2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres Hurdles event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There were a total number of 42 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Friday August 10, 2001 at 21:05h.

Medalists Gold Félix SánchezDominican Republic (DOM)Silver Fabrizio MoriItaly (ITA)Bronze Dai TamesueJapan (JPN)

Records Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships World Record 46.78 August 6, 1992 Barcelona, Spain Event Record 47.18 August 17, 1993 Stuttgart, Germany Season Best 47.95 July 4, 2001 Lausanne, Switzerland

Summary From the gun, Dai Tamesue was out fast, making up the stagger on Fabrizio Mori to his outside in lane 4 by the third hurdle. By the fifth hurdle, Félix Sánchez in lane 5 managed to catch Tamesue, with Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily not too far behind in lane 1. Tamesue continued the pressure, regaining a slight lead on Sánchez, while Mori maintained the 1 metre gap while running a further distance around the turn. With long strides, Al-Somaily managed to virtually triple jump 13 strides into the eighth hurdle, seizing the lead from Tamesue. Both Tamesue and Al-Somaily began to struggle, their cadence was no longer what it had been. Sánchez maintained his cadence and cruised past, with Mori less than a metre behind. Mori challenged Sánchez to the line but couldn't get ahead. Three metres back, Tamesue was able to regain his advantage over Al-Somaily for bronze.

Final RANKFINALTIME47.4947.5447.894.47.995.48.546.48.577.49.07—DSQ

Semi-finals Held on Wednesday 2001-08-08 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.48.492.48.643.49.044.49.235.49.326.49.487.49.818.49.92

RANKHEAT 2TIME1.48.272.48.503.48.534.48.995.48.386.49.577.49.808.50.34

RANKHEAT 3TIME1.48.072.48.103.48.404.49.145.49.386.49.967.50.218.51.23

Heats Held on Wednesday 2001-08-07 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.49.292.49.403.49.604.50.425.50.616.51.28–DNS

RANKHEAT 2TIME1.48.642.48.963.49.334.49.515.49.936.50.177.50.69

RANKHEAT 3TIME1.49.452.50.163.50.414.50.505.51.206.51.82–DQ

RANKHEAT 4TIME1.49.292.49.393.49.504.49.655.50.266.50.71–DNF

RANKHEAT 5TIME1.49.382.49.753.49.864.49.965.50.306.50.327.51.67

RANKHEAT 6TIME1.49.422.49.653.49.864.50.085.50.286.53.61–DNF

See also 1998 Men's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Budapest) 2000 Men's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Sydney) 2002 Men's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Munich) 2004 Men's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Athens)

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