2005_World_Championships_in_Athletics_–_Men's_400_metres

2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

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The men's 400 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 9, 10 and 12 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.

Medalists

GoldUnited States Jeremy Wariner
United States (USA)
SilverUnited States Andrew Rock
United States (USA)
BronzeCanada Tyler Christopher
Canada (CAN)

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

Heats

August 9, 2005

Heat 1

  1. United Kingdom Timothy Benjamin 44.85 Q
  2. Jamaica Brandon Simpson 44.98 Q
  3. Nigeria James Godday 45.30 q (PB)
  4. Botswana California Molefe 45.34 q (NR)
  5. Switzerland Pierre Lavanchy 45.79 q
  6. Croatia Željko Vincek 46.03
  7. Jordan Abdesalem Khalifeh Bajes Al-Hajjaj 48.89
  8. Monaco Florent Battistel 50.54

Heat 2

  1. United States Jeremy Wariner 45.24 Q
  2. United Kingdom Robert Tobin 45.41 Q
  3. Zimbabwe Young Talkmore Nyongani 45.55 q
  4. Saudi Arabia Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi 45.88 q
  5. Belgium Cedric van Branteghem 46.42
  6. Mexico Alejandro Cárdenas 46.73 (SB)
  7. French Polynesia Isaac Yaya 47.75

Heat 3

  1. Australia John Steffensen 45.62 Q
  2. Canada Tyler Christopher 45.66 Q
  3. Dominican Republic Arismendy Peguero 45.80 q (SB)
  4. Mauritius Eric Milazar 45.91
  5. The Bahamas Andrae Williams 46.49
  6. Germany Simon Kirch 47.45
  7. Yemen Saeed Al-Adhreai 49.74
    • Bangladesh Tawhid Tawhidul Islam DQ

Heat 4

  1. United States Andrew Rock 44.98 Q
  2. The Bahamas Chris Brown 45.20 Q
  3. Italy Andrea Barberi 45.70 q (PB)
  4. Tunisia Sofiane Labidi 45.71 q
  5. Japan Mitsuhiro Sato 45.78 q (SB)
  6. Brazil Anderson Jorge dos Santos 46.32
  7. Chinese Taipei Chung Cheng-Kang 47.85 (PB)
  8. San Marino Glauco Martini 51.48

Heat 5

  1. Jamaica Michael Blackwood 45.58 Q
  2. Dominican Republic Carlos Santa 45.63 Q
  3. Grenada Alleyne Francique 45.77 q
  4. Poland Marcin Marciniszyn 45.97
  5. Trinidad and Tobago Damion Barry 46.20
  6. Costa Rica Nery Brenes 47.11
  7. Azerbaijan Ibrahim Ahmadov 48.51

Heat 6

  1. Democratic Republic of the Congo Gary Kikaya 45.88 Q
  2. Jamaica Lanceford Spence 46.21 Q
  3. South Africa Ofentse Mogawane 46.80
  4. Barbados Wilan Louis 46.93
  5. Sri Lanka Prasanna Sampath Amarasekara 47.11
  6. Solomon Islands Chris Meke Walasi 49.47

Heat 7

  1. United States Darold Williamson 45.97 Q
  2. Sudan Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr 46.02 Q
  3. United Kingdom Malachi Davis 46.14
  4. Trinidad and Tobago Ato Modibo 46.28
  5. France Leslie Djhone 46.57
  6. Dominica Chris Lloyd 47.13
  7. Vanuatu Moses Kamut 48.63

Semi-finals

August 10, 2005

Heat 1

  1. Jamaica Brandon Simpson 45.53 Q
  2. United States Andrew Rock 45.78 Q
  3. Australia John Steffensen 46.06 q
  4. Dominican Republic Carlos Santa 46.07
  5. Grenada Alleyne Francique 46.59
  6. Nigeria James Godday 46.62
  7. Saudi Arabia Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi 46.80
  8. Italy Andrea Barberi 47.10

Heat 2

  1. Canada Tyler Christopher 45.47 Q
  2. United States Darold Williamson 45.65 Q
  3. United Kingdom Timothy Benjamin 45.66 q
  4. Dominican Republic Arismendy Peguero 46.08
  5. Democratic Republic of the Congo Gary Kikaya 46.15
  6. Sudan Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr 46.67
  7. Jamaica Lanceford Spence 47.20

Heat 3

  1. United States Jeremy Wariner 45.65 Q
  2. The Bahamas Chris Brown 45.67 Q
  3. Jamaica Michael Blackwood 46.25
  4. United Kingdom Robert Tobin 46.69
  5. Switzerland Pierre Lavanchy 47.19
  6. Zimbabwe Young Talkmore Nyongani 47.20
  7. Botswana California Molefe 47.26
  8. Japan Mitsuhiro Sato 48.55

Final

August 12, 2005

  1. United States Jeremy Wariner 43.93 (WL)
  2. United States Andrew Rock 44.35 (PB)
  3. Canada Tyler Christopher 44.44 (NR)
  4. The Bahamas Chris Brown 44.48 (PB)
  5. United Kingdom Timothy Benjamin 44.93
  6. Jamaica Brandon Simpson 45.01
  7. United States Darold Williamson 45.12
  8. Australia John Steffensen 45.46

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