The men's 400 metres hurdles at the

2009 World Championships in Athletics The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg ...

was held at the Olympic Stadium on 15, 16 and 18 August. The United States hurdling team was by far the strongest entered by any country, comprising defending champion

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 ...

, two-time Olympic champion Angelo Taylor, 2005 World Champion Bershawn Jackson, and the emerging

Johnny Dutch Johnny Dutch born January 20 19and is a USA Track and Field athlete. Film career Johnny wrote and produced the short 'The Boy and Boris' which has been featured on Aspire Television and the Jack Daniel's Real to Reel Competition event. In addit ...

. The world-leading 400 m hurdler

L.J. van Zyl Louis Jacobus van Zyl (born 20 July 1985), better known as L. J. van Zyl, is a South African athlete competing in the 400 metre hurdles. He is the South African record holder in the event with a personal best of 47.66 seconds, which he ach ...

, veterans

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 ...

and Félix Sánchez, and the improving Isa Phillips and

Javier Culson Javier Culson Pérez (born 25 July 1984) is a Puerto Rican athlete and Olympiad bronze medalist who specialises in the 400-metre hurdles. After becoming involved with the discipline in his late teen years, he entered the podium in some regiona ...

were also identified as possible medal contenders. In the heats, Briton

Dai Greene David "Dai" Greene (born 11 April 1986) is a British hurdler who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles, competing internationally for both Wales and Great Britain. In a 'golden' sixteen-month period between 2010 and 2011, Greene dominated the e ...

completed an unexpected and comfortable win, while seventeen-year-old

Jehue Gordon Jehue Gordon (born 15 December 1991) is a Trinidadian track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. He turned professional on 24 June 2010, and signed a deal with Adidas in August 2010. Formerly a pupil of Belmont Boys' Secon ...

of Trinidad and Tobago surprised with a senior national record to qualify for the semis. In the semi-finals, van Zyl failed to qualify, following his pattern of poor performances at the biggest races of the season. Dutch and Phillips also failed to make the cut. Clement and Sánchez lead the way in the first semi, while Jackson and Greene (who set a personal best) took the top two spots in the other final.Mulkeen, Jon (2009-08-16)
Event Report - Men's 400m Hurdles - Semi-Final
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. Retrieved on 2009-08-18. In the final, Clement, Jackson and Culson all started the race well. However, it was the favourite, Clement, who took the gold medal: he was ahead at the final straight and did not relinquish his position, recording a world-leading time to win. Culson set a Puerto Rican record to take the silver, while Jackson fended off a challenge from national-record-breaking Gordon to keep third and win the bronze.Mulkeen, Jon (2009-08-18)
Event Report - Men's 400m Hurdles - Final

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Archived
2009-09-08. Although Clement's winning time was the second slowest in the history of the Championships, it remained a close race for the silver and bronze medals, with just 0.6 seconds between the silver medallist and seventh-placed Greene. The race had a breadth of ages, with Trinidadian Gordon becoming the youngest ever finalist of any men's sprint event at the Championships, and 37-year-old McFarlane being the oldest ever to do the same feat. Clement became the third man to win two consecutive world titles in the event, after Ed Moses and Félix Sánchez.

Medalists

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 4 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals. Key: NR = National record, PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each semifinal(Q) and the next 2 fastest(q) advance to the final. Key: NR = National record, PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Final

400 m hurdles Kerron Clement Berlin 2009

Key: NR = National record, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)

References

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400 metres hurdles results

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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 ...

400 metres hurdles at the World Athletics Championships