 Hurtault ranked ahead of Poland's Marcin Marciniszyn (46.35 seconds) in a heat led by Kevin Borlée of Belgium (45.14 seconds).He placed 31st overall out of 47 runners, and did not advance to the semi-finals after finishing 0.59 seconds slower than the slowest athlete in his heat who made the later stages.After his event Hurtault felt he could have finished in a higher position but thanked the people of Dominica for giving him their support.