2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 400 metres

None 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.iaaf.org - International Association of Athletics Federations The event was won by Kirani James of Grenada, who also won the 200 metres.Williams and James achieve unprecedented doubles as Kenya steals the show in middle distance Medalists GoldSilverBronzeKirani JamesGRNJoshua ManceUSAAwad El Karim MakkiSUD Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows. World Youth BestObea Moore USA45.14Santiago, Chile2 September 1995Championship RecordNagmeldin Ali Abubakr SUD46.10Sherbrooke, Canada12 July 2003World Youth LeadingKirani James GRN45.45Vieux Fort, St. Lucia11 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 Javere Bell 48.03 Q 2 8 Varg Königsmark 48.04 Q 3 3 Alexander Beck 48.17 4 2 Leandro de Araújo 48.19 5 5 Anthony Chemut 48.60 6 4 Lestrod Roland 48.61 7 7 Mohamed Chetoui 49.40 8 1 Nadir Abdelrahman 49.85 Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Kirani James 46.43 Q 2 3 Joshua Mance 46.65 Q 3 4 Nathan Wake 46.86 q, PB 4 6 Shogo Momiki 47.51 q 5 7 Hadi Nsamba 48.05 PB 6 8 Deon Lendore 48.20 PB 7 1 Benjamin Ayesu-Attah 48.72 8 2 Michael Kruger 48.89 Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best Heat 3 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Awad El Karim Makki 47.49 Q, SB 2 6 Frazer Wickes 48.05 Q 3 4 Jacques de Swardt 48.29 4 3 Ko Kayada 48.59 5 1 Greg Louden 48.71 6 2 Bertrán Alcaraz 49.63 7 7 Nathan Kibiwot 50.04 8 8 Davide Re 50.63 Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Kirani James 45.24 PB, CR, WYL 4 Joshua Mance 46.22 PB 6 Awad El Karim Makki 47.15 SB 04 4 2 Nathan Wake 47.20 05 5 7 Frazer Wickes 47.66 06 6 5 Javere Bell 47.89 PB 07 7 1 Shogo Momiki 48.01 08 8 8 Varg Königsmark 48.12 Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, CR = Championship record, WYL = World Youth Leading References World Youth Championships 2009 Category:2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics