2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

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 ...

2005 World Championships in Athletics The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland (6 August 2005 – 14 August 2005), the site of the first IAAF ...

Helsinki Olympic Stadium The Helsinki Olympic Stadium ( fi, Helsingin Olympiastadion; sv, Helsingfors Olympiastadion), located in the Töölö district about from the centre of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country, nowadays mainly used f ...

Bershawn Jackson Bershawn D. Jackson (born May 8, 1983) is an American athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 m hurdles, but also is a 400 m runner. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Bershawn "Batman" Jackson won a bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles ...

Dai Tamesue is the first Japanese sprinter to win a medal in a track event at a World Competition. Current Japanese record holder for Men’s 400 meter hurdle (as of July 2021). Bronze medalist of the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton and 2005 World Cham ...

Kerron Clement Kerron Stephon Clement (born October 31, 1985) is a Trinidadian-born American track and field athlete who competes in the 400-meter hurdles and 400-meter sprint. He held the indoor world record in the 400-meter sprint, having broken Michael Jo ...

Danny McFarlane The Jamaica 4x400 team won originally the bronze medal, but the USA 4x400 team, which originally finished first in 4x400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO bet ...

Yacnier Luis Yacnier Luis (born 24 January 1982) is a Cuban hurdler Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), lan ...

Christian Duma Christian Duma (born 5 February 1982, in Cluj-Napoca) is a German athlete, who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles. His personal best time is 49.17 seconds, achieved in June 2005 in Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Centr ...

Kurt Couto Kurt Leonel da Rocha Couto (born 14 May 1985 in Maputo) is an athlete from Mozambique who specializes in 400 metres hurdles. Life At the age of 17, he moved to South Africa to train. His personal best in the 400 metres is 46.50 (Windhoek, 2 ...

Kemel Thompson Kemel Thompson (born September 25, 1974) is a former Jamaican athlete who competes in the 400 metres hurdles. His personal best time is 48.05 seconds, achieved in London in 2003. Kemel competed for the University of South Florida from 1992–19 ...

Naman Keïta Naman Keïta (born 9 April 1978 in Paris, France) is a track and field athlete, who takes part in the 400 m hurdles and 4 x 400m relay, competing internationally for France. He won the 4x400m relay gold medal at the 2003 World Champion ...

Gianni Carabelli Gianni Carabelli (born 30 May 1979) is an Italian former athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. Biography He was a semi-finalist at the 2005 World Championships and finished 6th in the 400 m hurdles final at the 2006 European ...

Kenji Narisako (born 25 July 1984) is a Japanese hurdler. He won the bronze medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships, and the gold medals at the 2005 Summer Universiade and the 2006 Asian Games. He also competed at the World Championships in 2005 and 200 ...

Ari-Pekka Lattu Ari-Pekka is a Finnish-language compound given name, composed of Ari and Pekka. Notable people with the name include: * Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (born 1989), Finnish swimmer * Ari-Pekka Nikkola Ari-Pekka Nikkola (born 16 May 1969) is a Finnish f ...

Bershawn Jackson Bershawn D. Jackson (born May 8, 1983) is an American athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 m hurdles, but also is a 400 m runner. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Bershawn "Batman" Jackson won a bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles ...

Yevgeniy Meleshenko Yevgeniy Meleshenko (born 19 January 1981) is a Kazakhstani hurdler. Career He finished fifth at the 2002 World Junior Championships, won the silver medal at the 2001 Summer Universiade and finished ninth at the 2006 World Cup. He also finished ...

Llewellyn Herbert Llewellyn Herbert (born 21 July 1977 in Bethal) is a South African athlete competing over 400 metres hurdles. He won an Olympic bronze medal in 2000 and set five national records over the distance. Achievements Affiliations * TuksSport – Un ...

Periklis Iakovakis Periklís Iakovákis ( el, Περικλής Ιακωβάκης, , born 24 March 1979 in Patras) is a retired Greek athlete mainly competing in 400 metres hurdles. He is the Greek record holder with a time of 47.82 seconds and fifteen times nat ...

Dean Griffiths Dean Horace Griffiths (born 27 January 1980 in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica) is a male hurdler from Jamaica, who represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He set his personal best (48.55) while winn ...

Dai Tamesue is the first Japanese sprinter to win a medal in a track event at a World Competition. Current Japanese record holder for Men’s 400 meter hurdle (as of July 2021). Bronze medalist of the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton and 2005 World Cham ...

Bayano Kamani Bayano Kamani (born 17 April 1980 in Houston, Texas) is a Panamanian hurdler who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. He is the South American record holder in that event. He competed in the 2004 Olympic Games placing 5th in the finals. In 2005 ...

Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily ( ar, هادي صوعان الصميلي, born December 30, 1976, in Ta'if) is a Saudi Arabian athlete. He won the first Saudi silver medal in the Olympics in the 400 metres hurdles, clocking a personal best time of 47.53 ...