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2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

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The men's 400 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 July.[1][2]

Medalists

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Gold Marcus Boyd
 United States
Silver Kirani James
 Grenada
Bronze O'Neal Wilder
 United States

Results

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Final

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10 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marcus Boyd  United States 45.53
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kirani James  Grenada 45.70
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) O'Neal Wilder  United States 45.76
4 Kurt Mulcahy  Australia 46.54
5 Niklas Zender  Germany 46.78
6 Daniel Harper  Canada 47.20
7 Jordan McGrath  United Kingdom 47.81
Brian Gregan  Ireland DQ IAAF rule 163.3

Semifinals

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9 July

Semifinal 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Kirani James  Grenada 46.55 Q
2 Marcus Boyd  United States 46.88 Q
3 Petr Vaněk  Czech Republic 47.22
4 Marcell Deák Nagy  Hungary 47.43
5 Jānis Leitis  Latvia 47.51
6 Awad El-Karim Makki  Sudan 48.21
7 Juan Lewis  Bahamas 48.30
8 Hideyuki Hirose  Japan 48.30
9 Akihiro Urano  Japan 48.34

Semifinal 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Niklas Zender  Germany 46.78 Q
2 Brian Gregan  Ireland 46.88 Q
3 Nigel Levine  United Kingdom 47.14
4 Zwede Hewitt  Trinidad and Tobago 47.36
5 Vladimir Krasnov  Russia 47.38
6 Silvester Kirwa Meli  Kenya 47.73
7 Pétros Kiriakídis  Greece 48.03
8 Ismail Al-Sabani  Saudi Arabia 48.04

Semifinal 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 O'Neal Wilder  United States 46.08 Q
2 Kurt Mulcahy  Australia 46.56 Q
3 Daniel Harper  Canada 46.81 q
4 Jordan McGrath  United Kingdom 47.13 q
5 Rondell Bartholomew  Grenada 47.60
6 Juan Carlos Vega  Puerto Rico 47.94
7 Mauritz Kåshagen  Norway 48.22
8 Curtis Kock  Netherlands Antilles 48.36

Heats

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8 July

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Niklas Zender  Germany 47.34 Q
2 Juan Lewis  Bahamas 47.78 Q
3 Marcell Deák Nagy  Hungary 47.85 Q
4 Arkadiusz Wojno  Poland 48.17
5 Bacar Jannot  Comoros 48.38
6 Alejandro Guerrero  Spain 49.20
7 Alessandro Pedrazzoli  Italy 50.80
Victor Isaiah  Nigeria DQ IAAF rule 163.3

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hideyuki Hirose  Japan 47.86 Q
2 Jānis Leitis  Latvia 47.95 Q
3 Pétros Kiriakídis  Greece 48.24 Q
4 Darnell Greig  Trinidad and Tobago 48.42
5 Yonas Al-Hosah  Saudi Arabia 48.47
6 Roman Starukh  Ukraine 48.90
7 Juraj Mokráš  Slovakia 49.29
8 Noah Akwu  Nigeria 49.45

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 O'Neal Wilder  United States 46.82 Q
2 Juan Carlos Vega  Puerto Rico 48.03 Q
3 Curtis Kock  Netherlands Antilles 48.21 Q
4 Kevin Williams  Jamaica 48.42
5 Denys Teslenko  Ukraine 48.49
6 Marc Orozco  Spain 48.61
7 Tom Chouquet  France 49.06
8 Marvin Augustine  Dominica 52.08
9 Peter Semper  Montserrat 54.87

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Kirani James  Grenada 46.53 Q
2 Daniel Harper  Canada 47.18 Q
3 Jordan McGrath  United Kingdom 47.38 Q
4 Vladimir Krasnov  Russia 47.73 q
5 Domenico Fontana  Italy 47.99
6 Pascal Nabow  Germany 48.06
7 La'Sean Pickstock  Bahamas 48.54
8 Akino Ming  Jamaica 49.08

Heat 5

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Brian Gregan  Ireland 47.32 Q
2 Silvester Kirwa Meli  Kenya 47.34 Q
3 Ismail Al-Sabani  Saudi Arabia 47.39 Q
4 Petr Vaněk  Czech Republic 47.78 q
5 Jakub Krzewina  Poland 47.97
6 Rasmus Olsen  Denmark 48.46
7 Hafidhou Attoumani  France 48.56
8 Fadi Ba-Hafs  Yemen 51.53

Heat 6

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Marcus Boyd  United States 47.56 Q
2 Rondell Bartholomew  Grenada 47.85 Q
3 Awad El-Karim Makki  Sudan 47.93 Q
4 Erik Voncina  Slovenia 48.20
5 Zoltán Kovács  Hungary 48.25
6 Endrik Zilberstein  Georgia 48.58
7 José Antonio Flores  Mexico 49.36
8 Isoa Me  Fiji 49.40
9 Wong Man Hou  Macau 54.57

Heat 7

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Kurt Mulcahy  Australia 47.35 Q
2 Nigel Levine  United Kingdom 47.38 Q
3 Zwede Hewitt  Trinidad and Tobago 47.45 Q
4 Mauritz Kåshagen  Norway 47.75 q
5 Bereket Desta  Ethiopia 47.80
6 Akihiro Urano  Japan 48.07
7 Arnaud Froidmont  Belgium 48.47
8 Fabian Norgrove  Barbados 49.10

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 58 athletes from 42 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015