1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
# 1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres Hurdles event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 54 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Thursday 1995-08-10.

## Final

| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
| - | - | - |
| | Derrick Adkins (USA) | 47.98 |
| | Samuel Matete (ZAM) | 48.03 |
| | Stéphane Diagana (FRA) | 48.14 |
| 4. | Ruslan Mashchenko (RUS) | 48.83 |
| 5. | Sven Nylander (SWE) | 48.84 |
| 6. | Ken Harnden (ZIM) | 48.89 |
| 7. | Kazuhiko Yamazaki (JPN) | 49.22 |
| 8. | Eronilde de Araújo (BRA) | 49.86 |

## Semi-finals

* Held on Tuesday 1993-08-08

| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
| - | - | - |
| 1. | Derrick Adkins (USA) | 48.25 |
| 2. | Stéphane Diagana (FRA) | 48.37 |
| 3. | Ruslan Mashchenko (RUS) | 48.75 |
| 4. | Eronilde de Araújo (BRA) | 48.85 |
| 5. | Erick Keter (KEN) | 49.53 |
| 6. | José Pérez (CUB) | 50.20 |
| — | Fabrizio Mori (ITA) | DSQ |
| — | Shunji Karube (JPN) | DSQ |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
| 1. | Samuel Matete (ZAM) | 48.50 |
| 2. | Sven Nylander (SWE) | 48.53 |
| 3. | Kazuhiko Yamazaki (JPN) | 48.64 |
| 4. | Ken Harnden (ZIM) | 48.73 |
| 5. | Laurent Ottoz (ITA) | 48.94 |
| 6. | Octavius Terry (USA) | 49.49 |
| 7. | Dusán Kovács (HUN) | 49.57 |
| — | Winthrop Graham (JAM) | DSQ |

## Qualifying heats

* Held on Monday 1995-08-07

| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
| - | - | - |
| 1. | Fabrizio Mori (ITA) | 49.37 |
| 2. | Ken Harnden (ZIM) | 49.65 |
| 3. | Niklas Wallenlind (SWE) | 49.91 |
| 4. | Stephan Striezel (GER) | 51.65 |
| 5. | Juan Vallin (MEX) | 51.96 |
| 6. | Ibou Faye (SEN) | 52.20 |
| — | Oleh Tverdokhlib (UKR) | DNF |
| — | Salvador Vila (ESP) | DQ |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
| 1. | Stéphane Diagana (FRA) | 49.16 |
| 2. | Octavius Terry (USA) | 49.43 |
| 3. | Carlos Silva (POR) | 49.53 |
| 4. | Patrick Ottoz (ITA) | 49.65 |
| 5. | Iñigo Monreal (ESP) | 50.30 |
| 6. | Barnabas Kinyor (KEN) | 50.91 |
| — | Chanond Keanchan (THA) | DQ |
| RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
| 1. | Winthrop Graham (JAM) | 49.15 |
| 2. | Erick Keter (KEN) | 49.27 |
| 3. | Dusán Kovács (HUN) | 49.30 |
| 4. | Rohan Robinson (AUS) | 49.63 |
| 5. | Yoshihiko Saito (JPN) | 49.91 |
| 6. | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA) | 50.54 |
| 7. | Jean-Paul Bruwier (BEL) | 50.96 |
| — | Gary Jennings (GBR) | DQ |
| RANK | HEAT 4 | TIME |
| 1. | Laurent Ottoz (ITA) | 48.90 |
| 2. | Sven Nylander (SWE) | 49.10 |
| 3. | Miro Kocuvan (SLO) | 49.45 |
| 4. | Jozef Kucej (SVK) | 50.00 |
| 5. | Michael Kaul (GER) | 50.23 |
| 6. | Vadim Zadoynov (MDA) | 50.24 |
| 7. | Domingo Cordero (PUR) | 50.42 |
| 8. | Judex Lefou (MRI) | 51.46 |
| RANK | HEAT 5 | TIME |
| 1. | Eronilde de Araújo (BRA) | 48.84 |
| 2. | Shunji Karube (JPN) | 49.07 |
| 3. | Gennadiy Gorbenko (UKR) | 49.44 |
| 4. | Ryan Hayden (USA) | 49.77 |
| 5. | Simon Hollingsworth (AUS) | 50.66 |
| 6. | Hamadou Mbaye (SEN) | 52.13 |
| 7. | Eric Krings (GUA) | 53.78 |
| — | Petteri Pulkkinen (FIN) | DQ |
| RANK | HEAT 6 | TIME |
| 1. | Kazuhiko Yamazaki (JPN) | 48.37 |
| 2. | Samuel Matete (ZAM) | 48.45 |
| 3. | Ruslan Mashchenko (RUS) | 48.47 |
| 4. | Niklas Eriksson (SWE) | 49.33 |
| 5. | Paweł Januszewski (POL) | 49.43 |
| 6. | Oscar Pitillas (ESP) | 51.28 |
| 7. | Mohamed Amin (PAK) | 52.22 |
| 8. | Ilir Xhani (ALB) | 52.61 |
| RANK | HEAT 7 | TIME |
| 1. | Derrick Adkins (USA) | 48.86 |
| 2. | José Pérez (CUB) | 50.32 |
| 3. | Marc Dollendorf (BEL) | 50.47 |
| 4. | Jimmy Coco (FRA) | 50.80 |
| 5. | Olaf Hense (GER) | 52.35 |
| — | Gideon Biwott (KEN) | DQ |
| — | Gary Cadogan (GBR) | DQ |
