Final 20:40 time L 200m 400m 1. Antonio Pettigrew USA44.57s 4 21.39s 23.18s 2. Roger Black GBR44.62s 3 21.15s 23.47s 3. Danny Everett USA44.63s 5 21.53s 23.10s 4. Roberto Hernandez CUB44.86s 6 21.51s 23.35s 5. Andrew Valmon USA45.09s 1 21.49s 23.60s 6. Ian Morris TRI45.12s 8 21.76s 23.36s 7. Susumu Takano JPN45.39s 7 21.41s 23.98s 8. Mark Garner AUS45.47s 2 21.39s 24.08s
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.
First 4 from each Semi-Final advanced to Final.
Semi 1 time L Rk. 1. Antonio Pettigrew USA44.52s 3 1. 2. Roberto Hernandez CUB44.66s 4 3. 3. Danny Everett USA44.97s 7 4. 4. Ian Morris TRI45.00s 6 5. 5. Seymour Fagan JAM45.34s 2 7. 6. Ibrahim Ismail QAT45.46s 5 9. 7. Derek Redmond GBR45.67s 1 12. 8. Benyounes Lahlou MAR45.75s 8 13.
Semi 2 time L Rk. 1. Roger Black GBR44.64s 5 2. 2. Andrew Valmon USA45.08s 3 6. 3. Susumu Takano JPN45.43s 6 8. 4. Mark Garner AUS45.53s 4 10. 5. Patrick O'Connor JAM45.54s 7 11. 6. Samson Kitur KEN46.07s 2 14. 7. Alvin Daniel TRI46.23s 1 15. 8. Olivier Noirot FRA47.13s 8 16.
First 4 from each Quarter-Final advanced to Semi-Finals .
Quarter 1 time L 1. Roberto Hernandez CUB44.71s 4 2. Susumu Takano JPN44.91s 3 3. Ian Morris TRI45.07s 2 4. Ibrahim Ismail QAT45.37s 5 5. Jens Carlowitz GER45.68s 6 6. Dawda Jallow GAM46.21s 8 7. Simon Kipkemboi KEN46.29s 7 8. Michael Joubert AUS46.94s 1
Quarter 2 time L 1. Andrew Valmon USA45.41s 2 2. Seymour Fagan JAM45.45s 3 3. Samson Kitur KEN45.54s 4 4. Derek Redmond GBR45.66s 6 5. Paul Greene AUS45.97s 1 6. Lazaro Martinez CUB46.12s 5 7. Tamas Molnar HUN46.47s 7 -. Carlos Morales CHIDNS 8
Quarter 3 time L 1. Antonio Pettigrew USA45.03s 3 2. Mark Garner AUS45.08s 6 3. Roger Black GBR45.39s 4 4. Patrick O'Connor JAM45.56s 7 5. Patrick Delice TRI45.78s 5 6. Anthony Wilson CAN47.03s 2 7. Amar Hacini ALG47.30s 1 -. Cayetano Cornet ESPDNS 8
Quarter 4 time L 1. Alvin Daniel TRI45.48s 4 2. Benyounes Lahlou MAR45.69s 6 3. Danny Everett USA45.93s 5 4. Olivier Noirot FRA45.98s 2 5. Dmitriy Kliger URS46.29s 1 6. Wilson Canizales COL46.42s 3 7. Paul Sanders GBR46.59s 8 -. Andrea Nuti ITADQ 7
Heat 1 time L 1. Antonio Pettigrew USA45.02s 2 2. Wilson Canizales COL46.23s 7 3. Patrick O'Connor JAM46.30s 6 4. Paul Sanders GBR46.38s 3 5. Simon Kipkemboi KEN46.46s 1 6. Michael Joubert AUS46.55s 4 7. Carlos Morales CHI46.80s 8 8. Manuel Alves Fonseca STP54.01s 5
Heat 2 time L 1. Susumu Takano JPN46.10s 4 2. Samson Kitur KEN46.19s 5 3. Lazaro Martinez CUB46.25s 3 4. Tamas Molnar HUN46.64s 8 5. Dmitriy Kliger URS46.71s 6 6. Roberto Bortolotto BRA47.44s 1 7. Joel Otim UGA48.03s 2 -. Amadou Sy Savane GUIDQ 7
Heat 3 time L 1. Alvin Daniel TRI45.64s 4 2. Derek Redmond GBR45.78s 2 3. Benyounes Lahlou MAR45.80s 1 4. Andrew Valmon USA46.16s 5 5. Andrea Nuti ITA46.80s 6 6. Filipe Lomba POR47.37s 7 7. Eswort Coombs STV48.63s 3 -. Tim Hesse GHADQ 8
Heat 4 time L 1. Danny Everett USA45.73s 1 2. Patrick Delice TRI46.03s 4 3. Paul Greene AUS46.27s 6 4. Olivier Noirot FRA46.41s 3 5. Dawda Jallow GAM46.66s 2 6. Anthony Wilson CAN46.71s 7 7. Seibert Straughn BAR46.88s 5
Heat 5 time L 1. Seymour Fagan JAM44.88s 7 2. Jens Carlowitz GER45.78s 8 3. Roger Black GBR46.02s 5 4. Ian Morris TRI46.16s 1 5. Amar Hacini ALG46.52s 2 6. Tsvetoslav Stankulov BUL46.89s 4 7. Thabani Gonye ZIM47.61s 3 8. Henry Sweeney MNT49.81s 6
Heat 6 time L 1. Roberto Hernandez CUB45.49s 3 2. Mark Garner AUS45.77s 6 3. Ibrahim Ismail QAT46.20s 2 4. Cayetano Cornet ESP46.54s 1 5. Jindrich Roun TCH46.86s 5 6. Charles Gitonga KEN47.03s 7 -. Troy Douglas BERDNS 4
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