McFarlane ran 48.35 for the fastest time of the first round, and then
Sánchez showed his status as favourite with a 47.93 semi, while
McFarlane (48.00) and Carter (48.18) were the other semi-final win-
ners. Kemel Thompson (JAM) ran an excellent 48.25 but was eliminat-
ed as ninth fastest, joining reigning champion Taylor and Sydney
bronze medallist Herbert.
Sánchez and Keïta started fastest in the final, and by halfway
Sánchez and Carter led the field. The American went into the lead, and
was marginally ahead as the athletes came off the final bend. Sánchez
then took over, and steadily pulled clear, winning by 4m. McFarlane
took a firm hold on second place by the ninth hurdle, while Keïta
closed impressively to move from seventh at the eighth hurdle to stride
past Carter 15m from the finish. The hapless American finished fourth
for the second time, while Sánchez’s win was the first ever for the
Dominican Republic.
Dominicana
Jamaica
France
United States
Panama
Poland
South Africa
Saudi Arabia
Russia
Portugal
Japan
Greece
Spain
Czechia
Great Britain
Kazakhstan
Mozambique
Iraq
Cuba
Mali
Belize
Switzerland
Papua New Guinea
Niger