2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2013 World Championships
Gold medalist Jehue Gordon
Venue	Luzhniki Stadium
Dates	12 August (heats) 13 August (semifinals) 15 August (final)
Competitors	36 from 23 nations
Winning time	47.69
Medalists
Jehue Gordon  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)   Michael Tinsley  United States (USA)   Emir Bekrić  Serbia (SRB)

Official Video

Events at the 2013 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4 × 100 m relay		men		women
4 × 400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 12–15 August.^[1]

In the second semifinal, it took Emir Bekrić a new Serbian national record to get the second automatic qualifier behind Michael Tinsley. The third semifinal was fast, with the now 35-year-old double Olympic and World Champion Félix Sánchez chasing Omar Cisneros' new world leading time. "The Dictator's" 48.10 season best took the Masters M35 world record from Danny McFarlane.

In the final Kerron Clement was out like a rocket, first over the first barrier, but long strides in lane one don't usually work out. Down the backstretch Tinsley asserted himself and by the fifth hurdle was clearly the leader with Cisneros the next in line. At the back were Bekrić and Sanchez. Through the turn Javier Culson then Jehue Gordon tried to make up ground on Tinsley. Gordon broke away and passed Tinsley over the last hurdle with the momentum. Going into the line it looked like Gordon had the step but Tinsley worked his way back into first. In one of the best dives of modern time, Gordon snatched the win, then one step later falling to the track. Bekrić might have been the fastest finisher, coming from fifth place to third on the final straight setting a second national record at 48.05

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

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	Michael Tinsley (USA)	47.96	Des Moines, IA, United States	22 June 2013
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, GA, United States	31 July 1996

Qualification standards

A time	B time
49.40	49.60

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
12 August 2013	11:05	Heats
13 August 2013	19:40	Semifinals
15 August 2013	21:00	Final

All times are local times (UTC+4)

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) advanced to the semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	3	Michael Tinsley	United States (USA)	49.07	Q
2	1	8	Emir Bekrić	Serbia (SRB)	49.16	Q
3	3	7	Félix Sánchez	Dominican Republic (DOM)	49.20	Q
4	1	7	Timofey Chalyy	Russia (RUS)	49.33	Q
5	4	6	Mamadou Kassé Hanne	Senegal (SEN)	49.33	Q
6	3	2	Kerron Clement	United States (USA)	49.43	Q
7	4	3	Leford Green	Jamaica (JAM)	49.45	Q
8	5	5	Jehue Gordon	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	49.52	Q
9	5	7	Isa Phillips	Jamaica (JAM)	49.57	Q
10	3	6	Annsert Whyte	Jamaica (JAM)	49.63	Q
10	5	8	Rasmus Mägi	Estonia (EST)	49.63	Q
12	1	4	Cornel Fredericks	South Africa (RSA)	49.66	Q
12	1	6	Sebastian Rodger	Great Britain (GBR)	49.66	q
14	4	8	Bershawn Jackson	United States (USA)	49.76	Q
15	5	6	Eric Alejandro	Puerto Rico (PUR)	49.79	Q
16	5	4	Dai Greene	Great Britain (GBR)	49.79	q
17	1	5	Tristan Thomas	Australia (AUS)	49.80	q
18	3	3	Rhys Williams	Great Britain (GBR)	49.85	Q
19	2	6	Omar Cisneros	Cuba (CUB)	49.87	Q
20	2	4	Javier Culson	Puerto Rico (PUR)	49.91	Q
21	2	2	Takayuki Kishimoto	Japan (JPN)	49.96	Q
22	5	3	Mahau Suguimati	Brazil (BRA)	50.00	q
23	2	5	Mickaël François	France (FRA)	50.02	Q
23	3	5	Denis Kudryavtsev	Russia (RUS)	50.02
25	2	8	L.J. van Zyl	South Africa (RSA)	50.05
26	1	2	Yoann Décimus	France (FRA)	50.21
27	4	1	Jeffery Gibson	Bahamas (BAH)	50.25	Q
28	3	4	Andrés Silva	Uruguay (URU)	50.48	SB
29	4	5	Yasuhiro Fueki	Japan (JPN)	50.66
30	2	7	Miloud Rahmani	Algeria (ALG)	50.79
31	3	8	PC Beneke	South Africa (RSA)	51.14
32	5	2	Takatoshi Abe	Japan (JPN)	51.41
33	4	4	Mowen Boino	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	51.49	SB
34	4	7	Eric Cray	Philippines (PHI)	52.45
35	2	3	Maoulida Daroueche	Comoros (COM)	53.28
36	2	1	Jacques Frisch	Luxembourg (LUX)	DNF
37	4	2	Silvio Schirrmeister	Germany (GER)	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	5	Omar Cisneros	Cuba (CUB)	47.93	Q, WL
2	3	4	Félix Sánchez	Dominican Republic (DOM)	48.10	Q, SB
2	1	6	Jehue Gordon	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	48.10	Q
4	3	6	Kerron Clement	United States (USA)	48.21	q
5	2	4	Michael Tinsley	United States (USA)	48.31	Q
6	2	5	Emir Bekrić	Serbia (SRB)	48.36	Q, NR, EL
7	1	4	Javier Culson	Puerto Rico (PUR)	48.42	Q
8	1	5	Mamadou Kassé Hanne	Senegal (SEN)	48.69	q
9	1	7	Cornel Fredericks	South Africa (RSA)	48.85
10	2	3	Leford Green	Jamaica (JAM)	48.88	SB
11	3	3	Annsert Whyte	Jamaica (JAM)	49.17	PB
12	3	2	Dai Greene	Great Britain (GBR)	49.25
13	1	3	Isa Phillips	Jamaica (JAM)	49.28	SB
14	2	8	Rhys Williams	Great Britain (GBR)	49.29
15	1	2	Sebastian Rodger	Great Britain (GBR)	49.32
16	3	8	Rasmus Mägi	Estonia (EST)	49.42
17	3	7	Eric Alejandro	Puerto Rico (PUR)	49.44	SB
18	1	1	Tristan Thomas	Australia (AUS)	49.91
19	2	6	Timofey Chalyy	Russia (RUS)	50.06
20	2	1	Mahau Suguimati	Brazil (BRA)	50.27
21	3	1	Jeffery Gibson	Bahamas (BAH)	50.51
22	2	2	Mickaël François	France (FRA)	50.58
23	2	7	Takayuki Kishimoto	Japan (JPN)	DQ	R 168.7(a)[4]
24	1	8	Bershawn Jackson	United States (USA)	DNF

Final

The final was started at 21:00.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Jehue Gordon	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	47.69	NR, WL
	3	Michael Tinsley	United States (USA)	47.70	PB
	8	Emir Bekrić	Serbia (SRB)	48.05	NR, ЕL
4	5	Omar Cisneros	Cuba (CUB)	48.12
5	4	Félix Sánchez	Dominican Republic (DOM)	48.22
6	7	Javier Culson	Puerto Rico (PUR)	48.38
7	2	Mamadou Kassé Hanne	Senegal (SEN)	48.68
8	1	Kerron Clement	United States (USA)	49.08

References

1. Start list
2. Heats Results
3. Semifinal Results
4. Improper hurdling
5. Final Results

External links

• 400 metres hurdles results at IAAF website