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1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

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Field	Value
event	Men's 400 metres
competition	1999 World Championships
venue	Estadio Olímpico
dates	22 August (heats)
23 August (quarter-finals)
24 August (semi-finals)
26 August (final)
competitors	48
win_value	43.18
gold	Michael Johnson
goldNOC	USA
silver	Sanderlei Claro Parrela
silverNOC	BRA
bronze	Alejandro Cárdenas
bronzeNOC	MEX
prev	1997
next	2001

23 August (quarter-finals) 24 August (semi-finals) 26 August (final)

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These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 48 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final held on Thursday 26 August 1999 at 8.45 pm. The winning margin was 1.11 seconds which as of May 2025 remains the greatest winning margin in the history of the men's 400 metres at these championships and the only time this race has been won by over one second. It was also a greater winning margin than the men's 5,000 metres in 1999.

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
[[Image:Med 1.png]]	Michael Johnson	43.18 [[Image:Sport records icon WR.svg	20px	World Record]] [[Image:Sport records icon CR.svg	20px	Championships Record]]
[[Image:Med 2.png]]	Sanderlei Claro Parrela	44.29
[[Image:Med 3.png]]	Alejandro Cárdenas	44.31
4.	Mark Richardson	44.65
5.	Gregory Haughton	45.07
6.	Jamie Baulch	45.18
	Antonio Pettigrew	DQ
	Jerome Young	DQ

Semi-final

Held on Tuesday 24 August 1999

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Michael Johnson	43.95
2.	Alejandro Cárdenas	44.37
3.	Sanderlei Claro Parrela	44.37
4.	Mark Richardson	44.47
5.	Jerome Davis	44.51
6.	Tomasz Czubak	44.62 (NR)
7.	Kennedy Ochieng	45.57
8.	Danny McFarlane	45.86

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Gregory Haughton	45.09
2.	Jamie Baulch	45.24
3.	Matija Šestak	45.47
4.	Ibrahima Wade	45.66
5.	Anderson Jorge dos Santos	45.67
	Antonio Pettigrew	DQ
	Jerome Young	DQ
	Piotr Rysiukiewicz	DNF

Quarter-finals

Held on Monday 23 August 1999

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Jamie Baulch	45.14
3.	Piotr Rysiukiewicz	45.54
4.	Anderson Jorge dos Santos	45.61
5.	Jun Osakada	45.71
6.	Michael McDonald	45.87
7.	Udeme Ekpeyong	46.40
8.	Jopie van Oudtshoorn	46.42
	Antonio Pettigrew	DQ

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Michael Johnson	45.10
2.	Tomasz Czubak	45.27
3.	Ibrahima Wade	45.53
4.	Danny McFarlane	45.54
5.	Sunday Bada	45.69
6.	David Canal	46.21
7.	Sugath Tillakeratne	46.40
8.	Shane Niemi	46.57

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Alejandro Cárdenas	44.97
2.	Mark Richardson	44.98
3.	Kennedy Ochieng	45.13
4.	Robert Maćkowiak	45.23
5.	Arnaud Malherbe	45.77
6.	Marc Foucan	45.78
	Jerome Young	DQ
	Eric Milazar	DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Sanderlei Claro Parrela	44.72
2.	Gregory Haughton	45.13
3.	Jerome Davis	45.14
4.	Matija Šestak	45.43
5.	Clement Chukwu	45.50
6.	Ibrahim Ismail Muftah	46.04
7.	Phillip Mukomana	46.36
8.	Masayoshi Kan	46.37

Heats

Held on Saturday 21 August 1999

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Tomasz Czubak	45.13
2.	Jerome Davis	45.25
3.	Mark Richardson	45.26
4.	Matija Šestak	45.47
5.	Clement Chukwu	45.95
6.	Kenji Tabata	46.42
7.	Adriaan Botha	46.44
8.	Carlos Santa	46.80

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Alejandro Cárdenas	45.34
2.	Michael Johnson	45.35
3.	Phillip Mukomana	45.63
4.	Eric Milazar	45.90
5.	Kennedy Ochieng	46.13
6.	Solomon Wariso	46.61
7.	Evripides Demosthenous	46.72
8.	Paul McBurney	46.87

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Michael McDonald	45.13
2.	Sugath Tillakeratne	45.73
3.	Ibrahim Ismail Muftah	45.94
4.	Udeme Ekpeyong	46.25
5.	Shane Niemi	46.33
6.	Dmitriy Golovastov	46.53
7.	Bothwell Namuswa	48.10
	Antonio Pettigrew	DQ

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Sanderlei Claro Parrela	45.15
2.	David Canal	45.36
3.	Robert Maćkowiak	45.51
4.	Arnaud Malherbe	45.56
5.	Danny McFarlane	45.58
6.	Sunday Bada	45.61
7.	Masayoshi Kan	46.20
	Benjamin Youla	DNS

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Jamie Baulch	45.51
2.	Ibrahima Wade	45.76
3.	Piotr Rysiukiewicz	46.12
4.	Anastasios Goussis	46.60
5.	Marcel Lopuchovsky	46.97
6.	Abednego Matilu	47.42
	Neil de Silva	DQ
	Jerome Young	DQ

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	Anderson Jorge dos Santos	45.72
2.	Gregory Haughton	45.87
3.	Jun Osakada	45.94
4.	Jopie van Oudtshoorn	45.98
5.	Marc Foucan	46.13
6.	Matthias Rusterholz	46.43
7.	Alleyne Francique	47.49
8.	Rashid Chouhal	48.32

References

The 7th IAAF World Championships in athletics 1999. Result. iaaf.org

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