2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

For the first time ever in a World Championship, every runner in a single preliminary heat was disqualified. It was the third heat, where first returning silver medalist Abdalelah Haroun false started himself out of the heat. #5 runner of all time^[3] Bralon Taplin won the heat, but he and the other three remaining runners Austris Karpinskis, Alonzo Russell and Steven Gayle were then disqualified for lane violations.^[4]

2012 Champion Nery Brenes also found himself disqualified after winning the fifth heat.^[5] With two place qualifiers missing, it opened the door for Juander Santos and Mikhail Litvin to take the extra time qualification positions in the semi-final round.

In the final, Óscar Husillos from lane 6 was first to the break line and took the lead with a lap to go, holding the lead to cross the finish line first in a time of 44.92. However, Husillos and Luguelín Santos were disqualified for lane violations, giving Pavel Maslák his third consecutive championship, Michael Cherry the silver, and Deon Lendore the bronze.^[6][7]

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Heats

The heats were started on 2 March at 11:20.^[8]

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Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	6	Luka Janežič	Slovenia	46.45	Q
2	6	5	Óscar Husillos	Spain	46.51	Q
3	1	5	Jakub Krzewina	Poland	46.57	Q
4	1	6	Deon Lendore	Trinidad and Tobago	46.68	Q
5	5	6	Aldrich Bailey	United States	46.77	Q
6	6	6	Pavel Maslák	Czech Republic	46.80	Q
7	5	5	Lee Thompson	Great Britain	46.81	Q
8	6	3	Luguelín Santos	Dominican Republic	46.83	q
9	6	4	Yousef Karam	Kuwait	46.86	q
10	2	5	Javon Francis	Jamaica	46.87	Q
11	2	4	Chidi Okezie	Nigeria	46.91	q
12	2	3	Asa Guevara	Trinidad and Tobago	46.92	q
13	1	3	Lucas Búa	Spain	46.96	q
14	5	4	Patrik Šorm	Czech Republic	46.99	q
15	4	5	Michael Cherry	United States	46.99	Q
16	1	4	Juander Santos	Dominican Republic	47.02	q
17	4	6	Rafał Omelko	Poland	47.13	Q
18	4	3	Mikhail Litvin	Kazakhstan	47.16	q
19	4	4	Vitalii Butrym	Ukraine	47.45
20	1	2	Michael Anthony Rasmijn	Aruba	49.20	NR
21	6	1	Davron Atabaev	Tajikistan	49.20	SB
22	2	1	Kelvin Delvin Ramírez	Nicaragua	49.88	SB
23	2	2	Tikie Terry Mael	Vanuatu	49.92	PB
24	4	2	Mohamed Naail	Maldives	49.98	NR
25	6	2	Narek Ghukasyan	Armenia	51.02	PB
	3	5	Abdalelah Haroun	Qatar	DQ	162.8[9]
	3	6	Bralon Taplin	Grenada	DQ	163.3(a)[10]
	3	2	Austris Karpinskis	Latvia	DQ	163.3(a)[10]
	3	4	Alonzo Russell	Bahamas	DQ	163.3(a)[10]
	3	3	Steven Gayle	Jamaica	DQ	163.3(a)[10]
	5	3	Nery Brenes	Costa Rica	DQ	163.3(a)[10]
	5	2	Mazen Alyasen	Saudi Arabia	DNS

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Semifinal

The semifinals were started on 2 March at 21:06.^[11]

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Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Óscar Husillos	Spain	45.69	Q
2	2	6	Michael Cherry	United States	45.73	Q
3	1	3	Luguelín Santos	Dominican Republic	46.31	Q, SB
4	3	4	Pavel Maslák	Czech Republic	46.32	Q
5	1	6	Aldrich Bailey	United States	46.33	Q
6	3	6	Deon Lendore	Trinidad and Tobago	46.33	Q
7	3	5	Luka Janežič	Slovenia	46.37
8	2	4	Rafał Omelko	Poland	46.39
9	1	5	Jakub Krzewina	Poland	46.69
10	1	4	Javon Francis	Jamaica	46.73
11	2	2	Juander Santos	Dominican Republic	46.83	PB
12	2	1	Asa Guevara	Trinidad and Tobago	46.91
13	1	2	Patrik Šorm	Czech Republic	47.04
14	2	3	Lee Thompson	Great Britain	47.14
15	1	1	Lucas Búa	Spain	47.14
16	3	1	Mikhail Litvin	Kazakhstan	47.94
17	3	2	Chidi Okezie	Nigeria	48.53
	3	3	Yousef Karam	Kuwait	DNF

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Final

The final was started on 3 March at 20:20.^[12]

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Pavel Maslák	Czech Republic	45.47	SB
	Michael Cherry	United States	45.84
	Deon Lendore	Trinidad and Tobago	46.37
4	Aldrich Bailey	United States	46.44
	Óscar Husillos	Spain	DQ	163.3(b)[13]
	Luguelín Santos	Dominican Republic	DQ	163.3(b)[14]

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