2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

2002 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 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 16, 17 and 19 July.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Louis van Zyl  South Africa
Silver	Kenneth Ferguson  United States
Bronze	Bershawn Jackson  United States

Results[]

Final[]

19 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Louis van Zyl	South Africa	48.89
	Kenneth Ferguson	United States	49.38
	Bershawn Jackson	United States	50.00
4		United Kingdom	51.14
5		Jamaica	51.23
6	Jussi Heikkilä	Finland	51.35
7		Kenya	51.40
8		China	51.42

Semifinals[]

17 July

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Bershawn Jackson	United States	50.77	Q
2		United Kingdom	51.12	Q
3	Jussi Heikkilä	Finland	51.35	q
4		Japan	52.28
5		Belarus	52.47
6		Morocco	52.73
7	Ibrahim Al-Hamaidi	Saudi Arabia	53.23
8		Germany	53.28

Semifinal 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Louis van Zyl	South Africa	51.05	Q
2		Jamaica	51.63	Q
3	Rhys Williams	United Kingdom	51.68
4		France	52.30
5		Poland	52.57
6		Kenya	52.84
7		Saudi Arabia	52.91
8		Australia	53.24

Semifinal 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kenneth Ferguson	United States	50.90	Q
2		Kenya	51.10	Q
3		China	51.23	q
4		Australia	51.78
5		Germany	53.13
6		Greece	54.41
7		Burkina Faso	55.73
		Hungary	DNF

Heats[]

16 July

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Bershawn Jackson	United States	51.29	Q
2		Australia	51.59	Q
3		Hungary	51.82	Q
4		France	52.38	Q
5	Kenji Narisako	Japan	54.10
6		India	55.66
7		Chinese Taipei	56.93

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Poland	52.31	Q
2		Belarus	52.43	Q
3		Morocco	52.45	Q
4		China	52.49	Q
5		France	53.00
6	Shane Charles	Grenada	53.49
7		Algeria	55.18

Heat 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kenneth Ferguson	United States	50.38	Q
2		Jamaica	51.74	Q
3		Germany	52.18	Q
4		Kenya	52.58	Q
5		Saudi Arabia	52.65	q
6		Japan	52.81	q
7		Iceland	53.39
8		Cyprus	54.50

Heat 4[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Louis van Zyl	South Africa	50.60	Q
2		Kenya	50.90	Q
3	Rhys Williams	United Kingdom	51.71	Q
4		Greece	53.46	Q
5	Kurt Couto	Mozambique	53.51
6		Jamaica	54.48

Heat 5[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		United Kingdom	51.68	Q
2	Jussi Heikkilä	Finland	51.96	Q
3		Australia	52.16	Q
4		Germany	52.24	Q
5	Ibrahim Al-Hamaidi	Saudi Arabia	52.61	q
6		Burkina Faso	52.97	q
7		Mexico	52.97
8	Aleksey Pogorelov	Kyrgyzstan	53.48

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 27 countries participated in the event.

References[]