Isaac Makwala pictured above winning his semi-final of the 400m in 44.33 and as the
fourth fastest qualified for the final. He was the fastest runner in the heat
with 44.55. Alas, he did not start the final because he was unwell.
London Olympic Stadium, England.
Final men's 400 metres. 2017 World Athletics Championship.
| 1. |
VAN NIEKERK
|
Wayde |
South Africa (RSA) |
43.98 |
|
| 2. |
GARDINER |
Steven |
Bahamas (BAH) |
44.41 |
|
| 3. |
HAROUN |
Abdalelah
|
Qatar (QAT) |
44.48 |
SB |
| 4. |
THEBE |
Baboloki
|
Botswana (BOT) |
44.66 |
|
| 5. |
ALLEN |
Nathon
|
Jamaica (JAM) |
44.88 |
|
| 6. |
GAYE |
Demish
|
Jamaica (JAM) |
45.04 |
|
| 7. |
KERLEY |
Fred |
United States (USA) |
45.23 |
|
| 8. |
MAKWALA |
Isaac |
Botswana (BOT) |
DNS |
|
Men's 200 metres Final. 2017 World Championships. London.
August 10th 2017.
| 1. |
GULIYEV |
Ramil |
Turkey (TUR) |
20.09
|
|
| 2. |
van NIEKERK
|
Wayde |
South Africa (RSA)
|
20.11
|
|
| 3. |
RICHARDS |
Jereem |
Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)
|
20.11 |
|
| 4. |
MITCHELL-BLAKE |
Nethaneel |
Great Britain (GBR)
|
20.24 |
|
| 5. |
WEBB |
Ameer |
United States (USA) |
20.26
|
|
| 6. |
MAKWALA |
Isaac |
Botswana (BOT)
|
20.44
|
|
| 7. |
SANI BROWN |
Abdul Hakim |
Japan (JPN)
|
20.63
|
|
| 8. |
YOUNG |
Isiah |
United States (USA) |
20.64
|
|
Issac had to run a solo time trial to qualify for the semi finals, which he covered
in 20.20 seconds, after his was 'banned' from the heats because he was suffering from norovirus.
He was unwell but did not have the virus. After his solo run he did several press-ups to indicate
he was far from unwell !
And then that evening ran his semi final in which he finished second ! Covid had yet to arrive.
On July 14th. 2017, Isaac Makwala became the first man in history to run a 200m under 20 seconds
and a sub 44 seconds 400 metres on the same day. He clocked 43.92 in the 400m and then 19.77,
in the 200m, 2 hours and 20 minutes later, at the Meeting de Atletismo Madrid.
2020 Olympic Games. Tokyo. (ran in 2021 > Covid)
Final men's 400m.
1.
|
Steven Gardiner |
Bahamas
|
43.85 |
SB
|
|
| 2. |
Anthony Zambrano
|
Colombia |
44.08 |
|
43.93 semi AR
|
3.
|
Kirani James |
Grenada |
44.19 |
|
43.88 in semi
|
| 4. |
Michael Cherry
|
United States
|
44.21
|
PB
|
|
| 5. |
Michael Norman
|
United States
|
44.31
|
|
|
| 6. |
Christopher Taylor
|
Jamaica
|
44.79
|
PB
|
|
| 7. |
Isaac Makwala
|
Botswana
|
44.94
|
|
|
| 8. |
Liemarvin Bonevacia
|
Netherlands
|
45.07
|
|
44.62 in semi NR
|
2020 Olympic Games. Tokyo.
Men's 4x400m final
| 1. |
United States
|
Michael Cherry, Michael Norman,
Bryce Deadmon, Rai Benjamin |
2:55.70
|
SB |
|
| 2. |
Netherlands |
Liemarvin Bonevacia, Terrence Agard,
Tony van Diepen, Ramsey Angela |
2:57.18
|
NR
|
|
| 3. |
Botswana |
Isaac Makwala, Baboloki Thebe,
Zibane Ngozi, Bayapo Ndor |
2:57.27 |
AR |
|
| 3. |
Belgium
|
Alexander Doom, Jonathan Sacoor,
Dylan Borlée, Kevin Borlée
|
2:57.88
|
NR |
|