The men's 400 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on 18 and 19 March 2022.
Summary The top three sent-finalists are seeded into the outer three lanes. In a fast race on the tight turns of an indoor track, that is significant. Carl Bengtström, Jereem Richards and Trevor Bassitt won those honors. Running lanes for the first two turns, Richards seized a slight advantage over Bassitt, with Bengtström right on his heels. After the break, Richards cut sharply to the pole, cutting off Bassitt and seizing the lead. This forced Bassitt to try to figure out how to get past Richards while both were running at top speed. At first Bassitt entered the third turn in lane 2 to make space but couldn't see a way around. Through the penultimate straightaway, Bassit closed to just outside of Richards, gapping Bengtström. Bassitt ran high on the lane line through the final turn then drifted to lane three for running room to the finish line. As Bassitt closed ground with every step, Richards noticeably tightened and started leaning for the finish line almost 20 metres before the finish line. Both athletes leaned for the finish line, with Richards eking out a .05 victory.
After the race, Richards name checked Deon Lendore, who had been killed in a car crash two months earlier, for being a leader and inspiration. He wanted to "make him proud."
Results Heats Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals
The heats were started on 18 March at 11:00. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 6 Julien Watrin 45.88 Q, 2 5 6 Carl Bengtström 46.45 Q 3 1 5 Trevor Bassitt 46.47 Q 4 5 4 Christopher Taylor 46.48 Q 5 5 5 Bruno Hortelano 46.49 q 6 3 5 Patrik Šorm 46.49 Q 7 3 6 Benjamin Lobo Vedel 46.58 Q 8 4 5 Marqueze Washington 46.66 Q 9 2 5 Jereem Richards 46.69 Q 10 2 4 Mikhail Litvin 46.72 Q 11 1 3 Kajetan Duszyński 46.75 q 12 3 4 Patrick Schneider 46.76 13 3 3 Tom Willems 46.77 14 4 4 Boško Kijanović 46.88 Q 15 2 3 Zakithi Nene 46.92 16 5 3 Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen 46.95 17 1 4 Isayah Boers 47.07 18 4 3 Pavel Maslák 47.31 19 1 2 Mazen Al-Yassin 47.65 20 2 6 Manuel Guijarro 47.74 21 4 2 Jovan Stojoski 47.80 22 2 2 Pau Blasi 49.82 23 3 2 Quentin Petit 51.55 24 5 2 Malique Smith 51.98 4 6 Lucas Carvalho
Semifinals Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final
The heats were started on 18 March at 19:15. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 6 Carl Bengtström 45.92 Q 2 1 4 Jereem Richards 46.15 Q 3 2 4 Trevor Bassitt 46.26 Q 4 1 3 Benjamin Lobo Vedel 46.30 Q 5 1 5 Marqueze Washington 46.36 Q 6 1 6 Julien Watrin 46.54 7 2 5 Patrik Šorm 46.55 Q 8 2 1 Bruno Hortelano 46.76 9 1 2 Mikhail Litvin 46.89 10 2 2 Boško Kijanović 46.97 11 1 1 Kajetan Duszyński 47.21 2 3 Christopher Taylor
Final The final was started on 19 March at 20:15. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Jereem Richards 45.00 4 Trevor Bassitt 45.05 5 Carl Bengtström 45.33 4 3 Benjamin Lobo Vedel 45.67 5 2 Patrik Šorm 46.81 6 1 Marqueze Washington 46.85
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