1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles explained

These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres Hurdles event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 51 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Monday 4 August 1997.

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		47.70
		47.86
		47.88
4.		48.05
5.		48.11
6.		48.62
7.		49.06
8.		49.51

Semi-finals

• Held on Sunday 1997-08-03

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		48.14
2.		48.31
3.		48.44
4.		48.84
5.		49.14
6.		49.98
7.		50.78
-		DNF

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		48.54
2.		48.56
3.		48.81
4.		48.94
5.		48.95
6.		49.09
7.		49.12
8.		49.36

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		47.83
2.		48.17
3.		48.27
4.		48.45 (NR)
5.		48.82
6.		49.60
7.		50.07
8.		50.76

Qualifying heats

• Held on Saturday 1997-08-02

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		49.23
2.		49.39
3.		49.52
4.		49.66
5.		49.93
6.		50.25
7.		50.65

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		48.93
2.		49.08
3.		49.52
4.		49.56
5.		49.84
6.		49.95
7.		52.29

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		48.43
2.		48.56
3.		49.34
4.		49.50
5.		49.72
6.		50.45
7.		51.51
-		DNF

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		48.63
2.		48.89
3.		49.11
4.		49.21
5.		49.29
6.		51.12
7.		52.26

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		48.93
2.		49.23
3.		49.49
4.		49.69
5.		50.42
-		DNF
-		DQ

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.		49.34
2.		49.42
3.		49.47
4.		49.84
5.		50.12
6.		50.63
7.		50.70
-		DNF

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.		48.84
2.		48.99
3.		49.11
4.		49.64
5.		50.42
6.		51.67
7.		52.94

See also

• 1994 Men's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Helsinki)
• 1995 Men's World Championships 400m Hurdles (Gothenburg)
• 1996 Men's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Atlanta)
• 1998 Men's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Budapest)
• 1999 Men's World Championships 400m Hurdles (Seville)
• 2000 Men's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Sydney)

References

• Results