2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 18 and 19, 2016.Start list

All eyes were on Bralon Taplin, who had run the three fastest times of the year, including a win in the semifinals. He led from the break, closely followed by defending champion Pavel Maslák. For 350 metres, Taplin maintained his lead, but Maslák made his move with just 50 metres to go. In a few strides, Taplin was overtaken. Further back, Abdalelah Haroun executed a similar move, overtaking Deon Lendore. Taplin, exhausted, faded quickly. Haroun made a strong push to close the gap on Maslák but fell just short, finishing second. Maslák won with a time of 45.44, while Haroun claimed silver and Lendore took bronze.

Results Heats Qualification: First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.Heats results

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Abdalelah Haroun 46.15 Q 2 3 Bralon Taplin 46.24 Q 3 1 Deon Lendore 46.38 Q 4 1 Boniface Ontuga Mweresa 46.44 Q SB 5 5 Pavel Maslák 46.57 Q 6 1 Kyle Clemons 46.66 q 7 1 Alonzo Russell 46.66 q 8 2 Lalonde Gordon 46.72 Q 9 5 Luka Janežič 46.79 Q 10 3 Yavuz Can 46.82 Q 11 2 Fitzroy Dunkley 46.83 Q 12 2 Lucas Bua 46.86 13 4 Nery Brenes 46.92 Q SB 14 2 Philip Osei 47.00 15 4 Chidi Okezie 47.05 16 3 Ricardo Chambers 47.07 17 4 Batuhan Altıntaş 47.21 18 3 Marek Niit 47.39 19 5 Liemarvin Bonevacia 47.48 20 5 Payton Hazzard 47.61 21 3 Alberth Bravo 47.63 PB 22 3 Emmanuel Dasor 47.86 23 2 Gustavo Cuesta 48.46 24 1 George Erazo 49.66 25 5 Mowen Boino 49.81 PB 26 4 Kristijan Efremov 50.28 4 Vernon Norwood R163.3(b)Infringement of the inside border 5 Michael Mathieu R163.3(b) 1 Sadam Suliman Koumi 2 Orukpe Eraiyokan

Semifinals Qualification: First 3 (Q) qualified directly for the final.Semifinals results

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Bralon Taplin 45.38 Q 2 2 Pavel Maslák 45.71 Q 3 2 Abdalelah Haroun 45.71 Q, SB 4 2 Lalonde Gordon 46.03 Q 5 1 Deon Lendore 46.23 Q 6 1 Boniface Ontuga Mweresa 46.33 Q, SB 7 1 Nery Brenes 46.49 SB 8 2 Yavuz Can 46.82 9 1 Kyle Clemons 46.91 10 2 Alonzo Russell 47.07 11 2 Fitzroy Dunkley 47.13 1 Luka Janežič R163.3(b)

Final The final was started on March 19, at 19:05.Final results

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Pavel Maslák 45.44 3 Abdalelah Haroun 45.59 SB 4 Deon Lendore 46.17 4 6 Bralon Taplin 46.56 5 2 Boniface Ontuga Mweresa 46.86 6 1 Lalonde Gordon 47.62

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