Alison dos Santos set the new men's 400m hurdles records for both South America and the World Athletics Championships as the Brazilian eased to the gold medal in 46.29 seconds on Tuesday (19 July 2022).
The Olympic bronze medallist beat out Americans Rai Benjamin and Trevor Bassitt as world record holder and Olympic champion Karsten Warholm faded hard after a quick start.
There was also a shock result in the men's 1500m as Great Britain's Jake Wightman, entering the race as the second-fastest man in the distance this year, sprinted away from favourite Jakob Ingebrigtsen to win gold.
Slovenia's Kristjan Ceh re-wrote the Championship record en route to winning gold in the men's discus, while Australia claimed their first gold of the Championships through Eleanor Patterson in the women's high jump.
Find results from the day's four finals below.
Women's high jump results – Patterson equals area record to win gold
Top 8 finishers:
- Eleanor Patterson (AUS), 2.02, equal Oceanian record, gold medallist, world champion
- Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR), 2.02, silver medallist
- Elena Vallortigara (ITA), 2.00, bronze medallist
- Iryna Gerashchenko (UKR), 2.00
- Nicola Olyslagers (AUS) and Safina Sadullayeva (UZB), 1.96 (tied)
- Tie for fifth
- Karmen Bruus (EST), 1.96
- Nadezhda Dubovitskaya (KAZ), 1.96
Men's discus throw results – Ceh breaks Championship record en route to title
Top 8 finishers:
- Kristjan Ceh (SLO), 71.13, Championship record, gold medallist, world champion
- Mykolas Alekna (LTU), 69.27, silver medallist
- Andrius Gudzius (LTU), 67.55, bronze medallist
- Daniel Ståhl (SWE), 67.10
- Simon Pettersson (SWE), 67.00
- Matthew Denny (AUS), 66.47
- Alin Alexandru Firfirica (ROU), 65.57
- Alex Rose (SAM), 65.57
Men's 1500m results – Wightman shocks favourite Ingebrigtsen
Top 8 finishers:
- Jake Wightman (GBR), 3:29.23, world lead, gold medallist, world champion
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR), 3:29.47, silver medallist
- Mohamed Katir (ESP), 3:29.90, bronze medallist
- Mario García (ESP), 3:30.20
- Josh Kerr (GBR), 3:30.60
- Timothy Cheruiyot (KEN), 3:30.69
- Abel Kipsang (KEN), 3:31.21
- Teddese Lemi (ETH), 3:32.98
Men's 400m hurdles results – Dos Santos wins gold from American 2-3 as Warholm fades
Final results:
- Alison Dos Santos (BRA), 46.29, Championship record, South American record, world lead, gold medallist, world champion
- Rai Benjamin (USA), 46.89, silver medallist
- Trevor Bassitt (USA), 47.39, bronze medallist
- Wilfried Happio (FRA), 47.41
- Khallifah Rosser (USA), 47.88
- Jaheel Hyde (JAM), 48.03
- Karsten Warholm (NOR), 48.42
- Rasmus Mägi (EST), 48.92