The men's 400 metres event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 13, 14 and 15 July.
Medalists Gold LaShawn Merritt Silver Nagmeldin Ali Abubaker Bronze Obakeng Ngwigwa
Results
Final 15 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes LaShawn Merritt 45.25 Nagmeldin Ali Abubaker 45.97 Obakeng Ngwigwa 45.97 4 Valentin Kruglyakov 46.40 5 Serdar Tamac 46.63 6 Sean Wroe 46.84 7 Keith Hinnant 46.88 8 Paulo Orlando 46.95
Semifinals 14 July
Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 LaShawn Merritt 45.84 Q 2 Nagmeldin Ali Abubaker 45.99 Q 3 Andrés Rodríguez 47.42 4 Michael Gardener 47.49 5 Manoi Pushpa Kumara 47.65 6 Andretti Bain 47.86 7 Ruaan Grobler 49.26 Renny Quow DQ IAAF rule 163.3
Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Obakeng Ngwigwa 46.64 Q 2 Sean Wroe 46.80 Q 3 Keith Hinnant 46.93 q 4 Richard Buck 47.18 5 Kazunori Ota 47.40 6 Damian Kempa 47.62 7 Claudio Licciardello 48.19 8 Yudai Sasaki 48.27
Semifinal 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Valentin Kruglyakov 46.46 Q 2 Serdar Tamac 46.94 Q 3 Paulo Orlando 47.02 q 4 Željko Vincek 47.08 5 Cory Innes 47.37 6 Maksim Aleksandrenko 47.79 7 Ben Offereins 48.25 Roger Polydore DNF
Heats 13 July
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Keith Hinnant 46.54 Q 2 Andrés Rodríguez 47.02 Q 3 Renny Quow 47.19 Q 4 Andretti Bain 47.25 q 5 Chris Gebhardt 47.58 6 Morgan Carlington 48.41 7 Khalid Salem 49.22 8 Chang Chia-Wei 50.43
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nagmeldin Ali Abubaker 46.68 Q 2 Cory Innes 47.31 Q 3 Ben Offereins 47.54 Q 4 Carlos Pérez 47.68 5 Teddy Venel 47.73 6 Gopal Khatri Chhetri 54.53
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Maksim Aleksandrenko 47.47 Q 2 Kazunori Ota 47.88 Q 3 Ruaan Grobler 48.09 Q 4 Udomsinachi Erete 48.70 5 Wilson Lukungu Waiswa 48.73 6 Daryl Vassallo 49.38 7 Takeshi Fujiwara 49.66
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 LaShawn Merritt 46.70 Q 2 Sean Wroe 47.17 Q 3 Damian Kempa 47.43 Q 4 Roger Polydore 47.43 q 5 Cristián Reyes 48.14 6 Vasile Bobos 48.67 7 Nicholas Mangham 58.29
Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Serdar Tamac 47.14 Q 2 Manoi Pushpa Kumara 47.16 Q 3 Paulo Orlando 47.48 Q 4 Lukasz Pryga 47.93 5 Antti Toivonen 48.09 Félix Martínez DQ IAAF rule 163.3
Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Valentin Kruglyakov 46.48 Q 2 Richard Buck 47.00 Q 3 Michael Gardener 47.06 Q 4 Claudio Licciardello 47.35 q 5 Roman Holly 47.74 6 Frank Puriza 48.07 7 José Eduardo Acevedo 48.95
Heat 7 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Obakeng Ngwigwa 46.92 Q 2 Željko Vincek 47.68 Q 3 Yudai Sasaki 47.83 Q 4 Mikhail Ratnikov 48.06 5 Mohamed Moussa 48.66 6 Sou Chon Kin 51.72
Participation According to an unofficial count, 47 athletes from 39 countries participated in the event.
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