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

Events at the
2011 World Championships
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200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
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100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
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4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
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20 km walk men women
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Triple jump men women
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Decathlon men

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.

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
Javier Culson
 Puerto Rico
L. J. van Zyl
 South Africa

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

A time B time
49.40 49.80

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 29, 2011 11:30 Heats
August 30, 2011 19:30 Heats
September 1, 2011 21:30 Final

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.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 David Greene  Great Britain 48.52 Q
1 1 Cornel Fredericks  South Africa 48.52 Q
3 2 L. J. van Zyl  South Africa 48.58 Q
4 2 Isa Phillips  Jamaica 48.64 Q, SB
5 1 Georg Fleischhauer  Germany 48.72 Q, PB
6 2 Félix Sánchez  Dominican Republic 48.74 Q, SB
7 5 Jeshua Anderson  United States 48.81 Q
8 2 Kerron Clement  United States 48.91 Q
9 3 Javier Culson  Puerto Rico 48.95 Q
10 5 Nathan Woodward  Great Britain 49.06 Q
11 5 Stanislav Melnykov  Ukraine 49.24 Q, SB
12 3 Angelo Taylor  United States 49.38 Q
13 3 Aleksandr Derevyagin  Russia 49.43 Q, SB
14 5 Leford Green  Jamaica 49.45 Q
15 3 Andrés Silva  Uruguay 49.48 Q
16 2 Vincent Kiplangat Kosgei  Kenya 49.49 q, SB
17 3 Takayuki Kishimoto  Japan 49.51 q
18 1 Emir Bekrić  Serbia 49.67 Q
19 1 Omar Cisneros  Cuba 49.69 q
20 1 Mahau Suguimati  Brazil 49.74 q
21 4 Bershawn Jackson  United States 49.82 Q
22 2 Jorge Paula  Portugal 49.82
23 5 Kurt Couto  Mozambique 49.86
24 4 Jehue Gordon  Trinidad and Tobago 49.90 Q
25 2 Jamele Mason  Puerto Rico 49.98
26 4 Josef Robertson  Jamaica 50.29 Q
27 4 Jack Green  Great Britain 50.39 Q
28 3 Li Zhilong  China 50.44
29 4 Cheng Wen  China 50.51
30 5 Yuta Imazeki  Japan 50.92
31 5 Jean Antonio Vieillesse  Mauritius 51.02
32 4 Kenneth Medwood  Belize 51.19
33 4 Takatoshi Abe  Japan 51.90
34 3 Lee Seung-yun  South Korea 52.98

Semifinals

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Javier Culson  Puerto Rico 48.52 Q
2 2 David Greene  Great Britain 48.62 Q
3 3 Bershawn Jackson  United States 48.80 Q
4 1 Cornel Fredericks  South Africa 48.83 Q
5 1 Angelo Taylor  United States 48.86 q
6 2 Félix Sánchez  Dominican Republic 49.01 Q
7 3 L. J. van Zyl  South Africa 49.05 Q
8 3 Aleksandr Derevyagin  Russia 49.07 q, SB
9 2 Jehue Gordon  Trinidad and Tobago 49.08
10 2 Isa Phillips  Jamaica 49.16
11 3 Leford Green  Jamaica 49.29
12 1 Jeshua Anderson  United States 49.33
13 3 Georg Fleischhauer  Germany 49.36
14 3 Nathan Woodward  Great Britain 49.57
15 1 Jack Green  Great Britain 49.62
16 2 Andrés Silva  Uruguay 49.63
17 3 Vincent Kiplangat Kosgei  Kenya 49.71
18 1 Stanislav Melnykov  Ukraine 49.74
19 2 Emir Bekrić  Serbia 49.94
20 1 Takayuki Kishimoto  Japan 50.05
21 3 Omar Cisneros  Cuba 50.10
22 1 Josef Robertson  Jamaica 50.39
23 2 Mahau Suguimati  Brazil 50.89
24 2 Kerron Clement  United States 52.11

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) David Greene  Great Britain 48.26
2nd, silver medalist(s) Javier Culson  Puerto Rico 48.44
3rd, bronze medalist(s) L. J. van Zyl  South Africa 48.80
4 Félix Sánchez  Dominican Republic 48.87
5 Cornel Fredericks  South Africa 49.12
6 Bershawn Jackson  United States 49.24
7 Angelo Taylor  United States 49.31
8 Aleksandr Derevyagin  Russia 49.32

References

  1. "Dai Greene's brutal regime earns gold at World Athletics Championships". Guardian. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  2. "Dai Greene loses 'invisible man' tag to clinch gold in 400m hurdles at World Athletics Championships". Daily Telegraph. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.

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