The men's 400 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 7–8 March 2014.
Records Standing records prior to the 2014 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsWorld record44.57Fayetteville, United States12 March 2005Championship record45.11Istanbul, Turkey10 March 2012World leading45.17Boston, United States8 February 2014African 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 46.80 45.10
Schedule Date Time Round7 March 2014 10:45 Heats7 March 2014 21:25 Semifinals8 March 2014 20:30 Final
Results Heats Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.Heats results
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 6 45.84 Q, SB 5 5 46.01 Q 1 5 46.07 Q 1 4 46.38 Q 4 6 46.42 Q 1 6 46.52 q 3 5 46.54 Q 2 5 46.62 Q 3 4 46.62 Q 10 3 6 46.64 q 11 5 4 46.68 12 3 1 46.82 PB 13 2 3 46.84 Q 14 4 4 46.85 Q 15 2 4 46.86 16 4 2 46.87 17 1 3 46.98 18 5 3 47.16 19 1 2 47.25 20 2 6 47.43 21 4 3 47.50 22 3 3 47.90 23 2 2 48.68 SB 24 5 2 49.89 PB 25 5 1 50.11 3 2 R163.3(a)Lane infringement 4 5 R163.2Jostling/Obstruction on the track
Semifinals Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualified for the finals. Semifinals results
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 3 45.79 Q 2 1 5 46.06 Q 3 2 5 46.19 Q 4 2 4 46.25 Q, SB 5 1 6 46.29 Q 6 2 3 46.33 Q 7 2 6 46.37 8 1 1 46.84 9 2 2 46.94 10 2 1 47.13 11 1 2 47.67 1 4 R163.3(b)Infringement of the inside border
Final Final results Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 45.24 NR 6 45.58 PB 4 45.74 4 1 46.21 5 2 46.39 6 3 47.32
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