1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
# 1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres Hurdles event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 49 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Thursday 1993-08-19.

## Final

| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
| - | - | - |
| | Kevin Young (USA) | 47.18 CR |
| | Samuel Matete (ZAM) | 47.60 |
| | Winthrop Graham (JAM) | 47.62 |
| 4. | Stéphane Diagana (FRA) | 47.64 |
| 5. | Erick Keter (KEN) | 48.40 |
| 6. | Oleh Tverdokhlib (UKR) | 48.72 |
| 7. | Derrick Adkins (USA) | 49.07 |
| 8. | Barnabas Kinyor (KEN) | 49.23 |

## Semi-finals

* Held on Tuesday 1993-08-17

| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
| - | - | - |
| 1. | Winthrop Graham (JAM) | 48.09 |
| 2. | Derrick Adkins (USA) | 48.51 |
| 3. | Oleh Tverdokhlib (UKR) | 48.62 |
| 4. | Barnabas Kinyor (KEN) | 49.06 |
| 5. | Sven Nylander (SWE) | 49.21 |
| 6. | Dries Vorster (RSA) | 49.52 |
| 7. | Gary Cadogan (GBR) | 49.59 |
| 8. | Hidekazu Katsuki (JPN) | 49.72 |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
| 1. | Samuel Matete (ZAM) | 48.18 |
| 2. | Erick Keter (KEN) | 48.24 |
| 3. | Fabrizio Mori (ITA) | 49.23 |
| 4. | José Pérez (CUB) | 49.34 |
| 5. | Yoshihiko Saito (JPN) | 49.43 |
| 6. | Marc Dollendorf (BEL) | 49.93 |
| 7. | Olaf Hense (GER) | 50.05 |
| 8. | Niklas Wallenlind (SWE) | 50.46 |
| RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
| 1. | Kevin Young (USA) | 47.99 |
| 2. | Stéphane Diagana (FRA) | 48.50 |
| 3. | Giorgio Frinolli (ITA) | 49.22 |
| 4. | Shunji Karube (JPN) | 49.31 |
| 5. | Rohan Robinson (AUS) | 49.36 |
| 6. | Gideon Biwott (KEN) | 49.42 |
| 7. | Domingo Cordero (PUR) | 49.62 |
| 8. | Miro Kocuvan (SLO) | 49.71 |

## Qualifying heats

* Held on Sunday 1993-08-16

| RANK | HEAT 1 — 11.30h | TIME |
| - | - | - |
| 1. | Samuel Matete (ZAM) | 48.49 |
| 2. | Domingo Cordero (PUR) | 49.55 |
| 3. | Yoshihiko Saito (JPN) | 49.69 |
| 4. | Dries Vorster (RSA) | 49.82 |
| 5. | Jean-Paul Bruwier (BEL) | 50.05 |
| 6. | Jozef Kucej (SVK) | 50.18 |
| 7. | Costas Pochanis (CYP) | 50.77 |
| RANK | HEAT 2 — 11.38h | TIME |
| 1. | Erick Keter (KEN) | 49.39 |
| 2. | Olaf Hense (GER) | 49.64 |
| 3. | Hidekazu Katsuki (JPN) | 49.72 |
| 4. | Miro Kocuvan (SLO) | 49.73 |
| 5. | Juan Vallin (MEX) | 50.90 |
| 6. | Mark Thompson (JAM) | 51.04 |
| 7. | Alex Foster (CRC) | 53.13 |
| RANK | HEAT 3 — 11.46h | TIME |
| 1. | Stéphane Diagana (FRA) | 48.90 |
| 2. | Gary Cadogan (GBR) | 49.25 |
| 3. | Rohan Robinson (AUS) | 49.49 |
| 4. | Pedro Rodrigues (POR) | 50.07 |
| 5. | Eronilde de Araujo (BRA) | 50.81 |
| 6. | Mark Jackson (CAN) | 51.15 |
| — | Jean-Claude Yekpe (BEN) | DNS |
| RANK | HEAT 4 — 11.54h | TIME |
| 1. | Derrick Adkins (USA) | 49.18 |
| 2. | Gideon Biwott (KEN) | 49.27 |
| 3. | Giorgio Frinolli (ITA) | 49.42 |
| 4. | Dusán Kovács (HUN) | 49.96 |
| 5. | Aleksey Bazarov (ISR) | 50.08 |
| 6. | Vadim Zadoynov (MDA) | 50.24 |
| 7. | Francisco Flores (HON) | 53.79 |
| RANK | HEAT 5 — 12.02h | TIME |
| 1. | José Pérez (CUB) | 49.74 |
| 2. | Oleh Tverdokhlib (UKR) | 50.06 |
| 3. | Fabrizio Mori (ITA) | 50.10 |
| 4. | David Patrick (USA) | 50.23 |
| 5. | Fadhel Khayati (TUN) | 50.60 |
| 6. | Marek Helinurm (EST) | 50.73 |
| 7. | Livingstone Roach (SKN) | 53.38 (NR) |
| RANK | HEAT 6 — 12.10h | TIME |
| 1. | Kevin Young (USA) | 49.15 |
| 2. | Barnabas Kinyor (KEN) | 49.39 |
| 3. | Shunji Karube (JPN) | 49.80 |
| 4. | Hamadou Mbaye (SEN) | 50.05 |
| 5. | Abdelhak Lahlali (MAR) | 51.19 |
| 6. | Igor Kurochkin (BLR) | 51.45 |
| 7. | Oscar Pitillas (ESP) | 52.15 |
| RANK | HEAT 7 — 12.18h | TIME |
| 1. | Winthrop Graham (JAM) | 49.30 |
| 2. | Niklas Wallenlind (SWE) | 49.68 |
| 3. | Sven Nylander (SWE) | 49.70 |
| 4. | Marc Dollendorf (BEL) | 49.90 |
| 5. | Hamed Ziad Abou (SYR) | 49.96 |
| 6. | Vesa-Pekka Pihlavisto (FIN) | 51.05 |
| 7. | Chanond Keanchan (THA) | 51.37 |
