Men 400m Athletics IV World Championship 1993 Stuttgart (GER) - Tuesday 17.08 - Gold Medal: Michael Johnson, United States

Men 400m Athletics IV World Championship 1993 Stuttgart (GER) - Tuesday 17.08 - Gold Medal: Michael Johnson, United States

Final 19:45		time	L	200m	400m
1. Michael Johnson	USA	43.65s	3	21.65s	22.00s
2. Harry Reynolds	USA	44.13s	7	21.39s	22.74s
3. Samson Kitur	KEN	44.54s	4	21.83s	22.71s
4. Quincy Watts	USA	45.05s	5	21.85s	23.20s
5. Sunday Bada	NGR	45.11s	6	21.02s	24.09s
6. Gregory Haughton	JAM	45.63s	2	21.88s	23.75s
7. Simon Kemboi	KEN	45.65s	1	22.42s	23.23s
8. Kennedy Ochieng	KEN	45.68s	8	22.30s	23.38s

Men 400m - History

Round	H	Athl.	date
Semi-Finals	2	16	16.08
Quarter-Finals	4	32	15.08
Heats	6	43	14.08

A very strong American trio comprised world record holder Reynolds – returning from a doping suspension – Olympic Champion Watts and Tokyo 200 winner Johnson, who had yet to lose a 400 final.
All three qualified comfortably for the final in which the Nigerian Bada set the pace. He led at 200m, but by 300m it was Johnson from Reynolds with Watts fifth. Reynolds was running one of the best races of his comeback, but was no match for Johnson who had clocked 10.47 for his third 100. He pulled further away in the straight to win with the third-quickest time ever. Kitur was a distant third. Watts’s poor run was explained when it became known that the sole of his left shoe broke in the middle of the race.

Semi-Finals - Monday 16.08

First 4 from each Semi-Final advanced to Final.

Semi 1 19:20		time	L	Rk.
1. Quincy Watts	USA	44.63s	5	3.
2. Harry Reynolds	USA	44.82s	4	6.
3. Simon Kemboi	KEN	44.94s	3	8.
4. Kennedy Ochieng	KEN	45.01s	6	9.
5. Evon Clarke	JAM	45.19s	2	10.
6. Norberto Tellez	CUB	46.17s	1	14.
7. Du'aine Ladejo	GBR	46.33s	8	15.
-. Ian Morris	TRI	DNS	7

Semi 2 19:27		time	L	Rk.
1. Samson Kitur	KEN	44.34s	6	1.
2. Michael Johnson	USA	44.39s	4	2.
3. Sunday Bada	NGR	44.63s	3	3.
4. Gregory Haughton	JAM	44.78s	7	5.
5. Ibrahim Ismail	QAT	44.85s	5	7.
6. Solomon Amegatcher	GHA	45.58s	2	11.
7. Neil De Silva	TRI	45.66s	8	12.
8. Rico Lieder	GER	45.75s	1	13.

Quarter-Finals - Sunday 15.08

First 4 from each Quarter-Final advanced to Semi-Finals.

Quarter 1 19:50h		time	L
1. Quincy Watts	USA	45.07s	6
2. Simon Kemboi	KEN	45.22s	4
3. Neil De Silva	TRI	45.50s	5
4. Rico Lieder	GER	45.66s	2
5. Jean-Louis Rapnouil	FRA	45.69s	3
6. Sadek Boumendil	ALG	45.91s	1
7. Cayetano Cornet	ESP	46.46s	8
-. Francis Ogola	UGA	DQ	7

Quarter 2 19:55		time	L
1. Samson Kitur	KEN	45.02s	4
2. Sunday Bada	NGR	45.21s	6
3. Gregory Haughton	JAM	45.48s	2
4. Solomon Amegatcher	GHA	45.59s	5
5. Dmitriy Golovastov	RUS	46.00s	3
6. Ade Mafe	GBR	46.03s	1
7. Jean-Claude Yekpe	BEN	47.09s	7
8. Shigekazu Omori	JPN	47.42s	8

Quarter 3 20:00		time	L
1. Michael Johnson	USA	44.72s	3
2. Ibrahim Ismail	QAT	44.95s	6
3. Evon Clarke	JAM	45.32s	4
4. Norberto Tellez	CUB	45.51s	5
5. Troy Douglas	BER	45.57s	1
6. Patrick Delice	TRI	45.70s	8
7. Anton Ivanov	BUL	45.93s	7
8. Andrea Nuti	ITA	46.77s	2

Quarter 4 20:05		time	L
1. Harry Reynolds	USA	44.71s	6
2. Kennedy Ochieng	KEN	44.90s	5
3. Ian Morris	TRI	45.90s	3
4. Du'aine Ladejo	GBR	46.51s	8
5. Roger Jordan	BAR	46.89s	7
6. Benyounes Lahlou	MAR	47.83s	2
-. Ibrahim Hassan	GHA	DNS	1
-. Roberto Hernandez	CUB	DNS	4

Heats - Saturday 14.08

First 4 from each Heat and Best 8 times advanced to Quarter-Finals.

Heat 1 13:15		time	L
1. Michael Johnson	USA	45.60s	2
2. Norberto Tellez	CUB	45.79s	5
3. Ian Morris	TRI	45.80s	3
4. Dmitriy Golovastov	RUS	45.97s	4
5. Du'aine Ladejo	GBR	46.17s	8
6. Gholamreza Sistani	IRN	48.27s	7
7. Livingstone Roach	STK	48.72s	6

Heat 2 13:22		time	L
1. Jean-Louis Rapnouil	FRA	45.63s	8
2. Kennedy Ochieng	KEN	45.68s	5
3. Roberto Hernandez	CUB	46.01s	2
4. Andrea Nuti	ITA	46.59s	4
5. Keteng Baloseng	BOT	47.93s	7
-. Slobodan Brankovic	IWP	DNS	3
-. Ilir Xhani	ALB	DNS	6

Heat 3 13:29		time	L
1. Sunday Bada	NGR	45.98s	3
2. Gregory Haughton	JAM	46.10s	5
3. Patrick Delice	TRI	46.16s	2
4. Sadek Boumendil	ALG	46.37s	7
5. Shigekazu Omori	JPN	47.17s	4
6. Roger Jordan	BAR	47.75s	6
7. Francisco Flores	HON	50.86	8

Heat 4 13:36		time	L
1. Simon Kemboi	KEN	45.91s	8
2. Quincy Watts	USA	45.94s	2
3. Ibrahim Hassan	GHA	46.61s	4
4. Benyounes Lahlou	MAR	46.64s	3
5. Jean-Claude Yekpe	BEN	46.92s	6
6. Raymundo Escalante	MEX	48.03s	5
7. Stephen Lugor	SUD	48.72s	7

Heat 5 13:43		time	L
1. Harry Reynolds	USA	45.34s	4
2. Ibrahim Ismail	QAT	45.48s	2
3. Solomon Amegatcher	GHA	45.68s	6
4. Ade Mafe	GBR	46.25s	7
5. Francis Ogola	UGA	46.53s	5
6. Anton Ivanov	BUL	46.84s	8
-. Baobo Neuendorf	PNG	DNF	3

Heat 6 13:50		time	L
1. Samson Kitur	KEN	45.71s	6
2. Neil De Silva	TRI	45.74s	4
3. Evon Clarke	JAM	45.92s	8
4. Rico Lieder	GER	46.06s	3
5. Troy Douglas	BER	46.17s	7
6. Cayetano Cornet	ESP	46.57s	2
7. Kossi Akoto	TOG	47.91s	5