# 1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres Hurdles event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 51 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Monday 4 August 1997.

## Final

| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
| | Stéphane Diagana (FRA) | 47.70 |
| | Llewellyn Herbert (RSA) | 47.86 |
| | Bryan Bronson (USA) | 47.88 |
| 4. | Fabrizio Mori (ITA) | 48.05 |
| 5. | Samuel Matete (ZAM) | 48.11 |
| 6. | Ruslan Mashchenko (RUS) | 48.62 |
| 7. | Dinsdale Morgan (JAM) | 49.06 |
| 8. | Jiří Mužík (CZE) | 49.51 |

## Semi-finals

* Held on Sunday 1997-08-03
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
| 1. | Stéphane Diagana (FRA) | 48.14 |
| 2. | Llewellyn Herbert (RSA) | 48.31 |
| 3. | Samuel Matete (ZAM) | 48.44 |
| 4. | Mubarak Faraj Al-Nubi (QAT) | 48.84 |
| 5. | Joey Woody (USA) | 49.14 |
| 6. | Ian Weakley (JAM) | 49.98 |
| 7. | Mustapha Sdad (MAR) | 50.78 |
| — | Kazuhiko Yamazaki (JPN) | DNF |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
| 1. | Ruslan Mashchenko (RUS) | 48.54 |
| 2. | Dinsdale Morgan (JAM) | 48.56 |
| 3. | Shunji Karube (JPN) | 48.81 |
| 4. | Paweł Januszewski (POL) | 48.94 |
| 5. | Derrick Adkins (USA) | 48.95 |
| 6. | Lukáš Souček (CZE) | 49.09 |
| 7. | Hamed Ziad Abou (AUS) | 49.12 |
| 8. | Ashraf Saber (ITA) | 49.36 |
| RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
| 1. | Bryan Bronson (USA) | 47.83 |
| 2. | Fabrizio Mori (ITA) | 48.17 |
| 3. | Jiří Mužík (CZE) | 48.27 |
| 4. | Dusán Kovács (HUN) | 48.45 (NR) |
| 5. | Ken Harnden (ZIM) | 48.82 |
| 6. | Yoshihiko Saito (JPN) | 49.60 |
| 7. | Vadim Zadoynov (MDA) | 50.07 |
| 8. | Kareem Archer (JAM) | 50.76 |

## Qualifying heats

* Held on Saturday 1997-08-02
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
| 1. | Llewellyn Herbert (RSA) | 49.23 |
| 2. | Mubarak Faraj Al-Nubi (QAT) | 49.39 |
| 3. | Ian Weakley (JAM) | 49.52 |
| 4. | Marc Dollendorf (BEL) | 49.66 |
| 5. | Tom McGuirk (IRL) | 49.93 |
| 6. | Niklas Eriksson (SWE) | 50.25 |
| 7. | Sinisa Pesa (YUG) | 50.65 |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
| 1. | Fabrizio Mori (ITA) | 48.93 |
| 2. | Lukas Soucek (CZE) | 49.08 |
| 3. | Yoshihiko Saito (JPN) | 49.52 |
| 4. | Jean-Paul Bruwier (BEL) | 49.56 |
| 5. | Gary Jennings (GBR) | 49.84 |
| 6. | Vladislav Shiryayev (RUS) | 49.95 |
| 7. | Hubert Rakotombelontsoa (MAD) | 52.29 |
| RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
| 1. | Samuel Matete (ZAM) | 48.43 |
| 2. | Jiri Muzik (CZE) | 48.56 |
| 3. | Dinsdale Morgan (JAM) | 49.34 |
| 4. | Mustapha Sdad (MAR) | 49.50 |
| 5. | Chris Rawlinson (GBR) | 49.72 |
| 6. | Nabil Selmi (ALG) | 50.45 |
| 7. | Abdullah Ghulum (UAE) | 51.51 |
| — | Ibou Faye (SEN) | DNF |
| RANK | HEAT 4 | TIME |
| 1. | Shunji Karube (JPN) | 48.63 |
| 2. | Joey Woody (USA) | 48.89 |
| 3. | Kareem Archer (JAM) | 49.11 |
| 4. | Ziad Abou Ahmed (AUS) | 49.21 |
| 5. | Paweł Januszewski (POL) | 49.29 |
| 6. | Willie Smith (NAM) | 51.12 |
| 7. | Domingo Cordero (PUR) | 52.26 |
| RANK | HEAT 5 | TIME |
| 1. | Ruslan Mashchenko (RUS) | 48.93 |
| 2. | Derrick Adkins (USA) | 49.23 |
| 3. | Vadim Zadoynov (MDA) | 49.49 |
| 4. | Laurent Ottoz (ITA) | 49.69 |
| 5. | Egils Tebelis (LAT) | 50.42 |
| — | Miro Kocuvan (SLO) | DNF |
| — | Pascal Maran (FRA) | DQ |
| RANK | HEAT 6 | TIME |
| 1. | Stephane Diagana (FRA) | 49.34 |
| 2. | Ken Harnden (ZIM) | 49.42 |
| 3. | Kazuhiko Yamazaki (JPN) | 49.47 |
| 4. | Octavius Terry (USA) | 49.84 |
| 5. | Kenneth Enyeazu (NGR) | 50.12 |
| 6. | Cleverson da Silva (BRA) | 50.63 |
| 7. | Ibrahim El Hefeny (EGY) | 50.70 |
| — | Ilir Xhanari (ALB) | DNF |
| RANK | HEAT 7 | TIME |
| 1. | Bryan Bronson (USA) | 48.84 |
| 2. | Dusan Kovacs (HUN) | 48.99 |
| 3. | Ashraf Saber (ITA) | 49.11 |
| 4. | Jimmy Coco (FRA) | 49.64 |
| 5. | Carlos Zbinden (CHI) | 50.42 |
| 6. | Rohan Robinson (AUS) | 51.67 |
| 7. | Lambros Zervakos (GRE) | 52.94 |