2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 400 metres

Events at the 2016 World Championships
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 km 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 event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 20, 21 and 22 July.

Medalists[]

Gold	Abdalelah Haroun  Qatar
Silver	Wilbert London III  United States
Bronze	Karabo Sibanda  Botswana

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record	Steve Lewis (USA)	43.87	Seoul, South Korea	28 September 1988
Championship Record	Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi (KSA)	44.66	Santiago, Chile	20 October 2000
World Junior Leading	Baboloki Thebe (BOT)	44.22	Gaborone, Botswana	21 May 2016

Results[]

Heats[]

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 6 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	Geoffrey Kiprotich	Kenya	46.23	Q, PB
2	3	Baboloki Thebe	Botswana	46.25	Q
3	6	Karabo Sibanda	Botswana	46.34	Q
4	5	Kahmari Montgomery	United States	46.46	Q
5	4	Abdalelah Haroun	Qatar	46.51	Q
6	2	Christopher Taylor	Jamaica	46.73	Q
7	5		Canada	46.77	Q, PB
8	2		Japan	46.78	Q
9	6	Jamal Walton	Cayman Islands	46.83	Q
10	4	Sean Bailey	Jamaica	46.83	Q
11	4	Cameron Chalmers	Great Britain	46.91	Q
12	6		Mexico	46.96	Q
13	3	Luis Charles	Dominican Republic	47.09	Q
14	6		Kenya	47.11	q
15	2	Anthony Zambrano	Colombia	47.18	Q
16	2	Tymoteusz Zimny	Poland	47.20	q
17	1	Wilbert London III	United States	47.23	Q
18	2	Taha Hussein Yaseen	Iraq	47.31	q
19	3		Japan	47.32	Q
20	1	Moussa Ali Issa	Bahrain	47.39	Q
21	6	Vladimir Aceti	Italy	47.62	q
22	5		China	47.65	Q
23	2	Jochem Dobber	Netherlands	47.67	q
24	6		Croatia	47.79	q
25	1	Mo Il-hwan	South Korea	47.82
26	4		Canada	47.91
27	3	Brayan Lopez	Italy	47.92
28	1		Romania	48.01
29	5	Derrick Mokaleng	South Africa	48.04
30	4	Henri Delauze	Bahamas	48.15
31	5		Australia	48.36
32	6		Trinidad and Tobago	48.39
33	5		Switzerland	48.42
34	3		Bahamas	48.60
35	6		Swaziland	48.67
36	2		Thailand	49.30	SB
37	1		Ethiopia	49.54
38	4		Trinidad and Tobago	50.06
39	2		San Marino	50.48
	3		Poland	DNF
	1	Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel	Nigeria	DNS
	3		Ethiopia	DNS
	4		Nigeria	DNS
	5		Saudi Arabia	DNS

Semifinals[]

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	Karabo Sibanda	Botswana	45.15	Q
2	3	Geoffrey Kiprotich	Kenya	45.38	Q
3	3	Wilbert London III	United States	45.49	Q
4	2	Abdalelah Haroun	Qatar	45.55	Q
5	1	Kahmari Montgomery	United States	45.71	Q
6	1	Anthony Zambrano	Colombia	45.81	q, PB
7	1		Japan	46.41	q, PB
8	3	Cameron Chalmers	Great Britain	46.51
9	3	Christopher Taylor	Jamaica	46.60
10	1	Jamal Walton	Cayman Islands	46.61
11	2		Japan	46.69	Q
12	3		China	46.83
13	2		Mexico	47.00
14	1	Sean Bailey	Jamaica	47.09
15	3	Tymoteusz Zimny	Poland	47.14	PB
16	2	Jochem Dobber	Netherlands	47.22
17	1	Taha Hussein Yaseen	Iraq	47.26
18	2	Luis Charles	Dominican Republic	47.33
19	1	Vladimir Aceti	Italy	47.41
20	3		Canada	47.46
21	2		Kenya	47.51
22	3		Croatia	47.51	PB
	2	Baboloki Thebe	Botswana	DQ	R163.3(a)[3]
	2	Moussa Ali Issa	Bahrain	DNS

Final[]

The final

^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	6	Abdalelah Haroun	Qatar	44.81	SB
	7	Wilbert London III	United States	45.27	PB
	5	Karabo Sibanda	Botswana	45.45
4	4	Geoffrey Kiprotich	Kenya	45.64
5	8	Kahmari Montgomery	United States	46.48
6	2	Anthony Zambrano	Colombia	46.50
7	9		Japan	46.69	PB
8	3		Japan	47.15

References[]