The men's 400 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 14, 16 and 18 September 2025.
Summary
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
Record Athlete & Location Date World record 43.03 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 14 August 2016 Championship record 43.18 Seville, Spain 26 August 1999 World Leading 43.76 Nairobi, Kenya 31 May 2025 African Record 43.03 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 14 August 2016 Asian Record 43.93 Beijing, China 23 August 2015 European Record 43.44 Paris, France 7 August 2024 North, Central American and Caribbean record 43.18 Seville, Spain 26 August 1999 Oceanian record 44.38 Seoul, South Korea 26 September 1988 South American Record 43.93 Tokyo, Japan 2 August 2021
The following records were set at the competition:
RecordAthlete & Date World Leading 43.53 18 September 2025
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 44.85.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows:
Date Time Round14 September 18:35 Heats16 September 21:35 Semi-finals18 September 22:10 Final
Results Heats The heats took place on 14 September. The first three athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the six fastest ( q ) qualify for the semi-finals.
Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 7 Jereem Richards 44.64 2 4 Lythe Pillay 44.73 , 3 5 Charlie Dobson 44.85 4 8 Daniel Segers 45.04 5 2 Fuga Sato 45.10 6 6 Brian Tinega 45.13 7 9 Oleksandr Pohorilko 45.44 8 3 Maksymilian Szwed 45.67
Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 5 Bayapo Ndori 44.36 2 4 Yuki Joseph Nakajima 44.44 , 3 9 Bovel McPherson 44.51 , 4 6 Matthew Hudson-Smith 44.68 5 8 Elián Larregina 44.97 6 7 Alexander Doom 45.10 7 3 Cooper Sherman 45.53 8 2 Chidi Okezie 45.66
Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 8 Jacory Patterson 43.90 2 4 Rusheen McDonald 44.38 , 3 9 Edoardo Scotti 44.45 , 4 6 Collen Kebinatshipi 44.48 , 5 5 Samuel Ogazi 45.97 6 2 Jean Paul Bredau 46.05 7 7 Jonas Phijffers 46.26 8 3 Umar Osman 46.43
Heat 4 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 7 Christopher Bailey 44.49 2 5 Reece Holder 44.54 , = 3 6 Muzala Samukonga 44.56 4 8 Samuel Reardon 44.70 5 9 Patrik Simon Enyingi 45.25 6 4 Kevin Kipkorir 45.39 7 2 Lionel Spitz 45.57 8 3 Eugene Omalla 45.97
Heat 5 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 7 Zakithi Nene 44.34 2 5 Vernon Norwood 44.55 3 8 Attila Molnár 44.55 , 4 2 Ammar Ibrahim 44.63 , 5 6 Rok Ferlan 44.91 6 9 Mihai Dringo 45.21 7 3 Luca Sito 46.22 8 4 Antonio Watson 46.23
Heat 6 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 8 Khaleb McRae 44.25 2 6 Lee Eppie 44.44 3 5 Kirani James 44.66 4 3 Delano Kennedy 44.74 , 5 7 George Mutinda 45.07 6 9 Christopher Morales Williams 45.26 7 4 Alexander Ogando 45.59 8 2 Isaya Klein Ikkink 46.32
Semi-finals The semi-finals took place on 16 September. The first two athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final.
Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 7 Zakithi Nene 44.20 2 6 Lee Eppie 44.51 3 8 Reece Holder 44.63 4 2 Ammar Ibrahim 44.74 5 4 Attila Molnár 44.94 6 9 Bovel McPherson 44.99 7 5 Christopher Bailey 45.05 8 3 Samuel Reardon 45.10
Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 3 Collen Kebinatshipi 43.61 , , 2 7 Rusheen McDonald 44.04 , 3 6 Jereem Richards 44.12 , 4 5 Jacory Patterson 44.19 5 9 Edoardo Scotti 44.77 6 8 Lythe Pillay 44.82 7 4 Charlie Dobson 44.85 8 2 Rok Ferlan 45.71
Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 5 Bayapo Ndori 44.21 , 2 7 Yuki Joseph Nakajima 44.53 3 9 Muzala Samukonga 44.60 4 6 Khaleb McRae 44.82 5 8 Vernon Norwood 44.83 6 2 Matthew Hudson-Smith 44.95 7 3 Delano Kennedy 44.97 4 Kirani James
Final Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 5 Collen Kebinatshipi 43.53 , 2 Jereem Richards 43.72 8 Bayapo Ndori 44.20 4 6 Rusheen McDonald 44.28 5 7 Zakithi Nene 44.55 6 9 Yuki Joseph Nakajima 44.62 7 3 Jacory Patterson 44.70 8 4 Lee Eppie 44.77
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