1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres explained

The men's 400 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7–9.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Sunday Bada	Jamie Baulch	Shunji Karube

Results

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			46.52	Q
2	2			46.58	Q
3	1			46.59	Q
4	2			46.64	Q, SB
5	1			46.65	q
6	3			46.84	Q, AR
7	5			46.90	Q
8	5			46.94	Q
9	5			47.08	q
10	4			47.10	Q
11	1			47.13	q, PB
12	2			47.14	q, PB
13	4			47.18	Q
14	5			47.32
15	4			47.42
16	3			47.56	Q
17	6			47.57	Q
18	7			47.58	Q
19	7			47.61	Q
20	7			47.64
21	7			47.68
22	3			47.76
23	6			47.81	Q
23	7			47.81
25	4			48.18
26	6			48.19
27	2			48.21
28	3			48.26
29	5			49.23
30	1			49.90
31	6			50.25	SB
32	3			51.70
33	7			53.74
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Semifinals

First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			46.02	Q
2	2			46.06	Q, SB
3	2			46.14	Q
4	3			46.16	Q, NR
5	2			46.19
6	1			46.20	Q, NR
7	3			46.22	Q, SB
8	3			46.33	AR
9	3			46.42
10	1			46.50
11	1			46.68
12	2			47.01
13	3			47.16
14	2			47.23
15	2			47.34
16	1			47.54
17	1			47.71
18	3			48.30

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			45.51	AR
			45.62
			45.76	AR
4			45.94	SB
5			46.30

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20121002214015/http://www2.iaaf.org/wic97/results/m/400/rr1.html 400 m heats results
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819045200/http://www2.iaaf.org/wic97/results/m/400/rsf.html 400 m semifinals results
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20130704100129/http://www2.iaaf.org/WIC97/results/m/400/rf.html 400 m final results