The men's 400 metres at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń in Toruń, Poland, on 20 and 21 March 2026. This was the 22nd time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
Background The men's 400 metres was contested 21 times before 2026, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships. +Records before the 2026 World Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordAthlete (nation)Time (s)LocationDateWorld record 44.49 Fayetteville, United States 24 February 2024Championship record45.00 Belgrade, Serbia 19 March 20222026 World Lead44.52 Fayetteville, United States 13 February 2026
Qualification For the men's 400 metres, the qualification period ran from 1 November 2025 until 8 March 2026. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard of 45.80 s. Athletes could also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. There is a target number of 30 athletes.
Results Round 1 Round 1 was held on 20 March, starting at 12:01 (UTC+1) in the morning. First 2 of each heat () plus 4 fastest times () qualify to the semi-finals.
Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes15Matheus Lima46.0926Jereem Richards46.1034Ericsson Tavares46.4143Lovro Mesec Košir46.71
Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes16Chris Robinson 46.34 25Raheem Hayles 46.66 34Árpád Kovács 46.7743Lex Revell-Lewis 47.17
Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes14Omar Elkhatib 46.56 23David Garcia 46.91 36Delano Kennedy 47.02 5Muhammad Abdallah Kounta
Heat 4 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes16Tomáš Horák 45.89 25Attila Molnár 45.93 34Boško Kijanović 46.43 43Markel Fernández 46.68
Heat 5 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes15Christopher Morales Williams 45.51 26Brian Onyari Tinega 46.21 34Franko Burraj 46.57 43Javier Gómez 46.96 52Omar Simpson 48.95
Heat 6 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes15Khaleb McRae46.0923Elián Larregina46.6136Kelvis Padrino46.7044Emerson Nascimento47.4152Jovan Stojoski47.93
Semi-finals The semi-finals were held on 20 March, starting at 20:44 (UTC+1) in the evening.
Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes16Chris Robinson45.6625Matheus Lima 45.71, 33Ericsson Tavares 46.1544David Garcia46.65
Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes16Christopher Morales Williams45.3524Brian Onyari Tinega 45.7535Jereem Richards 45.8743Markel Fernández46.72
Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes15Attila Molnár45.8126Tomáš Horák 46.0334Elián Larregina 46.9343Franko Burraj47.23
Heat 4 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes16Khaleb McRae45.3925Omar Elkhatib 46.5134Raheem Hayles 46.8743Boško Kijanović47.20
Final The final was held on 21 March, starting at 18:34 (UTC+1) in the evening.
Place Heat Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 2 6 Christopher Morales Williams 44.76 CR 2 5 Khaleb McRae 45.03 2 4 Jereem Richards 45.39 4 1 5 Chris Robinson 45.55 5 2 3 Tomáš Horák 45.70 6 1 6 Attila Molnár 45.71 7 1 4 Matheus Lima 46.17 8 1 3 Brian Onyari Tinega 46.62
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