2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 July.[1][2]

Medalists

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Gold Marcus Boyd
  United States
Silver Kirani James
  Grenada
Bronze O'Neal Wilder
  United States

Results

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Final

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10 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Marcus Boyd   United States 45.53
  Kirani James   Grenada 45.70
  O'Neal Wilder   United States 45.76
4 Kurt Mulcahy   Australia 46.54
5 Niklas Zender   Germany 46.78
6 Daniel Harper   Canada 47.20
7 Jordan McGrath   United Kingdom 47.81
Brian Gregan   Ireland DQ IAAF rule 163.3

Semifinals

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9 July

Semifinal 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Kirani James   Grenada 46.55 Q
2 Marcus Boyd   United States 46.88 Q
3 Petr Vaněk   Czech Republic 47.22
4 Marcell Deák Nagy   Hungary 47.43
5 Jānis Leitis   Latvia 47.51
6 Awad El-Karim Makki   Sudan 48.21
7 Juan Lewis   Bahamas 48.30
8 Hideyuki Hirose   Japan 48.30
9 Akihiro Urano   Japan 48.34

Semifinal 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Niklas Zender   Germany 46.78 Q
2 Brian Gregan   Ireland 46.88 Q
3 Nigel Levine   United Kingdom 47.14
4 Zwede Hewitt   Trinidad and Tobago 47.36
5 Vladimir Krasnov   Russia 47.38
6 Silvester Kirwa Meli   Kenya 47.73
7 Pétros Kiriakídis   Greece 48.03
8 Ismail Al-Sabani   Saudi Arabia 48.04

Semifinal 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 O'Neal Wilder   United States 46.08 Q
2 Kurt Mulcahy   Australia 46.56 Q
3 Daniel Harper   Canada 46.81 q
4 Jordan McGrath   United Kingdom 47.13 q
5 Rondell Bartholomew   Grenada 47.60
6 Juan Carlos Vega   Puerto Rico 47.94
7 Mauritz Kåshagen   Norway 48.22
8 Curtis Kock   Netherlands Antilles 48.36

Heats

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8 July

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Niklas Zender   Germany 47.34 Q
2 Juan Lewis   Bahamas 47.78 Q
3 Marcell Deák Nagy   Hungary 47.85 Q
4 Arkadiusz Wojno   Poland 48.17
5 Bacar Jannot   Comoros 48.38
6 Alejandro Guerrero   Spain 49.20
7 Alessandro Pedrazzoli   Italy 50.80
Victor Isaiah   Nigeria DQ IAAF rule 163.3

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hideyuki Hirose   Japan 47.86 Q
2 Jānis Leitis   Latvia 47.95 Q
3 Pétros Kiriakídis   Greece 48.24 Q
4 Darnell Greig   Trinidad and Tobago 48.42
5 Yonas Al-Hosah   Saudi Arabia 48.47
6 Roman Starukh   Ukraine 48.90
7 Juraj Mokráš   Slovakia 49.29
8 Noah Akwu   Nigeria 49.45

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 O'Neal Wilder   United States 46.82 Q
2 Juan Carlos Vega   Puerto Rico 48.03 Q
3 Curtis Kock   Netherlands Antilles 48.21 Q
4 Kevin Williams   Jamaica 48.42
5 Denys Teslenko   Ukraine 48.49
6 Marc Orozco   Spain 48.61
7 Tom Chouquet   France 49.06
8 Marvin Augustine   Dominica 52.08
9 Peter Semper   Montserrat 54.87

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Kirani James   Grenada 46.53 Q
2 Daniel Harper   Canada 47.18 Q
3 Jordan McGrath   United Kingdom 47.38 Q
4 Vladimir Krasnov   Russia 47.73 q
5 Domenico Fontana   Italy 47.99
6 Pascal Nabow   Germany 48.06
7 La'Sean Pickstock   Bahamas 48.54
8 Akino Ming   Jamaica 49.08

Heat 5

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Brian Gregan   Ireland 47.32 Q
2 Silvester Kirwa Meli   Kenya 47.34 Q
3 Ismail Al-Sabani   Saudi Arabia 47.39 Q
4 Petr Vaněk   Czech Republic 47.78 q
5 Jakub Krzewina   Poland 47.97
6 Rasmus Olsen   Denmark 48.46
7 Hafidhou Attoumani   France 48.56
8 Fadi Ba-Hafs   Yemen 51.53

Heat 6

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Marcus Boyd   United States 47.56 Q
2 Rondell Bartholomew   Grenada 47.85 Q
3 Awad El-Karim Makki   Sudan 47.93 Q
4 Erik Voncina   Slovenia 48.20
5 Zoltán Kovács   Hungary 48.25
6 Endrik Zilberstein   Georgia 48.58
7 José Antonio Flores   Mexico 49.36
8 Isoa Me   Fiji 49.40
9 Wong Man Hou   Macau 54.57

Heat 7

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Kurt Mulcahy   Australia 47.35 Q
2 Nigel Levine   United Kingdom 47.38 Q
3 Zwede Hewitt   Trinidad and Tobago 47.45 Q
4 Mauritz Kåshagen   Norway 47.75 q
5 Bereket Desta   Ethiopia 47.80
6 Akihiro Urano   Japan 48.07
7 Arnaud Froidmont   Belgium 48.47
8 Fabian Norgrove   Barbados 49.10

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 58 athletes from 42 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015