The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, United States on 6, 8 and 9 August 2026.
Records U20 standing records prior to the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows: Record Athlete & Nationality Mark Location Date World U20 Record 47.34 Budapest, Hungary 21 August 2023 Championship Record 48.51 Grosseto, Italy 16 July 2004 World U20 Leading 48.09 Nagoya, Japan 14 June 2026
Results Round 1 Round 1 took place in the morning session on 6 August 2026.
Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 18 Miller Warme 49.88 26 Ethan Dewhirst 50.73 35 Lucas de Almeida 51.78 47 Anton Smiian 52.83 53 Jules Nauer 53.97 64 William Tait 54.72 72 Raphael Briel 55.33 —9 Avinaash Nair Sathiasselan
Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 15 Alex Ibañez 50.77 23 Robert Miller 51.27 34 Diego Mancini 51.32 46 Nino Camiu 51.82 58 Mohamed Atheeb Riffai 52.14 62 Adam Boškovič 52.48 79 Magnus Skupin-Alfa 53.30 87 Travis Collet 57.28
Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 19 Lesibe Dikgale 50.58 27 Rayhan Mourtada 50.68 , 36 Naif Rashid Alsubaie 50.91 48 Juan Francisco Ibarra 51.11 , 53 Joel Reyes 51.54 , 65 Alonso Guzman 51.87 72 Lovro Šourek 53.04 84 Jonas Rosholt 54.92
Heat 4 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 13 Jahvanie Tyrell 51.02 26 Marek Váňa 51.27 32 Omari Brown 51.50 44 Shavindu Nimasha Maha 51.61 58 Tommaso Ardizzone 51.80 65 Matúš Havaš 52.88 79 Martin Stoyanov 53.68 87 Amit Kumar 54.01
Heat 5 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 14 Matodzi Ndou 50.69 27 Diego Espeso 50.93 31 Samuel Mosquera 51.97 45 Nikolas Raeth 52.60 53 Daryen Ko 52.72 62 William Tapodi 53.25 78 Benedek Tompa 53.56 89 Max Baxa 54.46 96 Tieano Ferguson 54.93
Heat 6 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 11 Taiju Goto 50.45 29 Brady Tse 50.97 , 32 Steven Mateus Mendez 51.62 45 Ivan Cabanda 51.75 53 Tae-eon Park 52.44 66 Med Amine Barkallah 53.32 78 German David Muñoz 53.97 87 Ali Abdulfattah Alrumayh 54.03 94 Toms Melderis 54.62
Heat 7 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 19 Michal Rada 50.68 23 Adam Namar 51.39 36 Des O'Neill 51.45 , 45 Juan David Arboleda 51.45 , 58 Benjamin Ignacio Tejos 52.10 62 Kristen Colly 52.47 74 Santiago Quintero 53.31 87 Long Hei Cyrus Chung 53.78 91 Maximiliano Saucedo 53.84
Heat 8 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 16 Keenen Davis 50.97 23 Ryo Chiba 51.58 35 Rashad Gibson 51.74 49 Zixian Gan 52.07 52 Wilton dos Santos 52.17 67 Yassine Chabane 53.02 78 Kiril Savchenko 53.88 84 Ethan Williams 59.91
Semi-finals Semi-finals took place in the afternoon session on 8 August 2026.
Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 5 Miller Warme 49.48 2 6 Jahvanie Tyrell 49.98 , 3 8 Marek Váňa 50.22 4 1 Samuel Mosquera 50.54 5 9 Diego Mancini 50.64 6 7 Alex Ibañez 50.95 7 3 Des O'Neill 51.28 8 4 Brady Tse 51.44 9 2 Juan Francisco Ibarra 52.31
Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 7 Michal Rada 49.67 2 5 Lesibe Dikgale 50.50 3 4 Ethan Dewhirst 50.53 4 6 Rayhan Mourtada 50.59 5 2 Rashad Gibson 51.72 6 3 Steven Mateus Mendez 51.73 7 1 Joel Reyes 51.76 8 9 Ryo Chiba 52.37 9 8 Adam Namar 54.08
Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 5 Taiju Goto 49.19 2 6 Matodzi Ndou 49.66 3 7 Keenen Davis 50.47 4 2 Lucas de Almeida 50.88 5 8 Robert Miller 50.89 6 9 Naif Rashid Alsubaie 51.29 7 4 Diego Espeso 51.33 8 1 Juan David Arboleda 51.43 9 3 Omari Brown 52.14
Final The final took place in the afternoon session on 9 August 2026.
Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 5 Michal Rada 48.59 7 Taiju Goto 49.23 4 Matodzi Ndou 49.90 4 6 Miller Warme 50.06 5 1 Ethan Dewhirst 51.05 6 3 Marek Váňa 51.42 7 9 Samuel Mosquera 51.99 8 8 Jahvanie Tyrell 53.23 9 2 Keenen Davis 54.49
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