| Final 20:40 | time | L | 200m | 400m | | 1. Antonio Pettigrew |  USA | 44.57s | 4 | 21.39s | 23.18s | | 2. Roger Black |  GBR | 44.62s | 3 | 21.15s | 23.47s | | 3. Danny Everett | USA | 44.63s | 5 | 21.53s | 23.10s | | 4. Roberto Hernandez |  CUB | 44.86s | 6 | 21.51s | 23.35s | | 5. Andrew Valmon | USA | 45.09s | 1 | 21.49s | 23.60s | | 6. Ian Morris |  TRI | 45.12s | 8 | 21.76s | 23.36s | | 7. Susumu Takano |  JPN | 45.39s | 7 | 21.41s | 23.98s | | 8. Mark Garner |  AUS | 45.47s | 2 | 21.39s | 24.08s |
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It looked as if the title would stay in Europe when Black led into the straight after passing 300m in 32.06. The two-time European Champion continued to run strongly and only the American duo of Everett and Pettigrew could stay in touch. As the Briton struggled in the last 15m, Pettigrew, the shorter of the Americans, went ahead to win by just 0.05. Black just managed to hold off the fast-finishing Everett for the silver.
“When we came off the turn I said ‘Hey, it’s time to do what I was supposed to do’,” reflected Pettigrew. “I did that and I won the race, and I thank God for that.”
There is an appalling postscript to this exciting race, because on August 10, 2010 Pettigrew was was found dead in the back seat of his car, having committed suicide after having taken an overdose of medication. Two years earlier he had admitted taking EPO between 1997 and 2003 and was stripped of three world and one Olympic relay gold medal won in that period.
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| | | First 4 from each Semi-Final advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Antonio Pettigrew | USA | 44.52s | 3 | 1. | | 2. Roberto Hernandez | CUB | 44.66s | 4 | 3. | | 3. Danny Everett | USA | 44.97s | 7 | 4. | | 4. Ian Morris | TRI | 45.00s | 6 | 5. | | 5. Seymour Fagan |  JAM | 45.34s | 2 | 7. | | 6. Ibrahim Ismail |  QAT | 45.46s | 5 | 9. | | 7. Derek Redmond | GBR | 45.67s | 1 | 12. | | 8. Benyounes Lahlou |  MAR | 45.75s | 8 | 13. |
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| Semi 2 | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Roger Black | GBR | 44.64s | 5 | 2. | | 2. Andrew Valmon | USA | 45.08s | 3 | 6. | | 3. Susumu Takano | JPN | 45.43s | 6 | 8. | | 4. Mark Garner | AUS | 45.53s | 4 | 10. | | 5. Patrick O'Connor | JAM | 45.54s | 7 | 11. | | 6. Samson Kitur |  KEN | 46.07s | 2 | 14. | | 7. Alvin Daniel | TRI | 46.23s | 1 | 15. | | 8. Olivier Noirot |  FRA | 47.13s | 8 | 16. |
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| | | First 4 from each Quarter-Final advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Quarter 1 | time | L | | 1. Roberto Hernandez | CUB | 44.71s | 4 | | 2. Susumu Takano | JPN | 44.91s | 3 | | 3. Ian Morris | TRI | 45.07s | 2 | | 4. Ibrahim Ismail | QAT | 45.37s | 5 | | 5. Jens Carlowitz |  GER | 45.68s | 6 | | 6. Dawda Jallow |  GAM | 46.21s | 8 | | 7. Simon Kipkemboi | KEN | 46.29s | 7 | | 8. Michael Joubert | AUS | 46.94s | 1 |
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| Quarter 2 | time | L | | 1. Andrew Valmon | USA | 45.41s | 2 | | 2. Seymour Fagan | JAM | 45.45s | 3 | | 3. Samson Kitur | KEN | 45.54s | 4 | | 4. Derek Redmond | GBR | 45.66s | 6 | | 5. Paul Greene | AUS | 45.97s | 1 | | 6. Lazaro Martinez | CUB | 46.12s | 5 | | 7. Tamas Molnar |  HUN | 46.47s | 7 | | -. Carlos Morales |  CHI | DNS | 8 |
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| Quarter 3 | time | L | | 1. Antonio Pettigrew | USA | 45.03s | 3 | | 2. Mark Garner | AUS | 45.08s | 6 | | 3. Roger Black | GBR | 45.39s | 4 | | 4. Patrick O'Connor | JAM | 45.56s | 7 | | 5. Patrick Delice | TRI | 45.78s | 5 | | 6. Anthony Wilson |  CAN | 47.03s | 2 | | 7. Amar Hacini |  ALG | 47.30s | 1 | | -. Cayetano Cornet |  ESP | DNS | 8 |
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| Quarter 4 | time | L | | 1. Alvin Daniel | TRI | 45.48s | 4 | | 2. Benyounes Lahlou | MAR | 45.69s | 6 | | 3. Danny Everett | USA | 45.93s | 5 | | 4. Olivier Noirot | FRA | 45.98s | 2 | | 5. Dmitriy Kliger |  URS | 46.29s | 1 | | 6. Wilson Canizales |  COL | 46.42s | 3 | | 7. Paul Sanders | GBR | 46.59s | 8 | | -. Andrea Nuti |  ITA | DQ | 7 |
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| Heat 1 | time | L | | 1. Antonio Pettigrew | USA | 45.02s | 2 | | 2. Wilson Canizales | COL | 46.23s | 7 | | 3. Patrick O'Connor | JAM | 46.30s | 6 | | 4. Paul Sanders | GBR | 46.38s | 3 | | 5. Simon Kipkemboi | KEN | 46.46s | 1 | | 6. Michael Joubert | AUS | 46.55s | 4 | | 7. Carlos Morales | CHI | 46.80s | 8 | | 8. Manuel Alves Fonseca |  STP | 54.01s | 5 |
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| Heat 2 | time | L | | 1. Susumu Takano | JPN | 46.10s | 4 | | 2. Samson Kitur | KEN | 46.19s | 5 | | 3. Lazaro Martinez | CUB | 46.25s | 3 | | 4. Tamas Molnar | HUN | 46.64s | 8 | | 5. Dmitriy Kliger | URS | 46.71s | 6 | | 6. Roberto Bortolotto |  BRA | 47.44s | 1 | | 7. Joel Otim |  UGA | 48.03s | 2 | | -. Amadou Sy Savane |  GUI | DQ | 7 |
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| Heat 3 | time | L | | 1. Alvin Daniel | TRI | 45.64s | 4 | | 2. Derek Redmond | GBR | 45.78s | 2 | | 3. Benyounes Lahlou | MAR | 45.80s | 1 | | 4. Andrew Valmon | USA | 46.16s | 5 | | 5. Andrea Nuti | ITA | 46.80s | 6 | | 6. Filipe Lomba |  POR | 47.37s | 7 | | 7. Eswort Coombs |  STV | 48.63s | 3 | | -. Tim Hesse |  GHA | DQ | 8 |
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| Heat 4 | time | L | | 1. Danny Everett | USA | 45.73s | 1 | | 2. Patrick Delice | TRI | 46.03s | 4 | | 3. Paul Greene | AUS | 46.27s | 6 | | 4. Olivier Noirot | FRA | 46.41s | 3 | | 5. Dawda Jallow | GAM | 46.66s | 2 | | 6. Anthony Wilson | CAN | 46.71s | 7 | | 7. Seibert Straughn |  BAR | 46.88s | 5 |
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| Heat 5 | time | L | | 1. Seymour Fagan | JAM | 44.88s | 7 | | 2. Jens Carlowitz | GER | 45.78s | 8 | | 3. Roger Black | GBR | 46.02s | 5 | | 4. Ian Morris | TRI | 46.16s | 1 | | 5. Amar Hacini | ALG | 46.52s | 2 | | 6. Tsvetoslav Stankulov |  BUL | 46.89s | 4 | | 7. Thabani Gonye |  ZIM | 47.61s | 3 | | 8. Henry Sweeney |  MNT | 49.81s | 6 |
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| Heat 6 | time | L | | 1. Roberto Hernandez | CUB | 45.49s | 3 | | 2. Mark Garner | AUS | 45.77s | 6 | | 3. Ibrahim Ismail | QAT | 46.20s | 2 | | 4. Cayetano Cornet | ESP | 46.54s | 1 | | 5. Jindrich Roun |  TCH | 46.86s | 5 | | 6. Charles Gitonga | KEN | 47.03s | 7 | | -. Troy Douglas |  BER | DNS | 4 |
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