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2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres
at the 2015 World Championships
Wayde van Niekerk Beijing 2015.jpg
Wayde van Niekerk fourth fastest in history
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates 23 August (heats)
24 August (semifinals)
26 August (final)
Competitors 44 from 27 nations
Winning time 43.48
Medalists
gold medal     South Africa
silver medal     United States
bronze medal     Grenada
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Events at the
2015 World Championships
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Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
Demonstration events
Masters 400 m women
Masters 800 m men

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.

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. 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. 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.

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Qualification: Best 3 (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the next round.

Qualification: Best 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the next round.

The final was held at 21:25.


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