2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 400 metres explained

The Boys' 400 metres at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Brixen-Bressanone Sport Arena on 8, 9, and 10 July.^[1] The event was won by Kirani James of Grenada, who also won the 200 metres.^[2]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Kirani James	Joshua Mance	Awad El Karim Makki

Records

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

World Youth Best		45.14	Santiago, Chile	2 September 1995
Championship Record		46.10	Sherbrooke, Canada	12 July 2003
World Youth Leading		45.45	Vieux Fort, St. Lucia	11 April 2009

Kirani James set a new Championship Record and World Youth Leading in the final.

Heats

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.

Semifinals

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6			48.03	Q
2	8			48.04	Q
3	3			48.17
4	2			48.19
5	5			48.60
6	4			48.61
7	7			49.40
8	1			49.85

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			46.43	Q
2	3			46.65	Q
3	4			46.86	q, PB
4	6			47.51	q
5	7			48.05	PB
6	8			48.20	PB
7	1			48.72
8	2			48.89

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			47.49	Q, SB
2	6			48.05	Q
3	4			48.29
4	3			48.59
5	1			48.71
6	2			49.63
7	7			50.04
8	8			50.63

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			45.24	PB, CR, WYL
	4			46.22	PB
	6			47.15	SB
	2			47.20
	7			47.66
	5			47.89	PB
	1			48.01
	8			48.12

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, CR = Championship record, WYL = World Youth Leading

References

• World Youth Championships 2009

Notes and References

1. http://www.iaaf.org/wyc09/results/eventCode=4141/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=400/combCode=hash/timetable.html iaaf.org - International Association of Athletics Federations
2. http://www.iaaf.org/WYC09/news/newsid=52004.html Williams and James achieve unprecedented doubles as Kenya steals the show in middle distance