2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 18, 19 and 21 October.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Marek Plawgo  Poland
Silver	Pieter de Villiers  South Africa
Bronze	Ockert Cilliers  South Africa

Results[]

Final[]

21 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marek Plawgo	Poland	49.23
	Pieter de Villiers	South Africa	50.52
	Ockert Cilliers	South Africa	50.58
4	Christian Duma	Germany	50.60
5	Yevgeniy Meleshenko	Kazakhstan	51.05
6		Sweden	51.48
7		France	52.26
8		Australia	54.95

Semifinals[]

19 October

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marek Plawgo	Poland	50.40	Q
2	Ockert Cilliers	South Africa	51.32	Q
3		France	51.76	Q
4		Australia	51.83	Q
5		Japan	51.94
6		Chile	52.50
7		Germany	52.57
8		Norway	52.81

Semifinal 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Pieter de Villiers	South Africa	50.21	Q
2	Yevgeniy Meleshenko	Kazakhstan	50.72	Q
3	Christian Duma	Germany	51.10	Q
4		Sweden	51.13	Q
5		Italy	51.31
6		Colombia	51.88
7		Australia	52.24
8		Brazil	55.54

Heats[]

18 October

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Christian Duma	Germany	50.86	Q
2	Pieter de Villiers	South Africa	50.90	Q
3	Yevgeniy Meleshenko	Kazakhstan	51.07	Q
4		Italy	51.93	q
5		Chile	52.34	q
6		Indonesia	53.32
7		Panama	54.73
		Brazil	DQ	IAAF rule 168.7

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Japan	51.95	Q
2	Ockert Cilliers	South Africa	51.95	Q
3		Germany	52.13	Q
4		Brazil	52.56	q
5		Spain	52.72
		United Kingdom	DQ	IAAF rule 168.7
		Belarus	DQ	IAAF rule 168.7

Heat 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marek Plawgo	Poland	51.74	Q
2		Australia	51.85	Q
3		France	52.00	Q
4		Norway	52.46	q
5		United States	53.08
6		Kenya	54.87
		Spain	DQ	IAAF rule 168.7

Heat 4[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Sweden	52.00	Q
2		Colombia	52.36	Q
3		Australia	52.44	Q
4		Japan	52.89
5		Ukraine	52.97
6		El Salvador	54.08
7		Jamaica	54.76

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

References[]