The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21, 22 and 23 August.

Medalists Gold Mubarak Al-Nubi Silver Llewellyn Herbert Bronze Angelo Taylor

Results Final 23 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Mubarak Al-Nubi 49.07 Llewellyn Herbert 49.15 Angelo Taylor 50.18 4 Kjell Provost 51.11 5 Marcel Lopuchovský 51.16 6 Alexandre Marchand 51.29 7 Willie Smith 51.83 8 Isaac Magut 52.00

Semifinals 22 August

Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mubarak Al-Nubi 50.99 Q 2 Kjell Provost 51.15 Q 3 Alexandre Marchand 51.37 Q 4 Marcel Lopuchovský 51.68 Q 5 Marians Zigmunds 51.94 6 Francesco Filisetti 52.02 7 Juan Labuschagne 52.27 8 John McAfee 53.78

Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Llewellyn Herbert 50.38 Q 2 Isaac Magut 51.22 Q 3 Angelo Taylor 51.43 Q 4 Willie Smith 51.60 Q 5 Boris Gorban 52.20 6 Tan Chunhua 52.36 7 Andrew Laverick 53.39 8 Boris Vazovan 55.09

Heats 21 August

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Llewellyn Herbert 51.70 Q 2 Boris Vazovan 52.06 Q 3 Francesco Filisetti 52.11 q 4 Willie Smith 52.14 q 5 Kurt Duncan 53.10 6 Lin Chin-Fu 53.25 7 Samy Barka 53.32 8 Kuripitone Betham 57.49

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 John McAfee 52.05 Q 2 Kjell Provost 52.16 Q 3 Filip Faems 52.37 4 Charles Robertson-Adams 52.91 5 Mark Edmond 53.07 6 Thomas Janota 53.81 7 Atle McAdam 53.83 8 Crespin Adanguidi 56.87

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Marcel Lopuchovský 52.20 Q 2 Boris Gorban 52.72 Q 3 Peter Poles 52.81 4 Ken Yoshizawa 53.10 5 Mark Rowlands 53.63 6 Daniel Gómez 53.77 7 Cristiano Moura 53.87 8 Jaime Juan 53.89

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Marians Zigmunds 51.71 Q 2 Isaac Magut 51.76 Q 3 Tan Chunhua 51.90 q 4 Juan Labuschagne 51.96 q 5 Jun Iwasaki 54.32 6 Leonid Vershinin 54.50 7 Siong Chuin Cheong 54.71 8 Robson dos Santos 57.38

Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mubarak Al-Nubi 51.95 Q 2 Alexandre Marchand 52.41 Q 3 Peter Bate 52.47 4 Cédric El-Idrissi 52.75 5 Chen Tien-Wen 52.92 6 Mads Mikkelsen 53.33 7 Zahr-el-Din El-Najem 55.32 8 DNF

Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Angelo Taylor 51.98 Q 2 Andrew Laverick 52.14 Q 3 Alexander Mena 52.27 4 Frank Peeters 52.62 5 Erick Talu 52.84 6 Stefan Bönisch 53.06 7 Brian Liddy 53.49 8 Francesco Sartore 54.00

Participation According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 36 countries participated in the event.

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