2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 400 metres

The Boys' 400 metres at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 12–14 July.

Boy's 400 metres
at the World U18 Championships
VenueMoi International Sports Centre
Dates12–14 July 2017
Winning time46.59
Medalists
gold medal    Jamaica
silver medal    Guyana
bronze medal    Turks and Caicos Islands
← 2015

Records edit

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best   Obea Moore (USA) 45.14 Santiago de Chile, Chile 2 September 1995
Championship Record   Kirani James (GRN) 45.24 Bressanone, Italy 10 July 2009
World Youth Leading   Tyrese Cooper (USA) 45.38 Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States 3 June 2017

Heats edit

Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest qualified.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Anthony Cox   Jamaica
1 2 Thiran Kalavitigoda Pathirannahalage   Sri Lanka
1 3 Gregor Grahovac   Slovenia
1 4 Correy Sherrod   Bahamas
1 5 Xu Bo   China
1 6 Patrice Remanoro   Madagascar
1 7 Ali Soleymani   Iran
1 8 Mohammad Jahir Rayhan   Bangladesh
2 2 Daniel Williams   Guyana
2 3 Elvin Josué Canales   Honduras
2 4 Thiruben Thana Rajan   Singapore
2 5 Melkamu Assefa   Ethiopia
2 6 Eric Layeng   Uganda
2 7 José Álvarez   Venezuela
2 8 Antonio Grant   Panama
3 1 Reuben Nichols   Saint Lucia
3 2 Musa Isah   Bahrain
3 3 Manish Manish   India
3 4 Kelvin Sawe Tauta   Kenya
3 5 Elián Larregina   Argentina
3 6 Mohamed Naail   Maldives
3 7 Yaroslav Demchenko   Ukraine
3 8 Nsikak Francis Okon   Nigeria
4 1 Yaroslav Holub   Ukraine
4 2 Deng Hantao   China
4 3 Mohammad Reza Dehghani   Iran
4 4 Alexandru Vlad   Romania
4 5 Antonio Watson   Jamaica
4 6 David Sanayek   Kenya
4 7 Ivan Danny Geldenhuis   Namibia
4 8 Akshay Nain   India
5 2 Tyrell Simms   Bahamas
5 3 Emmanuel Goni   Uganda
5 4 Bruno Benedito da Silva   Brazil
5 5 Diego Camacho   Venezuela
5 6 Kennedy Luchembe   Zambia
5 7 Bernard Olesitse   Botswana
5 8 Colby Jennings   Turks and Caicos Islands

Semifinals edit

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1 Colby Jennings   Turks and Caicos Islands 0.224 47.36 Q, PB
2 Melkamu Assefa   Ethiopia 0.214 47.43 Q
3 Kelvin Sawe Tauta   Kenya 0.370 47.55
4 Elvin Josué Canales   Honduras 0.243 48.21
5 Thiruben Thana Rajan   Singapore 0.171 48.40
6 Musa Isah   Bahrain 0.187 48.43
7 Xu Bo   China 0.226 48.90
8 Bernard Olesitse   Botswana 0.161 50.54

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1 Anthony Cox   Jamaica 0.266 46.86 Q
2 Ivan Danny Geldenhuys   Namibia 0.181 47.24 Q, PB
3 Daniel Williams   Guyana 0.186 47.46 q
4 David Sanayek   Kenya 0.199 47.66
5 Mohammad Jahir Rayhan   Bangladesh 0.198 48.22
6 José Álvarez   Venezuela 0.160 48.79
7 Deng Hantao   China 0.185 49.12
8 Tyrell Simms   Bahamas 0.167 49.38

Semifinal 3 edit

Rank Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1 Bruno Benedito da Silva   Brazil 0.215 46.87 Q, PB
2 Antonio Watson   Jamaica 0.000 47.05 Q, PB
3 Gregor Grahovac   Slovenia 0.183 47.34 q, PB
4 Yaroslav Demchenko   Ukraine 0.178 47.96 PB
5 Reuben Nichols   Saint Lucia 0.215 48.01 PB
6 Correy Sherrod   Bahamas 0.211 48.56
7 Thiran Kalavitigoda Pathirannahalage   Sri Lanka 0.188 48.89
Antonio Grant   Panama DQ

Final edit

Rank Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  Antonio Watson   Jamaica 0.174 46.59 PB
  Daniel Williams   Guyana 0.200 46.72 PB
  Colby Jennings   Turks and Caicos Islands 0.213 46.77 PB
4 Anthony Cox   Jamaica 0.210 46.77
5 Melkamu Assefa   Ethiopia 0.249 47.05
6 Bruno Benedito da Silva   Brazil 0.231 47.15
7 Ivan Danny Geldenhuys   Namibia 0.192 47.17 PB
8 Gregor Grahovac   Slovenia 0.157 48.88

References edit