The Boys' 400 metres hurdles at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 10–12 July.
Medalists edit
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Marvin Williams Jamaica
|
Wang Yang China
|
Kenneth Selmon United States
|
Records edit
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | William Wynne (USA)
|
49.01 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 15 July 2007 |
| Championship Record | ||||
| World Youth Leading | Marlon Humphrey (USA)
|
50.75 | Edwardsville, IL, United States | 26 June 2013 |
Heats edit
Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified.[1]
Heat 1 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Marlon Humphrey |  United States |
52.00 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Xavier Coakley |  Bahamas |
54.11 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Daniel Brady |  Canada |
54.65 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Adrian Chirita |  Romania |
54.96 | |
| 5 | 6 | Sumit Kumar Jaisawal |  India |
55.00 | SB |
| 6 | 7 | Farkhod Pattaev |  Uzbekistan |
56.97 | |
| 8 | Enej Vrhunec |  Slovenia |
DQ |
Heat 2 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Marvin Williams | Jamaica |
51.33 | Q PB |
| 2 | 3 | Takumu Furuya |  Japan |
52.59 | Q PB |
| 3 | 5 | Ryan Wallis |  Spain |
52.70 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Mykola Lobatenko |  Ukraine |
54.03 | PB |
| 5 | 8 | Larry Lombard |  South Africa |
54.05 | |
| 6 | 6 | Mohamed Ammar Zanuar |  Malaysia |
55.62 | |
| 7 | 1 | Juan Arévalo |  Colombia |
56.07 | |
| 8 | 4 | Saad Abdullah Al Bishi |  Saudi Arabia |
56.95 | PB |
Heat 3 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Okeen Williams | Jamaica |
52.11 | Q SB |
| 2 | 8 | Mohamed Fares Jlassi |  Tunisia |
53.38 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Naoya Okubo | Japan |
53.50 | Q {PB |
| 4 | 6 | Florian Gouacide |  France |
55.06 | |
| 5 | 4 | D'Mitry Charlton | Bahamas |
56.09 | |
| 6 | 3 | Rene Rafael Perla |  El Salvador |
58.80 | |
| 7 | 7 | Jun Jie Calvin Quek |  Singapore |
1:02.84 |
Heat 4 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Wang Yang | China |
51.99 | Q PB |
| 2 | 8 | Matteo Beria |  Italy |
53.00 | Q PB |
| 3 | 6 | Mahmoud Reza Moshtagh |  Iran |
54.13 | Q PB |
| 4 | 5 | Ali Mohamed Buhmeed |  Bahrain |
54.80 | PB |
| 5 | 3 | László Szeitz |  Hungary |
54.95 | |
| 6 | 7 | Florentin Lesage | France |
55.78 | |
| 7 | 2 | Dylan Permal |  Mauritius |
56.23 |
Heat 5 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Derick Diaz |  Puerto Rico |
52.12 | Q PB |
| 2 | 7 | Rai Benjamin |  Antigua and Barbuda |
52.49 | Q PB |
| 3 | 8 | Giuseppe Biondo | Italy |
53.26 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Vladislav Omelchenko |  Russia |
53.50 | q |
| 5 | 6 | Divan Rossouw |  Namibia |
53.51 | q PB |
| 6 | 4 | Sofiane Titouah |  Algeria |
54.03 | PB |
| 7 | 3 | Petro Chernyshenko | Ukraine |
54.30 | PB |
Heat 6 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Kenneth Selmon | United States |
52.03 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Avotriniaina Rakotoarimiandry |  Madagascar |
53.36 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Raouf Jedid | Tunisia |
53.50 | Q PB |
| 4 | 3 | Parmvir Singh | India |
53.66 | SB |
| 5 | 4 | Salvador García |  Mexico |
54.61 | |
| 6 | 7 | Davis Edward | Canada |
54.87 | |
| 7 | 5 | Daniel Chidavaenzi |  Zimbabwe |
55.58 |
Heat 7 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Javier Delgado | Spain |
52.20 | Q PB |
| 2 | 2 | Geofrey Kipkoech Cheruiyot |  Kenya |
52.44 | Q PB |
| 3 | 3 | Khalid Mohammed Al-Shahrani |  Qatar |
52.92 | Q PB |
| 4 | 6 | Hanno Coetzer | South Africa |
53.41 | q |
| 5 | 4 | Xavier Martí |  Venezuela |
54.89 | PB |
| 6 | 7 | Raymond Scott Lee Chian Hoong | Singapore |
56.13 | |
| 7 | 1 | Azamat Dosmuratov |  Kazakhstan |
56.28 | |
| 8 | 8 | Salman Abdulrahman Al Harbi | Saudi Arabia |
1:00.12 | PB |
Semifinals edit
Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.
Heat 1 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Wang Yang | China |
50.72 | Q WYL |
| 2 | 6 | Kenneth Selmon | United States |
50.95 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Geofrey Kipkoech Cheruiyot | Kenya |
51.01 | q PB |
| 4 | 4 | Naoya Okubo | Japan |
52.03 | PB |
| 5 | 8 | Matteo Beria | Italy |
52.18 | PB |
| 6 | 7 | Xavier Coakley | Bahamas |
53.78 | |
| 7 | 2 | Vladislav Omelchenko | Russia |
54.30 | |
| 8 | 1 | Raouf Jedid | Tunisia |
55.30 |
Heat 2 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Marvin Williams | Jamaica |
51.31 | Q PB |
| 2 | 4 | Derick Diaz | Puerto Rico |
51.95 | Q PB |
| 3 | 5 | Avotriniaina Rakotoarimiandry | Madagascar |
52.11 | PB |
| 4 | 7 | Giuseppe Biondo | Italy |
52.45 | |
| 5 | 6 | Javier Delgado | Spain |
52.84 | |
| 6 | 1 | Mahmoud Reza Moshtagh | Iran |
52.88 | Q PB |
| 7 | 8 | Mohamed Fares Jlassi | Tunisia |
52.96 | |
| 8 | 2 | Divan Rossouw | Namibia |
55.75 |
Heat 3 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Okeen Williams | Jamaica |
50.53 | Q WYL |
| 2 | 5 | Marlon Humphrey | United States |
50.96 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Takumu Furuya | Japan |
51.0 | q PB |
| 4 | 7 | Ryan Wallis | Spain |
52.21 | PB |
| 5 | 3 | Rai Benjamin | Antigua and Barbuda |
52.36 | PB |
| 6 | 1 | Hanno Coetzer | South Africa |
53.60 | |
| 7 | 8 | Khalid Mohammed Al-Shahrani | Qatar |
54.26 | |
| 8 | 2 | Daniel Brady | Canada |
54.78 |
Final edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Marvin Williams | Jamaica |
50.39 | Q WYL |
| 2 | 6 | Wang Yang | China |
50.78 | |
| 3 | 5 | Kenneth Selmon | United States |
51.30 | |
| 4 | 1 | Takumu Furuya | Japan |
51.58 | |
| 5 | 7 | Derick Diaz | Puerto Rico |
51.76 | PB |
| 2 | Geofrey Kipkoech Cheruiyot | Kenya |
DNF | ||
| 3 | Okeen Williams | Jamaica |
DNF | ||
| 8 | Marlon Humphrey | United States |
DNS |