1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

None The men's 400 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21, 22 and 23 August. Peters Lionel Magnusson Tomas WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25 http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1996.html https://web.archive.org/web/20131031070305/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1996.html 31 October 2013 dead WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH") 13 June 2015 IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/1b820a45-e3d7-40f4-9d5d-7a3abea7f433.pdf IAAF 13 June 2015 Medalists Gold Obea Moore USASilver Nico Snyman RSABronze Shane Niemi CAN Results Final 23 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Obea Moore USA 45.27 Nico Snyman RSA 45.71 Shane Niemi CAN 45.94 4 Dai Tamesue JPN 46.03 5 Piotr Haczek POL 46.29 6 Rohan McDonald JAM 46.88 7 David Canal ESP 47.21 8 Piotr Długosielski POL 47.43 Semifinals 22 August Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jerome Davis USA 46.58 Q 2 Rohan McDonald JAM 46.92 Q 3 Piotr Długosielski POL 46.93 q 4 Sofiène Labidi TUN 1959 47.24 5 Honory McDonald TRI 47.26 6 Edoardo Vallet ITA 47.35 7 Chris Jacobs RSA 48.03 8 Paul Ngotho KEN 48.28 Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nico Snyman RSA 46.03 Q 2 Obea Moore USA 46.60 Q 3 Shane Niemi CAN 46.92 q 4 Carlos Gachanja GER 47.07 5 Jimisola Laursen SWE 47.79 6 Avard Moncur BAH 47.90 7 Michael Campbell JAM 48.04 8 Casey Vincent AUS 48.16 Semifinal 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Piotr Haczek POL 46.82 Q 2 David Canal ESP 47.06 Q 3 Geoff Dearman UK 47.40 4 Brad Jamieson AUS 47.70 5 Edel Hevia CUB 47.72 6 Themba Ncube ZIM 48.05 7 Moses Mabaso RSA 48.21 8 Tommi Hartonen FIN 48.27 Heats 21 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Piotr Długosielski POL 47.17 Q 2 Honory McDonald TRI 47.19 Q 3 Shane Niemi CAN 47.20 Q 4 Jimisola Laursen SWE 47.72 q 5 Moses Mabaso RSA 47.83 q 6 Gustavo Aguirre ARG 48.46 7 Angelo Ignatius AHO 48.96 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 David Canal ESP 47.43 Q 2 Michael Campbell JAM 47.43 Q 3 Avard Moncur BAH 47.66 Q 4 Sofiène Labidi TUN 1959 47.80 q 5 Periklís Iakovákis GRE 47.98 6 Simon Potter NZL 48.19 7 Henele Taliai TGA 49.63 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Carlos Gachanja GER 47.18 Q 2 Obea Moore USA 47.23 Q 3 Brad Jamieson AUS 47.76 Q 4 Marco Cagnazzi ITA 48.31 5 Aleksey Baryshnikov RUS 48.66 6 Emmanuel Rubayiza RWA 1962 49.58 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Themba Ncube ZIM 47.34 Q 2 Edel Hevia CUB 47.52 Q 3 Paul Ngotho KEN 47.70 Q 4 Ryo Fujimori JPN 47.91 5 David Wilson GUM 48.81 6 Wendell da Silva BRA 48.91 7 David Eichenberger SUI 50.49 Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Piotr Haczek POL 47.11 Q 2 Edoardo Vallet ITA 47.47 Q 3 Casey Vincent AUS 47.94 Q 4 Chang Po-Chih TPE 48.16 5 Hyginus Anugho NGR 48.60 6 André dos Santos BRA 49.31 Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Dai Tamesue JPN 47.28 Q 2 Rohan McDonald JAM 47.67 Q 3 Tommi Hartonen FIN 47.76 Q 4 Adrián Fernández ESP 48.00 5 Kris Stewart UK 48.05 6 Frano Bakaric CRO 48.56 Heat 7 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jerome Davis USA 47.30 Q 2 Geoff Dearman UK 47.48 Q 3 Chris Jacobs RSA 47.78 Q 4 Andrey Tverdostup UKR 48.08 5 Pierre Constentias FRA 48.25 6 Novian Suhendra INA 48.76 7 Yeóryios Ikonomídis GRE 49.17 Participation According to an unofficial count, 46 athletes from 35 countries participated in the event. 22em ARG (1) AUS (2) BAH (1) BRA (2) CAN (1) TPE (1) CRO (1) CUB (1) FIN (1) FRA (1) GER (1) GRE (2) GUM (1) INA (1) ITA (2) JAM (2) JPN (2) KEN (1) AHO (1) NZL (1) NGR (1) POL (2) RUS (1) RWA 1962 (1) RSA (2) ESP (2) SWE (1) SUI (1) TGA (1) TRI (1) TUN 1959 (1) UKR (1) UK (2) USA (2) ZIM (1) References Category:400 metres at the World Athletics U20 Championships Category:Men's events at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics