1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21, 22 and 23 August.[1][2]

Medalists

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Gold Mubarak Al-Nubi
  Qatar
Silver Llewellyn Herbert
  South Africa
Bronze Angelo Taylor
  United States

Results

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Final

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23 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Mubarak Al-Nubi   Qatar 49.07
  Llewellyn Herbert   South Africa 49.15
  Angelo Taylor   United States 50.18
4 Kjell Provost   Belgium 51.11
5 Marcel Lopuchovský   Slovakia 51.16
6 Alexandre Marchand   Canada 51.29
7 Willie Smith   Namibia 51.83
8 Isaac Magut   Kenya 52.00

Semifinals

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22 August

Semifinal 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mubarak Al-Nubi   Qatar 50.99 Q
2 Kjell Provost   Belgium 51.15 Q
3 Alexandre Marchand   Canada 51.37 Q
4 Marcel Lopuchovský   Slovakia 51.68 Q
5 Marians Zigmunds   Latvia 51.94
6 Francesco Filisetti   Italy 52.02
7 Juan Labuschagne   South Africa 52.27
8 John McAfee   United States 53.78

Semifinal 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Llewellyn Herbert   South Africa 50.38 Q
2 Isaac Magut   Kenya 51.22 Q
3 Angelo Taylor   United States 51.43 Q
4 Willie Smith   Namibia 51.60 Q
5 Boris Gorban   Russia 52.20
6 Tan Chunhua   China 52.36
7 Andrew Laverick   Australia 53.39
8 Boris Vazovan   Slovakia 55.09

Heats

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21 August

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Llewellyn Herbert   South Africa 51.70 Q
2 Boris Vazovan   Slovakia 52.06 Q
3 Francesco Filisetti   Italy 52.11 q
4 Willie Smith   Namibia 52.14 q
5 Kurt Duncan   Jamaica 53.10
6 Lin Chin-Fu   Chinese Taipei 53.25
7 Samy Barka   France 53.32
8 Kuripitone Betham   Western Samoa 57.49

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 John McAfee   United States 52.05 Q
2 Kjell Provost   Belgium 52.16 Q
3 Filip Faems   Belgium 52.37
4 Charles Robertson-Adams   United Kingdom 52.91
5 Mark Edmond   New Zealand 53.07
6 Thomas Janota   Germany 53.81
7 Atle McAdam   Norway 53.83
8 Crespin Adanguidi   Benin 56.87

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Marcel Lopuchovský   Slovakia 52.20 Q
2 Boris Gorban   Russia 52.72 Q
3 Peter Poles   Slovenia 52.81
4 Ken Yoshizawa   Japan 53.10
5 Mark Rowlands   United Kingdom 53.63
6 Daniel Gómez   Andorra 53.77
7 Cristiano Moura   Brazil 53.87
8 Jaime Juan   Spain 53.89

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Marians Zigmunds   Latvia 51.71 Q
2 Isaac Magut   Kenya 51.76 Q
3 Tan Chunhua   China 51.90 q
4 Juan Labuschagne   South Africa 51.96 q
5 Jun Iwasaki   Japan 54.32
6 Leonid Vershinin   Belarus 54.50
7 Siong Chuin Cheong   Malaysia 54.71
8 Robson dos Santos   Brazil 57.38

Heat 5

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mubarak Al-Nubi   Qatar 51.95 Q
2 Alexandre Marchand   Canada 52.41 Q
3 Peter Bate   Australia 52.47
4 Cédric El-Idrissi    Switzerland 52.75
5 Chen Tien-Wen   Chinese Taipei 52.92
6 Mads Mikkelsen   Denmark 53.33
7 Zahr-el-Din El-Najem   Syria 55.32
8   Sri Lanka DNF

Heat 6

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Angelo Taylor   United States 51.98 Q
2 Andrew Laverick   Australia 52.14 Q
3 Alexander Mena   Colombia 52.27
4 Frank Peeters   Netherlands 52.62
5 Erick Talu   Estonia 52.84
6 Stefan Bönisch   Germany 53.06
7 Brian Liddy   Ireland 53.49
8 Francesco Sartore   Italy 54.00

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 36 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 October 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015