The men's 400 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 2, 3 and 4 August 2022.

Records U20 standing records prior to the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows: RecordAthlete & NationalityMarkLocationDateWorld U20 Record43.87Seoul, South Korea28 September 1988Championship Record44.58Nairobi, Kenya21 August 2021World U20 Leading44.93Eugene, United States25 June 2022

Results

Round 1 Round 1 took place on 2 August, with the 35 athletes involved being split into 5 heats, each of 7 athletes. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 4 fastest ( q ) qualified to the semi-final. The overall results were as follows:

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note 1 2 Lythe Pillay 46.02 Q, 2 2 Yusuf Ali Abbas 46.21 Q 3 2 Delano Kennedy 46.24 Q, 4 4 Steven McElroy 46.38 Q 5 3 Tadeáš Plaček 46.56 Q, 6 1 Ángel González 46.65 Q 7 3 Shaemar Uter 46.66 Q 8 5 Masataka Tomoda 46.68 Q 9 2 Elkanah Chemelili 46.69 Q 10 2 Martin Kouyoumdjian 46.75 q, 11 5 Ashton Schwartzman 46.76 Q 12 4 Christopher Morales-Williams 46.81 Q 13 4 Andreas Grimerud 46.85 Q 14 3 Markel Fernández 46.87 Q 15 1 Busang Kebinatshipi 46.89 Q 16 4 Tjaart van der Walt 47.00 Q 17 1 Vinivius Moura 47.02 Q 18 5 Joshua Atkinson 47.03 Q 19 3 Shion Arita 47.10 Q 20 1 Tyler Floyd 47.10 Q 21 5 Marko Orešković 47.12 Q, 22 2 Cooper Sherman 47.16 q, 23 5 Lukas Krappe 47.25 q, 24 1 Lukas Sutkus 47.39 q, 25 5 Denis Toma 47.64 26 1 Bamidele Ajayi 47.67 27 4 Michal Haidelmeier 47.70 28 1 Remus Niculita 47.80 29 3 Emmanuel Rwotomiya 47.86 30 5 Luca Sito 48.03 31 2 Amal Glasgow 48.26 32 3 Lex Revell-Lewis 48.66 33 4 Tumiso Gabonamong 48.72 34 3 João Ribeiro Barros 48.73 4 Joshua Mpanza

Semi-final The semi-final took place on 3 August, with the 24 athletes involved being split into 3 heats of 8 athletes each. The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 2 fastest ( q ) qualified to the final. The overall results were as follows:

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note 1 2 Delano Kennedy 45.49 Q, 2 3 Lythe Pillay 45.61 Q, 3 1 Steven McElroy 45.67 Q 4 2 Busang Kebinatshipi 45.91 Q 5 1 Shaemar Uter 45.96 Q, 6 3 Joshua Atkinson 46.13 Q, 7 1 Yusuf Ali Abbas 46.21 q 8 2 Tyler Floyd 46.22 q, 9 2 Christopher Morales-Williams 46.27 10 2 Ashton Schwartzman 46.50 11 3 Andreas Grimerud 46.54 12 3 Masataka Tomoda 46.62 13 2 Tadeáš Plaček 46.63 14 1 Martin Kouyoumdjian 46.69 15 1 Ángel González 46.81 16 1 Markel Fernández 46.88 17 3 Cooper Sherman 46.94 18 2 Vinicius Moura 47.00 19 1 Marko Orešković 47.51 20 3 Lukas Sutkus 47.55 21 3 Tjaart van der Walt 47.69 22 3 Shion Arita 47.97 23 1 Elkanah Chemelili 48.03 24 2 Lukas Krappe 48.10

Final The final was started at 18:00 on 4 August. The results were as follows:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note 5 Lythe Pillay 45.28 4 Steven McElroy 45.65 1 Yusuf Ali Abbas 45.80 4 2 Tyler Floyd 46.01 5 7 Joshua Atkinson 46.31 6 8 Shaemar Uter 46.36 3 Busang Kebinatshipi 6 Delano Kennedy

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