The men's 400 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 July.
Medalists Gold Marcus Boyd Silver Kirani James Bronze O'Neal Wilder
Results Final 10 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Marcus Boyd 45.53 Kirani James 45.70 O'Neal Wilder 45.76 4 Kurt Mulcahy 46.54 5 Niklas Zender 46.78 6 Daniel Harper 47.20 7 Jordan McGrath 47.81 Brian Gregan DQ IAAF rule 163.3
Semifinals 9 July
Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kirani James 46.55 Q 2 Marcus Boyd 46.88 Q 3 Petr Vaněk 47.22 4 Marcell Deák Nagy 47.43 5 Jānis Leitis 47.51 6 Awad El-Karim Makki 48.21 7 Juan Lewis 48.30 8 Hideyuki Hirose 48.30 9 Akihiro Urano 48.34
Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Niklas Zender 46.78 Q 2 Brian Gregan 46.88 Q 3 Nigel Levine 47.14 4 Zwede Hewitt 47.36 5 Vladimir Krasnov 47.38 6 Silvester Kirwa Meli 47.73 7 Pétros Kiriakídis 48.03 8 Ismail Al-Sabani 48.04
Semifinal 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 O'Neal Wilder 46.08 Q 2 Kurt Mulcahy 46.56 Q 3 Daniel Harper 46.81 q 4 Jordan McGrath 47.13 q 5 Rondell Bartholomew 47.60 6 Juan Carlos Vega 47.94 7 Mauritz Kåshagen 48.22 8 Curtis Kock 48.36
Heats 8 July
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Niklas Zender 47.34 Q 2 Juan Lewis 47.78 Q 3 Marcell Deák Nagy 47.85 Q 4 Arkadiusz Wojno 48.17 5 Bacar Jannot 48.38 6 Alejandro Guerrero 49.20 7 Alessandro Pedrazzoli 50.80 Victor Isaiah DQ IAAF rule 163.3
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hideyuki Hirose 47.86 Q 2 Jānis Leitis 47.95 Q 3 Pétros Kiriakídis 48.24 Q 4 Darnell Greig 48.42 5 Yonas Al-Hosah 48.47 6 Roman Starukh 48.90 7 Juraj Mokráš 49.29 8 Noah Akwu 49.45
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 O'Neal Wilder 46.82 Q 2 Juan Carlos Vega 48.03 Q 3 Curtis Kock 48.21 Q 4 Kevin Williams 48.42 5 Denys Teslenko 48.49 6 Marc Orozco 48.61 7 Tom Chouquet 49.06 8 Marvin Augustine 52.08 9 Peter Semper 54.87
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kirani James 46.53 Q 2 Daniel Harper 47.18 Q 3 Jordan McGrath 47.38 Q 4 Vladimir Krasnov 47.73 q 5 Domenico Fontana 47.99 6 Pascal Nabow 48.06 7 La'Sean Pickstock 48.54 8 Akino Ming 49.08
Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Brian Gregan 47.32 Q 2 Silvester Kirwa Meli 47.34 Q 3 Ismail Al-Sabani 47.39 Q 4 Petr Vaněk 47.78 q 5 Jakub Krzewina 47.97 6 Rasmus Olsen 48.46 7 Hafidhou Attoumani 48.56 8 Fadi Ba-Hafs 51.53
Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Marcus Boyd 47.56 Q 2 Rondell Bartholomew 47.85 Q 3 Awad El-Karim Makki 47.93 Q 4 Erik Voncina 48.20 5 Zoltán Kovács 48.25 6 Endrik Zilberstein 48.58 7 José Antonio Flores 49.36 8 Isoa Me 49.40 9 Wong Man Hou 54.57
Heat 7 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kurt Mulcahy 47.35 Q 2 Nigel Levine 47.38 Q 3 Zwede Hewitt 47.45 Q 4 Mauritz Kåshagen 47.75 q 5 Bereket Desta 47.80 6 Akihiro Urano 48.07 7 Arnaud Froidmont 48.47 8 Fabian Norgrove 49.10
Participation According to an unofficial count, 58 athletes from 42 countries participated in the event.
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