2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres explained

Event:	Men's 400 metres
Competition:	2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue:	Ergo Arena
Dates:	7 March (heats and semifinals) 8 March (final)
Competitors:	27
Nations:	22
Win Value:	45.24
Gold:	Pavel Maslák
Goldnoc:	CZE
Silvernoc:	BAH
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2012
Next:	2016

The men's 400 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 7–8 March 2014.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record	44.57	Fayetteville, United States	12 March 2005
Championship record	45.11	Istanbul, Turkey	10 March 2012
World leading	45.17	Boston, United States	8 February 2014
African record	45.51	Paris, France	9 March 1997
Asian record	45.76	Paris, France	9 March 1997
European record	45.05	Sindelfingen, West Germany	5 February 1988
North and Central American and Caribbean record	44.57	Fayetteville, United States	12 March 2005
Oceanian record	45.93	Birmingham, Great Britain	2 March 2003
South American record	46.26	Boston, United States	29 January 2005

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
	5	6	45.84	Q, SB
	5	5	46.01	Q
	1	5	46.07	Q
	1	4	46.38	Q
	4	6	46.42	Q
	1	6	46.52	q
	3	5	46.54	Q
	2	5	46.62	Q
	3	4	46.62	Q
10	3	6	46.64	q
11	5	4	46.68
12	3	1	46.82	PB
13	2	3	46.84	Q
14	4	4	46.85	Q
15	2	4	46.86
16	4	2	46.87
17	1	3	46.98
18	5	3	47.16
19	1	2	47.25
20	2	6	47.43
21	4	3	47.50
22	3	3	47.90
23	2	2	48.68	SB
24	5	2	49.89	PB
25	5	1	50.11
	3	2		R163.3(a)^[2]
	4	5		R163.2^[3]

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualified for the finals.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	1	3	45.79	Q
2	1	5	46.06	Q
3	2	5	46.19	Q
4	2	4	46.25	Q, SB
5	1	6	46.29	Q
6	2	3	46.33	Q
7	2	6	46.37
8	1	1	46.84
9	2	2	46.94
10	2	1	47.13
11	1	2	47.67
	1	4		R163.3(b)^[5]