These are the results of the Men's 400 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece. The winning margin was 0.25 seconds.

Medalists Gold Michael JohnsonUnited States (USA)Silver Davis KamogaUganda (UGA)Bronze Tyree WashingtonUnited States (USA)

Results

Heats First 4 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Jerome Young 45.34 Q 3 Sanderlei Claro Parrela 45.35 Q 3 Tyree Washington 45.35 Q 6 Mark Richardson 45.44 Q 3 Sugath Tillakeratne 45.58 Q, NR 3 Ibrahima Wade 45.61 Q 4 Iwan Thomas 45.62 Q 5 Michael Johnson 45.66 Q 3 Matthias Rusterholz 45.76 q, SB 10 4 Davian Clarke 45.77 Q 11 5 Eswort Coombs 45.78 Q 12 6 Sunday Bada 45.79 Q 13 4 Tomasz Czubak 45.82 Q 14 5 Hachim Ndiaye 45.84 Q 14 7 Štefan Balošák 45.84 Q 16 1 Jamie Baulch 45.85 Q 16 3 Jean-Louis Rapnouil 45.85 q 18 5 Kennedy Ochieng 45.88 Q 18 6 Ibrahim Ismail Muftah 45.88 Q 20 2 Michael McDonald 45.89 Q 21 5 Marco Vaccari 46.00 q 22 1 Roxbert Martin 46.04 Q 23 4 Arnaud Malherbe 46.08 Q 24 1 Tawanda Chiwira 46.09 Q 25 7 Clement Chukwu 46.10 Q 26 7 Robert Maćkowiak 46.15 Q 27 2 Davis Kamoga 46.17 Q 28 4 Samir-Adel Louahla 46.22 q 29 2 Alejandro Cardenas 46.26 Q 30 5 Odair da Costa 46.48 PB 31 6 Soloveni Nakaunicina 46.51 32 5 Jan Poděbradský 46.52 33 1 Benjamin Youla 46.62 Q, NR 34 4 Konstantinos Moumoulidis 46.64 35 1 Roman Galkin 46.82 36 1 Antonio Andrés 46.94 37 7 Rafik Elouardi 46.95 38 6 Shigekazu Omori 47.09 39 3 Kenmore Hughes 47.11 SB 40 2 Shon Ju-Il 47.47 Q 41 4 Evripides Demosthenous 47.57 42 2 Liod Kgopong 47.66 43 2 Kendon Maynard 47.83 44 7 Dennis Darling 47.96 45 6 Eugene Farrell 48.20 SB 46 7 Angelo Ignatius 49.01 47 2 Mohsin Munir 49.61 48 6 Bashir Mohamed Al Khewani 50.96 7 Antonio Pettigrew Q 1 Neil de Silva 2 Jude Monye

Quarterfinals First 3 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Jerome Young 44.87 Q 1 Iwan Thomas 44.98 Q 4 Mark Richardson 45.05 Q 2 Jamie Baulch 45.06 Q 3 Clement Chukwu 45.06 Q 3 Tyree Washington 45.09 Q 4 Michael McDonald 45.16 Q 2 Davis Kamoga 45.25 Q 1 Robert Maćkowiak 45.26 Q, NR 10 3 Davian Clarke 45.27 Q 11 1 Roxbert Martin 45.37 q 11 4 Sunday Bada 45.37 q, SB 13 2 Ibrahima Wade 45.38 Q 14 2 Michael Johnson 45.39 q 15 4 Tomasz Czubak 45.41 q, PB 16 3 Hachim Ndiaye 45.44 PB 17 2 Eswort Coombs 45.47 18 1 Štefan Balošák 45.48 19 1 Matthias Rusterholz 45.89 20 3 Sugath Tillakeratne 46.11 21 4 Ibrahim Ismail Muftah 46.12 22 2 Jean-Louis Rapnouil 46.14 23 2 Tawanda Chiwira 46.22 24 4 Samir-Adel Louahla 46.23 25 3 Kennedy Ochieng 46.28 26 2 Benjamin Youla 46.29 NR 27 3 Marco Vaccari 46.32 28 1 Alejandro Cardenas 46.63 29 4 Arnaud Malherbe 46.73 30 1 Shon Ju-Il 47.36 1 Antonio Pettigrew Q 3 Sanderlei Claro Parrela

Semifinals First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Michael Johnson 44.37 Q 2 Jerome Young 44.50 Q, SB 2 Davis Kamoga 44.57 Q, SB 1 Tyree Washington 44.61 Q 2 Iwan Thomas 44.61 Q 1 Mark Richardson 44.62 Q, SB 1 Jamie Baulch 44.69 Q, SB 1 Davian Clarke 45.07 2 Clement Chukwu 45.26 10 1 Ibrahima Wade 45.47 11 2 Roxbert Martin 45.49 12 2 Tomasz Czubak 45.51 13 2 Michael McDonald 45.74 14 1 Sunday Bada 45.96 1 Antonio Pettigrew Q 1 Robert Maćkowiak

Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Michael Johnson 44.12 7 Davis Kamoga 44.37 NR 3 Tyree Washington 44.39 PB 4 5 Mark Richardson 44.47 PB 5 6 Jerome Young 44.51 6 2 Iwan Thomas 44.52 7 1 Jamie Baulch 45.22 8 Antonio Pettigrew

References Results IAAF