2011_World_Championships_in_Athletics_–_Men's_400_metres_hurdles

2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

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The Men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 29, 30 and September 1.

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In the final, Angelo Taylor in lane 1 and L. J. van Zyl in lane 8 bookended the field going out fast into the lead. As they were completing the final turn, Taylor faltered and started hitting hurdles while Javier Culson powered into the lead. Both van Zyl and Culson slowed going into the final hurdle while David Greene cleared the hurdle with full momentum, cruising past the others to take the gold medal.[1][2]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Dai Greene
 Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
Javier Culson
 Puerto Rico (PUR)
L. J. van Zyl
 South Africa (RSA)

Records

World record  Kevin Young (USA) 46.78 Barcelona, Spain 6 August 1992
Championship record  Kevin Young (USA) 47.18 Stuttgart, Germany 19 August 1993
World leading  Louis van Zyl (RSA) 47.66 Pretoria, South Africa 25 February 2011
Ostrava, Czech Republic 31 May 2011
African record  Samuel Matete (ZAM) 47.10 Zürich, Switzerland 7 August 1991
Asian record  Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA) 47.53 Sydney, Australia 27 September 2000
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Kevin Young (USA) 46.78 Barcelona, Spain 6 August 1992
South American record  Bayano Kamani (PAN) 47.84 Helsinki, Finland 7 August 2005
European record  Stéphane Diagana (FRA) 47.37 Lausanne, Switzerland 5 July 1995
Oceanian record  Rohan Robinson (AUS) 48.28 Atlanta, Georgia, United States 31 July 1996

Qualification standards

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Schedule

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Results

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

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Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

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Final

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References

  1. "Dai Greene's brutal regime earns gold at World Athletics Championships". Guardian. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.

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