The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 12–15 August.Start list
In the second semifinal, it took Emir Bekrić a new Serbian national record to get the second automatic qualifier behind Michael Tinsley. The third semifinal was fast, with the now 35-year-old double Olympic and World Champion Félix Sánchez chasing Omar Cisneros' new world leading time. "The Dictator's" 48.10 season best took the Masters M35 world record from Danny McFarlane.
In the final Kerron Clement was out like a rocket, first over the first barrier, but long strides in lane one don't usually work out. Down the backstretch Tinsley asserted himself and by the fifth hurdle was clearly the leader with Cisneros the next in line. At the back were Bekrić and Sanchez. Through the turn Javier Culson then Jehue Gordon tried to make up ground on Tinsley. Gordon broke away and passed Tinsley over the last hurdle with the momentum. Going into the line it looked like Gordon had the step but Tinsley worked his way back into first. In one of the best dives of modern time, Gordon snatched the win, then one step later falling to the track. Bekrić might have been the fastest finisher, coming from fifth place to third on the final straight setting a second national record at 48.05
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record46.78 Barcelona, Spain6 August 1992Championship record47.18 Stuttgart, Germany19 August 1993World Leading47.96 Des Moines, IA, United States22 June 2013African Record47.10 Zürich, Switzerland7 August 1991Asian Record47.53 Sydney, Australia27 September 2000North, Central American and Caribbean record46.78 Barcelona, Spain6 August 1992South American Record47.84 Helsinki, Finland7 August 2005European Record47.37 Lausanne, Switzerland5 July 1995Oceanian record48.28 Atlanta, GA, United States31 July 1996
Qualification standards A timeB time 49.40 49.60
Schedule Date Time Round12 August 2013 11:05 Heats13 August 2013 19:40 Semifinals15 August 2013 21:00 Final
Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.Heats Results
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 3 Michael Tinsley 49.07 Q 2 1 8 Emir Bekrić 49.16 Q 3 3 7 Félix Sánchez 49.20 Q 4 1 7 Timofey Chalyy 49.33 Q 5 4 6 Mamadou Kassé Hanne 49.33 Q 6 3 2 Kerron Clement 49.43 Q 7 4 3 Leford Green 49.45 Q 8 5 5 Jehue Gordon 49.52 Q 9 5 7 Isa Phillips 49.57 Q 10 3 6 Annsert Whyte 49.63 Q 10 5 8 Rasmus Mägi 49.63 Q 12 1 4 Cornel Fredericks 49.66 Q 12 1 6 Sebastian Rodger 49.66 q 14 4 8 Bershawn Jackson 49.76 Q 15 5 6 Eric Alejandro 49.79 Q 16 5 4 Dai Greene 49.79 q 17 1 5 Tristan Thomas 49.80 q 18 3 3 Rhys Williams 49.85 Q 19 2 6 Omar Cisneros 49.87 Q 20 2 4 Javier Culson 49.91 Q 21 2 2 Takayuki Kishimoto 49.96 Q 22 5 3 Mahau Suguimati 50.00 q 23 2 5 Mickaël François 50.02 Q 23 3 5 Denis Kudryavtsev 50.02 25 2 8 L.J. van Zyl 50.05 26 1 2 Yoann Décimus 50.21 27 4 1 Jeffery Gibson 50.25 Q 28 3 4 Andrés Silva 50.48 SB 29 4 5 Yasuhiro Fueki 50.66 30 2 7 Miloud Rahmani 50.79 31 3 8 PC Beneke 51.14 32 5 2 Takatoshi Abe 51.41 33 4 4 Mowen Boino 51.49 SB 34 4 7 Eric Cray 52.45 35 2 3 Maoulida Daroueche 53.28 2 1 Jacques Frisch 4 2 Silvio Schirrmeister
Semifinals Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.Semifinal Results
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 5 Omar Cisneros 47.93 Q, WL 2 3 4 Félix Sánchez 48.10 Q, SB 2 1 6 Jehue Gordon 48.10 Q 4 3 6 Kerron Clement 48.21 q 5 2 4 Michael Tinsley 48.31 Q 6 2 5 Emir Bekrić 48.36 Q, NR, EL 7 1 4 Javier Culson 48.42 Q 8 1 5 Mamadou Kassé Hanne 48.69 q 9 1 7 Cornel Fredericks 48.85 10 2 3 Leford Green 48.88 SB11 3 3 Annsert Whyte 49.17 PB12 3 2 Dai Greene 49.25 13 1 3 Isa Phillips 49.28 SB14 2 8 Rhys Williams 49.29 15 1 2 Sebastian Rodger 49.32 16 3 8 Rasmus Mägi 49.42 17 3 7 Eric Alejandro 49.44 SB18 1 1 Tristan Thomas 49.91 19 2 6 Timofey Chalyy 50.06 20 2 1 Mahau Suguimati 50.27 21 3 1 Jeffery Gibson 50.51 22 2 2 Mickaël François 50.58 2 7 Takayuki Kishimoto R 168.7(a)Improper hurdling 1 8 Bershawn Jackson
Final The final was started at 21:00.Final Results
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Jehue Gordon 47.69 NR, WL 3 Michael Tinsley 47.70 PB 8 Emir Bekrić 48.05 NR, ЕL 4 5 Omar Cisneros 48.12 5 4 Félix Sánchez 48.22 6 7 Javier Culson 48.38 7 2 Mamadou Kassé Hanne 48.68 8 1 Kerron Clement 49.08
References
External links 400 metres hurdles results at IAAF website