1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres explained

Event:	Men's 400 metres
Competition:	1993 World Championships
Venue:	Gottlieb Daimler Stadium
Dates:	14 August (heats) 15 August (quarter-finals) 16 August (semi-finals) 17 August (final)
Competitors:	39
Win Value:	43.65
Gold:	Michael Johnson
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Butch Reynolds
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Samson Kitur
Bronzenoc:	KEN
Prev:	1991
Next:	1995

These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 43 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats and the final held on Tuesday 1993-08-17. The winning margin was 0.48 seconds.

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		43.65
		44.13
		44.54
4.		45.05
5.		45.11
6.		45.63
7.		45.65
8.		45.68

Semifinals

Held on Monday 1993-08-16

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		44.63
2.		44.82
3.		44.94
4.		45.01
5.		45.19
6.		46.17
7.		46.33
-		DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		44.34
2.		44.39
3.		44.63
4.		44.78
5.		44.85
6.		45.58
7.		45.66
8.		45.75

Quarterfinals

Held on Sunday 1993-08-15

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		45.07
2.		45.22
3.		45.50
4.		45.66
5.		45.69
6.		45.91
7.		46.46
		DQ

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		45.02
2.		45.21
3.		45.48
4.		45.59
5.		46.00
6.		46.03
7.		47.09
8.		47.42

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		44.72
2.		44.95
3.		45.32
4.		45.51
5.		45.57
6.		45.70
7.		45.93
8.		46.77

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		44.71
2.		44.90
3.		45.90
4.		46.51
5.		46.89
6.		47.83
		DNS
		DNS

Qualifying heats

Held on Saturday 1993-08-14

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		45.60
2.		45.79
3.		45.80
4.		45.97
5.		46.17
6.		48.27
7.		48.72

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		45.63
2.		45.68
3.		46.01
4.		46.59
5.		47.93
		DNS
		DNS

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		45.98
2.		46.10
3.		46.16
4.		46.37
5.		47.17
6.		47.75
7.		50.86

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		45.91
2.		45.94
3.		46.61
4.		46.64
5.		46.92
6.		48.03
7.		48.72

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		45.34
2.		45.48
3.		45.68
4.		46.25
5.		46.53
6.		46.84
		DNF

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.		45.71
2.		45.74
3.		45.92
4.		46.06
5.		46.17
6.		46.57
7.		47.91

References

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