2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 11–13 July.[1][2][3]

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
Eric Futch
  United States
Takahiro Matsumoto
  Japan
Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh
  Saudi Arabia

Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record   Danny Harris (USA) 48.02 Los Angeles, United States 17 June 1984
Championship Record   Kerron Clement (USA) 48.51 Grosseto, Italy 16 July 2004
World Junior Leading   Felix Franz (GER) 50.48 Regensburg, Germany 2 June 2012
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
World Junior Leading   Eric Futch (USA) 50.24 Barcelona, Spain 13 July 2012

Results edit

Heats edit

Qualification: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest times (q) qualified

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 7 3 Gregory Coleman   United States 50.95 Q, PB
2 1 5 Mitja Lindic   Slovenia 51.16 Q, PB
3 4 9 Takahiro Matsumoto   Japan 51.26 Q, SB
4 3 5 Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh   Saudi Arabia 51.36 Q
5 4 4 Javarn Gallimore   Jamaica 51.40 Q
6 7 9 Shavon Barnes   Jamaica 51.52 Q
7 1 6 Oskari Mörö   Finland 51.65 Q
8 6 9 Shota Madokoro   Japan 51.67 Q
9 3 9 Riadh Sayeh   Tunisia 51.68 Q, PB
10 1 3 Felix Franz   Germany 51.78 Q
11 5 6 Eric Futch   United States 51.82 Q
12 7 8 Max Scheible   Germany 51.82 Q, SB
13 6 6 Gamal Abdelnasir Abubaker   Qatar 51.93 Q, PB
14 3 4 Durgesh Kumar   India 51.99 Q
15 2 8 Brandon Benjamin   Trinidad and Tobago 52.01 Q
16 3 6 Máté Koroknai   Hungary 52.16 q, SB
17 6 3 José Fernando Martínez   Mexico 52.21 Q
18 2 9 Timofey Chalyy   Russia 52.27 Q
19 5 8 Kion Joseph   Barbados 52.29 Q
20 5 7 Francis Wanguo Mutunga   Kenya 52.31 Q
21 6 4 Marius Bakken Støle   Norway 52.37 q
22 5 9 Ben Kiely   Ireland 52.39 q, PB
23 1 8 Wesley Diego Martins   Brazil 52.41
24 2 2 Thomas Kain   Austria 52.42 Q
25 4 8 William Mbevi Mutunga   Kenya 52.44 Q
26 1 7 Tramaine Maloney   Barbados 52.56
27 3 7 Oleg Mironov   Russia 52.56
28 5 5 Ioánnis Loulás   Greece 52.61
29 2 3 Joni Vainio-Kaila   Finland 52.71 PB
30 7 2 Andri Aguirre   Venezuela 52.71
31 1 9 Paolo Spezzati   Italy 52.73 PB
32 4 6 Ramfis Vega   Puerto Rico 52.77
33 7 5 Gatkuath Chol   Australia 52.78
34 4 2 Erick Armando Valverde   Mexico 52.85
35 7 6 Mustafa Ammar Shaheen   Iraq 52.94
36 2 4 Taariq Solomons   South Africa 52.95
37 7 7 Enrico Tirel   Italy 53.00 PB
38 4 5 Marcin Młynarczyk   Poland 53.06
39 3 8 Dmytro Bezpamyatnyy   Ukraine 53.11
40 3 3 Phil Simms   New Zealand 53.26
41 1 4 Ju Sang-min   South Korea 53.29
42 2 6 Markus Loftås   Norway 53.29 SB
43 6 5 Alfredo Sepúlveda   Chile 53.43
44 2 5 Gerald Drummond   Costa Rica 53.46
45 2 7 Sergio Fernández   Spain 53.50
46 5 3 Enrique González   Spain 53.74
47 4 3 Ali Khamis Khamis   Bahrain 53.90
48 7 4 Yahya Ibrahim Barnawi   Saudi Arabia 54.03 SB
49 6 8 Tamás Kovári   Hungary 54.13
50 4 7 Christopher Green   Canada 54.51
51 5 4 Alejandro Díaz   Venezuela 55.65
52 6 7 Bernardus Pretorius   South Africa 57.21

Semi-final edit

Qualification: The first 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 2 6 Javarn Gallimore   Jamaica 50.45 Q, WJL
2 1 9 Felix Franz   Germany 50.66 Q
3 1 4 Takahiro Matsumoto   Japan 50.76 Q, PB
4 3 6 Eric Futch   United States 50.77 Q
5 2 9 Timofey Chalyy   Russia 50.80 Q, PB
6 3 5 Mitja Lindic   Slovenia 50.81 Q, PB
7 1 7 Oskari Mörö   Finland 50.89 q, PB
8 1 6 Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh   Saudi Arabia 51.11 q, PB
9 2 5 Gregory Coleman   United States 51.12
10 3 7 Shota Madokoro   Japan 51.15
11 1 5 Shavon Barnes   Jamaica 51.18
12 3 4 Riadh Sayeh   Tunisia 51.36 NJ
13 3 9 Max Scheible   Germany 51.43 PB
14 3 8 Kion Joseph   Bahamas 51.51 PB
14 3 2 Thomas Kain   Austria 51.51 PB
16 1 8 Durgesh Kumar   India 51.52
17 2 3 Francis Wanguo Mutunga   Kenya 51.65
18 1 2 William Mbevi Mutunga   Kenya 51.70
19 2 7 Brandon Benjamin   Trinidad and Tobago 51.93
20 3 3 Marius Bakken Støle   Norway 52.33
21 1 3 Máté Koroknai   Hungary 52.51
22 2 8 José Fernando Martínez   Mexico 52.67
23 2 2 Ben Kiely   Ireland 53.06
2 4 Gamal Abdelnasir Abubaker   Qatar DNF

Final edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note
  6 Eric Futch   United States 50.24 WJL
  5 Takahiro Matsumoto   Japan 50.41 PB
  4 Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh   Saudi Arabia 50.47 PB
4 7 Javarn Gallimore   Jamaica 50.49
5 3 Felix Franz   Germany 50.80
6 9 Oskari Mörö   Finland 50.80 PB
7 8 Timofey Chalyy   Russia 51.17
8 2 Mitja Lindic   Slovenia 51.26

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 52 athletes from 36 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ "iaaf.org – International Association of Athletics Federations". Archived from the original on 27 July 2012.
  2. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC – 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015

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