2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 13, 14 and 15 July.[1][2]

Medalists

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Gold LaShawn Merritt
 United States
Silver Nagmeldin Ali Abubaker
 Sudan
Bronze Obakeng Ngwigwa
 Botswana

Results

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Final

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15 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) LaShawn Merritt  United States 45.25
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nagmeldin Ali Abubaker  Sudan 45.97
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Obakeng Ngwigwa  Botswana 45.97
4 Valentin Kruglyakov  Russia 46.40
5 Serdar Tamac  Turkey 46.63
6 Sean Wroe  Australia 46.84
7 Keith Hinnant  United States 46.88
8 Paulo Orlando  Brazil 46.95

Semifinals

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14 July

Semifinal 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 LaShawn Merritt  United States 45.84 Q
2 Nagmeldin Ali Abubaker  Sudan 45.99 Q
3 Andrés Rodríguez  Panama 47.42
4 Michael Gardener  Jamaica 47.49
5 Manoi Pushpa Kumara  Sri Lanka 47.65
6 Andretti Bain  Bahamas 47.86
7 Ruaan Grobler  South Africa 49.26
Renny Quow  Trinidad and Tobago DQ IAAF rule 163.3

Semifinal 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Obakeng Ngwigwa  Botswana 46.64 Q
2 Sean Wroe  Australia 46.80 Q
3 Keith Hinnant  United States 46.93 q
4 Richard Buck  United Kingdom 47.18
5 Kazunori Ota  Japan 47.40
6 Damian Kempa  Poland 47.62
7 Claudio Licciardello  Italy 48.19
8 Yudai Sasaki  Japan 48.27

Semifinal 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Valentin Kruglyakov  Russia 46.46 Q
2 Serdar Tamac  Turkey 46.94 Q
3 Paulo Orlando  Brazil 47.02 q
4 Željko Vincek  Croatia 47.08
5 Cory Innes  New Zealand 47.37
6 Maksim Aleksandrenko  Russia 47.79
7 Ben Offereins  Australia 48.25
Roger Polydore  Dominica DNF

Heats

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13 July

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Keith Hinnant  United States 46.54 Q
2 Andrés Rodríguez  Panama 47.02 Q
3 Renny Quow  Trinidad and Tobago 47.19 Q
4 Andretti Bain  Bahamas 47.25 q
5 Chris Gebhardt  South Africa 47.58
6 Morgan Carlington  Jamaica 48.41
7 Khalid Salem  Saudi Arabia 49.22
8 Chang Chia-Wei  Chinese Taipei 50.43

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Nagmeldin Ali Abubaker  Sudan 46.68 Q
2 Cory Innes  New Zealand 47.31 Q
3 Ben Offereins  Australia 47.54 Q
4 Carlos Pérez  Venezuela 47.68
5 Teddy Venel  France 47.73
6 Gopal Khatri Chhetri    Nepal 54.53

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Maksim Aleksandrenko  Russia 47.47 Q
2 Kazunori Ota  Japan 47.88 Q
3 Ruaan Grobler  South Africa 48.09 Q
4 Udomsinachi Erete  Nigeria 48.70
5 Wilson Lukungu Waiswa  Uganda 48.73
6 Daryl Vassallo  Gibraltar 49.38
7 Takeshi Fujiwara  El Salvador 49.66

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 LaShawn Merritt  United States 46.70 Q
2 Sean Wroe  Australia 47.17 Q
3 Damian Kempa  Poland 47.43 Q
4 Roger Polydore  Dominica 47.43 q
5 Cristián Reyes  Chile 48.14
6 Vasile Bobos  Romania 48.67
7 Nicholas Mangham  Palau 58.29

Heat 5

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Serdar Tamac  Turkey 47.14 Q
2 Manoi Pushpa Kumara  Sri Lanka 47.16 Q
3 Paulo Orlando  Brazil 47.48 Q
4 Lukasz Pryga  Poland 47.93
5 Antti Toivonen  Finland 48.09
Félix Martínez  Puerto Rico DQ IAAF rule 163.3

Heat 6

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Valentin Kruglyakov  Russia 46.48 Q
2 Richard Buck  United Kingdom 47.00 Q
3 Michael Gardener  Jamaica 47.06 Q
4 Claudio Licciardello  Italy 47.35 q
5 Roman Holly  Slovakia 47.74
6 Frank Puriza  Namibia 48.07
7 José Eduardo Acevedo  Venezuela 48.95

Heat 7

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Obakeng Ngwigwa  Botswana 46.92 Q
2 Željko Vincek  Croatia 47.68 Q
3 Yudai Sasaki  Japan 47.83 Q
4 Mikhail Ratnikov  Belarus 48.06
5 Mohamed Moussa  Qatar 48.66
6 Sou Chon Kin  Macau 51.72

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 47 athletes from 39 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2004 Grosseto ITA Jul 12-18, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 2 March 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015