2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...

at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics

2007 World Championships in Athletics

The 11th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007...

was held at the Nagai Stadium

Nagai Stadium

is an athletic stadium in Osaka, Japan. It is the home ground of J. League club Cerezo Osaka. The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000.-History:...

on 25, 26 and 28 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kerron Clement Kerron Clement Kerron Stephon Clement is Trinidadian-born track and field athlete who represents the United States and specializes in the 400-meter hurdles...	Félix Sánchez Felix Sanchez Félix Sánchez —nicknamed Super Felix, the Invincible and the Dictator— is a track and field athlete from New York City, United States who competes for The Dominican Republic...	Marek Plawgo Marek Plawgo Marek Plawgo is a Polish athlete. He mainly competes in the 400 meters hurdles, but he also starts in the 400 meters and the 4x400 meters relay....

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record	46.78	Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	6 August 1992
Championship record	47.18	Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	19 August 1993
World leading	47.72	Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	23 June 2007
African record	47.10	Zürich Zürich Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	7 August 1991
Asian record	47.53	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	27 September 2000
North American record	46.78	Barcelona, Spain	6 August 1992
South American record	47.84	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... , Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	7 August 2005
European record	47.37	Lausanne Lausanne Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west... , Switzerland	5 July 1995
Oceanian record	48.28	Atlanta, United States	31 July 1996

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 25, 2007	20:45	Heats
August 26, 2007	21:45	Semifinals
August 28, 2007	22:20	Final

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	WR	World record	AR	Area record	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Time	Notes
	5	Félix Sánchez Felix Sanchez Félix Sánchez —nicknamed Super Felix, the Invincible and the Dictator— is a track and field athlete from New York City, United States who competes for The Dominican Republic...	48.70	Q, SB
	5	Bershawn Jackson Bershawn Jackson Bershawn Jackson is an American athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 m hurdles, but is also a capable 400 m runner.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Jackson won a bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles...	48.87	Q
	3	Danny McFarlane Danny McFarlane Danny McFarlane, OD is a Jamaican hurdler, who has won numerous international medals in individual and relay contests...	48.91	Q
	5	Kenji Narisako Kenji Narisako is a Japanese hurdler.He won the bronze medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships, and the gold medals at the 2005 Summer Universiade and the 2006 Asian Games...	48.92	Q, SB
	4	Adam Kunkel Adam Kunkel Adam Charles Kunkel is a male hurdler from Canada, who twice represented his native country at the Pan American Games: 2003 and 2007...	49.03	Q
	3	Kerron Clement Kerron Clement Kerron Stephon Clement is Trinidadian-born track and field athlete who represents the United States and specializes in the 400-meter hurdles...	49.07	Q
	3	Javier Culson Javier Culson Javier Culson Pérez is a Puerto Rican athlete who specialises in the 400 metre hurdles.-Athletic career:Born in Ponce, Culson Pérez won his first international gold medal in his home town at the 2006 Ibero-American Championships. He won a bronze medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade with a time of...	49.09	Q
	4	Periklis Iakovakis Periklís Iakovákis Periklís Iakovákis is a Greek athlete mainly competing in 400 metres hurdles. He is the Greek record holder and nine times national champion in the event....	49.10	Q
	4	Pieter de Villiers	49.24	Q
10	5	Isa Phillips Isa Phillips Isa Phillips is a Jamaican hurdling athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles.The Kingston native made his international debut at the 2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics, finishing sixth in the 400 m hurdles semi-finals. He won the national under-18s championship in the event...	49.38	Q
11	4	Fadil Bellaabouss Fadil Bellaabouss Fadil Bellaabouss is a French track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles.-Achievements:-References:...	49.51	Q
12	2	James Carter James Carter (athlete) James Carter is an American athlete competing in 400 m hurdles. His personal best is 47.43, set during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics where he won the silver medal.- Achievements :...	49.52	Q
13	5	Ibrahima Maïga Ibrahima Maïga Ibrahima Maïga is a Malian hurdler. He was born in Sareyamou.He finished fourth at the 2004 African Championships, fifth at the 2006 African Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2008 African Championships...	49.55	q
14	4	Jonathan Williams	49.61	q
15	5	Joseph Abraham Joseph Abraham Joseph Ganapathiplackal Abraham is an Indian track and field athlete from Kerala. He holds the current 400 metre hurdles national record of 49.51 s set during the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka on 26 August 2007...	49.64	q
16	1	Derrick Williams	49.65	Q
17	1	Marek Plawgo Marek Plawgo Marek Plawgo is a Polish athlete. He mainly competes in the 400 meters hurdles, but he also starts in the 400 meters and the 4x400 meters relay....	49.66	Q
17	1	Meng Yan Meng Yan Meng Yan is a Chinese athlete who specialises in the 400 metre hurdles.He won the silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games. He competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final....	49.66	Q
17	3	Edivaldo Monteiro Edivaldo Monteiro Edivaldo Monteiro is a Guinea-Bissau-born Portuguese hurdler.He competed at the World Championships in 2001, 2003 and 2005 as well as the Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008 without reaching the final....	49.66	Q
17	3	Aleksandr Derevyagin Aleksandr Derevyagin Alexsandr Derevyagin is a Russian hurdler.He finished 8th in the 400m hurdles final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg....	49.66	q
21	2	Bayano Kamani Bayano Kamani Bayano Kamani is a Panamanian hurdler who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. He is the South American record holder in that event. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, reaching the semi-finals....	49.67	Q
21	3	Dai Tamesue Dai Tamesue is an Japanese athlete, competing mainly in 400 m hurdles but also 400 m.Tamesue won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, setting a new personal best of 47.89 which still stands, and won another bronze medal at the 2002 Asian Games. He finished third again at the 2005 World...	49.67
23	1	L. J. van Zyl L. J. van Zyl Louis Jacob van Zyl, known as L.J. van Zyl, is a South African athlete competing in the 400 metre hurdles. He is the South African record holder in the event with a personal best of 47.66 seconds...	49.71
24	2	Gianni Carabelli Gianni Carabelli Gianni Carabelli is an Italian hurdler.He finished 6th in the 400m hurdles final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. He was a semi-finalist at the 2005 World Championships....	49.81	Q
25	2	Yevgeniy Meleshenko Yevgeniy Meleshenko Yevgeniy Meleshenko is a Kazakhstani hurdler.He finished fifth at the 2002 World Junior Championships, won the silver medal at the 2001 Summer Universiade and finished ninth at the 2006 World Cup...	49.94	Q
26	3	Dale Garland Dale Garland Dale Garland is a Guernsey born British athlete, educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey. He competed in the 400m hurdles at the 2007 World Athletics Championships and attended the 2008 Summer Olympics as part of the 4x400m relay squad, but did not run in the competition.-Commonwealth Games:* 2002...	49.98
27	2	Kurt Couto	50.06
28	1	Raphael Fernandes Raphael Fernandes Raphael Fernandes is a Brazilian track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metres hurdles. His personal best for the event is 49.29 seconds, set in 2007...	50.33
29	2	Masahira Yoshikata	50.59
30	5	José María Romera	50.82
31	5	Nawaz Haq Nawaz Haq Nawaz Haq Is a Pakistani track and field athlete. He won a silver medal in the 400 metre hurdles event of the 11th South Asian Federation Games in Dhaka in February 2010.- References :...	51.72	PB
32	1	Allan Ayala Acevedo Allan Ayala Acevedo Allan Ayala Acevedo is a male track and field athlete from Guatemala, specialized in the 400m intermediate hurdles event...	52.26
33	4	Mowen Boino	52.45
34	1	Jonnie Lowe	52.66

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Alwyn Myburgh

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Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Time	Notes
	1	Marek Plawgo Marek Plawgo Marek Plawgo is a Polish athlete. He mainly competes in the 400 meters hurdles, but he also starts in the 400 meters and the 4x400 meters relay....	48.18	Q, SB
	1	James Carter James Carter (athlete) James Carter is an American athlete competing in 400 m hurdles. His personal best is 47.43, set during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics where he won the silver medal.- Achievements :...	48.30	Q
	1	Danny McFarlane Danny McFarlane Danny McFarlane, OD is a Jamaican hurdler, who has won numerous international medals in individual and relay contests...	48.32	q, SB
	2	Félix Sánchez Felix Sanchez Félix Sánchez —nicknamed Super Felix, the Invincible and the Dictator— is a track and field athlete from New York City, United States who competes for The Dominican Republic...	48.35	Q, SB
	1	Derrick Williams	48.43	q
	1	Kenji Narisako Kenji Narisako is a Japanese hurdler.He won the bronze medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships, and the gold medals at the 2005 Summer Universiade and the 2006 Asian Games...	48.44	SB
	2	Periklis Iakovakis Periklís Iakovákis Periklís Iakovákis is a Greek athlete mainly competing in 400 metres hurdles. He is the Greek record holder and nine times national champion in the event....	48.44	Q
	3	Kerron Clement Kerron Clement Kerron Stephon Clement is Trinidadian-born track and field athlete who represents the United States and specializes in the 400-meter hurdles...	48.60	Q
	3	Adam Kunkel Adam Kunkel Adam Charles Kunkel is a male hurdler from Canada, who twice represented his native country at the Pan American Games: 2003 and 2007...	48.66	Q
10	2	Bershawn Jackson Bershawn Jackson Bershawn Jackson is an American athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 m hurdles, but is also a capable 400 m runner.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Jackson won a bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles...	48.95
11	2	Aleksandr Derevyagin Aleksandr Derevyagin Alexsandr Derevyagin is a Russian hurdler.He finished 8th in the 400m hurdles final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg....	49.11	PB
12	3	Bayano Kamani Bayano Kamani Bayano Kamani is a Panamanian hurdler who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. He is the South American record holder in that event. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, reaching the semi-finals....	49.13
13	1	Fadil Bellaabouss Fadil Bellaabouss Fadil Bellaabouss is a French track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles.-Achievements:-References:...	49.17	PB
14	2	Edivaldo Monteiro Edivaldo Monteiro Edivaldo Monteiro is a Guinea-Bissau-born Portuguese hurdler.He competed at the World Championships in 2001, 2003 and 2005 as well as the Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008 without reaching the final....	49.31	SB
15	2	Pieter de Villiers	49.37
16	3	Isa Phillips Isa Phillips Isa Phillips is a Jamaican hurdling athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles.The Kingston native made his international debut at the 2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics, finishing sixth in the 400 m hurdles semi-finals. He won the national under-18s championship in the event...	49.47
17	1	Joseph Abraham Joseph Abraham Joseph Ganapathiplackal Abraham is an Indian track and field athlete from Kerala. He holds the current 400 metre hurdles national record of 49.51 s set during the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka on 26 August 2007...	49.51	NR Indian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in India maintained by Athletics Federation of India .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:X = unratified due to no doping control# = not recognised by federationht = hand timingA = affected by altitude...
18	1	Yevgeniy Meleshenko Yevgeniy Meleshenko Yevgeniy Meleshenko is a Kazakhstani hurdler.He finished fifth at the 2002 World Junior Championships, won the silver medal at the 2001 Summer Universiade and finished ninth at the 2006 World Cup...	49.56	SB
19	2	Javier Culson Javier Culson Javier Culson Pérez is a Puerto Rican athlete who specialises in the 400 metre hurdles.-Athletic career:Born in Ponce, Culson Pérez won his first international gold medal in his home town at the 2006 Ibero-American Championships. He won a bronze medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade with a time of...	49.64
20	2	Meng Yan Meng Yan Meng Yan is a Chinese athlete who specialises in the 400 metre hurdles.He won the silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games. He competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final....	49.70
21	3	Jonathan Williams	49.77
22	3	Gianni Carabelli Gianni Carabelli Gianni Carabelli is an Italian hurdler.He finished 6th in the 400m hurdles final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. He was a semi-finalist at the 2005 World Championships....	50.35
23	3	Ibrahima Maïga Ibrahima Maïga Ibrahima Maïga is a Malian hurdler. He was born in Sareyamou.He finished fourth at the 2004 African Championships, fifth at the 2006 African Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2008 African Championships...	51.24

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Final

Name	Time	Notes
Kerron Clement Kerron Clement Kerron Stephon Clement is Trinidadian-born track and field athlete who represents the United States and specializes in the 400-meter hurdles...	47.61	WL
Félix Sánchez Felix Sanchez Félix Sánchez —nicknamed Super Felix, the Invincible and the Dictator— is a track and field athlete from New York City, United States who competes for The Dominican Republic...	48.01	SB
Marek Plawgo Marek Plawgo Marek Plawgo is a Polish athlete. He mainly competes in the 400 meters hurdles, but he also starts in the 400 meters and the 4x400 meters relay....	48.12	NR Polish records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Poland maintained by its national athletics federation: Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not recognised by federation-External links:* * * * *...
James Carter James Carter (athlete) James Carter is an American athlete competing in 400 m hurdles. His personal best is 47.43, set during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics where he won the silver medal.- Achievements :...	48.40
Danny McFarlane Danny McFarlane Danny McFarlane, OD is a Jamaican hurdler, who has won numerous international medals in individual and relay contests...	48.59
Periklis Iakovakis Periklís Iakovákis Periklís Iakovákis is a Greek athlete mainly competing in 400 metres hurdles. He is the Greek record holder and nine times national champion in the event....	49.25
Derrick Williams	52.97

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Adam Kunkel

Adam Charles Kunkel is a male hurdler from Canada, who twice represented his native country at the Pan American Games: 2003 and 2007...

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