The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 18, 19 and 21 October.

Medalists Gold Marek Plawgo Silver Pieter de Villiers Bronze Ockert Cilliers

Results Final 21 October Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Marek Plawgo 49.23 Pieter de Villiers 50.52 Ockert Cilliers 50.58 4 Christian Duma 50.60 5 Yevgeniy Meleshenko 51.05 6 Mikael Jakobsson 51.48 7 Loïc Clément 52.26 8 Sean Avery 54.95

Semifinals 19 October

Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Marek Plawgo 50.40 Q 2 Ockert Cilliers 51.32 Q 3 Loïc Clément 51.76 Q 4 Sean Avery 51.83 Q 5 Masakatsu Tanaka 51.94 6 Luis Montenegro 52.50 7 Sebastian Linke 52.57 8 Ragnar Bergheim 52.81

Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Pieter de Villiers 50.21 Q 2 Yevgeniy Meleshenko 50.72 Q 3 Christian Duma 51.10 Q 4 Mikael Jakobsson 51.13 Q 5 Federico Rubeca 51.31 6 Jorge Chaverra 51.88 7 David Cappellano 52.24 8 William da Silva 55.54

Heats 18 October

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Christian Duma 50.86 Q 2 Pieter de Villiers 50.90 Q 3 Yevgeniy Meleshenko 51.07 Q 4 Federico Rubeca 51.93 q 5 Luis Montenegro 52.34 q 6 Zulkarnain Purba 53.32 7 Jonathan Gibson 54.73 Eliseu de Sena DQ IAAF rule 168.7

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Masakatsu Tanaka 51.95 Q 2 Ockert Cilliers 51.95 Q 3 Sebastian Linke 52.13 Q 4 William da Silva 52.56 q 5 Pablo Martínez 52.72 Jeffrey Christie DQ IAAF rule 168.7 Yevgeniy Mikheyko DQ IAAF rule 168.7

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Marek Plawgo 51.74 Q 2 Sean Avery 51.85 Q 3 Loïc Clément 52.00 Q 4 Ragnar Bergheim 52.46 q 5 Christopher Hickman 53.08 6 Daniel Kibet 54.87 Álvaro Vallejo DQ IAAF rule 168.7

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mikael Jakobsson 52.00 Q 2 Jorge Chaverra 52.36 Q 3 David Cappellano 52.44 Q 4 Hisatoshi Hotta 52.89 5 Sergey Mishchenko 52.97 6 Roberto Córtez 54.08 7 Greg Little 54.76

Participation According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

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