2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 15, 16 and 18 August.

The United States hurdling team was by far the strongest entered by any country, comprising defending champion Kerron Clement, two-time Olympic champion Angelo Taylor, 2005 World Champion Bershawn Jackson, and the emerging Johnny Dutch. The world-leading 400 m hurdler L.J. van Zyl, veterans Danny McFarlane and Félix Sánchez, and the improving Isa Phillips and Javier Culson were also identified as possible medal contenders.[1]

In the heats, Briton Dai Greene completed an unexpected and comfortable win, while seventeen-year-old Jehue Gordon of Trinidad and Tobago surprised with a senior national record to qualify for the semis.[2] In the semi-finals, van Zyl failed to qualify, following his pattern of poor performances at the biggest races of the season. Dutch and Phillips also failed to make the cut. Clement and Sánchez lead the way in the first semi, while Jackson and Greene (who set a personal best) took the top two spots in the other final.[3]

In the final, Clement, Jackson and Culson all started the race well. However, it was the favourite, Clement, who took the gold medal: he was ahead at the final straight and did not relinquish his position, recording a world-leading time to win. Culson set a Puerto Rican record to take the silver, while Jackson fended off a challenge from national-record-breaking Gordon to keep third and win the bronze.[4]

Although Clement's winning time was the second slowest in the history of the Championships, it remained a close race for the silver and bronze medals, with just 0.6 seconds between the silver medallist and seventh-placed Greene. The race had a breadth of ages, with Trinidadian Gordon becoming the youngest ever finalist of any men's sprint event at the Championships, and 37-year-old McFarlane being the oldest ever to do the same feat. Clement became the third man to win two consecutive world titles in the event, after Ed Moses and Félix Sánchez.[4]

Medalists

Kerron Clement retained his world title.
GoldSilverBronze
Kerron Clement
 United States (USA)
Javier Culson
 Puerto Rico (PUR)
Bershawn Jackson
 United States (USA)

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

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  L. J. van Zyl (RSA) 47.94 Monaco 28 July 2009
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 American 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, United States 31 July 1996

Qualification standards

A time B time
49.25 49.80

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 15, 200920:20Heats
August 16, 200920:15Semifinals
August 18, 200920:50Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 4 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Kerron Clement United States (USA)48.39Q
23Danny McFarlane Jamaica (JAM)48.65Q
33Jehue Gordon Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)48.66Q, NR
44Dai Greene Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)48.76Q
53Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic (DOM)48.76q, SB
61Isa Phillips Jamaica (JAM)48.99Q
71Periklis Iakovakis Greece (GRE)49.12Q, SB
82Javier Culson Puerto Rico (PUR)49.27Q
93Omar Cisneros Cuba (CUB)49.27q
102Bershawn Jackson United States (USA)49.34Q
111Johnny Dutch United States (USA)49.38Q
122Kazuaki Yoshida Japan (JPN)49.45Q, PB
134L. J. van Zyl South Africa (RSA)49.48Q
141Andrés Silva Uruguay (URU)49.51q, NR
152Tristan Thomas Australia (AUS)49.53q
161Kenji Narisako Japan (JPN)49.60
174Brendan Cole Australia (AUS)49.63Q
184Angelo Taylor United States (USA)49.64
193Michaël Bultheel Belgium (BEL)49.67PB
204Fadil Bellaabouss France (FRA)49.73
214Aleksandr Derevyagin Russia (RUS)49.83
222Rhys Williams Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)49.88
231Stanislav Melnykov Ukraine (UKR)50.41
241Mahau Suguimati Brazil (BRA)51.05
251Jussi Heikkilä Finland (FIN)51.42
262Ibrahima Maïga Mali (MLI)51.70
273Jonathan Williams Belize (BIZ)52.41
2Josef Robertson Jamaica (JAM)DQ
2Héni Kechi France (FRA)DQ
3Joseph G. Abraham India (IND)DQ
4Kurt Couto Mozambique (MOZ)DQ
4Ali Obaid Shirook United Arab Emirates (UAE)DNF

Key: NR = National record, PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each semifinal(Q) and the next 2 fastest(q) advance to the final.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Kerron Clement United States (USA)48.00Q, SB
22Bershawn Jackson United States (USA)48.23Q
32Dai Greene Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)48.27Q, PB
41Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic (DOM)48.34Q, SB
51Javier Culson Puerto Rico (PUR)48.43Q
61Danny McFarlane Jamaica (JAM)48.49q
72Periklis Iakovakis Greece (GRE)48.73Q, SB
81Jehue Gordon Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)48.77q
91L. J. van Zyl South Africa (RSA)48.80
102Isa Phillips Jamaica (JAM)48.93
112Omar Cisneros Cuba (CUB)49.21
122Johnny Dutch United States (USA)49.28
131Andrés Silva Uruguay (URU)49.34NR
142Tristan Thomas Australia (AUS)49.76
151Brendan Cole Australia (AUS)49.92
162Kazuaki Yoshida Japan (JPN)50.34

Key: NR = National record, PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Final

Clement beat Javier Culson to the gold.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Kerron Clement United States (USA)47.91 WL
Javier Culson Puerto Rico (PUR)48.09NR
Bershawn Jackson United States (USA)48.23
4Jehue Gordon Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)48.26NR
5Periklis Iakovakis Greece (GRE)48.42SB
6Danny McFarlane Jamaica (JAM)48.65
7Dai Greene Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)48.68
8Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic (DOM)50.11

Key: NR = National record, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)

References

General
Specific
  1. Mulkeen, Jon (2009-08-09). Men's 400m Hurdles - PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15. Archived 2009-09-08.
  2. Mulkeen, Jon (2009-08-15). Event Report - Men's 400m Hurdles - Heats Archived 2009-08-18 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15.
  3. Mulkeen, Jon (2009-08-16). Event Report - Men's 400m Hurdles - Semi-Final Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-18.
  4. Mulkeen, Jon (2009-08-18). Event Report - Men's 400m Hurdles - Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-22. Archived 2009-09-08.
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