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.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeDai GreeneJavier CulsonL. J. van Zyl
Records World record46.78Barcelona, Spain6 August 1992Championship record47.18Stuttgart, Germany19 August 1993World leading47.66Pretoria, South Africa25 February 2011Ostrava, Czech Republic31 May 2011African record47.10Zürich, Switzerland7 August 1991Asian record47.53Sydney, Australia27 September 2000North, Central American and Caribbean record46.78Barcelona, Spain6 August 1992South American record47.84Helsinki, Finland7 August 2005European record47.37Lausanne, Switzerland5 July 1995Oceanian record48.28Atlanta, Georgia, United States31 July 1996
Qualification standards A timeB time 49.40 49.80
Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 29, 2011 11:30 HeatsAugust 30, 2011 19:30 HeatsSeptember 1, 2011 21:30 Final
Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 David Greene 48.52 Q 1 1 Cornel Fredericks 48.52 Q 3 2 L. J. van Zyl 48.58 Q 4 2 Isa Phillips 48.64 Q, SB 5 1 Georg Fleischhauer 48.72 Q, PB 6 2 Félix Sánchez 48.74 Q, SB 7 5 Jeshua Anderson 48.81 Q 8 2 Kerron Clement 48.91 Q 9 3 Javier Culson 48.95 Q 10 5 Nathan Woodward 49.06 Q 11 5 Stanislav Melnykov 49.24 Q, SB 12 3 Angelo Taylor 49.38 Q 13 3 Aleksandr Derevyagin 49.43 Q, SB 14 5 Leford Green 49.45 Q 15 3 Andrés Silva 49.48 Q 16 2 Vincent Kiplangat Kosgei 49.49 q, SB 17 3 Takayuki Kishimoto 49.51 q 18 1 Emir Bekrić 49.67 Q 19 1 Omar Cisneros 49.69 q 20 1 Mahau Suguimati 49.74 q 21 4 Bershawn Jackson 49.82 Q 22 2 Jorge Paula 49.82 23 5 Kurt Couto 49.86 24 4 Jehue Gordon 49.90 Q 25 2 Jamele Mason 49.98 26 4 Josef Robertson 50.29 Q 27 4 Jack Green 50.39 Q 28 3 Li Zhilong 50.44 29 4 Cheng Wen 50.51 30 5 Yuta Imazeki 50.92 31 5 Jean Antonio Vieillesse 51.02 32 4 Kenneth Medwood 51.19 33 4 Takatoshi Abe 51.90 34 3 Lee Seung-yun 52.98
Semifinals Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Javier Culson 48.52 Q 2 2 David Greene 48.62 Q 3 3 Bershawn Jackson 48.80 Q 4 1 Cornel Fredericks 48.83 Q 5 1 Angelo Taylor 48.86 q 6 2 Félix Sánchez 49.01 Q 7 3 L. J. van Zyl 49.05 Q 8 3 Aleksandr Derevyagin 49.07 q, SB 9 2 Jehue Gordon 49.08 10 2 Isa Phillips 49.16 11 3 Leford Green 49.29 12 1 Jeshua Anderson 49.33 13 3 Georg Fleischhauer 49.36 14 3 Nathan Woodward 49.57 15 1 Jack Green 49.62 16 2 Andrés Silva 49.63 17 3 Vincent Kiplangat Kosgei 49.71 18 1 Stanislav Melnykov 49.74 19 2 Emir Bekrić 49.94 20 1 Takayuki Kishimoto 50.05 21 3 Omar Cisneros 50.10 22 1 Josef Robertson 50.39 23 2 Mahau Suguimati 50.89 24 2 Kerron Clement 52.11
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes David Greene 48.26 Javier Culson 48.44 L. J. van Zyl 48.80 4 Félix Sánchez 48.87 5 Cornel Fredericks 49.12 6 Bershawn Jackson 49.24 7 Angelo Taylor 49.31 8 Aleksandr Derevyagin 49.32
References
External links 400 metres hurdles results at IAAF website