The men's 400 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 16, 17 and 18 July.

Medalists Gold Darold Williamson Silver Jonathan Fortenberry Bronze Jermaine Gonzales

Results Final 18 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Darold Williamson 45.37 Jonathan Fortenberry 45.73 Jermaine Gonzales 45.84 4 Young Talkmore Nyongani 45.93 5 Luís Ambrósio 46.08 6 Wilan Louis 46.33 7 David McCarthy 47.10 Piotr Zrada DNF

Semifinals 17 July

Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Young Talkmore Nyongani 46.15 Q 2 Jermaine Gonzales 46.17 Q 3 Piotr Zrada 46.47 q 4 David McCarthy 46.77 q 5 Luis Luna 46.93 6 Keith Sheehy 47.68 Robert Lathouwers DQ IAAF rule 163.3 Mohamed Al-Mowallad DNF

Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jonathan Fortenberry 46.16 Q 2 Wilan Louis 46.26 Q 3 Florin Suciu 47.09 4 Shaine Morrison 47.52 5 Diego Venâncio 47.57 6 Hicham Chliyeh 47.66 7 Kamghe Gaba 47.67 8 Ryan Therrien 48.58

Semifinal 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Darold Williamson 46.31 Q 2 Luís Ambrósio 46.61 Q 3 Abdellatif El-Ghazaoui 46.92 4 Brice Panel 47.20 5 Yhann Plummer 47.55 6 Jacopo Marin 47.71 7 Dimítrios Grávalos 47.83 8 Courtney McLeod 48.24

Heats 16 July

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Wilan Louis 46.46 Q 2 Abdellatif El-Ghazaoui 46.68 Q 3 Luís Ambrósio 46.79 Q 4 Luis Luna 46.96 Q 5 Yuki Yamaguchi 47.74 6 Yohann Negre 48.19 7 Didier Assoumou 49.01 8 Nathan Vadeboncoeur 49.32

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Darold Williamson 46.72 Q 2 Kamghe Gaba 46.98 Q 3 David McCarthy 47.07 Q 4 Jacopo Marin 47.23 Q 5 Mohamed Al-Mowallad 47.41 q 6 Shaine Morrison 47.72 q 7 Jamil James 48.62 Yosuke Inoue DQ IAAF rule 163.3

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jermaine Gonzales 46.86 Q 2 Brice Panel 47.03 Q 3 Florin Suciu 47.06 Q 4 Dimítrios Grávalos 47.62 Q 5 Saul Weigopwa 47.86 6 Andrés Silva 48.14 7 David Testa 48.97 8 Elio Gijon 49.55

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jonathan Fortenberry 47.16 Q 2 Piotr Zrada 47.47 Q 3 Courtney McLeod 48.11 Q 4 Ryan Therrien 48.22 Q 5 Stefan Wittl 48.42 6 John Valoyes 48.46 7 Evans Marie 48.54 Robert Tobin DNF

Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Young Talkmore Nyongani 46.92 Q 2 Robert Lathouwers 47.24 Q 3 Diego Venâncio 47.31 Q 4 Hicham Chliyeh 47.39 Q 5 Keith Sheehy 47.42 q 6 Yhann Plummer 47.47 q 7 Said Al-Adhreai 49.97 Tim Hawkes DNF

Participation According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 31 countries participated in the event.

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