These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres Hurdles event at the 1997 IAAF World ChampionshipsinAthens, Greece. There were a total number of 51 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Monday 4 August 1997.
| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
|---|---|---|
|
 Stéphane Diagana (FRA)
|
47.70 |
|
 Llewellyn Herbert (RSA)
|
47.86 |
|
 Bryan Bronson (USA)
|
47.88 |
| 4. |  Fabrizio Mori (ITA)
|
48.05 |
| 5. |  Samuel Matete (ZAM)
|
48.11 |
| 6. |  Ruslan Mashchenko (RUS)
|
48.62 |
| 7. |  Dinsdale Morgan (JAM)
|
49.06 |
| 8. |  Jiří Mužík (CZE)
|
49.51 |
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Stéphane Diagana (FRA)
|
48.14 |
| 2. | Llewellyn Herbert (RSA)
|
48.31 |
| 3. | Samuel Matete (ZAM)
|
48.44 |
| 4. |  Mubarak Faraj Al-Nubi (QAT)
|
48.84 |
| 5. | Joey Woody (USA)
|
49.14 |
| 6. | Ian Weakley (JAM)
|
49.98 |
| 7. |  Mustapha Sdad (MAR)
|
50.78 |
| — |  Kazuhiko Yamazaki (JPN)
|
DNF |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ruslan Mashchenko (RUS)
|
48.54 |
| 2. | Dinsdale Morgan (JAM)
|
48.56 |
| 3. | Shunji Karube (JPN)
|
48.81 |
| 4. |  Paweł Januszewski (POL)
|
48.94 |
| 5. | Derrick Adkins (USA)
|
48.95 |
| 6. | Lukáš Souček (CZE)
|
49.09 |
| 7. |  Hamed Ziad Abou (AUS)
|
49.12 |
| 8. | Ashraf Saber (ITA)
|
49.36 |
| RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryan Bronson (USA)
|
47.83 |
| 2. | Fabrizio Mori (ITA)
|
48.17 |
| 3. | Jiří Mužík (CZE)
|
48.27 |
| 4. |  Dusán Kovács (HUN)
|
48.45 (NR) |
| 5. |  Ken Harnden (ZIM)
|
48.82 |
| 6. | Yoshihiko Saito (JPN)
|
49.60 |
| 7. |  Vadim Zadoynov (MDA)
|
50.07 |
| 8. | Kareem Archer (JAM)
|
50.76 |
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Llewellyn Herbert (RSA)
|
49.23 |
| 2. | Mubarak Faraj Al-Nubi (QAT)
|
49.39 |
| 3. | Ian Weakley (JAM)
|
49.52 |
| 4. |  Marc Dollendorf (BEL)
|
49.66 |
| 5. |  Tom McGuirk (IRL)
|
49.93 |
| 6. |  Niklas Eriksson (SWE)
|
50.25 |
| 7. |  Sinisa Pesa (YUG)
|
50.65 |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Fabrizio Mori (ITA)
|
48.93 |
| 2. | Lukas Soucek (CZE)
|
49.08 |
| 3. | Yoshihiko Saito (JPN)
|
49.52 |
| 4. | Jean-Paul Bruwier (BEL)
|
49.56 |
| 5. |  Gary Jennings (GBR)
|
49.84 |
| 6. | Vladislav Shiryayev (RUS)
|
49.95 |
| 7. |  Hubert Rakotombelontsoa (MAD)
|
52.29 |
| RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Samuel Matete (ZAM)
|
48.43 |
| 2. | Jiri Muzik (CZE)
|
48.56 |
| 3. | Dinsdale Morgan (JAM)
|
49.34 |
| 4. | Mustapha Sdad (MAR)
|
49.50 |
| 5. | Chris Rawlinson (GBR)
|
49.72 |
| 6. |  Nabil Selmi (ALG)
|
50.45 |
| 7. |  Abdullah Ghulum (UAE)
|
51.51 |
| — |  Ibou Faye (SEN)
|
DNF |
| RANK | HEAT 4 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shunji Karube (JPN)
|
48.63 |
| 2. | Joey Woody (USA)
|
48.89 |
| 3. | Kareem Archer (JAM)
|
49.11 |
| 4. | Ziad Abou Ahmed (AUS)
|
49.21 |
| 5. | Paweł Januszewski (POL)
|
49.29 |
| 6. |  Willie Smith (NAM)
|
51.12 |
| 7. |  Domingo Cordero (PUR)
|
52.26 |
| RANK | HEAT 5 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ruslan Mashchenko (RUS)
|
48.93 |
| 2. | Derrick Adkins (USA)
|
49.23 |
| 3. | Vadim Zadoynov (MDA)
|
49.49 |
| 4. | Laurent Ottoz (ITA)
|
49.69 |
| 5. |  Egils Tebelis (LAT)
|
50.42 |
| — |  Miro Kocuvan (SLO)
|
DNF |
| — | Pascal Maran (FRA)
|
DQ |
| RANK | HEAT 6 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Stephane Diagana (FRA)
|
49.34 |
| 2. | Ken Harnden (ZIM)
|
49.42 |
| 3. | Kazuhiko Yamazaki (JPN)
|
49.47 |
| 4. | Octavius Terry (USA)
|
49.84 |
| 5. |  Kenneth Enyeazu (NGR)
|
50.12 |
| 6. |  Cleverson da Silva (BRA)
|
50.63 |
| 7. |  Ibrahim El Hefeny (EGY)
|
50.70 |
| — |  Ilir Xhanari (ALB)
|
DNF |
| RANK | HEAT 7 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryan Bronson (USA)
|
48.84 |
| 2. | Dusan Kovacs (HUN)
|
48.99 |
| 3. | Ashraf Saber (ITA)
|
49.11 |
| 4. | Jimmy Coco (FRA)
|
49.64 |
| 5. |  Carlos Zbinden (CHI)
|
50.42 |
| 6. | Rohan Robinson (AUS)
|
51.67 |
| 7. |  Lambros Zervakos (GRE)
|
52.94 |
