2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 400 metres

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.[1] The event was won by Kirani James of the Grenada, who also won the 200 metres.[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kirani James Grenada	Joshua Mance United States	Awad El Karim Makki Sudan

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

Kirani James set a new Championship Record and World Youth Leading in the final.

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	Javere Bell	Jamaica	48.03	Q
2	8	Varg Königsmark	Germany	48.04	Q
3	3	Alexander Beck	Australia	48.17
4	2	Leandro de Araújo	Brazil	48.19
5	5	Anthony Chemut	Kenya	48.60
6	4	Lestrod Roland	Saint Kitts and Nevis	48.61
7	7	Mohamed Chetoui	Algeria	49.40
8	1	Nadir Abdelrahman	Sudan	49.85

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Kirani James	Grenada	46.43	Q
2	3	Joshua Mance	United States	46.65	Q
3	4	Nathan Wake	Great Britain	46.86	q, PB
4	6	Shogo Momiki	Japan	47.51	q
5	7	Hadi Nsamba	Uganda	48.05	PB
6	8	Deon Lendore	Trinidad and Tobago	48.20	PB
7	1	Benjamin Ayesu-Attah	Canada	48.72
8	2	Michael Kruger	South Africa	48.89

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Awad El Karim Makki	Sudan	47.49	Q, SB
2	6	Frazer Wickes	New Zealand	48.05	Q
3	4	Jacques de Swardt	South Africa	48.29
4	3	Ko Kayada	Japan	48.59
5	1	Greg Louden	Great Britain	48.71
6	2	Bertrán Alcaraz	Spain	49.63
7	7	Nathan Kibiwot	Kenya	50.04
8	8	Davide Re	Italy	50.63

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Kirani James	Grenada	45.24	PB, CR, WYL
	4	Joshua Mance	United States	46.22	PB
	6	Awad El Karim Makki	Sudan	47.15	SB
4	2	Nathan Wake	Great Britain	47.20
5	7	Frazer Wickes	New Zealand	47.66
6	5	Javere Bell	Jamaica	47.89	PB
7	1	Shogo Momiki	Japan	48.01
8	8	Varg Königsmark	Germany	48.12

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, CR = Championship record, WYL = World Youth Leading

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2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics

Track events
100 m	boys	girls
200 m	boys	girls
400 m	boys	girls
800 m	boys	girls
1500 m	boys	girls
3000 m	boys	girls
5000 m	boys	girls
100 m hurdles		girls
110 m hurdles	boys
400 m hurdles	boys	girls
2000 m steeplechase	boys	girls
Medley relay	boys	girls
5000 m walk		girls
10,000 m walk	boys
Field events
Long jump	boys	girls
Triple jump	boys	girls
High jump	boys	girls
Pole vault	boys	girls
Shot put	boys	girls
Discus throw	boys	girls
Javelin throw	boys	girls
Hammer throw	boys	girls
Combined events
Heptathlon		girls
Decathlon	boys