2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest, Hungary from 20 to 23 August 2023.

Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the 2023 World Championships
The final underway.
VenueNational Athletics Centre
Dates20 August (heats)
21 August (semi-finals)
23 August (final)
Competitors43 from 31 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Norway
silver medal    British Virgin Islands
bronze medal    United States
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Summary

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World record holder #1 Karsten Warholm was back. With three time silver medalist #2 Rai Benjamin and defending champion #3 Alison dos Santos, the top three of all time were there. And don't forget #8 Kyron McMaster. During the semi-finals, 18 year old Roshawn Clarke got inspired trying to chase Warholm, and the result was a new World Junior Record, now called a U20 Record, and #13 of all time. Trevor Bassitt moved to #18 all time with his performance in the semis just to be a time qualifier behind Warholm and Clarke.

Warholm was assigned his favorite lane 7. Outside of him was McMaster in 8 and dos Santos in 9. With Benjamin in 6 and Clarke in 5, all the major players were on the outside of the track. As expected, Warholm took it out hard. Unexpectedly, Benjamin also took it out hard, marginally ahead of Warholm, and McMaster was right there with them. The three were virtually even at the halfway point, and then Warholm started to edge ahead. Down the home stretch, unlike previous meetings, Benjamin was not coming from behind, but instead was watching Warholm pulling away from him. And it was McMaster coming from behind to catch Benjamin before the line for silver. Warholm's winning time of 46.89 was the eighth time he has run under 47 seconds, a time that had only been achieved once before 2018. It was Warholm's third World Championship gold medal in this event.

Records

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Before the competition, records were as follows:[1]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record   Karsten Warholm (NOR) 45.94 Tokyo, Japan 3 August 2021
Championship record   Alison dos Santos (BRA) 46.29 Eugene, United States 19 July 2022
World Leading   Karsten Warholm (NOR) 46.51 Monte Carlo, Monaco 21 July 2023
African Record   Samuel Matete (ZAM) 47.10 Zürich, Switzerland 7 August 1991
Asian Record   Abderrahman Samba (QAT) 46.98 Paris, France 30 June 2018
North, Central American and Caribbean record   Rai Benjamin (USA) 46.17 Tokyo, Japan 3 August 2021
South American Record   Alison dos Santos (BRA) 46.29 Eugene, United States 19 July 2022
European Record   Karsten Warholm (NOR) 45.94 Tokyo, Japan 3 August 2021
Oceanian record   Rohan Robinson (AUS) 48.28 Atlanta, United States 31 July 1996

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 48.70.[2]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

Date Time Round
20 August 11:25 Heats
21 August 19:33 Semi-finals
23 August 21:50 Final

Results

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Heats

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The first four athletes in each heat (Q) and the next four fastest (q) qualified to the semi-finals.[3]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Alison dos Santos   Brazil (BRA) 48.12 Q
2 1 Ludvy Vaillant   France (FRA) 48.27 Q
3 4 Joshua Abuaku   Germany (GER) 48.32 Q, PB
4 5 Rai Benjamin   United States (USA) 48.35 Q
5 4 CJ Allen   United States (USA) 48.36 Q
6 4 Roshawn Clarke   Jamaica (JAM) 48.39 Q
7 2 Kyron McMaster   British Virgin Islands (IVB) 48.47 Q
8 4 Ezekiel Nathaniel   Nigeria (NGR) 48.47 Q, SB
9 2 Rasmus Mägi   Estonia (EST) 48.58 Q
10 5 Jaheel Hyde   Jamaica (JAM) 48.63 Q
11 3 Wilfried Happio   France (FRA) 48.63 Q
12 5 Kazuki Kurokawa   Japan (JPN) 48.71 Q, SB
13 4 Julien Watrin   Belgium (BEL) 48.72 q, SB
14 2 Trevor Bassitt   United States (USA) 48.73 Q
15 5 Gerald Drummond   Costa Rica (CRC) 48.73 Q
16 3 Karsten Warholm   Norway (NOR) 48.76 Q
17 5 Yasmani Copello   Turkey (TUR) 48.92 q
18 5 Emil Agyekum   Germany (GER) 49.00 q
19 4 Mario Lambrughi   Italy (ITA) 49.05 q, SB
20 2 Wiseman Were Mukhobe   Kenya (KEN) 49.10 Q
21 1 Julien Bonvin   Switzerland (SUI) 49.19 Q, SB
22 1 Xie Zhiyu   China (CHN) 49.25 Q
23 2 Sergio Fernández   Spain (ESP) 49.26
24 4 Vít Müller   Czech Republic (CZE) 49.37
25 1 Matic Ian Gucek   Slovenia (SLO) 49.40 SB
26 1 Constantin Preis   Germany (GER) 49.45
27 3 Bassem Hemeida   Qatar (QAT) 49.50 Q
28 3 Alessandro Sibilio   Italy (ITA) 49.50 Q
29 5 Shakeem Hall-Smith   Bahamas (BAH) 49.61
30 3 Dany Brand   Switzerland (SUI) 49.69
31 2 Ismail Nezir   Turkey (TUR) 49.92
32 3 Pablo Andrés Ibáñez   El Salvador (ESA) 50.01
33 4 Yusaku Kodama   Japan (JPN) 50.18
34 2 Eric Cray   Philippines (PHI) 50.27
35 5 Árpád Bánóczy   Hungary (HUN) 50.31 PB
36 3 Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan   India (IND) 50.46
37 5 Jun Jie Calvin Quek   Singapore (SIN) 50.53
38 3 Marc Anthony Ibrahim [de]   Lebanon (LIB) 50.62
39 3 Malique Smith [no]   U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV) 50.86
40 2 Takayuki Kishimoto   Japan (JPN) 50.90
41 2 Andrea Ercolani Volta   San Marino (SMR) 52.69
1 Abdelmalik Lahoulou   Algeria (ALG) DNF
1 Assinie Wilson   Jamaica (JAM) DNF

Semi-finals

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The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified to the final.[4]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Karsten Warholm   Norway (NOR) 47.09 Q
2 2 Rai Benjamin   United States (USA) 47.24 Q
3 3 Roshawn Clarke   Jamaica (JAM) 47.34 Q, WU20R, NR
4 3 Trevor Bassitt   United States (USA) 47.38 q, PB
5 2 Alison dos Santos   Brazil (BRA) 47.38 Q, SB
6 1 Kyron McMaster   British Virgin Islands (IVB) 47.72 Q
7 1 Rasmus Mägi   Estonia (EST) 48.30 Q
8 3 Joshua Abuaku   Germany (GER) 48.39 q
9 3 Alessandro Sibilio   Italy (ITA) 48.43
10 1 CJ Allen   United States (USA) 48.44
11 2 Ludvy Vaillant   France (FRA) 48.48
12 1 Jaheel Hyde   Jamaica (JAM) 48.49
13 2 Kazuki Kurokawa   Japan (JPN) 48.58 PB
14 3 Yasmani Copello   Turkey (TUR) 48.66 SB
15 2 Emil Agyekum   Germany (GER) 48.71 PB
16 3 Wilfried Happio   France (FRA) 48.83
17 1 Julien Watrin   Belgium (BEL) 48.94
18 1 Ezekiel Nathaniel   Nigeria (NGR) 49.22
19 3 Gerald Drummond   Costa Rica (CRC) 49.31
20 2 Wiseman Were Mukhobe   Kenya (KEN) 49.40
21 1 Bassem Hemeida   Qatar (QAT) 49.50
22 2 Xie Zhiyu   China (CHN) 49.57
23 2 Julien Bonvin   Switzerland (SUI) 49.75
24 1 Mario Lambrughi   Italy (ITA) DQ TR16.8

Final

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The final was started on 23 August at 21:50.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  7 Karsten Warholm   Norway (NOR) 46.89
  8 Kyron McMaster   British Virgin Islands (IVB) 47.34
  6 Rai Benjamin   United States (USA) 47.56
4 5 Roshawn Clarke   Jamaica (JAM) 48.07
5 9 Alison dos Santos   Brazil (BRA) 48.10
6 3 Trevor Bassitt   United States (USA) 48.22
7 4 Rasmus Mägi   Estonia (EST) 48.33
8 2 Joshua Abuaku   Germany (GER) 48.53

References

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  1. ^ "400 Metres Hurdles Men − Records". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  3. ^ "400 Metres Hurdles Men - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  4. ^ "400 Metres Hurdles Men - Semi-finals" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  5. ^ "400 Metres Hurdles Men - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.