2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

2006 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	women
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 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 16, 17 and 18 August.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	United States
Silver	Saudi Arabia
Bronze	Stanislav Melnykov  Ukraine

Results[]

Final[]

18 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
		United States	50.08
		Saudi Arabia	50.34
	Stanislav Melnykov	Ukraine	50.43
4		Greece	50.70
5		Netherlands	51.08
6	Vyacheslav Sakayev	Russia	51.13
7		China	51.17
8		Kenya	51.76

Semifinals[]

17 August

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Greece	50.79	Q
2		Saudi Arabia	50.83	Q
3	Stanislav Melnykov	Ukraine	50.87	q
4		Lithuania	51.92
5		Netherlands	52.06
6		United States	53.24
7	Andreas Bube	Denmark	53.35
8		South Korea	53.74

Semifinal 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vyacheslav Sakayev	Russia	51.30	Q
2		Netherlands	51.48	Q
3		Germany	51.64
4		Saudi Arabia	51.78
5		Australia	51.91
6		Japan	52.15
7		New Zealand	53.08
		South Africa	DQ

Semifinal 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		United States	50.70	Q
2		Kenya	51.19	Q
3		China	51.57	q
4	Josef Prorok	Czech Republic	52.29
5		South Africa	52.90
6		Italy	53.27
7		Chinese Taipei	53.93
		Guatemala	DNS

Heats[]

16 August

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Netherlands	51.40	Q
2		China	51.89	Q
3		Lithuania	52.18	Q
4	Andreas Bube	Denmark	52.79	Q
5		Chinese Taipei	53.00	q
6		South Korea	53.34	q
7		Puerto Rico	54.02
	Mickaël François	France	DQ

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		United States	51.49	Q
2		Saudi Arabia	51.78	Q
3		Netherlands	52.60	Q
4		Guatemala	52.68	Q
5	Mohamed Sghaier	Tunisia	53.89
6	Leonardo Capotosti	Italy	54.02
7		Portugal	54.09

Heat 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vyacheslav Sakayev	Russia	51.86	Q
2		Saudi Arabia	52.21	Q
3		Greece	52.28	Q
4		United States	52.75	Q
5		New Zealand	52.97	q
6		Ireland	53.45
7		Spain	58.06
8		Barbados	66.23

Heat 4[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Germany	51.57	Q
2	Stanislav Melnykov	Ukraine	51.75	Q
3		Kenya	52.00	Q
4		South Africa	52.38	Q
5		Australia	52.42	q
6		Namibia	54.37
7	Aarne Nirk	Estonia	54.46
8		Malaysia	55.88

Heat 5[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		South Africa	52.28	Q
2		Japan	52.47	Q
3	Josef Prorok	Czech Republic	52.52	Q
4		Italy	53.42	Q
5		Kazakhstan	53.57
6		Spain	53.65
7		Togo	53.74
8		China	54.94

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 32 countries participated in the event.

References[]