinals)26 August (final) 44 27 43.48 Wayde van Niekerk RSA LaShawn Merritt USA Kirani James GRN 2013 2017 The men's 400 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 23, 24 and 26 August.http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141201205133/http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ dead 1 December 2014 Beijing 2015: Timetable 10 August 2015 10 August 2015 Beijing 2015 http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-400-M-h----.SL2.pdf Start list 26 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150928092132/http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-400-M-h----.SL2.pdf 28 September 2015 dead The winning margin was 0.17 seconds. Summary Since 2008, all of the major gold medals had been won by either reigning Olympic champion Kirani James or defending champion LaShawn Merritt. In the final, both were out ahead, along with Wayde van Niekerk and Isaac Makwala, Africans with none of those credentials. Through the final turn, van Niekerk took sole possession of the lead, Makwala passed James to hit the home stretch with a slight advantage in second. Far off the pace was Luguelín Santos. Down the home stretch, Makwala was unable to hold his position and was passed by a burst from James. James was unable to hold that burst, Merritt cruised past James but was unable to make any headway on van Niekerk's lead. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/11826424/World-Championships-2015-Wayde-van-Niekerk-wins-400m-gold-and-is-taken-to-hospital-with-exhaustion.html World Championships 2015: Wayde van Niekerk wins 400m gold and is taken to hospital with exhaustion 26 August 2015 Daily Telegraph 27 August 2015 Merritt made a desperate lean that actually cost him time but was well beaten, Santos followed Merritt down the home stretch to take fourth beating the National Record he set in the semi-final round. https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/athletics/34065256 World Championships: Wayde van Niekerk wins superb 400m 26 August 2015 BBC Sport 27 August 2015 van Niekerk's 43.48 improved upon his own African Record, putting him at number 4 on the all-time list. For the first time in history, three men broke 44 seconds. Merritt set the fastest non-winning time of all time at 43.65 seconds. In fact, places 2, 3 and 4 were all the fastest ever in that position. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/aug/26/wayde-van-niekerk-wins-mens-400m-final-world-athletics-championship Wayde van Niekerk wins men's 400m final at world championships 26 August 2015 Guardian 27 August 2015 Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:http://www.iaaf.org/records/by-discipline/sprints/400-metres/outdoor/men Records & Lists – 400 meters IAAF 17 August 2015 World recordMichael Johnson USA43.18 Sevilla, Spain26 August 1999Championship recordWorld LeadingIsaac Makwala BOT43.72 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland5 July 2015African RecordAsian RecordAbdelalelah Haroun QAT44.27 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland5 July 2015NACAC recordMichael Johnson USA43.18 Seville, Spain26 August 1999South American RecordSanderlei Parrela BRA44.29 Seville, Spain26 August 1999European RecordThomas Schönlebe GDR44.33 Rome, Italy3 September 1987Oceanian recordDarren Clark AUS44.38 Seoul, South Korea26 September 1988The following records were established during the competition:Asian RecordYousef Masrahi KSA43.93Beijing, China23 August 2015World LeadingWayde van Niekerk RSA43.48 Beijing, China26 August 2015African Record Qualification standards Entry standards 2014 IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/544c7d0a-0807-4226-a85b-79928c58a097.pdf IAAF 17 August 2015 45.50 Schedule Date Time Round23 August 2015 11:10 Heats24 August 2015 20:05 Semifinals26 August 2015 21:25 Final All times are local times (UTC+8) Results KEY:QQualifiedqFastest non-qualifiersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best Heats Qualification: Best 3 (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the next round.http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-400-M-h----.RS4.pdf Heats results 24 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150928084443/http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-400-M-h----.RS4.pdf 28 September 2015 dead thumb|right|300px|Heat 2 Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Yousef Masrahi KSA 2015 World 43.93 Q, AR Asian 2 2 Rusheen McDonald JAM 2015 World 43.93 Q, NR Jamaican 3 2 Isaac Makwala BOT 2015 World 44.19 Q 4 6 Wayde van Niekerk RSA 2015 World 44.42 Q 5 1 David Verburg USA 2015 World 44.43 Q 6 2 Martyn Rooney GBR 2015 World 44.45q, PB 7 3 LaShawn Merritt USA 2015 World 44.51 Q 8 1 Machel Cedenio TTO 2015 World 44.54 Q 8 6 Renny Quow TTO 2015 World 44.54 Q, SB 10 4 Kirani James GRN 2015 World 44.56 Q 11 4 Luguelín Santos DOM 2015 World 44.62 Q 12 6 Bryshon Nellum USA 2015 World 44.65 Q, PB 13 1 Jonathan Borlée BEL 2015 World 44.67 Q, SB 14 6 Chris Brown BAH 2015 World 44.68 q 15 1 Peter Matthews JAM 2015 World 44.69 q, PB 16 2 Liemarvin Bonevacia NED 2015 World 44.72 q, NR Dutch 17 3 Javon Francis JAM 2015 World 44.83 Q 18 4 Lalonde Gordon TTO 2015 World 44.97 Q 19 3 Kevin Borlée BEL 2015 World 45.01 Q, SB 20 3 Michael Mathieu BAH 2015 World 45.07 q 21 3 Nery Brenes CRC 2015 World 45.08 q 22 2 Pavel Maslák CZE 2015 World 45.16 23 4 Onkabetse Nkobolo BOT 2015 World 45.17 PB 24 5 Rabah Yousif GBR 2015 World 45.24 Q 25 1 Pavel Ivashko RUS 2015 World 45.25 PB 25 6 Winston George GUY 2015 World 45.25 NR Guyanese 27 5 Steven Gardiner BAH 2015 World 45.26 Q 28 1 Luka Janežič SLO 2015 World 45.28 NR Slovenian 28 1 Alberth Bravo VEN 2015 World 45.28 30 4 Hederson Estefani BRA 2015 World 45.36 SB 31 6 Hugo de Sousa BRA 2015 World 45.42 SB 32 4 Jarryd Dunn GBR 2015 World 45.49 33 5 Vernon Norwood USA 2015 World 45.53 Q 34 5 Mame-Ibra Anne FRA 2015 World 45.55 35 6 Gustavo Cuesta DOM 2015 World 45.59 36 5 Abubakar Abbas BHR 2015 World 45.64 37 3 Yuzo Kanemaru JPN 2015 World 45.65 38 3 Aliaksandr Linnik BLR 2015 World 45.79 39 4 Vitaliy Butrym UKR 2015 World 45.88 40 5 Alphas Kishoyian KEN 2015 World 46.02 41 1 Bralon Taplin GRN 2015 World 46.27 42 3 Guo Zhongze CHN 2015 World 46.42 43 5 Mohamed Khouaja LBA 2015 World 46.50 SB 44 5 Berend Koekemoer RSA 2015 World 46.52 45 2 Donald Sanford ISR 2015 World 99.99 DNS Semifinals Qualification: Best 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the next round.http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-400-M-sf----.RS4.pdf Semifinals results 24 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150928091358/http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-400-M-sf----.RS4.pdf 28 September 2015 dead Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Isaac Makwala BOT 2015 World 44.11 Q 2 1 Kirani James GRN 2015 World 44.16 Q 3 1 Luguelín Santos DOM 2015 World 44.26 Q, NR Dominican Republic 4 3 Wayde van Niekerk RSA 2015 World 44.31 Q 5 3 LaShawn Merritt USA 2015 World 44.34 Q, SB 6 2 Yousef Masrahi KSA 2015 World 44.40 Q 7 2 Rabah Yousif GBR 2015 World 44.54 q, PB 8 3 Machel Cedenio TTO 2015 World 44.64 q 9 2 Lalonde Gordon TTO 2015 World 44.70 10 1 David Verburg USA 2015 World 44.71 11 1 Kevin Borlée BEL 2015 World 44.74 SB 12 3 Javon Francis JAM 2015 World 44.77 12 2 Bryshon Nellum USA 2015 World 44.77 14 3 Jonathan Borlée BEL 2015 World 44.85 15 2 Rusheen McDonald JAM 2015 World 44.86 16 1 Renny Quow TTO 2015 World 44.98 16 2 Steven Gardiner BAH 2015 World 44.98 18 1 Vernon Norwood USA 2015 World 45.07 18 1 Chris Brown BAH 2015 World 45.07 20 3 Martyn Rooney GBR 2015 World 45.29 21 2 Nery Brenes CRC 2015 World 45.41 22 1 Peter Matthews JAM 2015 World 45.42 23 3 Michael Mathieu BAH 2015 World 45.43 24 3 Liemarvin Bonevacia NED 2015 World 45.65 Final The final was held at 21:25.Final results Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Wayde van Niekerk RSA 2015 World 43.48 WL, AR African 8 LaShawn Merritt USA 2015 World 43.65 PB 5 Kirani James GRN 2015 World 43.78 SB 4 7 Luguelín Santos DOM 2015 World 44.11 NR Dominican Republic 5 4 Isaac Makwala BOT 2015 World 44.63 6 3 Rabah Yousif GBR 2015 World 44.68 7 2 Machel Cedenio TTO 2015 World 45.06 8 9 Yousef Masrahi KSA 2015 World 45.15 References 400 Category:400 metres at the World Athletics Championships