The men's 400 metres event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 17, 18 and 20 October.
Medalists Gold Hamdan Al-Bishi Silver Brandon Simpson Bronze Shinji Ishikawa
Results Final 20 October Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Hamdan Al-Bishi 44.66 Brandon Simpson 45.73 Shinji Ishikawa 45.77 4 Damion Barry 45.86 5 William Hernández 45.94 6 Richard Sharp 45.97 7 Jonathan Palma 46.36 8 Rafał Wieruszewski 46.37
Semifinals 18 October
Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Damion Barry 46.63 Q 2 Rafał Wieruszewski 46.66 Q 3 Shinji Ishikawa 46.99 Q 4 Jonathan Palma 47.10 Q 5 Tshepo Thobelangope 47.18 6 Gordon Kennedy 47.37 7 Bastian Swillims 47.43 8 Vladimir Demchenko 47.54
Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hamdan Al-Bishi 45.69 Q 2 Brandon Simpson 45.96 Q 3 William Hernández 46.77 Q 4 Richard Sharp 46.83 Q 5 Sherridan Kirk 47.08 6 Shinji Itabashi 47.67 7 Bruno Ediarimalala 47.91 8 James Graham 49.64
Heats 17 October
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hamdan Al-Bishi 46.63 Q 2 Gordon Kennedy 46.94 Q 3 Jonathan Palma 47.27 q 4 Mark Ormrod 47.66 5 Richard Petzold 48.96 6 David Neilsen 49.99 7 Melville Rogers 51.18
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Brandon Simpson 46.64 Q 2 Bastian Swillims 47.06 Q 3 David Melo 47.96 4 Marcelo Figueroa 47.99 5 Alexis Roberts 49.02 6 Liu Yuan-Kai 49.06 Japheth Ogamba DQ IAAF rule 163.3
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Damion Barry 46.62 Q 2 Tshepo Thobelangope 46.81 Q 3 Bruno Ediarimalala 46.83 q 4 Urel Lacroix 47.34 5 Dmitriy Petrov 47.66 6 Jesús Torres 48.58 7 Khalid Brooks 53.09 Sándor Gombos DQ IAAF rule 163.3
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 William Hernández 46.52 Q 2 Rafał Wieruszewski 46.64 Q 3 Vladimir Demchenko 47.10 q 4 Cameron Brown 47.36 5 Florin Suciu 47.44 6 Nathan Justin 49.66 7 Shane Ogumoro 56.72
Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Shinji Itabashi 47.37 Q 2 James Graham 48.06 Q 3 Sebastián Martínez 48.21 4 Sam Higgie 48.31 5 David Hamil 49.97 6 Lucien Kramar 52.94
Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Shinji Ishikawa 46.53 Q 2 Richard Sharp 46.84 Q 3 Sherridan Kirk 47.06 q 4 Abdellatif El-Ghazaoui 48.35 5 Hamed Al-Bishi 48.40 6 Elton Spain 50.03 7 Ku King Kit 51.92
Participation According to an unofficial count, 42 athletes from 34 countries participated in the event.
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