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Men's 400 metres
at the 1997 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates3 August (heats)
4 August (semi-finals)
5 August (final)
Competitors50
Winning time44.12
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Uganda
bronze medal    United States
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These are the results of the Men's 400 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece. The winning margin was 0.25 seconds.

Medalists

Gold United States Michael Johnson
United States (USA)
Silver Uganda Davis Kamoga
Uganda (UGA)
Bronze United States Tyree Washington
United States (USA)

Results

Heats

First 4 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Jerome Young  United States 45.34 Q
2 3 Sanderlei Claro Parrela  Brazil 45.35 Q
3 3 Tyree Washington  United States 45.35 Q
4 6 Mark Richardson  Great Britain 45.44 Q
5 3 Sugath Tillakeratne  Sri Lanka 45.58 Q, NR
6 3 Ibrahima Wade  Senegal 45.61 Q
7 4 Iwan Thomas  Great Britain 45.62 Q
8 5 Michael Johnson  United States 45.66 Q
9 3 Matthias Rusterholz  Switzerland 45.76 q, SB
10 4 Davian Clarke  Jamaica 45.77 Q
11 5 Eswort Coombs  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 45.78 Q
12 6 Sunday Bada  Nigeria 45.79 Q
13 4 Tomasz Czubak  Poland 45.82 Q
14 5 Hachim Ndiaye  Senegal 45.84 Q
14 7 Štefan Balošák  Slovakia 45.84 Q
16 1 Jamie Baulch  Great Britain 45.85 Q
16 3 Jean-Louis Rapnouil  France 45.85 q
18 5 Kennedy Ochieng  Kenya 45.88 Q
18 6 Ibrahim Ismail Muftah  Qatar 45.88 Q
20 2 Michael McDonald  Jamaica 45.89 Q
21 5 Marco Vaccari  Italy 46.00 q
22 1 Roxbert Martin  Jamaica 46.04 Q
23 4 Arnaud Malherbe  South Africa 46.08 Q
24 1 Tawanda Chiwira  Zimbabwe 46.09 Q
25 7 Clement Chukwu  Nigeria 46.10 Q
26 7 Robert Maćkowiak  Poland 46.15 Q
27 2 Davis Kamoga  Uganda 46.17 Q
28 4 Samir-Adel Louahla  Algeria 46.22 q
29 2 Alejandro Cardenas  Mexico 46.26 Q
30 5 Odair da Costa  São Tomé and Príncipe 46.48 PB
31 6 Soloveni Nakaunicina  Fiji 46.51
32 5 Jan Poděbradský  Czech Republic 46.52
33 1 Benjamin Youla  Republic of the Congo 46.62 Q, NR
34 4 Konstantinos Moumoulidis  Greece 46.64
35 1 Roman Galkin  Ukraine 46.82
36 1 Antonio Andrés  Spain 46.94
37 7 Rafik Elouardi  Austria 46.95
38 6 Shigekazu Omori  Japan 47.09
39 3 Kenmore Hughes  Antigua and Barbuda 47.11 SB
40 2 Shon Ju-Il  South Korea 47.47 Q
41 4 Evripides Demosthenous  Cyprus 47.57
42 2 Liod Kgopong  South Africa 47.66
43 2 Kendon Maynard  United States Virgin Islands 47.83
44 7 Dennis Darling  Bahamas 47.96
45 6 Eugene Farrell  Ireland 48.20 SB
46 7 Angelo Ignatius  Netherlands Antilles 49.01
47 2 Mohsin Munir  Pakistan 49.61
48 6 Bashir Mohamed Al Khewani  Yemen 50.96
7 Antonio Pettigrew  United States DQ Q
1 Neil de Silva  Trinidad and Tobago DNF
2 Jude Monye  Nigeria DNS

Quarterfinals

First 3 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Jerome Young  United States 44.87 Q
2 1 Iwan Thomas  Great Britain 44.98 Q
3 4 Mark Richardson  Great Britain 45.05 Q
4 2 Jamie Baulch  Great Britain 45.06 Q
4 3 Clement Chukwu  Nigeria 45.06 Q
6 3 Tyree Washington  United States 45.09 Q
7 4 Michael McDonald  Jamaica 45.16 Q
8 2 Davis Kamoga  Uganda 45.25 Q
9 1 Robert Maćkowiak  Poland 45.26 Q, NR
10 3 Davian Clarke  Jamaica 45.27 Q
11 1 Roxbert Martin  Jamaica 45.37 q
11 4 Sunday Bada  Nigeria 45.37 q, SB
13 2 Ibrahima Wade  Senegal 45.38 Q
14 2 Michael Johnson  United States 45.39 q
15 4 Tomasz Czubak  Poland 45.41 q, PB
16 3 Hachim Ndiaye  Senegal 45.44 PB
17 2 Eswort Coombs  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 45.47
18 1 Štefan Balošák  Slovakia 45.48
19 1 Matthias Rusterholz  Switzerland 45.89
20 3 Sugath Tillakeratne  Sri Lanka 46.11
21 4 Ibrahim Ismail Muftah  Qatar 46.12
22 2 Jean-Louis Rapnouil  France 46.14
23 2 Tawanda Chiwira  Zimbabwe 46.22
24 4 Samir-Adel Louahla  Algeria 46.23
25 3 Kennedy Ochieng  Kenya 46.28
26 2 Benjamin Youla  Republic of the Congo 46.29 NR
27 3 Marco Vaccari  Italy 46.32
28 1 Alejandro Cardenas  Mexico 46.63
29 4 Arnaud Malherbe  South Africa 46.73
30 1 Shon Ju-Il  South Korea 47.36
1 Antonio Pettigrew  United States DQ Q
3 Sanderlei Claro Parrela  Brazil DNS

Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Michael Johnson  United States 44.37 Q
2 2 Jerome Young  United States 44.50 Q, SB
3 2 Davis Kamoga  Uganda 44.57 Q, SB
4 1 Tyree Washington  United States 44.61 Q
4 2 Iwan Thomas  Great Britain 44.61 Q
6 1 Mark Richardson  Great Britain 44.62 Q, SB
7 1 Jamie Baulch  Great Britain 44.69 Q, SB
8 1 Davian Clarke  Jamaica 45.07
9 2 Clement Chukwu  Nigeria 45.26
10 1 Ibrahima Wade  Senegal 45.47
11 2 Roxbert Martin  Jamaica 45.49
12 2 Tomasz Czubak  Poland 45.51
13 2 Michael McDonald  Jamaica 45.74
14 1 Sunday Bada  Nigeria 45.96
1 Antonio Pettigrew  United States DQ Q
1 Robert Maćkowiak  Poland DNS

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Michael Johnson  United States 44.12
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Davis Kamoga  Uganda 44.37 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Tyree Washington  United States 44.39 PB
4 5 Mark Richardson  Great Britain 44.47 PB
5 6 Jerome Young  United States 44.51
6 2 Iwan Thomas  Great Britain 44.52
7 1 Jamie Baulch  Great Britain 45.22
8 Antonio Pettigrew  United States DQ

References