2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene from 16 to 19 July 2022.Timetable

Summary

The podium from the Olympics, the three fastest athletes of all time, all managed to return to the final, but it was a difficult journey. Olympic Champion/World Record Holder Karsten Warholm pulled up one hurdle into his first race of the season in Rabat and had been on the mend since. With zero races completed during the season, every race was a season's best. Silver medalist Rai Benjamin also was nursing injuries but ran well at the American Championships, while bronze medalist Alison dos Santos was scorching the tracks of the Diamond League setting a world leading time of 46.80 in Stockholm, a time only bettered in Olympic finals by Kevin Young, Warholm and Benjamin.

Benjamin had lane 3, where he could see all his key competitors; Warholm in 4 and Dos Santos in 6, blind to what his key challengers were doing, having to run by his own clock. Warholm was out fast from the gun, making up the stagger on Wilfried Happio by the third hurdle. dos Santos was clearing hurdles just a beat after him. By the sixth hurdle, Warholm had a full stride on dos Santos. Around the event hurdle, Benjamin started rolling, reeling in the gap Warholm had put on him. Warholm could see he wouldn't make his steps to the eighth hurdle and chopped, taking two extra shortened strides to take the hurdle smoothly. He still had the lead but his momentum was lost, his rivals closing. From the first step off that hurdle Warholm's form deteriorated. dos Santos and then in an instant, Benjamin were past him. The chase was on for Benjamin, but he couldn't close on dos Santos. Coming from sixth place over the final hurdle, Trevor Bassitt passed Warholm, Jaheel Hyde and finally Harpio to capture bronze.

dos Santos improved his position as the No. 3 athlete of all time with a Championship Record 46.29. Benjamin's 46.89 was only his third best effort but was the tenth fastest race ever. Bassitt 47.39 and Harpio 47.41 became the No. 18 and No. 19 athletes of all time.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record45.94Tokyo, Japan3 August 2021Championship record47.18Stuttgart, Germany19 August 1993World Leading46.80Stockholm, Sweden30 June 2022African Record47.10Zürich, Switzerland7 August 1991Asian Record46.98Paris, France30 June 2018North, Central American and Caribbean record46.17Tokyo, Japan3 August 2021South American Record46.72Tokyo, Japan3 August 2021European Record45.94Tokyo, Japan3 August 2021Oceanian record48.28Atlanta, United States31 July 1996 The following records were set at the competition:

Record Athlete Date Championship record46.29Alison dos Santos19 Jul 2022World LeadingSouth American Record Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 48.90.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date Time Round16 July 13:20 Heats17 July 18:03 Semi-finals19 July 19:50 Final

Results

Heats

The first 4 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualify to the semi-finals.Heats Start List

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Khallifah Rosser 48.62 Q 2 4 Rasmus Mägi 48.78 Q 3 1 Rai Benjamin 49.06 Q 4 4 Thomas Barr 49.15 Q, 5 4 Gerald Drummond 49.16 Q 6 4 Trevor Bassitt 49.17 Q 7 3 Karsten Warholm 49.34 Q, 8 4 Alastair Chalmers 49.37 q 9 2 Alison dos Santos 49.41 Q 10 2 Kemar Mowatt 49.44 Q 11 4 Shawn Rowe 49.51 q 12 1 Abdelmalik Lahoulou 49.58 Q 13 2 Wilfried Happio 49.60 Q 14 5 Ramsey Angela 49.62 Q 15 5 Carl Bengtström 49.64 Q 15 1 Ezekiel Nathaniel 49.64 Q 17 2 Nick Smidt 49.80 Q 18 3 Julien Watrin 49.83 Q 19 4 Yasmani Copello 49.83 q 20 5 Kyron McMaster 49.98 Q 21 1 Kazuki Kurokawa 50.02 Q 22 3 Jaheel Hyde 50.03 Q 23 2 Sokwakhana Zazini 50.09 q 24 5 Mario Lambrughi 50.18 25 5 Pablo Andrés Ibáñez 50.18 26 3 Moitalel Naadokila 50.19 Q 27 1 Chen Chieh 50.28 28 3 Julien Bonvin 50.40 29 2 Takayuki Kishimoto 50.66 30 5 Vít Müller 50.71 31 2 Jabir Madari Palliyalil 50.76 32 1 Chris McAlister 51.55 33 4 Mahau Suguimati 52.43 34 3 Ned Azemia 53.07 35 3 Juander Santos 58.80 1 Jordin Andrade 1 Dany Brand

Semi-finals The semifinals started on 17 July at 18:03.Semifinals startlist

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Alison dos Santos 47.85 Q 2 3 Karsten Warholm 48.00 Q, 3 3 Wilfried Happio 48.14 Q, 4 2 Trevor Bassitt 48.17 Q 5 3 Khallifah Rosser 48.34 q 6 2 Rasmus Mägi 48.40 q 7 1 Rai Benjamin 48.44 Q 8 3 Kemar Mowatt 48.59 9 2 Carl Bengtström 48.75 10 2 Abdelmalik Lahoulou 48.90 11 1 Jaheel Hyde 49.09 Q 12 2 Moitalel Naadokila 49.34 13 2 Gerald Drummond 49.37 14 1 Julien Watrin 49.52 15 3 Nick Smidt 49.56 16 3 Kazuki Kurokawa 49.69 17 1 Ramsey Angela 49.77 18 2 Shawn Rowe 49.80 19 1 Thomas Barr 50.08 20 3 Sokwakhana Zazini 50.22 21 1 Alastair Chalmers 50.54 22 1 Yasmani Copello 51.49 23 3 Ezekiel Nathaniel 54.18 1 Kyron McMaster DNS

Final The final will start on 19 July at 19:50.FinalRESULTS 400 Metres Hurdles Men - Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Alison dos Santos 46.29 , Rai Benjamin 46.89 Trevor Bassitt 47.39 4 Wilfried Happio 47.41 5 Khallifah Rosser 47.88 6 Jaheel Hyde 48.03 7 Karsten Warholm 48.42 8 Rasmus Mägi 48.92

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