2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles explained

Event:	Men's 400 metres hurdles
Competition:	2021 World Athletics U20 Championships
Venue:	Kasarani Stadium
Dates:	19 August (heats) 21 August (semifinals) 22 August (final)
Competitors:	29
Nations:	23
Win Value:	49.38
Gold:	Berke Akçam
Goldnoc:	TUR
Silvernoc:	ANA
Bronze:	Devontie Archer
Bronzenoc:	JAM
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Kasarani Stadium on 19, 21 and 22 August.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships
World U20 Record		48.02	Los Angeles, United States	17 June 1984
Championship Record		48.51	Grosseto, Italy	16 July 2004
World U20 Leading		47.85	Eugene, United States	11 June 2021

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2			50.88
2	1			50.93	,
3	1			51.27
4	2			51.31	,
5	1			51.41	,
6	1			51.63	,
7	4			52.17
8	4			52.25	,
9	3			52.40
10	3			52.57
11	4			52.58
12	4			52.68	,
13	3			52.73
14	5			52.77
15	4			52.79	,
16	5			52.87
17	2			52.91
18	4			52.95
19	3			52.97
20	2			53.21
21	3			53.35
22	2			53.47
23	5			54.27
24	5			55.00
25	2			57.03
26	1
	5
	1
	3
	3
	4
	2
	5

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1			49.73	,
2	1			49.93	,
3	2			50.31	,
4	2			50.56	,
5	3			50.70	,
6	2			50.90	,
7	1			51.39	,
8	2			51.63
9	3			51.83
10	1			51.90
11	3			51.93
12	3			51.95
13	2			51.99
14	2			52.12
15	1			52.34
16	3			52.40
17	1			52.49
18	2			52.88
19	1			53.47
20	3			54.04
21	3			54.71
22	3			56.09
	1
	2

Final

The final was held on 22 August at 15:00. Swedish athlete Oskar Edlund crossed the line first in a time of 49.20 seconds, but was later disqualified for pulling one of his legs outside his lane to clear a hurdle.^{[4] [5]}

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	3			49.38
	6			49.62
	5			49.78
4	1			49.89
5	8			50.80
6	2			50.94
7	7			52.60
	4

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships Nairobi Timetable. 19 August 2021. worldathletics.org.
2. Web site: 400 Metres Hurdles Men − Round 1 − Summary. World Athletics. 19 August 2021. 19 August 2021.
3. Web site: 400 Metres Hurdles Men − Semi-Final − Summary. World Athletics. 21 August 2021. 21 August 2021.
4. Web site: 400 Metres Hurdles Men − Final − Results. World Athletics. 22 August 2021. 22 August 2021.
5. Web site: Sport . S. V. T. . 2021-08-22 . Friidrott: Vändningen: Oskar Edlund diskad i VM-finalen . 2024-02-09 . SVT Sport . sv.