page_title: 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
section_title: Medalists
hierarchical_section_title: 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles / Medalists
caption_attribution_description: Kerron Clement - Weltmeister im 400m Hürdenlauf
context_page_description: The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 15, 16 and 18 August.
  The United States hurdling team was by far the strongest entered by any country, comprising defending champion Kerron Clement, two-time Olympic champion Angelo Taylor, 2005 World Champion Bershawn Jackson, and the emerging Johnny Dutch. The world-leading 400 m hurdler L.J. van Zyl, veterans Danny McFarlane and Félix Sánchez, and the improving Isa Phillips and Javier Culson were also identified as possible medal contenders.
  In the heats, Briton Dai Greene completed an unexpected and comfortable win, while seventeen-year-old Jehue Gordon of Trinidad and Tobago surprised with a senior national record to qualify for the semis. In the semi-finals, van Zyl failed to qualify, following his pattern of poor performances at the biggest races of the season. Dutch and Phillips also failed to make the cut. Clement and Sánchez lead the way in the first semi, while Jackson and Greene took the top two spots in the other final.
  In the final, Clement, Jackson and Culson all started the race well.
caption: Kerron Clement retained his world title.
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