2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on 18 and 19 March 2022.^[1]

Men's 400 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships
Venue	Štark Arena
Dates	18–19 March
Competitors	25 from 22 nations
Winning time	45.00
Medalists
Jereem Richards    Trinidad and Tobago   Trevor Bassitt    United States   Carl Bengtström    Sweden
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Summary

The top three sent-finalists are seeded into the outer three lanes. In a fast race on the tight turns of an indoor track, that is significant. Carl Bengtström, Jereem Richards and Trevor Bassitt won those honors. Running lanes for the first two turns, Richards seized a slight advantage over Bassitt, with Bengtström right on his heels. After the break, Richards cut sharply to the pole, cutting off Bassitt and seizing the lead. This forced Bassitt to try to figure out how to get past Richards while both were running at top speed. At first Bassitt entered the third turn in lane 2 to make space but couldn't see a way around. Through the penultimate straightaway, Bassit closed to just outside of Richards, gapping Bengtström. Bassitt ran high on the lane line through the final turn then drifted to lane three for running room to the finish line. As Bassitt closed ground with every step, Richards noticeably tightened and started leaning for the finish line almost 20 metres before the finish line. Both athletes leaned for the finish line, with Richards eking out a .05 victory.

After the race, Richards name checked Deon Lendore, who had been killed in a car crash two months earlier, for being a leader and inspiration. He wanted to "make him proud."

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals

The heats were started on 18 March at 11:00.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	6	Julien Watrin	Belgium	45.88	Q, NR
2	5	6	Carl Bengtström	Sweden	46.45	Q
3	1	5	Trevor Bassitt	United States	46.47	Q
4	5	4	Christopher Taylor	Jamaica	46.48	Q
5	5	5	Bruno Hortelano	Spain	46.49	q
6	3	5	Patrik Šorm	Czech Republic	46.49	Q
7	3	6	Benjamin Lobo Vedel	Denmark	46.58	Q
8	4	5	Marqueze Washington	United States	46.66	Q
9	2	5	Jereem Richards	Trinidad and Tobago	46.69	Q
10	2	4	Mikhail Litvin	Kazakhstan	46.72	Q
11	1	3	Kajetan Duszyński	Poland	46.75	q
12	3	4	Patrick Schneider	Germany	46.76
13	3	3	Tom Willems	Australia	46.77
14	4	4	Boško Kijanović	Serbia	46.88	Q
15	2	3	Zakithi Nene	South Africa	46.92
16	5	3	Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen	Norway	46.95
17	1	4	Isayah Boers	Netherlands	47.07
18	4	3	Pavel Maslák	Czech Republic	47.31
19	1	2	Mazen Al-Yassin	Saudi Arabia	47.65
20	2	6	Manuel Guijarro	Spain	47.74
21	4	2	Jovan Stojoski	North Macedonia	47.80
22	2	2	Pau Blasi	Andorra	49.82
23	3	2	Quentin Petit	Comoros	51.55	SB
24	5	2	Malique Smith	United States Virgin Islands	51.98	SB
	4	6	Lucas Carvalho	Brazil	DQ	TR17.4.3

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final

The heats were started on 18 March at 19:15.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	6	Carl Bengtström	Sweden	45.92	Q
2	1	4	Jereem Richards	Trinidad and Tobago	46.15	Q
3	2	4	Trevor Bassitt	United States	46.26	Q
4	1	3	Benjamin Lobo Vedel	Denmark	46.30	Q
5	1	5	Marqueze Washington	United States	46.36	Q
6	1	6	Julien Watrin	Belgium	46.54
7	2	5	Patrik Šorm	Czech Republic	46.55	Q
8	2	1	Bruno Hortelano	Spain	46.76
9	1	2	Mikhail Litvin	Kazakhstan	46.89
10	2	2	Boško Kijanović	Serbia	46.97
11	1	1	Kajetan Duszyński	Poland	47.21
	2	3	Christopher Taylor	Jamaica	DNF

Final

The final was started on 19 March at 20:15.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Jereem Richards	Trinidad and Tobago	45.00	CR NR
	4	Trevor Bassitt	United States	45.05	PB
	5	Carl Bengtström	Sweden	45.33	NR
4	3	Benjamin Lobo Vedel	Denmark	45.67	NR
5	2	Patrik Šorm	Czech Republic	46.81
6	1	Marqueze Washington	United States	46.85

References

1. "Wide-open 400m field ready to battle for gold in Belgrade". World Athletics. 16 March 2022. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
2. "Results 400 Metres Men - Round 1" (PDF). media.aws.iaaf.org. 18 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
3. "Results 400 Metres Men - Semi-Final" (PDF). media.aws.iaaf.org. 18 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
4. "Results 400 Metres Men - Final" (PDF). media.aws.iaaf.org. 19 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.