The boys' 400 metres at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held from 10 to 12 July.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeMartin ManleyRyan ClarkAlex Sampao

Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best45.14Santiago de Chile, Chile2 September 1995Championship Record45.24Brixen, Italy10 July 2009World Youth Leading46.64Kingston, Jamaica16 March 2013Austin, TX, United States10 May 2013

Heats Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 8 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 Batuhan Altıntaş 47.50 Q 2 5 Haji Turie 47.83 Q, PB 3 3 Dimitrios Vlahas 47.92 q, PB 4 2 Alex Sampao 47.94 q 5 8 Khalifa Bakhit Bin Jarn 48.95 PB 6 7 Zubin Percy Muncherji 49.20 7 1 Nicolae Gorcea 49.21 4 Jaturong Chimrueang DNS

Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Omeiza John Akerele 48.29 Q 2 2 Giuseppe Leonardi 48.44 Q 3 7 Eckhardt Roussouw 49.16 4 6 Luis Arizala 49.31 5 3 Kyron McMaster 49.52 6 4 Darwin Echeverry 49.54 7 8 Mykhaylo Tyutyunnykov 49.68 PB 5 Tatenda Matesanwa DNS

Heat 3 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 Ian Mutuku 46.85 Q, PB 2 3 Samuel Baird 46.97 Q, PB 3 8 Kakeru Yamaki 46.99 q, PB 4 6 Warren Hazel 47.23 q, PB 5 1 Constantin Schmidt 48.28 q 6 5 Edwin Diodonet 49.10 7 2 Berk Köksal 49.28 PB 8 4 Christian Sand Clausen 49.93

Heat 4 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Kaisei Yui 47.28 Q 2 8 Laurin Walter 47.74 Q, PB 3 7 Jordan Jimerson 48.28 q 4 6 Mykhaylo Yavorskyy 48.67 5 5 Kevin Emanuel Lecitra 48.84 PB 6 4 Vincent Karger 48.91 PB 7 2 Euddy Roberti 49.63

Heat 5 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Ryan Clark 46.84 Q, PB 2 5 Mazen Al-Yassin 48.30 Q 3 7 Emanuele Grossi 48.55 PB 4 8 Szabolcs Vígvári 49.15 5 2 Jakob Brull 49.29 6 6 Kinard Rolle 49.51 7 4 Cristian Taut 50.40

Heat 6 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Martin Manley 47.08 Q 2 8 Abbas Abubaker 47.28 Q, PB 3 7 Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel 47.90 q 4 6 Wandifa Sanneh 48.80 PB 5 5 Mateo Kovacic 49.20 6 1 Ricardo Feliciano 49.83 7 4 Jeffri Arcia 50.16 2 Batinisavu Uluiyata DQ

Heat 7 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Janeko Cartwright 47.25 Q, PB 2 1 Mohamed Nasir Abbas 47.45 Q, PB 3 7 Erik Martinsson 47.70 q, PB 4 4 Miguel Ángel Ortega 48.59 PB 5 6 Kelvis Padrino 48.70 PB 6 3 Dmitriy Karaulov 49.89 7 8 Saula Nodrakoro 50.90 5 Tijan Keita DQ

Heat 8 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Devaughn Baker 47.58 Q 2 6 Jason Yaw 48.38 Q 3 8 Jaka Zupan 48.55 PB 4 2 Wang Wei-Hsu 49.06 5 3 Muhamad Azam Masri 49.33 6 4 Alexander Szuba 49.72 7 7 Akhenaton Pierre 49.92

Semifinals Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Ryan Clark 46.33 Q, WYL 2 5 Batuhan Altıntaş 46.72 Q, PB 3 3 Devaughn Baker 46.78 q 4 2 Alex Sampao 46.83 q, PB 5 8 Kakeru Yamaki 47.38 6 6 Laurin Walter 47.69 PB 7 7 Haji Turie 48.12 8 1 Erik Martinsson 48.90

Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Martin Manley 46.65 Q, PB 2 4 Abbas Abubaker 46.85 Q, PB 3 3 Janeko Cartwright 47.23 PB 4 6 Samuel Baird 47.48 5 2 Constantin Schmidt 48.05 PB 6 7 Giuseppe Leonardi 48.10 PB 7 1 Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel 48.14 8 8 Jason Yaw 50.39

Heat 3 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 Mohamed Nasir Abbas 46.78 Q, PB 2 4 Ian Mutuku 46.87 Q 3 8 Mazen Al-Yassin 46.99 PB 4 7 Warren Hazel 47.07 PB 5 5 Kaisei Yui 47.23 6 3 Omeiza John Akerele 47.23 PB 7 1 Jordan Jimerson 47.97 8 2 Dimitrios Vlahas 48.33

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Martin Manley 45.89 WYL 5 Ryan Clark 46.46 2 Alex Sampao 46.78 PB 4 7 Ian Mutuku 47.02 5 3 Batuhan Altıntaş 47.10 6 4 Mohamed Nasir Abbas 47.20 7 1 Devaughn Baker 47.97 8 Abbas Abubaker DQ

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