# 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 7–8 March 2014.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships :
| World record | Kerron Clement (USA) | 44.57 | Fayetteville, United States | 12 March 2005 |
| Championship record | Nery Brenes (CRC) | 45.11 | Istanbul, Turkey | 10 March 2012 |
| World leading | Lalonde Gordon (TRI) | 45.17 | Boston, United States | 8 February 2014 |
| African record | Sunday Bada (NGR) | 45.51 | Paris, France | 9 March 1997 |
| Asian record | Shunji Karube (JPN) | 45.76 | Paris, France | 9 March 1997 |
| European record | Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) | 45.05 | Sindelfingen, West Germany | 5 February 1988 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record | Kerron Clement (USA) | 44.57 | Fayetteville, United States | 12 March 2005 |
| Oceanian record | Daniel Batman (AUS) | 45.93 | Birmingham, Great Britain | 2 March 2003 |
| South American record | Bayano Kamani (PAN) | 46.26 | Boston, United States | 29 January 2005 |

## Qualification standards

| Indoor | Outdoor |
| 46.80 | 45.10 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 7 March 2014 | 10:45 | Heats |
| 7 March 2014 | 21:25 | Semifinals |
| 8 March 2014 | 20:30 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 6 | Chris Brown | Bahamas | 45.84 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Pavel Maslák | Czech Republic | 46.01 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Lalonde Gordon | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.07 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Edino Steele | Jamaica | 46.38 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 6 | Kyle Clemons | United States | 46.42 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Marek Niit | Estonia | 46.52 | q |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Luguelín Santos | Dominican Republic | 46.54 | Q |
| =8 | 2 | 5 | David Verburg | United States | 46.62 | Q |
| =8 | 3 | 4 | Nery Brenes | Costa Rica | 46.62 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Nigel Levine | Great Britain | 46.64 | q |
| 11 | 5 | 4 | Nick Ekelund-Arenander | Denmark | 46.68 | |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | Anderson Henriques | Brazil | 46.82 | PB |
| 13 | 2 | 3 | Rafał Omelko | Poland | 46.84 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | Akheem Gauntlett | Jamaica | 46.85 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 4 | Jarrin Solomon | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.86 | |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | Tabarie Henry | United States Virgin Islands | 46.87 | |
| 17 | 1 | 3 | Vitaliy Butrym | Ukraine | 46.98 | |
| 18 | 5 | 3 | Mark Ujakpor | Spain | 47.16 | |
| 19 | 1 | 2 | Erison Hurtault | Dominica | 47.25 | |
| 20 | 2 | 6 | Gustavo Cuesta | Dominican Republic | 47.43 | |
| 21 | 4 | 3 | Bram Peters | Netherlands | 47.50 | |
| 22 | 3 | 3 | Donald Sanford | Israel | 47.90 | |
| 23 | 2 | 2 | Nika Kartavtsevi | Georgia | 48.68 | SB |
| 24 | 5 | 2 | Falcón Fagúndez | Uruguay | 49.89 | PB |
| 25 | 5 | 1 | Jannot Bacar | Comoros | 50.11 | |
| | 3 | 2 | Siologa Viliamu Sepa | Samoa | DQ | R163.3(a) |
| | 4 | 5 | Richard Buck | Great Britain | DQ | R163.2 |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualified for the finals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | Pavel Maslák | Czech Republic | 45.79 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Kyle Clemons | United States | 46.06 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Chris Brown | Bahamas | 46.19 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Nery Brenes | Costa Rica | 46.25 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Lalonde Gordon | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.29 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | David Verburg | United States | 46.33 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Luguelín Santos | Dominican Republic | 46.37 | |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Nigel Levine | Great Britain | 46.84 | |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Rafał Omelko | Poland | 46.94 | |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Akheem Gauntlett | Jamaica | 47.13 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Marek Niit | Estonia | 47.67 | |
| | 1 | 4 | Edino Steele | Jamaica | DQ | R163.3(b) |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Pavel Maslák | Czech Republic | 45.24 | NR |
| | 6 | Chris Brown | Bahamas | 45.58 | PB |
| | 4 | Kyle Clemons | United States | 45.74 | |
| 4 | 1 | David Verburg | United States | 46.21 | |
| 5 | 2 | Lalonde Gordon | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.39 | |
| 6 | 3 | Nery Brenes | Costa Rica | 47.32 | |