The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 16, 17 and 19 July.

Medalists Gold Louis van Zyl Silver Kenneth Ferguson Bronze Bershawn Jackson

Results Final 19 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Louis van Zyl 48.89 Kenneth Ferguson 49.38 Bershawn Jackson 50.00 4 Steven Green 51.14 5 Greg Little 51.23 6 Jussi Heikkilä 51.35 7 Julius Bungei 51.40 8 Zhang Shibao 51.42

Semifinals 17 July

Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Bershawn Jackson 50.77 Q 2 Steven Green 51.12 Q 3 Jussi Heikkilä 51.35 q 4 Jun Hamada 52.28 5 Andrey Kozlovskiy 52.47 6 Ouadih Naciri 52.73 7 Ibrahim Al-Hamaidi 53.23 8 Lars-Birger Hense 53.28

Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Louis van Zyl 51.05 Q 2 Greg Little 51.63 Q 3 Rhys Williams 51.68 4 Mohamed Atig 52.30 5 Marcin Joachimiak 52.57 6 Daniel Kibet 52.84 7 Idris Al-Housaoui 52.91 8 Elliott Wood 53.24

Semifinal 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kenneth Ferguson 50.90 Q 2 Julius Bungei 51.10 Q 3 Zhang Shibao 51.23 q 4 Tobby Sutherland 51.78 5 David Busch 53.13 6 Mihaíl Markopóulos 54.41 7 Levis Ouédraogo 55.73 Ákos Dezsö DNF

Heats 16 July

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Bershawn Jackson 51.29 Q 2 Tobby Sutherland 51.59 Q 3 Ákos Dezsö 51.82 Q 4 Mohamed Atig 52.38 Q 5 Kenji Narisako 54.10 6 Patlavath Shankar 55.66 7 Ko Wen-Bin 56.93

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Marcin Joachimiak 52.31 Q 2 Andrey Kozlovskiy 52.43 Q 3 Ouadih Naciri 52.45 Q 4 Zhang Shibao 52.49 Q 5 Guillaume Favier 53.00 6 Shane Charles 53.49 7 Kamal Ben Saad 55.18

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kenneth Ferguson 50.38 Q 2 Greg Little 51.74 Q 3 David Busch 52.18 Q 4 Daniel Kibet 52.58 Q 5 Idris Al-Housaoui 52.65 q 6 Jun Hamada 52.81 q 7 Björgvin Víkingsson 53.39 8 Constantinos Constantinou 54.50

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Louis van Zyl 50.60 Q 2 Julius Bungei 50.90 Q 3 Rhys Williams 51.71 Q 4 Mihaíl Markopóulos 53.46 Q 5 Kurt Couto 53.51 6 Patrick Lee 54.48

Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Steven Green 51.68 Q 2 Jussi Heikkilä 51.96 Q 3 Elliott Wood 52.16 Q 4 Lars-Birger Hense 52.24 Q 5 Ibrahim Al-Hamaidi 52.61 q 6 Levis Ouédraogo 52.97 q 7 Roberto García 52.97 8 Aleksey Pogorelov 53.48

Participation According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 27 countries participated in the event.

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