The men's 400 metres event at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Games was held at the Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy on 18 and 19 January.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeThomas SchönlebeTodd BennettMark Rowe
Results Heats First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.Heats results (archived)
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Todd Bennett 47.19 Q 2 5 Amadou Dia Ba 47.55 Q 3 5 Phil Brown 47.60 Q 4 3 Mark Rowe 47.70 Q 5 5 Carlos Reyté 47.82 q 6 2 Ángel Heras 47.88 Q 7 2 Clarence Daniel 47.96 Q 7 4 Allan Ellsworth 47.96 Q 9 4 Lázaro Martínez 48.06 q 10 3 Arjen Visserman 48.12 Q 11 3 Allan Ingraham 48.14 12 5 Isidro del Prado 48.35 NR 13 4 Ahmed Abdelhalim Ghanem 48.77 14 3 Ahmed Hamada 48.80 NR 15 4 Abdelali Kasbane 48.93 NR 16 1 Thomas Schönlebe 48.95 Q 16 2 Ali St. Louis 48.95 18 1 René Djédjémel Mélédjé 49.36 Q 19 4 Djétenan Kouadio 49.45 20 5 Gerry Delaney 49.83 21 2 Mike Okot 50.19 22 1 Aðalsteinn Bernhardsson 50.37 23 1 Khaled Hussain 50.50 NR 24 5 Alberto Izu 51.19 NR 1 David Kitur 1 David Peltier 2 Nabil Nahri 3 Billy Konchellah 3 Roberto Ribaud
Semifinals First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.Semifinals results (archived)
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Thomas Schönlebe 46.62 Q 2 2 Todd Bennett 46.69 Q 3 2 Mark Rowe 46.70 Q 4 1 Amadou Dia Ba 47.86 Q 5 1 Ángel Heras 47.89 Q 6 1 Phil Brown 47.93 Q 7 1 Clarence Daniel 48.01 8 1 Arjen Visserman 48.08 9 2 Allan Ellsworth 48.09 10 1 Lázaro Martínez 48.67 11 2 René Djédjémel Mélédjé 49.09 12 2 Carlos Reyté 49.39
Final Final results (archived) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Thomas Schönlebe 45.60 WB Todd Bennett 45.97 NR Mark Rowe 46.31 PB 4 Amadou Dia Ba 46.94 NR 5 Phil Brown 47.84 6 Ángel Heras 54.09
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