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2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the 2017 World Championships
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates 6 August (heats)
7 August (semifinal)
9 August (final)
Competitors 39 from 28 nations
Winning time 48.35
Medalists
gold medal     Norway
silver medal     Turkey
bronze medal     United States
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Events at the
2017 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 women
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

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 6–9 August.

Karsten Warholm led the final from start to finish. At the final hurdle, Abderrahman Samba, in second place and seemingly gaining on Warholm, stumbled and struggled to maintain his balance, dropping to seventh. From the last hurdle to the finish line Warholm increased his speed again, winning by a comfortable margin, while Yasmani Copello overtook Kerron Clement on the final run in to gain silver.

Before the competition, selected records were as follows:

The following new records were set at the competition:

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 49.35.

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:

The first round took place on 6 August in five heats as follows:

The first four in each heat ( Q ) and the next four fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:

The semifinals took place on 7 August in three heats as follows:

The first two in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:

The final took place on 9 August at 20:33. The results were as follows:


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