2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 400 metres explained

Event:	Boys' 400 metres
Competition:	2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Venue:	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Dates:	15–17 July
Competitors:	48
Nations:	35
Win Value:	45.27
Gold:	Christopher Taylor
Goldnoc:	JAM
Silver:	Josephus Lyles
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Keshun Reed
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2013
Next:	2017

The boys' 400 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia from 15 to 17 July 2015.^[1]

Christopher Taylor of Jamaica won the event. His time of 45.27 seconds was a world age-15 best.^[2]

Records

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

World Youth Best		45.14	Santiago, Chile	2 September 1995
Championship Record		45.24	Bressanone, Italy	10 July 2009
World Youth Leading		45.55	Kingston, Jamaica	13 June 2015

Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	6			46.26	Q
2	2			46.27	Q,
3	2			46.30	Q
4	6			46.67	Q,
5	5			46.98	Q
6	5			47.15	Q
7	4			47.17	Q
8	2			47.27	Q
9	3			47.35	Q
10	1			47.46	Q
11	5			47.47	Q
12	3			47.57	Q
13	5			47.59	q,
14	3			47.69	Q
15	6			47.72	Q
16	2			47.74	q,
17	5			47.88	q,
18	6			47.95	q
19	1			48.02	Q
20	5			48.07	q
21	2			48.09	q,
22	1			48.30	Q,
23	1			48.31
24	3			48.38
24	2			48.38
26	4			48.41	Q
27	4			48.44	Q,
28	5			48.45
29	4			48.54
29	6			48.54
29	2			48.54
32	6			48.55
33	1			48.59
33	3			48.59
33	5			48.59
36	4			48.72
37	1			48.85
38	1			49.02
39	3			49.09
40	6			49.12
41	2			49.30
42	4			49.34
43	3			49.49
44	4			50.18
45	6			51.75
46	1			52.01
	3
	4

Semifinal

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1			45.30	Q,
2	1			45.93	Q
3	1			46.53	q
4	3			46.76	Q
5	2			46.77	Q
6	2			46.78	Q,
7	1			46.85	q,
8	3			46.97	Q
9	3			47.03
10	2			47.41
11	1			47.44
12	1			47.53
13	2			47.85
14	2			47.92
15	3			48.11
16	1			48.34
17	3			48.59
17	2			48.59
19	3			48.84
20	2			49.01
21	3			49.26
22	2			49.86
23	1			49.93
	3

Final

^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
			45.27
			45.46
			45.96
4			45.99
5			46.03
6			46.29
7			46.57
8			47.54

Notes and References

1. Web site: Timetable . World Athletics.
2. Web site: Christopher Taylor achieves world age-15 best of 45.27 in 400M . Team Jamaica . 22 November 2023 . 18 July 2015.
3. Web site: 400 Metres Boys - Round 1 . . 15 July 2015.
4. Web site: 400 Metres Boys - Semi-Final . . 16 July 2015.
5. Web site: 400 Metres Boys - Final . . 17 July 2015.