1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres
at the 1995 World Championships

Venue

Ullevi Stadium

Dates

5 August (heats)
6 August (quarter-finals)
7 August (semi-finals)
9 August (final)

Competitors

Winning time

43.39 CR

Medalists

	Michael Johnson	United States
	Butch Reynolds	United States
	Greg Haughton	Jamaica

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Events at the 1995 World Championships

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 51 participating athletes, with two semi-finals, four quarter-finals and seven qualifying heats and the final held on Wednesday 1995-08-09. The winning margin was 0.83 seconds.

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Michael Johnson (USA)	43.39
	Butch Reynolds (USA)	44.22
	Greg Haughton (JAM)	44.56
4.	Samson Kitur (KEN)	44.71
5.	Mark Richardson (GBR)	44.81
6.	Darnell Hall (USA)	44.83
7.	Roger Black (GBR)	45.28
8.	Sunday Bada (NGR)	45.50

Semi-finals

Held on Monday 1995-08-07

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Michael Johnson (USA)	44.91
2.	Sunday Bada (NGR)	45.03
3.	Darnell Hall (USA)	45.07
4.	Roger Black (GBR)	45.32
5.	Abednego Matilu (KEN)	45.41
6.	Davian Clarke (JAM)	45.58
7.	Matthias Rusterholz (SUI)	45.80
8.	Davis Kamoga (UGA)	45.92

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Greg Haughton (JAM)	44.70
2.	Butch Reynolds (USA)	45.10
3.	Samson Kitur (KEN)	45.27
4.	Mark Richardson (GBR)	45.42
5.	Jude Monye (NGR)	45.95
6.	Danny McFarlane (JAM)	45.98
7.	Norberto Téllez (CUB)	46.68
—	Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT)	DNS

Quarterfinals

Held on Sunday 1995-08-06

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Butch Reynolds (USA)	44.63
2.	Abednego Matilu (KEN)	44.97
3.	Roger Black (GBR)	45.01
4.	Jude Monye (NGR)	45.16
5.	Francis Ogola (UGA)	45.64
6.	Troy McIntosh (BAH)	45.72
7.	Arnaud Malherbe (RSA)	46.12
8.	Hachim Ndiaye (SEN)	46.96

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Darnell Hall (USA)	45.09
2.	Greg Haughton (JAM)	45.12
3.	Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT)	45.31
4.	Davis Kamoga (UGA)	45.50
5.	Inaldo Sena (BRA)	45.71
6.	Jorge Crusellas (CUB)	46.09
7.	Adrian Patrick (GBR)	46.27
8.	Eswort Coombs (VIN)	47.15

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Samson Kitur (KEN)	45.25
2.	Mark Richardson (GBR)	45.30
3.	Matthias Rusterholz (SUI)	45.54
4.	Danny McFarlane (JAM)	45.79
5.	Andrea Nuti (ITA)	45.89
6.	Pierre-Marie Hilaire (FRA)	46.01
7.	Shon Ju-Il (KOR)	46.31
8.	Paul Greene (AUS)	46.36

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Michael Johnson (USA)	45.15
2.	Sunday Bada (NGR)	45.29
3.	Norberto Téllez (CUB)	45.68
4.	Davian Clarke (JAM)	45.69
5.	Bobang Phiri (RSA)	45.94
6.	Kennedy Ochieng (KEN)	46.15
7.	Michael Joubert (AUS)	46.61
8.	Amar Hacini (ALG)	46.64

Qualifying heats

Held on Saturday 1995-08-05

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Roger Black (GBR)	45.81
2.	Kennedy Ochieng (KEN)	45.87
3.	Arnaud Malherbe (RSA)	46.09
4.	Amar Hacini (ALG)	46.29
5.	Udeme Ekpeyong (NGR)	46.41
6.	Ahmed Ali (GHA)	46.75
7.	Kenmore Hughes (ATG)	47.26
8.	Medard Makanga (CGO)	47.38

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT)	45.10
2.	Davis Kamoga (UGA)	45.34
3.	Darnell Hall (USA)	45.34
4.	Bobang Phiri (RSA)	45.94
5.	Paul Greene (AUS)	46.25
6.	Desire Pierre-Louis (MRI)	46.73
7.	Evripides Demosthenous (CYP)	46.84

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Mark Richardson (GBR)	45.61
2.	Greg Haughton (JAM)	45.62
3.	Francis Ogola (UGA)	45.70
4.	Eswort Coombs (VIN)	46.06
5.	Hachim Ndiaye (SEN)	46.31
6.	Maxime Charlemagne (LCA)	48.21
—	Arnold Payne (ZIM)	DQ
—	Sebastián Keitel (CHI)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Michael Johnson (USA)	45.49
2.	Abednego Matilu (KEN)	45.80
3.	Davian Clarke (JAM)	45.92
4.	Adrian Patrick (GBR)	46.11
5.	Pablo Escriba (ESP)	46.85
6.	Omar Mena (CUB)	47.53
—	Stephen Lugor (SUD)	DQ

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Butch Reynolds (USA)	45.60
2.	Matthias Rusterholz (SUI)	45.97
3.	Pierre-Marie Hilaire (FRA)	46.13
4.	Jude Monye (NGR)	46.25
5.	Jorge Crusellas (CUB)	46.32
6.	Mohammed Al-Beshi (KSA)	46.76
7.	Richard Jones (GUY)	47.36

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	Samson Kitur (KEN)	45.63
2.	Norberto Téllez (CUB)	45.72
3.	Inaldo Sena (BRA)	45.75
4.	Troy McIntosh (BAH)	45.87
5.	Michael Joubert (AUS)	46.31
6.	Justice Dipeba (BOT)	46.57
7.	Raymundo Escalante (MEX)	48.29

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.	Sunday Bada (NGR)	46.08
2.	Andrea Nuti (ITA)	46.25
3.	Danny McFarlane (JAM)	46.27
4.	Shon Ju-Il (KOR)	46.41
5.	Sanderlei Parrela (BRA)	46.59
6.	Hayden Stephen (TRI)	47.64
7.	Salomone Bole (FIJ)	47.92
—	Alvaro James (CRC)	DQ

References

Results

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v t e World champions in men's 400 metres
1983: Bert Cameron (JAM) 1987: Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) 1991: Antonio Pettigrew (USA) 1993: Michael Johnson (USA) 1995: Michael Johnson (USA) 1997: Michael Johnson (USA) 1999: Michael Johnson (USA) 2001: Avard Moncur (BAH) 2003: Tyree Washington (USA) 2005: Jeremy Wariner (USA) 2007: Jeremy Wariner (USA) 2009: LaShawn Merritt (USA) 2011: Kirani James (GRN) 2013: LaShawn Merritt (USA) 2015: Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) 2017: Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) 2019: Steven Gardiner (BAH) 2022: Michael Norman (USA) 2023: Antonio Watson (JAM)

World champions in men's 400 metres

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