2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
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The Men's 400 metres event at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10–12.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Alleyne Francique Grenada | California Molefe Botswana | Chris Brown Bahamas |
Results
Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | California Molefe | Botswana | 45.74 | Q, WL, NR |
| 2 | 1 | Dmitry Petrov |  Russia | 46.29 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Davian Clarke |  Jamaica | 46.37 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Chris Brown | Bahamas | 46.64 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Milton Campbell |  United States | 46.67 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | David McCarthy |  Ireland | 46.68 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Vladislav Frolov | Russia | 46.69 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Alleyne Francique | Grenada | 46.79 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Daniel Dąbrowski |  Poland | 46.80 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Marcin Marciniszyn | Poland | 46.88 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Carlos Santa |  Dominican Republic | 47.00 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Ruwen Faller |  Germany | 47.02 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Oleksiy Rachkovsky |  Ukraine | 47.13 | |
| 14 | 4 | Arismendy Peguero | Dominican Republic | 47.32 | PB |
| 15 | 4 | Chris Lloyd |  Dominica | 47.33 | SB |
| 16 | 1 | Santiago Ezquerro |  Spain | 47.36 | |
| 17 | 5 | David Canal | Spain | 47.38 | |
| 18 | 4 | Andrés Silva |  Uruguay | 47.50 | NR |
| 19 | 1 | David Gillick | Ireland | 47.61 | SB |
| 20 | 5 | Anderson Jorge dos Santos |  Brazil | 48.19 | |
| 21 | 2 | Valentin Bulichev |  Azerbaijan | 48.26 | |
| 22 | 3 | Isaac Yaya |  French Polynesia | 48.45 | NR |
| 23 | 4 | Brice Panel |  France | 48.52 | |
| 24 | 1 | Chon Kin Sou |  Macau | 49.95 | NR |
| 25 | 5 | Nicholas Mangham |  Palau | 54.80 | NR |
| 2 | Sanjay Ayre | Jamaica | DQ | ||
| 3 | Asad Iqbal |  Pakistan | DQ | ||
| 5 | LaShawn Merritt | United States | DQ |
Semifinals
First 3 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Alleyne Francique | Grenada | 45.86 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | California Molefe | Botswana | 46.02 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Chris Brown | Bahamas | 46.10 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Milton Campbell | United States | 46.22 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Davian Clarke | Jamaica | 46.23 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | Dmitry Petrov | Russia | 46.44 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Daniel Dąbrowski | Poland | 46.61 | |
| 8 | 1 | Ruwen Faller | Germany | 46.67 | |
| 9 | 2 | Marcin Marciniszyn | Poland | 46.97 | |
| 10 | 1 | Vladislav Frolov | Russia | 47.11 | |
| 10 | 2 | Carlos Santa | Dominican Republic | 47.11 | |
| 10 | 2 | David McCarthy | Ireland | 47.11 |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Alleyne Francique | Grenada | 45.54 | SB |
 | California Molefe | Botswana | 45.75 | |
 | Chris Brown | Bahamas | 45.78 | NR |
| 4 | Davian Clarke | Jamaica | 45.93 | SB |
| 5 | Milton Campbell | United States | 46.15 | SB |
| 6 | Dmitry Petrov | Russia | 47.33 |
References
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