2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

Section Title: Heats
Table Section Text: Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes

1	3	LaShawn Merritt	United States (USA)	44.35	Q, WL

2	3	Kévin Borlée	Belgium (BEL)	44.77	Q

3	1	Rondell Bartholomew	Grenada (GRN)	44.82	Q

4	1	Renny Quow	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	44.84	Q, SB

5	2	Jermaine Gonzales	Jamaica (JAM)	45.12	Q

5	4	Kirani James	Grenada (GRN)	45.12	Q

7	1	Greg Nixon	United States (USA)	45.16	Q

7	4	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium (BEL)	45.16	Q

9	3	Rabah Yousif	Sudan (SUD)	45.20	Q

10	1	Tabarie Henry	U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV)	45.22	Q

11	5	Chris Brown	Bahamas (BAH)	45.29	Q

12	5	Martyn Rooney	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	45.30	Q, SB

13	4	Ramon Miller	Bahamas (BAH)	45.31	Q, SB

14	5	Oscar Pistorius	South Africa (RSA)	45.39	Q

15	5	Femi Seun Ogunode	Qatar (QAT)	45.42	Q, SB

16	2	Jamaal Torrance	United States (USA)	45.44	Q

17	5	Nery Brenes	Costa Rica (CRC)	45.47	q

18	2	Marcin Marciniszyn	Poland (POL)	45.51	Q

19	3	Yuzo Kanemaru	Japan (JPN)	45.51	Q

20	2	Demetrius Pinder	Bahamas (BAH)	45.53	Q

21	1	Riker Hylton	Jamaica (JAM)	45.54	q

22	3	Pavel Trenikhin	Russia (RUS)	45.55	q, PB

23	4	William Collazo	Cuba (CUB)	45.89	Q

24	2	Erison Hurtault	Dominica (DMA)	46.10	q

25	4	Park Bong-Go	South Korea (KOR)	46.42	SB

26	5	Tony McQuay	United States (USA)	46.76

27	4	Pako Seribe	Botswana (BOT)	46.97

28	1	Mathieu Gnanligo	Benin (BEN)	47.01

29	4	Augusto Stanley	Paraguay (PAR)	47.31

30	1	Nelson Stone	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	47.86

31	5	Ahmed Mohamed Al-Merjabi	Oman (OMN)	47.99

32	3	Arnold Sorina	Vanuatu (VAN)	48.76	SB

33	4	Bahaa Al Farra	Palestine (PLE)	49.04	PB

34	2	Nicolau Palanca	Angola (ANG)	49.37	SB

35	1	Kerfalla Camara	Guinea (GUI)	49.74	PB

36	2	Ak Hafiy Tajuddin Rositi	Brunei (BRU)	50.12

5	Abdou Razack Rabo Samma	Niger (NIG)	DSQ

3	Arismendy Peguero	Dominican Republic (DOM)	DNS

3	Gary Kikaya	Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)	DNS

Sentence(s)

In qualifying, Merritt ran the 2011 world leading time of 44.35 in heat 3.

final_sentence: In qualifying, Merritt ran the 2011 world leading time of 44.35 in heat 3.