2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 400 metres

Boy's 400 metres at the World Youth Championships
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Dates	15-17 July 2015
Winning time	45.27
Medalists
Christopher Taylor   Jamaica   Josephus Lyles   United States   Keshun Reed   United States

The Boys' 400 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 15-17 July.

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

Records

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

World Youth Best	Obea Moore (USA)	45.14	Santiago de Chile, Chile	2 September 1995
Championship Record	Kirani James (GRN)	45.24	Bressanone, Italy	10 July 2009
World Youth Leading	Christopher Taylor (USA)	45.55	Kingston, Jamaica	13 June 2015

Results

Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest qualified beyond the first round.

Round 1

Men's 400m Round 1

Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Heat
1	Josephus Lyles	United States	46.26	6
2	Anthony Zambrano	Colombia	46.27	2
3	Christopher Taylor	Jamaica	46.30	2
4	Loïc Prévot	France	46.67	6
5	Keshun Reed	United States	46.98	5
6	Chandan Bauri	India	47.15	5
7	Louis Stenmark	Australia	47.17	4
8	Manato Sasaki	Japan	47.27	2
9	Jamal Walton	Cayman Islands	47.35	3
10	Karabo Sibanda	Botswana	47.46	1
11	Edwin Ngeeti	Kenya	47.47	5
12	Marvin Schlegel	Germany	47.57	3
13	Haoran Xu	China	47.59	5
14	Ryota Kitahara	Japan	47.69	3
15	Josphat Kipngetich Ngeno	Kenya	47.72	6
16	Roger Ordaz	Mexico	47.74	2
17	Edgar Ramírez Ríos	Mexico	47.88	5
18	Vladimir Aceti	Italy	47.95	6
19	Wu Yuang	China	48.02	1
20	Florian Colon Marti	Germany	48.07	5
21	Tymoteusz Zimny	Poland	48.09	2
22	Miquel Shepper	Suriname	48.30	1
23	Anthony Carpenter	Jamaica	48.31	1
24	Bayraktar Berkay Çalik	Turkey	48.38	2
25	Nathan Friginette	Canada	48.38	3
26	André Nikolas Marich	South Africa	48.41	4
27	Anej Zupanc	Slovenia	48.44	4
28	Florin Paul Gaspar	Romania	48.45	5
29	Dlamini Ndzingeko	Swaziland	48.54	2
30	Manuel Guijarro	Spain	48.54	4
31	Austris Karpinskis	Latvia	48.54	6
32	Rudi Romario Pretorius	Namibia	48.55	6
33	Petar Melnjak	Croatia	48.59	1
34	Taha Hussein Yaseen	Iraq	48.59	3
35	Nico Garea	Austria	48.59	5
36	Kagiso Moyuthu	Botswana	48.72	4
37	Michail Pappas	Greece	48.85	1
38	Andres Guillermo Hernandez	Colombia	49.02	1
39	Rodney Griffin	U.S. Virgin Islands	49.09	3
40	Ciprian Daroczi	Romania	49.12	6
41	Álvaro Sierra	Spain	49.30	2
42	Kristjan Joosep	Estonia	49.34	4
43	Michaiah Robinson	Bermuda	49.49	3
44	Michael Aono	Canada	50.18	4
45	Wai Un Lou	Macau	51.75	6
46	Sebastian Acuna	Ecuador	52.01	1
	Cristopher Melenciano	Dominican Republic	DQ	3
	Luis Charles	Dominican Republic	DQ	4

Semifinal

Men's 400m Semifinal

Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Heat
1	Christopher Taylor	Jamaica	45.30	1
2	Josephus Lyles	United States	45.93	1
3	Karabo Sibanda	Botswana	46.53	1
4	Anthony Zambrano	Colombia	46.76	3
5	Keshun Reed	United States	46.77	2
6	Louis Stenmark	Australia	46.78	2
7	Manato Sasaki	Japan	46.85	1
8	Jamal Walton	Cayman Islands	46.97	3
9	Loïc Prévot	France	47.03	3
10	Chandan Bauri	India	47.41	2
11	Haoran Xu	China	47.44	1
12	Tymoteusz Zimny	Poland	47.53	1
13	Ryota Kitahara	Japan	47.85	2
14	Marvin Schlegel	Germany	47.92	2
15	Wu Yuang	China	48.11	3
16	André Nikolas Marich	South Africa	48.34	1
17	Vladimir Aceti	Italy	48.59	2
18	Roger Ordaz	Mexico	48.59	3
19	Florian Colon Marti	Germany	48.84	3
20	Edgar Ramírez Ríos	Mexico	49.01	2
21	Edwin Ngeeti	Kenya	49.26	3
22	Josphat Kipngetich Ngeno	Kenya	49.86	2
23	Anej Zupanc	Slovenia	49.93	1
	Miquel Shepper	Suriname	DQ	3

Final

Men's 400m

Place	Athlete	Country	Time
	Christopher Taylor	Jamaica	45.27
	Josephus Lyles	United States	45.46
	Keshun Reed	United States	45.96
4	Jamal Walton	Cayman Islands	45.99
5	Karabo Sibanda	Botswana	46.03
6	Louis Stenmark	Australia	46.29
7	Anthony Zambrano	Colombia	46.57
8	Manato Sasaki	Japan	47.54

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