Since 2008, all of the major gold medals had been won by either reigning Olympic champion Kirani James or defending champion LaShawn Merritt. In the final, both were out ahead, along with Wayde van Niekerk and Isaac Makwala, Africans with none of those credentials. Through the final turn, van Niekerk took sole possession of the lead, Makwala passed James to hit the home stretch with a slight advantage in second. Far off the pace was Luguelín Santos. Down the home stretch, Makwala was unable to hold his position and was passed by a burst from James. James was unable to hold that burst, Merritt cruised past James but was unable to make any headway on van Niekerk's lead.[3] Merritt made a desperate lean that actually cost him time but was well beaten, Santos followed Merritt down the home stretch to take fourth beating the National Record he set in the semi-final round.[4] van Niekerk's 43.48 improved upon his own African Record, putting him at number 4 on the all-time list. For the first time in history, three men broke 44 seconds. Merritt set the fastest non-winning time of all time at 43.65 seconds. In fact, places 2, 3 and 4 were all the fastest ever in that position.[5]
Recordsedit
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[6]
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2015, world, championships, athletics, metres, metres, 2015, world, championships, athletics, held, beijing, national, stadium, august, metres, 2015, world, championshipswayde, niekerk, fourth, fastest, historyvenuebeijing, national, stadiumdates23, august, he. The men s 400 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 23 24 and 26 August 1 2 Men s 400 metres at the 2015 World ChampionshipsWayde van Niekerk fourth fastest in historyVenueBeijing National StadiumDates23 August heats 24 August semifinals 26 August final Competitors44 from 27 nationsWinning time43 48Medalists Wayde van Niekerk South Africa LaShawn Merritt United States Kirani James Grenada 20132017 Contents 1 Summary 2 Records 3 Qualification standards 4 Schedule 5 Results 5 1 Heats 5 2 Semifinals 5 3 Final 6 ReferencesSummary editSince 2008 all of the major gold medals had been won by either reigning Olympic champion Kirani James or defending champion LaShawn Merritt In the final both were out ahead along with Wayde van Niekerk and Isaac Makwala Africans with none of those credentials Through the final turn van Niekerk took sole possession of the lead Makwala passed James to hit the home stretch with a slight advantage in second Far off the pace was Luguelin Santos Down the home stretch Makwala was unable to hold his position and was passed by a burst from James James was unable to hold that burst Merritt cruised past James but was unable to make any headway on van Niekerk s lead 3 Merritt made a desperate lean that actually cost him time but was well beaten Santos followed Merritt down the home stretch to take fourth beating the National Record he set in the semi final round 4 van Niekerk s 43 48 improved upon his own African Record putting him at number 4 on the all time list For the first time in history three men broke 44 seconds Merritt set the fastest non winning time of all time at 43 65 seconds In fact places 2 3 and 4 were all the fastest ever in that position 5 Records editPrior to the competition the records were as follows 6 World record nbsp Michael Johnson USA 43 18 Sevilla Spain 26 August 1999Championship recordWorld Leading nbsp Isaac Makwala BOT 43 72 La Chaux de Fonds Switzerland 5 July 2015African RecordAsian Record nbsp Abdelalelah Haroun QAT 44 27 La Chaux de Fonds Switzerland 5 July 2015NACAC record nbsp Michael Johnson USA 43 18 Seville Spain 26 August 1999South American Record nbsp Sanderlei Parrela BRA 44 29 Seville Spain 26 August 1999European Record nbsp Thomas Schonlebe GDR 44 33 Rome Italy 3 September 1987Oceanian record nbsp Darren Clark AUS 44 38 Seoul South Korea 26 September 1988The following records were established during the competition Asian Record nbsp Yousef Masrahi KSA 43 93 Beijing China 23 August 2015World Leading nbsp Wayde van Niekerk RSA 43 48 Beijing China 26 August 2015African RecordQualification standards editEntry standards 7 45 50Schedule editDate Time Round23 August 2015 11 10 Heats24 August 2015 20 05 Semifinals26 August 2015 21 25 FinalAll times are local times UTC 8 Results editKEY Q Qualified q Fastest non qualifiers NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal bestHeats edit Qualification Best 3 Q and next 6 fastest q qualify for the next round 8 nbsp Heat 2Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes1 2 Yousef Masrahi nbsp Saudi Arabia KSA 43 93 Q AR2 2 Rusheen McDonald nbsp Jamaica JAM 43 93 Q NR3 2 Isaac Makwala nbsp Botswana BOT 44 19 Q4 6 Wayde van Niekerk nbsp South Africa RSA 44 42 Q5 1 David Verburg nbsp United States USA 44 43 Q6 2 Martyn Rooney nbsp Great Britain amp N I GBR 44 45 q PB7 3 LaShawn Merritt nbsp United States USA 44 51 Q8 1 Machel Cedenio nbsp Trinidad and Tobago TTO 44 54 Q8 6 Renny Quow nbsp Trinidad and Tobago TTO 44 54 Q SB10 4 Kirani James nbsp Grenada GRN 44 56 Q11 4 Luguelin Santos nbsp Dominican Republic DOM 44 62 Q12 6 Bryshon Nellum nbsp United States USA 44 65 Q PB13 1 Jonathan Borlee nbsp Belgium BEL 44 67 Q SB14 6 Chris Brown nbsp Bahamas BAH 44 68 q15 1 Peter Matthews nbsp Jamaica JAM 44 69 q PB16 2 Liemarvin Bonevacia nbsp Netherlands NED 44 72 q NR17 3 Javon Francis nbsp Jamaica JAM 44 83 Q18 4 Lalonde Gordon nbsp Trinidad and Tobago TTO 44 97 Q19 3 Kevin Borlee nbsp Belgium BEL 45 01 Q SB20 3 Michael Mathieu nbsp Bahamas BAH 45 07 q21 3 Nery Brenes nbsp Costa Rica CRC 45 08 q22 2 Pavel Maslak nbsp Czech Republic CZE 45 1623 4 Onkabetse Nkobolo nbsp Botswana BOT 45 17 PB24 5 Rabah Yousif nbsp Great Britain amp N I GBR 45 24 Q25 1 Pavel Ivashko nbsp Russia RUS 45 25 PB25 6 Winston George nbsp Guyana GUY 45 25 NR27 5 Steven Gardiner nbsp Bahamas BAH 45 26 Q28 1 Luka Janezic nbsp Slovenia SLO 45 28 NR28 1 Alberth Bravo nbsp Venezuela VEN 45 2830 4 Hederson Estefani nbsp Brazil BRA 45 36 SB31 6 Hugo de Sousa nbsp Brazil BRA 45 42 SB32 4 Jarryd Dunn nbsp Great Britain amp N I GBR 45 4933 5 Vernon Norwood nbsp United States USA 45 53 Q34 5 Mame Ibra Anne nbsp France FRA 45 5535 6 Gustavo Cuesta nbsp Dominican Republic DOM 45 5936 5 Abubakar Abbas nbsp Bahrain BHR 45 6437 3 Yuzo Kanemaru nbsp Japan JPN 45 6538 3 Aliaksandr Linnik nbsp Belarus BLR 45 7939 4 Vitaliy Butrym nbsp Ukraine UKR 45 8840 5 Alphas Kishoyian nbsp Kenya KEN 46 0241 1 Bralon Taplin nbsp Grenada GRN 46 2742 3 Guo Zhongze nbsp China CHN 46 4243 5 Mohamed Khouaja nbsp Libya LBA 46 50 SB44 5 Berend Koekemoer nbsp South Africa RSA 46 522 Donald Sanford nbsp Israel ISR DNSSemifinals edit Qualification Best 2 Q and next 2 fastest q qualify for the next round 9 Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes1 2 Isaac Makwala nbsp Botswana BOT 44 11 Q2 1 Kirani James nbsp Grenada GRN 44 16 Q3 1 Luguelin Santos nbsp Dominican Republic DOM 44 26 Q NR4 3 Wayde van Niekerk nbsp South Africa RSA 44 31 Q5 3 LaShawn Merritt nbsp United States USA 44 34 Q SB6 2 Yousef Masrahi nbsp Saudi Arabia KSA 44 40 Q7 2 Rabah Yousif nbsp Great Britain amp N I GBR 44 54 q PB8 3 Machel Cedenio nbsp Trinidad and Tobago TTO 44 64 q9 2 Lalonde Gordon nbsp Trinidad and Tobago TTO 44 7010 1 David Verburg nbsp United States USA 44 7111 1 Kevin Borlee nbsp Belgium BEL 44 74 SB12 3 Javon Francis nbsp Jamaica JAM 44 7712 2 Bryshon Nellum nbsp United States USA 44 7714 3 Jonathan Borlee nbsp Belgium BEL 44 8515 2 Rusheen McDonald nbsp Jamaica JAM 44 8616 1 Renny Quow nbsp Trinidad and Tobago TTO 44 9816 2 Steven Gardiner nbsp Bahamas BAH 44 9818 1 Vernon Norwood nbsp United States USA 45 0718 1 Chris Brown nbsp Bahamas BAH 45 0720 3 Martyn Rooney nbsp Great Britain amp N I GBR 45 2921 2 Nery Brenes nbsp Costa Rica CRC 45 4122 1 Peter Matthews nbsp Jamaica JAM 45 4223 3 Michael Mathieu nbsp Bahamas BAH 45 4324 3 Liemarvin Bonevacia nbsp Netherlands NED 45 65Final edit The final was held at 21 25 10 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes nbsp 6 Wayde van Niekerk nbsp South Africa RSA 43 48 WL AR nbsp 8 LaShawn Merritt nbsp United States USA 43 65 PB nbsp 5 Kirani James nbsp Grenada GRN 43 78 SB4 7 Luguelin Santos nbsp Dominican Republic DOM 44 11 NR5 4 Isaac Makwala nbsp Botswana BOT 44 636 3 Rabah Yousif nbsp Great Britain amp N I GBR 44 687 2 Machel Cedenio nbsp Trinidad and Tobago TTO 45 068 9 Yousef Masrahi nbsp Saudi Arabia KSA 45 15References edit Beijing 2015 Timetable Beijing 2015 10 August 2015 Archived from the original on 1 December 2014 Retrieved 10 August 2015 Start list PDF Archived from the original PDF on 28 September 2015 Retrieved 26 August 2015 World Championships 2015 Wayde van Niekerk wins 400m gold and is taken to hospital with exhaustion Daily Telegraph 26 August 2015 Retrieved 27 August 2015 World Championships Wayde van Niekerk wins superb 400m BBC Sport 26 August 2015 Retrieved 27 August 2015 Wayde van Niekerk wins men s 400m final at world championships Guardian 26 August 2015 Retrieved 27 August 2015 Records amp Lists 400 meters IAAF Retrieved 17 August 2015 IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 Standards PDF IAAF 2014 retrieved 17 August 2015 Heats results PDF Archived from the original PDF on 28 September 2015 Retrieved 24 August 2015 Semifinals results PDF Archived from the original PDF on 28 September 2015 Retrieved 24 August 2015 Final results Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2015 World Championships in Athletics Men 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