2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
# 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9–11.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Daniel Caines Great Britain | Milton Campbell United States | Danny McFarlane Jamaica |

## Results

### Heats

The first two of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Daniel Caines | Great Britain | 46.65 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Mark Hylton | Great Britain | 46.79 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Jimisola Laursen | Sweden | 46.82 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | David Canal | Spain | 46.85 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Danny McFarlane | Jamaica | 46.90 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 1 | Boris Gorban | Russia | 46.91 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Sunday Bada | Nigeria | 46.91 | q |
| 8 | 4 | Sofiane Labidi | Tunisia | 46.93 | Q, NR |
| 9 | 4 | James Davis | United States | 47.01 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Andrey Semyonov | Russia | 47.01 | |
| 11 | 3 | Félix Sánchez | Dominican Republic | 47.02 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | Milton Campbell | United States | 47.09 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Piotr Rysiukiewicz | Poland | 47.19 | |
| 14 | 5 | Davian Clarke | Jamaica | 47.20 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Robert Maćkowiak | Poland | 47.24 | |
| 16 | 2 | Sanderlei Claro Parrela | Brazil | 47.53 | |
| 17 | 4 | Alain Rohr | Switzerland | 47.62 | |
| 18 | 5 | Troy McIntosh | Bahamas | 47.66 | |
| 19 | 5 | Stilianos Dimotsios | Greece | 47.71 | |
| 20 | 2 | Shane Niemi | Canada | 47.80 | |
| 21 | 3 | Rohan Pradeep Kumara | Sri Lanka | 48.02 | |
| 22 | 3 | Jude Monye | Nigeria | 48.05 | |
| 23 | 3 | Jun Osakada | Japan | 48.13 | |
| 24 | 1 | Carlos Silva | Portugal | 48.45 | |
| 25 | 5 | Dmitriy Chumichkin | Azerbaijan | 48.52 | |
| 26 | 1 | Sugath Tillakeratne | Sri Lanka | 48.82 | |
| 27 | 1 | Marcelo Figueroa | El Salvador | 49.35 | |
| 28 | 5 | Bilal Khalid | Bahrain | 49.61 | |
| | 4 | Bothwell Machihulu | Zambia | DQ | |

### Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Daniel Caines | Great Britain | 46.43 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Danny McFarlane | Jamaica | 46.68 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Milton Campbell | United States | 46.69 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Mark Hylton | Great Britain | 46.87 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | James Davis | United States | 46.90 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | David Canal | Spain | 47.08 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Davian Clarke | Jamaica | 47.17 | |
| 8 | 2 | Félix Sánchez | Dominican Republic | 47.29 | |
| 9 | 2 | Boris Gorban | Russia | 47.48 | |
| 10 | 1 | Sunday Bada | Nigeria | 48.14 | |
| 11 | 2 | Jimisola Laursen | Sweden | 48.17 | |
| | 1 | Sofiane Labidi | Tunisia | DQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Daniel Caines | Great Britain | 46.40 |
| | Milton Campbell | United States | 46.45 |
| | Danny McFarlane | Jamaica | 46.74 |
| 4 | David Canal | Spain | 46.99 |
| 5 | Mark Hylton | Great Britain | 47.03 |
| | James Davis | United States | DNF |
