2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 400 metres

Boy's 400 metres
at the World Youth Championships
Boy's 400 metres ; at the World Youth Championships
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Dates	15-17 July 2015
Winning time	45.27
Medalists
	← 2013

The Boys' 400 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 15-17 July.

Christopher Taylor of Jamaica won the event. His time of 45.27 seconds was a world age-15 best.^[1]

Records[edit]

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best	Obea Moore (USA)	45.14	Santiago de Chile, Chile	2 September 1995
Championship Record	Kirani James (GRN)	45.24	Bressanone, Italy	10 July 2009
World Youth Leading^[2]	Christopher Taylor (USA)	45.55	Kingston, Jamaica	13 June 2015

Results[edit]

Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest qualified beyond the first round.^[3]

Round 1[edit]

Men's 400m Round 1
Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Heat
1	Josephus Lyles	United States	46.26	6
2	Anthony Zambrano	Colombia	46.27	2
3	Christopher Taylor	Jamaica	46.30	2
4	Loïc Prévot	France	46.67	6
5	Keshun Reed	United States	46.98	5
6	Chandan Bauri	India	47.15	5
7	Louis Stenmark	Australia	47.17	4
8	Manato Sasaki	Japan	47.27	2
9	Jamal Walton	Cayman Islands	47.35	3
10	Karabo Sibanda	Botswana	47.46	1
11	Edwin Ngeeti	Kenya	47.47	5
12	Marvin Schlegel	Germany	47.57	3
13	Haoran Xu	China	47.59	5
14	Ryota Kitahara	Japan	47.69	3
15	Josphat Kipngetich Ngeno	Kenya	47.72	6
16	Roger Ordaz	Mexico	47.74	2
17	Edgar Ramírez Ríos [de]	Mexico	47.88	5
18	Vladimir Aceti	Italy	47.95	6
19	Wu Yuang	China	48.02	1
20	Florian Colon Marti	Germany	48.07	5
21	Tymoteusz Zimny	Poland	48.09	2
22	Miquel Shepper	Suriname	48.30	1
23	Anthony Carpenter [es]	Jamaica	48.31	1
24	Bayraktar Berkay Çalik	Turkey	48.38	2
25	Nathan Friginette	Canada	48.38	3
26	André Nikolas Marich	South Africa	48.41	4
27	Anej Zupanc	Slovenia	48.44	4
28	Florin Paul Gaspar	Romania	48.45	5
29	Dlamini Ndzingeko	Swaziland	48.54	2
30	Manuel Guijarro	Spain	48.54	4
31	Austris Karpinskis	Latvia	48.54	6
32	Rudi Romario Pretorius	Namibia	48.55	6
33	Petar Melnjak	Croatia	48.59	1
34	Taha Hussein Yaseen	Iraq	48.59	3
35	Nico Garea	Austria	48.59	5
36	Kagiso Moyuthu	Botswana	48.72	4
37	Michail Pappas [de]	Greece	48.85	1
38	Andres Guillermo Hernandez	Colombia	49.02	1
39	Rodney Griffin	U.S. Virgin Islands	49.09	3
40	Ciprian Daroczi	Romania	49.12	6
41	Álvaro Sierra	Spain	49.30	2
42	Kristjan Joosep	Estonia	49.34	4
43	Michaiah Robinson	Bermuda	49.49	3
44	Michael Aono	Canada	50.18	4
45	Wai Un Lou	Macau	51.75	6
46	Sebastian Acuna [de]	Ecuador	52.01	1
	Cristopher Melenciano	Dominican Republic	DQ	3
	Luis Charles	Dominican Republic	DQ	4

Semifinal[edit]

Men's 400m Semifinal
Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Heat
1	Christopher Taylor	Jamaica	45.30	1
2	Josephus Lyles	United States	45.93	1
3	Karabo Sibanda	Botswana	46.53	1
4	Anthony Zambrano	Colombia	46.76	3
5	Keshun Reed	United States	46.77	2
6	Louis Stenmark	Australia	46.78	2
7	Manato Sasaki	Japan	46.85	1
8	Jamal Walton	Cayman Islands	46.97	3
9	Loïc Prévot	France	47.03	3
10	Chandan Bauri	India	47.41	2
11	Haoran Xu	China	47.44	1
12	Tymoteusz Zimny	Poland	47.53	1
13	Ryota Kitahara	Japan	47.85	2
14	Marvin Schlegel	Germany	47.92	2
15	Wu Yuang	China	48.11	3
16	André Nikolas Marich	South Africa	48.34	1
17	Vladimir Aceti	Italy	48.59	2
18	Roger Ordaz	Mexico	48.59	3
19	Florian Colon Marti	Germany	48.84	3
20	Edgar Ramírez Ríos [de]	Mexico	49.01	2
21	Edwin Ngeeti	Kenya	49.26	3
22	Josphat Kipngetich Ngeno	Kenya	49.86	2
23	Anej Zupanc	Slovenia	49.93	1
	Miquel Shepper	Suriname	DQ	3

Final[edit]

Men's 400m
Place	Athlete	Country	Time
	Christopher Taylor	Jamaica	45.27
	Josephus Lyles	United States	45.46
	Keshun Reed	United States	45.96
4	Jamal Walton	Cayman Islands	45.99
5	Karabo Sibanda	Botswana	46.03
6	Louis Stenmark	Australia	46.29
7	Anthony Zambrano	Colombia	46.57
8	Manato Sasaki	Japan	47.54