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

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 & N.I. (GBR)
Javier Culson
 Puerto Rico (PUR)
L. J. van Zyl
 South Africa (RSA)

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, 201111:30Heats
August 30, 201119:30Heats
September 1, 201121:30Final

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.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11David Greene Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)48.52Q
11Cornel Fredericks South Africa (RSA)48.52Q
32L. J. van Zyl South Africa (RSA)48.58Q
42Isa Phillips Jamaica (JAM)48.64Q, SB
51Georg Fleischhauer Germany (GER)48.72Q, PB
62Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic (DOM)48.74Q, SB
75Jeshua Anderson United States (USA)48.81Q
82Kerron Clement United States (USA)48.91Q
93Javier Culson Puerto Rico (PUR)48.95Q
105Nathan Woodward Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)49.06Q
115Stanislav Melnykov Ukraine (UKR)49.24Q, SB
123Angelo Taylor United States (USA)49.38Q
133Aleksandr Derevyagin Russia (RUS)49.43Q, SB
145Leford Green Jamaica (JAM)49.45Q
153Andrés Silva Uruguay (URU)49.48Q
162Vincent Kiplangat Kosgei Kenya (KEN)49.49q, SB
173Takayuki Kishimoto Japan (JPN)49.51q
181Emir Bekrić Serbia (SRB)49.67Q
191Omar Cisneros Cuba (CUB)49.69q
201Mahau Suguimati Brazil (BRA)49.74q
214Bershawn Jackson United States (USA)49.82Q
222Jorge Paula Portugal (POR)49.82
235Kurt Couto Mozambique (MOZ)49.86
244Jehue Gordon Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)49.90Q
252Jamele Mason Puerto Rico (PUR)49.98
264Josef Robertson Jamaica (JAM)50.29Q
274Jack Green Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)50.39Q
283Li Zhilong China (CHN)50.44
294Cheng Wen China (CHN)50.51
305Yuta Imazeki Japan (JPN)50.92
315Jean Antonio Vieillesse Mauritius (MRI)51.02
324Kenneth Medwood Belize (BIZ)51.19
334Takatoshi Abe Japan (JPN)51.90
343Lee Seung-yun South Korea (KOR)52.98

Semifinals

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Javier Culson Puerto Rico (PUR)48.52Q
22David Greene Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)48.62Q
33Bershawn Jackson United States (USA)48.80Q
41Cornel Fredericks South Africa (RSA)48.83Q
51Angelo Taylor United States (USA)48.86q
62Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic (DOM)49.01Q
73L. J. van Zyl South Africa (RSA)49.05Q
83Aleksandr Derevyagin Russia (RUS)49.07q, SB
92Jehue Gordon Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)49.08
102Isa Phillips Jamaica (JAM)49.16
113Leford Green Jamaica (JAM)49.29
121Jeshua Anderson United States (USA)49.33
133Georg Fleischhauer Germany (GER)49.36
143Nathan Woodward Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)49.57
151Jack Green Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)49.62
162Andrés Silva Uruguay (URU)49.63
173Vincent Kiplangat Kosgei Kenya (KEN)49.71
181Stanislav Melnykov Ukraine (UKR)49.74
192Emir Bekrić Serbia (SRB)49.94
201Takayuki Kishimoto Japan (JPN)50.05
213Omar Cisneros Cuba (CUB)50.10
221Josef Robertson Jamaica (JAM)50.39
232Mahau Suguimati Brazil (BRA)50.89
242Kerron Clement United States (USA)52.11

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
David Greene Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)48.26
Javier Culson Puerto Rico (PUR)48.44
L. J. van Zyl South Africa (RSA)48.80
4Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic (DOM)48.87
5Cornel Fredericks South Africa (RSA)49.12
6Bershawn Jackson United States (USA)49.24
7Angelo Taylor United States (USA)49.31
8Aleksandr Derevyagin Russia (RUS)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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