The men's
400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women.
On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...
at the
2023 World Athletics Championships
The 2023 World Athletics Championships ( hu, 2023-as atlétikai világbajnokság), the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, are scheduled to be held from 19 August to 27 August 2023 in Budapest, Hungary.
The city of Budapes ...
was held at the
National Athletics Centre in
Budapest,
Hungary from 20 to 23 August 2023.
Summary
World record holder #1
Karsten Warholm was back. With three time silver medalist #2
Rai Benjamin
Rai Benjamin (born July 27, 1997) is an American professional hurdler and sprinter specializing in the 400 m and 400 m hurdles. He is the second fastest man in history in the 400 m hurdles with a personal best time of 46.17 ...
and defending champion #3
Alison dos Santos, the top three of all time were there. And don't forget #8
Kyron McMaster
Kyron McMaster (born 3 January 1997) is an athlete from the British Virgin Islands specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.
He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships where he finished in the top three in his heat only to be dis ...
. During the semi-finals, 18 year old
Roshawn Clarke got inspired trying to chase Warholm, and the result was a new World Junior Record, now called a U20 Record, and #13 of all time.
Trevor Bassitt
Trevor Bassitt (born February 26, 1998) is an American track and field athlete.
Collegiate career
Trevor competed at Ashland University, an NCAA Division II school. He was coached by Jud Logan. Prior to Ashland, he attended, Bluffton High Schoo ...
moved to #18 all time with his performance in the semis just to be a time qualifier behind Warholm and Clarke.
Warholm was assigned his favorite lane 7. Outside of him was McMaster in 8 and dos Santos in 9. With Benjamin in 6 and Clarke in 5, all the major players were on the outside of the track. As expected, Warholm took it out hard. Unexpectedly, Benjamin also took it out hard, marginally ahead of Warholm, and McMaster was right there with them. The three were virtually even at the halfway point, and then Warholm started to edge ahead. Down the home stretch, unlike previous meetings, Benjamin was not coming from behind, but instead was watching Warholm pulling away from him. And it was McMaster coming from behind to catch Benjamin before the line for silver. Warholm's winning time of 46.89 was the eighth time he has run under 47 seconds, a time that had only been achieved once before 2018. It was Warholm's third World Championship gold medal in this event.
Records
Before the competition, records were as follows:
Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 48.70.
Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:
Results
Heats
The first four athletes in each heat (Q) and the next four fastest (q) qualified to the semi-finals.
Semi-finals
The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified to the final.
Final
The final was started on 23 August at 21:50.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2022 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 400 metres hurdles
400 hurdles
400 metres hurdles at the World Athletics Championships