2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres explained

The men's 400 metres at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on 1 and 2 March 2024.

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals

The heats were started on 1 March at 11:52.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	6			46.07	Q
2	4	5	Alexander Doom		46.11	Q
3	2	5	Rusheen McDonald		46.25	Q,
4	4	6	João Coelho		46.35	Q,
5	3	6	Attila Molnár		46.52	Q
6	1	6	Karsten Warholm		46.68	Q,
7	2	4	Lucas Carvalho		46.82	q,
8	2	2	Franko Burraj		46.86	q,
9	3	3	Dubem Nwachukwu		46.91	Q
10	3	4	Omar Elkhatib		46.99	q,
11	3	5	Jereem Richards		47.04	q,
12	1	3	Rok Ferlan		47.04	Q
13	1	4	Jacory Patterson		47.04
14	4	3	Brian Faust		47.11
15	3	1	Michal Desenský		47.48
16	4	2	Artūrs Pastors		47.53
17	2	3	Tomas Keršulis		47.92
18	4	4	Lucas Vilar		47.92
19	1	1	Graham Pellegrini		48.00
20	1	2	Ibrahim Ayorinde		48.05
21	4	1	Malique Smith		49.68
22	3	2	Rashid Moiwa		53.48
	1	5	Kentaro Sato

Semifinal

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) advance to the final.

The heats were started on 1 March at 21:10.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	6			45.69	Q,
2	2	6			45.86	Q,
3	1	4			45.98	Q,
4	2	4			46.02	Q,
5	1	5			46.08	Q,
6	2	5			46.48	Q
7	2	3			46.61
8	1	1			46.64
9	1	3			46.69
10	2	2			47.38
11	1	2			47.78
12	2	1			47.78

Final

The final was started on 2 March at 21:10.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6			45.25
	5			45.34
	4			45.65
4	3			45.86
5	2			46.11
6	1			46.47

Notes and References

1. Web site: 29 February 2024 . Start List 400 Metres Men - Round 1 . 29 February 2024 . . 29 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240229203959/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7180312/AT-400sh-M-h----.SL2.pdf . live .
2. Web site: 1 March 2024 . Results 400 Metres Men - Semi-Final . 1 March 2024 . . 1 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240301142950/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7180312/AT-400sh-M-sf----.SL2.pdf . live .
3. Web site: 2 March 2024 . Results 400 Metres Men - Final . 2 March 2024 . . 2 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240302212637/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7180312/AT-400sh-M-f----.RS6.pdf . live .