2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 11–13 August.[1]
| Men's 400 metres at the 2013 World Championships | |||||||
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| Venue | Luzhniki Stadium | ||||||
| Dates | 11 August (heats) 12 August (semifinals) 13 August (final) | ||||||
| Competitors | 35 from 26 nations | ||||||
| Winning time | 43.74 | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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The final had the 2008 Olympic Champion/2009 World Champion LaShawn Merritt and current defending champion and Olympic champion Kirani James in lanes 6 and 5 respectively. At the gun, Merritt took it out hard, passing Luguelín Santos to his outside and leaving him a couple meters behind at the halfway mark. James worked hard along the backstretch and into the turn to keep up with Merritt reaching the final straight two meters back, Jonathan Borlée one meter further back while the rest of the field almost 5 meters back with Santos the last out of the turn. Then the long striding James began to flail in quicksand. As Merritt charged home for the personal best 43.74 win, James fell back through the field. In lane 4, Tony McQuay asserted himself against the rest of the field, the first to pass James and run home for the silver. Borlée was clearly the next but Santos came from dead last to catch him just before the line to take the bronze.
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[2]
| World record |  Michael Johnson (USA) |
43.18 |  Sevilla, Spain |
26 August 1999 |
| Championship record | ||||
| World Leading |  Kirani James (GRN) |
43.96 |  Saint-Denis, France |
6 July 2013 |
| African Record |  Gary Kikaya (COD) |
44.10 |  Stuttgart, Germany |
9 September 2006 |
| Asian Record |  Mohamed Amer Al-Malky (OMA) |
44.56 |  Budapest, Hungary |
12 August 1988 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Michael Johnson (USA) |
43.18 | Sevilla, Spain |
26 August 1999 |
| South American Record |  Sanderlei Parrela (BRA) |
44.29 | Sevilla, Spain |
26 August 1999 |
| European Record |  Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) |
44.33 |  Rome, Italy |
3 September 1987 |
| Oceanian record | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Darren Clark (AUS) |
44.38 |  Seoul, South Korea |
26 September 1988 |
Qualification standards
| A time | B time |
|---|---|
| 45.28 | 45.60 |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2013 | 11:05 | Heats |
| 12 August 2013 | 20:05 | Semifinals |
| 13 August 2013 | 21:50 | Final |
Results
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.[3]
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Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.[4]
Final
The final was held at 21:50.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6 | LaShawn Merritt | United States (USA) | 43.74 | PB, WL |
 | 4 | Tony McQuay | United States (USA) | 44.40 | PB |
 | 7 | Luguelín Santos |  Dominican Republic (DOM) | 44.52 | SB |
| 4 | 8 | Jonathan Borlée | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium (BEL) | 44.54 | SB |
| 5 | 1 | Pavel Maslák |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 44.91 | |
| 6 | 3 | Yousef Masrahi |  Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 44.97 | |
| 7 | 5 | Kirani James | Grenada (GRN) | 44.99 | |
| 8 | 2 | Anderson Henriques | Brazil (BRA) | 45.03 |
References
- Start list
- "Records & Lists – 400 meters". IAAF. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- Heats Results
- Semifinals Results
- Final Results
External links
- 400 metres results at IAAF website