The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 27 to 30 September 2019.

Summary Before these Championships, only four men had run under 47 seconds. World-record holder Kevin Young, now 53, never officially retired but has largely been a spectator for the past two decades. The other three achieved the feat within the past year, with two doing so this season in the same race. All three were in Doha, setting up a highly anticipated showdown.

It took 48.93 to make the final. Abdelmalik Lahoulou set the Algerian national record and Alison dos Santos a personal best to get there.

In the final, Rai Benjamin in lane 7 appeared to get a better start, making up the stagger on Lahoulou to his outside, but that may have been deceptive. Down the backstretch, defending champion Karsten Warholm started to take charge. All alone in lane 9, the third of the big 3 Abderrahman Samba, was getting passed by. Through the turn, Warholm held his advantage over Benjamin which revealed to be a full stride coming off the turn. Kyron McMaster looked to be in third place. Benjamin made a run at Warholm down the stretch but stretched for the final hurdle, landing awkwardly and losing momentum and his last opportunity to try to catch Warholm. In front of a home crowd, Samba was able to get past McMaster to take the bronze.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

World record46.78Barcelona, Spain6 August 1992Championship record47.18Stuttgart, Germany19 August 1993World leading46.92Zürich, Switzerland29 August 2019African record47.10Zürich, Switzerland7 August 1991Asian record46.98Paris, France30 June 2018North, Central American and Caribbean record46.78Barcelona, Spain6 August 1992South American record47.84Helsinki, Finland7 August 2005European record46.92Zürich, Switzerland29 August 2019Oceanian record48.28Atlanta, United States31 July 1996

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 49.30.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows: Date Time Round27 September 20:35 Heats28 September 18:05 Semi-finals30 September 22:40 Final

Results Heats Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semi-finals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Abderrahman Samba 49.08 Q 2 3 Takatoshi Abe 49.25 Q 3 1 Karsten Warholm 49.27 Q 4 5 Rasmus Mägi 49.34 Q, 5 1 Thomas Barr 49.41 Q 6 5 Ludvy Vaillant 49.49 Q 7 3 TJ Holmes 49.50 Q 8 5 Abdelmalik Lahoulou 49.54 Q 9 2 Kyron McMaster 49.60 Q 10 4 Rai Benjamin 49.62 Q 11 1 Jabir Madari Pillyalil 49.62 Q 12 1 Kemar Mowatt 49.63 Q 13 2 Alison dos Santos 49.66 Q 14 1 Amere Lattin 49.72 q 15 5 Chris McAlister 49.73 Q 16 5 Yasmani Copello 49.75 q 17 4 Mohamed Amine Touati 49.76 Q 18 4 Patryk Dobek 49.89 Q 19 2 Chen Chieh 49.95 Q 19 1 Fernando Vega 49.95 q 21 3 Rilwan Alowonle 50.04 Q 22 4 Vít Müller 50.15 Q 23 2 Luke Campbell 50.20 Q 24 4 Masaki Toyoda 50.34 q 25 1 Mehdi Pirjahan 50.46 26 3 Nick Smidt 50.54 27 5 Dharun Ayyasamy 50.55 28 3 Kariem Hussein 50.62 29 4 Sergio Fernández 50.71 30 2 Creve Armando Machava 50.76 31 5 Constantin Preis 50.93 32 4 Márcio Teles 51.02 33 3 Wilfried Happio 51.25 34 1 Artur Terezan 51.52 35 2 Lindsay Hanekom 51.71 36 2 Ned Justeen Azemia 52.58 37 3 Andrea Ercolani Volta 52.60 38 5 Malique Smith 59.45 2 Bienvenu Sawadogo

Semi-finals Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the Final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Karsten Warholm 48.28 Q 2 1 Alison dos Santos 48.35 Q, 3 1 Yasmani Copello 48.39 Q, 4 2 Abdelmalik Lahoulou 48.39 Q, 5 1 Kyron McMaster 48.40 q 6 3 Rai Benjamin 48.52 Q 7 2 TJ Holmes 48.67 q 8 3 Abderrahman Samba 48.72 Q 9 1 Rasmus Mägi 48.93 10 3 Takatoshi Abe 48.97 11 3 Thomas Barr 49.02 12 2 Ludvy Vaillant 49.10 13 1 Mohamed Amine Touati 49.14 14 2 Chris McAlister 49.18 15 1 Amere Lattin 49.20 16 1 Kemar Mowatt 49.32 17 3 Jabir Madari Pillyalil 49.71 18 3 Fernando Vega 49.96 19 3 Vít Müller 49.97 20 1 Chen Chieh 50.00 21 2 Luke Campbell 50.00 22 2 Patryk Dobek 50.18 23 2 Masaki Toyoda 50.30 24 3 Rilwan Alowonle 52.01

Final The final was started on 30 September at 22:41.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Karsten Warholm 47.42 7 Rai Benjamin 47.66 9 Abderrahman Samba 48.03 4 2 Kyron McMaster 48.10 5 3 TJ Holmes 48.20 6 6 Yasmani Copello 48.25 7 5 Alison dos Santos 48.28 8 8 Abdelmalik Lahoulou 49.46

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