The men's 400 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 9 and 10 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena. The final was won by Costa Rican Nery Brenes in a time of 45.11.

Doping disqualification Rabah Yousif of Sudan, who ran the heat and the semifinal, retrospectively got his results disqualified for doping.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeNery BrenesDemetrius PinderChris Brown

Records Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsWorld record44.57Fayetteville, United States12 March 2005Championship record45.26Toronto, Canada14 March 1993World Leading45.19Fayetteville, United States11 February 2010African record45.51Paris, France9 March 1997Asian record45.76Paris, France9 March 1997European record45.05Sindelfingen, West Germany5 February 1988North and Central American and Caribbean record44.57Fayetteville, United States12 March 2005Oceanian Record45.93Birmingham, Great Britain2 March 2003South American record46.26Boston, United States29 January 2005

Qualification standards IndoorOutdoor 46.90 45.20

Schedule Date Time RoundMarch 9, 2012 12:20 HeatsMarch 9, 2012 20:10 SemifinalsMarch 10, 2012 19:30 Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 (Q) and the 6 fastest times qualified (q). 32 athletes from 27 countries participated.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Demetrius Pinder 46.49 Q 2 2 Kirani James 46.64 Q 3 1 Tabarie Henry 46.71 Q, SB 4 2 Nery Brenes 46.77 Q, SB 5 5 Pavel Maslák 47.00 Q 6 5 Richard Buck 47.05 Q 7 1 Mark Ujakpor 47.06 q 8 2 Luguelín Santos 47.07 q, PB 9 6 Chris Brown 47.28 Q 2 Rabah Yousif 47.30 qRabah Yousif tested positive for cannabis which is illegal in competition and was disqualified for two months. 10 6 Calvin Smith Jr. 47.46 Q 11 6 Ali Ekber Kayaş 47.55 q 12 3 Nigel Levine 47.56 Q 13 4 Gil Roberts 47.57 Q 14 5 Erison Hurtault 47.63 q 15 4 Valentin Kruglyakov 47.70 Q 16 2 Maksim Aleksandrenko 47.78 q 17 4 Jarrin Solomon 47.82 18 6 Nika Kartavtsevi 48.27 PB 19 3 Lorenzo Valentini 48.58 Q 20 1 Wala Gime 48.85 21 5 Trausti Stefánsson 48.86 22 4 Takeshi Fujiwara 48.96 SB 23 3 Bacar Houmadi Jannot 49.58 24 4 Kristijan Efremov 50.23 25 5 Ak. Hafiy Tajuddin Rositi 51.02 NR 26 1 Yaovi Michael Gougou 51.20 NR 27 6 Bahaa Al Farra 51.65 NR 28 3 Andrés Silva 51.93 SB 29 6 Jeofry Limtiaco 53.67 PB 30 5 Hussein Al-Fedheili 55.15 PB 3 Lalonde Gordon

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 of each heat qualified (Q). 18 athletes from 14 countries participated.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Demetrius Pinder 45.94 Q 2 1 Tabarie Henry 46.01 Q 2 3 Nery Brenes 46.01 NR, Q 4 3 Kirani James 46.04 Q 5 2 Chris Brown 46.37 Q 6 3 Nigel Levine 46.46 7 2 Pavel Maslák 46.49 Q 8 2 Richard Buck 46.68 9 3 Luguelín Santos 46.83 PB 10 1 Mark Ujakpor 46.98 11 1 Gil Roberts 47.01 12 2 Calvin Smith Jr. 47.09 13 3 Valentin Kruglyakov 47.34 14 2 Ali Ekber Kayaş 48.16 15 1 Lorenzo Valentini 48.47 16 3 Erison Hurtault 48.68 17 1 Maksim Aleksandrenko 49.76 2 Rabah Yousif

Final

6 athletes from 5 countries participated. The final started at 19:31.

Rank Name Nationality Time NotesNery Brenes 45.11CR, NRDemetrius Pinder 45.34 SBChris Brown 45.90 SB4Tabarie Henry 45.96 SB5Pavel Maslák 46.19 6Kirani James 46.21

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