The men's 400 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 20, 21 and 22 July.

Medalists Gold Abdalelah Haroun Silver Wilbert London III Bronze Karabo Sibanda

Records Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in AthleticsWorld Junior Record43.87Seoul, South Korea28 September 1988Championship Record44.66Santiago, Chile20 October 2000World Junior Leading44.22Gaborone, Botswana21 May 2016

Results Heats Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 6 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note 1 1 Geoffrey Kiprotich Rono 46.23 Q, 2 3 Baboloki Thebe 46.25 Q 3 6 Karabo Sibanda 46.34 Q 4 5 Kahmari Montgomery 46.46 Q 5 4 Abdalelah Haroun 46.51 Q 6 2 Christopher Taylor 46.73 Q 7 5 Myles Banfield 46.77 Q, 8 2 Kazuki Matsukiyo 46.78 Q 9 6 Jamal Walton 46.83 Q 10 4 Sean Bailey 46.83 Q 11 4 Cameron Chalmers 46.91 Q 12 6 Iván Núñez 46.96 Q 13 3 Luis Charles 47.09 Q 14 6 Edwin Ngeeti 47.11 q 15 2 Anthony Zambrano 47.18 Q 16 2 Tymoteusz Zimny 47.20 q 17 1 Wilbert London III 47.23 Q 18 2 Taha Hussein Yaseen 47.31 q 19 3 Naoki Kitadani 47.32 Q 20 1 Moussa Ali Issa 47.39 Q 21 6 Vladimir Aceti 47.62 q 22 5 Wu Yuang 47.65 Q 23 2 Jochem Dobber 47.67 q 24 6 David Šalamon 47.79 q 25 1 Mo Il-hwan 47.82 26 4 Nathan Friginette 47.91 27 3 Brayan Lopez 47.92 28 1 Mihai Cristian Pislaru 48.01 29 5 Derrick Mokaleng 48.04 30 4 Henri Delauze 48.15 31 5 Lawson Power 48.36 32 6 Joshua St. Clair 48.39 33 5 Charles Devantay 48.42 34 3 Kinard Rolle 48.60 35 6 Andile Lusenga 48.67 36 2 Vitsanu Phosri 49.30 37 1 Gezahegn Ababu 49.54 38 4 Kashief King 50.06 39 2 Alessandro Gasperoni 50.48 3 Dawid Kapała 1 Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel 3 Gemechu Alemu 4 Ojo Sunday Fatoyinbo 5 Abdallah Djimet Souleyman

Semifinals Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note 1 1 Karabo Sibanda 45.15 Q 2 3 Geoffrey Kiprotich Rono 45.38 Q 3 3 Wilbert London III 45.49 Q 4 2 Abdalelah Haroun 45.55 Q 5 1 Kahmari Montgomery 45.71 Q 6 1 Anthony Zambrano 45.81 q, 7 1 Naoki Kitadani 46.41 q, 8 3 Cameron Chalmers 46.51 9 3 Christopher Taylor 46.60 10 1 Jamal Walton 46.61 11 2 Kazuki Matsukiyo 46.69 Q 12 3 Wu Yuang 46.83 13 2 Iván Núñez 47.00 14 1 Sean Bailey 47.09 15 3 Tymoteusz Zimny 47.14 16 2 Jochem Dobber 47.22 17 1 Taha Hussein Yaseen 47.26 18 2 Luis Charles 47.33 19 1 Vladimir Aceti 47.41 20 3 Myles Banfield 47.46 21 2 Edwin Ngeeti 47.51 22 3 David Šalamon 47.51 2 Baboloki Thebe R163.3(a)Lane infringement 2 Moussa Ali Issa

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note 6 Abdalelah Haroun 44.81 7 Wilbert London III 45.27 5 Karabo Sibanda 45.45 4 4 Geoffrey Kiprotich Rono 45.64 5 8 Kahmari Montgomery 46.48 6 2 Anthony Zambrano 46.50 7 9 Kazuki Matsukiyo 46.69 8 3 Naoki Kitadani 47.15

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