# 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 12–15 August.
In the second semifinal, it took Emir Bekrić a new Serbian national record to get the second automatic qualifier behind Michael Tinsley. The third semifinal was fast, with the now 35-year-old double Olympic and World Champion Félix Sánchez chasing Omar Cisneros' new world leading time. "The Dictator's" 48.10 season best took the Masters M35 world record from Danny McFarlane.
In the final Kerron Clement was out like a rocket, first over the first barrier, but long strides in lane one don't usually work out. Down the backstretch Tinsley asserted himself and by the fifth hurdle was clearly the leader with Cisneros the next in line. At the back were Bekrić and Sanchez. Through the turn Javier Culson then Jehue Gordon tried to make up ground on Tinsley. Gordon broke away and passed Tinsley over the last hurdle with the momentum. Going into the line it looked like Gordon had the step but Tinsley worked his way back into first. In one of the best dives of modern time, Gordon snatched the win, then one step later falling to the track. Bekrić might have been the fastest finisher, coming from fifth place to third on the final straight setting a second national record at 48.05

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | Kevin Young (USA) | 46.78 | Barcelona, Spain | 6 August 1992 |
| Championship record | Kevin Young (USA) | 47.18 | Stuttgart, Germany | 19 August 1993 |
| World Leading | Michael Tinsley (USA) | 47.96 | Des Moines, IA, United States | 22 June 2013 |
| African Record | Samuel Matete (ZAM) | 47.10 | Zürich, Switzerland | 7 August 1991 |
| Asian Record | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA) | 47.53 | Sydney, Australia | 27 September 2000 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Kevin Young (USA) | 46.78 | Barcelona, Spain | 6 August 1992 |
| South American Record | Bayano Kamani (PAN) | 47.84 | Helsinki, Finland | 7 August 2005 |
| European Record | Stéphane Diagana (FRA) | 47.37 | Lausanne, Switzerland | 5 July 1995 |
| Oceanian record | Rohan Robinson (AUS) | 48.28 | Atlanta, GA, United States | 31 July 1996 |

## Qualification standards

| A time | B time |
| 49.40 | 49.60 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 12 August 2013 | 11:05 | Heats |
| 13 August 2013 | 19:40 | Semifinals |
| 15 August 2013 | 21:00 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+4)

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | Michael Tinsley | United States (USA) | 49.07 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 8 | Emir Bekrić | Serbia (SRB) | 49.16 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 7 | Félix Sánchez | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 49.20 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 7 | Timofey Chalyy | Russia (RUS) | 49.33 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 6 | Mamadou Kassé Hanne | Senegal (SEN) | 49.33 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Kerron Clement | United States (USA) | 49.43 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Leford Green | Jamaica (JAM) | 49.45 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | Jehue Gordon | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 49.52 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 7 | Isa Phillips | Jamaica (JAM) | 49.57 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Annsert Whyte | Jamaica (JAM) | 49.63 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 8 | Rasmus Mägi | Estonia (EST) | 49.63 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | 4 | Cornel Fredericks | South Africa (RSA) | 49.66 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Sebastian Rodger | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 49.66 | q |
| 14 | 4 | 8 | Bershawn Jackson | United States (USA) | 49.76 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 6 | Eric Alejandro | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 49.79 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 4 | Dai Greene | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 49.79 | q |
| 17 | 1 | 5 | Tristan Thomas | Australia (AUS) | 49.80 | q |
| 18 | 3 | 3 | Rhys Williams | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 49.85 | Q |
| 19 | 2 | 6 | Omar Cisneros | Cuba (CUB) | 49.87 | Q |
| 20 | 2 | 4 | Javier Culson | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 49.91 | Q |
| 21 | 2 | 2 | Takayuki Kishimoto | Japan (JPN) | 49.96 | Q |
| 22 | 5 | 3 | Mahau Suguimati | Brazil (BRA) | 50.00 | q |
| 23 | 2 | 5 | Mickaël François | France (FRA) | 50.02 | Q |
| 23 | 3 | 5 | Denis Kudryavtsev | Russia (RUS) | 50.02 | |
| 25 | 2 | 8 | L.J. van Zyl | South Africa (RSA) | 50.05 | |
| 26 | 1 | 2 | Yoann Décimus | France (FRA) | 50.21 | |
| 27 | 4 | 1 | Jeffery Gibson | Bahamas (BAH) | 50.25 | Q |
| 28 | 3 | 4 | Andrés Silva | Uruguay (URU) | 50.48 | SB |
| 29 | 4 | 5 | Yasuhiro Fueki | Japan (JPN) | 50.66 | |
| 30 | 2 | 7 | Miloud Rahmani | Algeria (ALG) | 50.79 | |
| 31 | 3 | 8 | PC Beneke | South Africa (RSA) | 51.14 | |
| 32 | 5 | 2 | Takatoshi Abe | Japan (JPN) | 51.41 | |
| 33 | 4 | 4 | Mowen Boino | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 51.49 | SB |
| 34 | 4 | 7 | Eric Cray | Philippines (PHI) | 52.45 | |
| 35 | 2 | 3 | Maoulida Daroueche | Comoros (COM) | 53.28 | |
| | 2 | 1 | Jacques Frisch | Luxembourg (LUX) | DNF | |
| | 4 | 2 | Silvio Schirrmeister | Germany (GER) | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | Omar Cisneros | Cuba (CUB) | 47.93 | Q, WL |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Félix Sánchez | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 48.10 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 1 | 6 | Jehue Gordon | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 48.10 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 6 | Kerron Clement | United States (USA) | 48.21 | q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Michael Tinsley | United States (USA) | 48.31 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Emir Bekrić | Serbia (SRB) | 48.36 | Q, NR, EL |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | Javier Culson | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 48.42 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Mamadou Kassé Hanne | Senegal (SEN) | 48.69 | q |
| 9 | 1 | 7 | Cornel Fredericks | South Africa (RSA) | 48.85 | |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Leford Green | Jamaica (JAM) | 48.88 | SB |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Annsert Whyte | Jamaica (JAM) | 49.17 | PB |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Dai Greene | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 49.25 | |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | Isa Phillips | Jamaica (JAM) | 49.28 | SB |
| 14 | 2 | 8 | Rhys Williams | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 49.29 | |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Sebastian Rodger | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 49.32 | |
| 16 | 3 | 8 | Rasmus Mägi | Estonia (EST) | 49.42 | |
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Eric Alejandro | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 49.44 | SB |
| 18 | 1 | 1 | Tristan Thomas | Australia (AUS) | 49.91 | |
| 19 | 2 | 6 | Timofey Chalyy | Russia (RUS) | 50.06 | |
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Mahau Suguimati | Brazil (BRA) | 50.27 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Jeffery Gibson | Bahamas (BAH) | 50.51 | |
| 22 | 2 | 2 | Mickaël François | France (FRA) | 50.58 | |
| | 2 | 7 | Takayuki Kishimoto | Japan (JPN) | DQ | R 168.7(a) |
| | 1 | 8 | Bershawn Jackson | United States (USA) | DNF | |

### Final

The final was started at 21:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Jehue Gordon | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 47.69 | NR, WL |
| | 3 | Michael Tinsley | United States (USA) | 47.70 | PB |
| | 8 | Emir Bekrić | Serbia (SRB) | 48.05 | NR, ЕL |
| 4 | 5 | Omar Cisneros | Cuba (CUB) | 48.12 | |
| 5 | 4 | Félix Sánchez | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 48.22 | |
| 6 | 7 | Javier Culson | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 48.38 | |
| 7 | 2 | Mamadou Kassé Hanne | Senegal (SEN) | 48.68 | |
| 8 | 1 | Kerron Clement | United States (USA) | 49.08 | |