2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the 2011 World Championships
Men's 400 metres hurdles ; at the 2011 World Championships
Venue	Daegu Stadium
Dates	29 August (heats); 30 August (semifinals); 1 September (final)
Competitors	34
Winning time	48.26
Medalists
	Dai Greene; Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
	Javier Culson; Puerto Rico (PUR)
	L. J. van Zyl; South Africa (RSA)
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The Men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 29, 30 and September 1.

In the final, Angelo Taylor in lane 1 and L. J. van Zyl in lane 8 bookended the field going out fast into the lead. As they were completing the final turn, Taylor faltered and started hitting hurdles while Javier Culson powered into the lead. Both van Zyl and Culson slowed going into the final hurdle while David Greene cleared the hurdle with full momentum, cruising past the others to take the gold medal.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Dai Greene Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	Javier Culson Puerto Rico (PUR)	L. J. van Zyl South Africa (RSA)

Records

World record	Kevin Young (USA)	46.78	Barcelona, Spain	6 August 1992
Championship record	Kevin Young (USA)	47.18	Stuttgart, Germany	19 August 1993
World leading	Louis van Zyl (RSA)	47.66	Pretoria, South Africa	25 February 2011
World leading	Louis van Zyl (RSA)	47.66	Ostrava, Czech Republic	31 May 2011
African record	Samuel Matete (ZAM)	47.10	Zürich, Switzerland	7 August 1991
Asian record	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA)	47.53	Sydney, Australia	27 September 2000
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Kevin Young (USA)	46.78	Barcelona, Spain	6 August 1992
South American record	Bayano Kamani (PAN)	47.84	Helsinki, Finland	7 August 2005
European record	Stéphane Diagana (FRA)	47.37	Lausanne, Switzerland	5 July 1995
Oceanian record	Rohan Robinson (AUS)	48.28	Atlanta, Georgia, United States	31 July 1996

Qualification standards

A time	B time
49.40	49.80

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 29, 2011	11:30	Heats
August 30, 2011	19:30	Heats
September 1, 2011	21:30	Final

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	David Greene	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	48.52	Q
1	1	Cornel Fredericks	South Africa (RSA)	48.52	Q
3	2	L. J. van Zyl	South Africa (RSA)	48.58	Q
4	2	Isa Phillips	Jamaica (JAM)	48.64	Q, SB
5	1	Georg Fleischhauer	Germany (GER)	48.72	Q, PB
6	2	Félix Sánchez	Dominican Republic (DOM)	48.74	Q, SB
7	5	Jeshua Anderson	United States (USA)	48.81	Q
8	2	Kerron Clement	United States (USA)	48.91	Q
9	3	Javier Culson	Puerto Rico (PUR)	48.95	Q
10	5	Nathan Woodward	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	49.06	Q
11	5	Stanislav Melnykov	Ukraine (UKR)	49.24	Q, SB
12	3	Angelo Taylor	United States (USA)	49.38	Q
13	3	Aleksandr Derevyagin	Russia (RUS)	49.43	Q, SB
14	5	Leford Green	Jamaica (JAM)	49.45	Q
15	3	Andrés Silva	Uruguay (URU)	49.48	Q
16	2	Vincent Kiplangat Kosgei	Kenya (KEN)	49.49	q, SB
17	3	Takayuki Kishimoto	Japan (JPN)	49.51	q
18	1	Emir Bekrić	Serbia (SRB)	49.67	Q
19	1	Omar Cisneros	Cuba (CUB)	49.69	q
20	1	Mahau Suguimati	Brazil (BRA)	49.74	q
21	4	Bershawn Jackson	United States (USA)	49.82	Q
22	2	Jorge Paula	Portugal (POR)	49.82
23	5	Kurt Couto	Mozambique (MOZ)	49.86
24	4	Jehue Gordon	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	49.90	Q
25	2	Jamele Mason	Puerto Rico (PUR)	49.98
26	4	Josef Robertson	Jamaica (JAM)	50.29	Q
27	4	Jack Green	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	50.39	Q
28	3	Li Zhilong	China (CHN)	50.44
29	4	Cheng Wen	China (CHN)	50.51
30	5	Yuta Imazeki	Japan (JPN)	50.92
31	5	Jean Antonio Vieillesse	Mauritius (MRI)	51.02
32	4	Kenneth Medwood	Belize (BIZ)	51.19
33	4	Takatoshi Abe	Japan (JPN)	51.90
34	3	Lee Seung-yun	South Korea (KOR)	52.98

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Javier Culson	Puerto Rico (PUR)	48.52	Q
2	2	David Greene	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	48.62	Q
3	3	Bershawn Jackson	United States (USA)	48.80	Q
4	1	Cornel Fredericks	South Africa (RSA)	48.83	Q
5	1	Angelo Taylor	United States (USA)	48.86	q
6	2	Félix Sánchez	Dominican Republic (DOM)	49.01	Q
7	3	L. J. van Zyl	South Africa (RSA)	49.05	Q
8	3	Aleksandr Derevyagin	Russia (RUS)	49.07	q, SB
9	2	Jehue Gordon	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	49.08
10	2	Isa Phillips	Jamaica (JAM)	49.16
11	3	Leford Green	Jamaica (JAM)	49.29
12	1	Jeshua Anderson	United States (USA)	49.33
13	3	Georg Fleischhauer	Germany (GER)	49.36
14	3	Nathan Woodward	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	49.57
15	1	Jack Green	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	49.62
16	2	Andrés Silva	Uruguay (URU)	49.63
17	3	Vincent Kiplangat Kosgei	Kenya (KEN)	49.71
18	1	Stanislav Melnykov	Ukraine (UKR)	49.74
19	2	Emir Bekrić	Serbia (SRB)	49.94
20	1	Takayuki Kishimoto	Japan (JPN)	50.05
21	3	Omar Cisneros	Cuba (CUB)	50.10
22	1	Josef Robertson	Jamaica (JAM)	50.39
23	2	Mahau Suguimati	Brazil (BRA)	50.89
24	2	Kerron Clement	United States (USA)	52.11

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	David Greene	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	48.26
	Javier Culson	Puerto Rico (PUR)	48.44
	L. J. van Zyl	South Africa (RSA)	48.80
4	Félix Sánchez	Dominican Republic (DOM)	48.87
5	Cornel Fredericks	South Africa (RSA)	49.12
6	Bershawn Jackson	United States (USA)	49.24
7	Angelo Taylor	United States (USA)	49.31
8	Aleksandr Derevyagin	Russia (RUS)	49.32