2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 and 3 March 2018.[1][2]

Men's 400 metres
at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
VenueArena Birmingham
Dates2–3 March
Competitors47 from 35 nations
Winning time45.47
Medalists
gold medal    Czech Republic
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Trinidad and Tobago
← 2016
2022 →
Video on YouTube
Official Video

Summary

edit

For the first time ever in a World Championship, every runner in a single preliminary heat was disqualified. It was the third heat, where first returning silver medalist Abdalelah Haroun false started himself out of the heat. #5 runner of all time[3] Bralon Taplin won the heat, but he and the other three remaining runners Austris Karpinskis, Alonzo Russell and Steven Gayle were then disqualified for lane violations.[4]

2012 Champion Nery Brenes also found himself disqualified after winning the fifth heat.[5] With two place qualifiers missing, it opened the door for Juander Santos and Mikhail Litvin to take the extra time qualification positions in the semi-final round.

In the final, Óscar Husillos from lane 6 was first to the break line and took the lead with a lap to go, holding the lead to cross the finish line first in a time of 44.92. However, Husillos and Luguelín Santos were disqualified for lane violations, giving Pavel Maslák his third consecutive championship, Michael Cherry the silver, and Deon Lendore the bronze.[6][7]

Results

edit

Heats

edit

The heats were started on 2 March at 11:20.[8]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 6 Luka Janežič   Slovenia 46.45 Q
2 6 5 Óscar Husillos   Spain 46.51 Q
3 1 5 Jakub Krzewina   Poland 46.57 Q
4 1 6 Deon Lendore   Trinidad and Tobago 46.68 Q
5 5 6 Aldrich Bailey   United States 46.77 Q
6 6 6 Pavel Maslák   Czech Republic 46.80 Q
7 5 5 Lee Thompson   Great Britain 46.81 Q
8 6 3 Luguelín Santos   Dominican Republic 46.83 q
9 6 4 Yousef Karam   Kuwait 46.86 q
10 2 5 Javon Francis   Jamaica 46.87 Q
11 2 4 Chidi Okezie   Nigeria 46.91 q
12 2 3 Asa Guevara   Trinidad and Tobago 46.92 q
13 1 3 Lucas Búa   Spain 46.96 q
14 5 4 Patrik Šorm   Czech Republic 46.99 q
15 4 5 Michael Cherry   United States 46.99 Q
16 1 4 Juander Santos   Dominican Republic 47.02 q
17 4 6 Rafał Omelko   Poland 47.13 Q
18 4 3 Mikhail Litvin   Kazakhstan 47.16 q
19 4 4 Vitalii Butrym   Ukraine 47.45
20 1 2 Michael Anthony Rasmijn   Aruba 49.20 NR
21 6 1 Davron Atabaev   Tajikistan 49.20 SB
22 2 1 Kelvin Delvin Ramírez   Nicaragua 49.88 SB
23 2 2 Tikie Terry Mael   Vanuatu 49.92 PB
24 4 2 Mohamed Naail   Maldives 49.98 NR
25 6 2 Narek Ghukasyan   Armenia 51.02 PB
3 5 Abdalelah Haroun   Qatar DQ 162.8[9]
3 6 Bralon Taplin   Grenada DQ 163.3(a)[10]
3 2 Austris Karpinskis   Latvia DQ 163.3(a)[10]
3 4 Alonzo Russell   Bahamas DQ 163.3(a)[10]
3 3 Steven Gayle   Jamaica DQ 163.3(a)[10]
5 3 Nery Brenes   Costa Rica DQ 163.3(a)[10]
5 2 Mazen Alyasen   Saudi Arabia DNS

Semifinal

edit

The semifinals were started on 2 March at 21:06.[11]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 5 Óscar Husillos   Spain 45.69 Q
2 2 6 Michael Cherry   United States 45.73 Q
3 1 3 Luguelín Santos   Dominican Republic 46.31 Q, SB
4 3 4 Pavel Maslák   Czech Republic 46.32 Q
5 1 6 Aldrich Bailey   United States 46.33 Q
6 3 6 Deon Lendore   Trinidad and Tobago 46.33 Q
7 3 5 Luka Janežič   Slovenia 46.37
8 2 4 Rafał Omelko   Poland 46.39
9 1 5 Jakub Krzewina   Poland 46.69
10 1 4 Javon Francis   Jamaica 46.73
11 2 2 Juander Santos   Dominican Republic 46.83 PB
12 2 1 Asa Guevara   Trinidad and Tobago 46.91
13 1 2 Patrik Šorm   Czech Republic 47.04
14 2 3 Lee Thompson   Great Britain 47.14
15 1 1 Lucas Búa   Spain 47.14
16 3 1 Mikhail Litvin   Kazakhstan 47.94
17 3 2 Chidi Okezie   Nigeria 48.53
3 3 Yousef Karam   Kuwait DNF

Final

edit
 
The final underway

The final was started on 3 March at 20:20.[12]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Pavel Maslák   Czech Republic 45.47 SB
  Michael Cherry   United States 45.84
  Deon Lendore   Trinidad and Tobago 46.37
4 Aldrich Bailey   United States 46.44
Óscar Husillos   Spain DQ 163.3(b)[13]
Luguelín Santos   Dominican Republic DQ 163.3(b)[14]

References

edit
  1. ^ "IAAF World Indoor Championships Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "400 Metres – men – senior – indoor".
  4. ^ "History made as every athlete in a 400m heat is disqualified at world indoors". TheGuardian.com. March 2, 2018.
  5. ^ "Un error le costó la semifinal a Nery Brenes en el Mundial bajo techo". March 2, 2018.
  6. ^ "Óscar Husillos disqualified after winning 400m world gold". March 3, 2018.
  7. ^ "Athletics: Farcical scenes as Maslak wins gold after top two disqualified". Reuters. March 3, 2018. Archived from the original on March 4, 2018.
  8. ^ Heats results
  9. ^ False start
  10. ^ a b c d e Lane infringement
  11. ^ Semifinals results
  12. ^ Final results
  13. ^ Lane infringement; originally finished first with time|page=44.92
  14. ^ Lane infringement; originally finished second