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1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

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Men's 400 metres
at the 1997 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates3 August (heats)
4 August (semi-finals)
5 August (final)
Competitors50
Winning time44.12
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Uganda
bronze medal    United States
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These are the results of the Men's 400 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece. The winning margin was 0.25 seconds.

Medalists

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Gold United States Michael Johnson
United States (USA)
Silver Uganda Davis Kamoga
Uganda (UGA)
Bronze United States Tyree Washington
United States (USA)

Results

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Heats

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First 4 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Jerome Young  United States 45.34 Q
2 3 Sanderlei Claro Parrela  Brazil 45.35 Q
3 3 Tyree Washington  United States 45.35 Q
4 6 Mark Richardson  Great Britain 45.44 Q
5 3 Sugath Tillakeratne  Sri Lanka 45.58 Q, NR
6 3 Ibrahima Wade  Senegal 45.61 Q
7 4 Iwan Thomas  Great Britain 45.62 Q
8 5 Michael Johnson  United States 45.66 Q
9 3 Matthias Rusterholz  Switzerland 45.76 q, SB
10 4 Davian Clarke  Jamaica 45.77 Q
11 5 Eswort Coombs  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 45.78 Q
12 6 Sunday Bada  Nigeria 45.79 Q
13 4 Tomasz Czubak  Poland 45.82 Q
14 5 Hachim Ndiaye  Senegal 45.84 Q
14 7 Štefan Balošák  Slovakia 45.84 Q
16 1 Jamie Baulch  Great Britain 45.85 Q
16 3 Jean-Louis Rapnouil  France 45.85 q
18 5 Kennedy Ochieng  Kenya 45.88 Q
18 6 Ibrahim Ismail Muftah  Qatar 45.88 Q
20 2 Michael McDonald  Jamaica 45.89 Q
21 5 Marco Vaccari  Italy 46.00 q
22 1 Roxbert Martin  Jamaica 46.04 Q
23 4 Arnaud Malherbe  South Africa 46.08 Q
24 1 Tawanda Chiwira  Zimbabwe 46.09 Q
25 7 Clement Chukwu  Nigeria 46.10 Q
26 7 Robert Maćkowiak  Poland 46.15 Q
27 2 Davis Kamoga  Uganda 46.17 Q
28 4 Samir-Adel Louahla  Algeria 46.22 q
29 2 Alejandro Cardenas  Mexico 46.26 Q
30 5 Odair da Costa  São Tomé and Príncipe 46.48 PB
31 6 Soloveni Nakaunicina  Fiji 46.51
32 5 Jan Poděbradský  Czech Republic 46.52
33 1 Benjamin Youla  Republic of the Congo 46.62 Q, NR
34 4 Konstantinos Moumoulidis  Greece 46.64
35 1 Roman Galkin  Ukraine 46.82
36 1 Antonio Andrés  Spain 46.94
37 7 Rafik Elouardi  Austria 46.95
38 6 Shigekazu Omori  Japan 47.09
39 3 Kenmore Hughes  Antigua and Barbuda 47.11 SB
40 2 Shon Ju-Il  South Korea 47.47 Q
41 4 Evripides Demosthenous  Cyprus 47.57
42 2 Liod Kgopong  South Africa 47.66
43 2 Kendon Maynard  United States Virgin Islands 47.83
44 7 Dennis Darling  Bahamas 47.96
45 6 Eugene Farrell  Ireland 48.20 SB
46 7 Angelo Ignatius  Netherlands Antilles 49.01
47 2 Mohsin Munir  Pakistan 49.61
48 6 Bashir Mohamed Al Khewani  Yemen 50.96
7 Antonio Pettigrew  United States DQ Q
1 Neil de Silva  Trinidad and Tobago DNF
2 Jude Monye  Nigeria DNS

Quarterfinals

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First 3 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Jerome Young  United States 44.87 Q
2 1 Iwan Thomas  Great Britain 44.98 Q
3 4 Mark Richardson  Great Britain 45.05 Q
4 2 Jamie Baulch  Great Britain 45.06 Q
4 3 Clement Chukwu  Nigeria 45.06 Q
6 3 Tyree Washington  United States 45.09 Q
7 4 Michael McDonald  Jamaica 45.16 Q
8 2 Davis Kamoga  Uganda 45.25 Q
9 1 Robert Maćkowiak  Poland 45.26 Q, NR
10 3 Davian Clarke  Jamaica 45.27 Q
11 1 Roxbert Martin  Jamaica 45.37 q
11 4 Sunday Bada  Nigeria 45.37 q, SB
13 2 Ibrahima Wade  Senegal 45.38 Q
14 2 Michael Johnson  United States 45.39 q
15 4 Tomasz Czubak  Poland 45.41 q, PB
16 3 Hachim Ndiaye  Senegal 45.44 PB
17 2 Eswort Coombs  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 45.47
18 1 Štefan Balošák  Slovakia 45.48
19 1 Matthias Rusterholz  Switzerland 45.89
20 3 Sugath Tillakeratne  Sri Lanka 46.11
21 4 Ibrahim Ismail Muftah  Qatar 46.12
22 2 Jean-Louis Rapnouil  France 46.14
23 2 Tawanda Chiwira  Zimbabwe 46.22
24 4 Samir-Adel Louahla  Algeria 46.23
25 3 Kennedy Ochieng  Kenya 46.28
26 2 Benjamin Youla  Republic of the Congo 46.29 NR
27 3 Marco Vaccari  Italy 46.32
28 1 Alejandro Cardenas  Mexico 46.63
29 4 Arnaud Malherbe  South Africa 46.73
30 1 Shon Ju-Il  South Korea 47.36
1 Antonio Pettigrew  United States DQ Q
3 Sanderlei Claro Parrela  Brazil DNS

Semifinals

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First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Michael Johnson  United States 44.37 Q
2 2 Jerome Young  United States 44.50 Q, SB
3 2 Davis Kamoga  Uganda 44.57 Q, SB
4 1 Tyree Washington  United States 44.61 Q
4 2 Iwan Thomas  Great Britain 44.61 Q
6 1 Mark Richardson  Great Britain 44.62 Q, SB
7 1 Jamie Baulch  Great Britain 44.69 Q, SB
8 1 Davian Clarke  Jamaica 45.07
9 2 Clement Chukwu  Nigeria 45.26
10 1 Ibrahima Wade  Senegal 45.47
11 2 Roxbert Martin  Jamaica 45.49
12 2 Tomasz Czubak  Poland 45.51
13 2 Michael McDonald  Jamaica 45.74
14 1 Sunday Bada  Nigeria 45.96
1 Antonio Pettigrew  United States DQ Q
1 Robert Maćkowiak  Poland DNS

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Michael Johnson  United States 44.12
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Davis Kamoga  Uganda 44.37 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Tyree Washington  United States 44.39 PB
4 5 Mark Richardson  Great Britain 44.47 PB
5 6 Jerome Young  United States 44.51
6 2 Iwan Thomas  Great Britain 44.52
7 1 Jamie Baulch  Great Britain 45.22
8 Antonio Pettigrew  United States DQ

References

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