# 2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene from 16 to 19 July 2022.

## Summary

The podium from the Olympics, the three fastest athletes of all time, all managed to return to the final, but it was a difficult journey. Olympic Champion/World Record Holder Karsten Warholm pulled up one hurdle into his first race of the season in Rabat and had been on the mend since. With zero races completed during the season, every race was a season's best. Silver medalist Rai Benjamin also was nursing injuries but ran well at the American Championships, while bronze medalist Alison dos Santos was scorching the tracks of the Diamond League setting a world leading time of 46.80 in Stockholm, a time only bettered in Olympic finals by Kevin Young, Warholm and Benjamin.
Benjamin had lane 3, where he could see all his key competitors; Warholm in 4 and Dos Santos in 6, blind to what his key challengers were doing, having to run by his own clock. Warholm was out fast from the gun, making up the stagger on Wilfried Happio by the third hurdle. dos Santos was clearing hurdles just a beat after him. By the sixth hurdle, Warholm had a full stride on dos Santos. Around the event hurdle, Benjamin started rolling, reeling in the gap Warholm had put on him. Warholm could see he wouldn't make his steps to the eighth hurdle and chopped, taking two extra shortened strides to take the hurdle smoothly. He still had the lead but his momentum was lost, his rivals closing. From the first step off that hurdle Warholm's form deteriorated. dos Santos and then in an instant, Benjamin were past him. The chase was on for Benjamin, but he couldn't close on dos Santos. Coming from sixth place over the final hurdle, Trevor Bassitt passed Warholm, Jaheel Hyde and finally Harpio to capture bronze.
dos Santos improved his position as the No. 3 athlete of all time with a Championship Record 46.29. Benjamin's 46.89 was only his third best effort but was the tenth fastest race ever. Bassitt 47.39 and Harpio 47.41 became the No. 18 and No. 19 athletes of all time.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
| World record | Karsten Warholm (NOR) | 45.94 | Tokyo, Japan | 3 August 2021 |
| Championship record | Kevin Young (USA) | 47.18 | Stuttgart, Germany | 19 August 1993 |
| World Leading | Alison dos Santos (BRA) | 46.80 | Stockholm, Sweden | 30 June 2022 |
| African Record | Samuel Matete (ZAM) | 47.10 | Zürich, Switzerland | 7 August 1991 |
| Asian Record | Abderrahman Samba (QAT) | 46.98 | Paris, France | 30 June 2018 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Rai Benjamin (USA) | 46.17 | Tokyo, Japan | 3 August 2021 |
| South American Record | Alison dos Santos (BRA) | 46.72 | Tokyo, Japan | 3 August 2021 |
| European Record | Karsten Warholm (NOR) | 45.94 | Tokyo, Japan | 3 August 2021 |
| Oceanian record | Rohan Robinson (AUS) | 48.28 | Atlanta, United States | 31 July 1996 |
The following records were set at the competition:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date |
| Championship record | 46.29 | Alison dos Santos | BRA | 19 Jul 2022 |
| World Leading | 46.29 | Alison dos Santos | BRA | 19 Jul 2022 |
| South American Record | 46.29 | Alison dos Santos | BRA | 19 Jul 2022 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 48.90.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 16 July | 13:20 | Heats |
| 17 July | 18:03 | Semi-finals |
| 19 July | 19:50 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The first 4 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualify to the semi-finals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Khallifah Rosser | United States (USA) | 48.62 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Rasmus Mägi | Estonia (EST) | 48.78 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Rai Benjamin | United States (USA) | 49.06 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Thomas Barr | Ireland (IRL) | 49.15 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 4 | Gerald Drummond | Costa Rica (CRC) | 49.16 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Trevor Bassitt | United States (USA) | 49.17 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Karsten Warholm | Norway (NOR) | 49.34 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 4 | Alastair Chalmers | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 49.37 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Alison dos Santos | Brazil (BRA) | 49.41 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Kemar Mowatt | Jamaica (JAM) | 49.44 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Shawn Rowe | Jamaica (JAM) | 49.51 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Abdelmalik Lahoulou | Algeria (ALG) | 49.58 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Wilfried Happio | France (FRA) | 49.60 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | Ramsey Angela | Netherlands (NED) | 49.62 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | Carl Bengtström | Sweden (SWE) | 49.64 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Ezekiel Nathaniel | Nigeria (NGR) | 49.64 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | Nick Smidt | Netherlands (NED) | 49.80 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | Julien Watrin | Belgium (BEL) | 49.83 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | Yasmani Copello | Turkey (TUR) | 49.83 | q |
| 20 | 5 | Kyron McMaster | British Virgin Islands (IVB) | 49.98 | Q |
| 21 | 1 | Kazuki Kurokawa | Japan (JPN) | 50.02 | Q |
| 22 | 3 | Jaheel Hyde | Jamaica (JAM) | 50.03 | Q |
| 23 | 2 | Sokwakhana Zazini | South Africa (RSA) | 50.09 | q |
| 24 | 5 | Mario Lambrughi | Italy (ITA) | 50.18 | |
| 25 | 5 | Pablo Andrés Ibáñez | El Salvador (ESA) | 50.18 | |
| 26 | 3 | Moitalel Naadokila | Kenya (KEN) | 50.19 | Q |
| 27 | 1 | Chen Chieh | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 50.28 | |
| 28 | 3 | Julien Bonvin | Switzerland (SUI) | 50.40 | |
| 29 | 2 | Takayuki Kishimoto | Japan (JPN) | 50.66 | |
| 30 | 5 | Vít Müller | Czech Republic (CZE) | 50.71 | |
| 31 | 2 | Jabir Madari Palliyalil | India (IND) | 50.76 | |
| 32 | 1 | Chris McAlister | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 51.55 | |
| 33 | 4 | Mahau Suguimati | Brazil (BRA) | 52.43 | |
| 34 | 3 | Ned Azemia | Seychelles (SEY) | 53.07 | |
| 35 | 3 | Juander Santos | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 58.80 | |
| | 1 | Jordin Andrade | Cape Verde (CPV) | DNF | |
| | 1 | Dany Brand | Switzerland (SUI) | DNS | |

### Semi-finals

The semifinals started on 17 July at 18:03.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Alison dos Santos | Brazil (BRA) | 47.85 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Karsten Warholm | Norway (NOR) | 48.00 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 3 | Wilfried Happio | France (FRA) | 48.14 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 2 | Trevor Bassitt | United States (USA) | 48.17 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Khallifah Rosser | United States (USA) | 48.34 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Rasmus Mägi | Estonia (EST) | 48.40 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Rai Benjamin | United States (USA) | 48.44 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Kemar Mowatt | Jamaica (JAM) | 48.59 | |
| 9 | 2 | Carl Bengtström | Sweden (SWE) | 48.75 | |
| 10 | 2 | Abdelmalik Lahoulou | Algeria (ALG) | 48.90 | |
| 11 | 1 | Jaheel Hyde | Jamaica (JAM) | 49.09 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Moitalel Naadokila | Kenya (KEN) | 49.34 | |
| 13 | 2 | Gerald Drummond | Costa Rica (CRC) | 49.37 | |
| 14 | 1 | Julien Watrin | Belgium (BEL) | 49.52 | |
| 15 | 3 | Nick Smidt | Netherlands (NED) | 49.56 | |
| 16 | 3 | Kazuki Kurokawa | Japan (JPN) | 49.69 | |
| 17 | 1 | Ramsey Angela | Netherlands (NED) | 49.77 | |
| 18 | 2 | Shawn Rowe | Jamaica (JAM) | 49.80 | |
| 19 | 1 | Thomas Barr | Ireland (IRL) | 50.08 | |
| 20 | 3 | Sokwakhana Zazini | South Africa (RSA) | 50.22 | |
| 21 | 1 | Alastair Chalmers | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 50.54 | |
| 22 | 1 | Yasmani Copello | Turkey (TUR) | 51.49 | |
| 23 | 3 | Ezekiel Nathaniel | Nigeria (NGR) | 54.18 | |
| | 1 | Kyron McMaster | British Virgin Islands (IVB) | DNS | |

### Final

The final will start on 19 July at 19:50.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Alison dos Santos | Brazil (BRA) | 46.29 | AR, CR |
| | Rai Benjamin | United States (USA) | 46.89 | SB |
| | Trevor Bassitt | United States (USA) | 47.39 | PB |
| 4 | Wilfried Happio | France (FRA) | 47.41 | PB |
| 5 | Khallifah Rosser | United States (USA) | 47.88 | |
| 6 | Jaheel Hyde | Jamaica (JAM) | 48.03 | PB |
| 7 | Karsten Warholm | Norway (NOR) | 48.42 | |
| 8 | Rasmus Mägi | Estonia (EST) | 48.92 | |