The Men's 400 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics

2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics

The 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics were the seventh edition of the World Youth Championships in Athletics. They were held in Lille Métropole, France, with stadium-based events at Stadium Lille-Métropole in Villeneuve d'Ascq, on 6–10 July, 2011. Eligible athletes were aged 16 or 17 on...

 was held at the Stadium Nord Lille Métropole on 6, 7 and 8 July.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Arman Hall Arman Hall Arman Hall is a American sprinter. He currently attends St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Hall was an All-USA high school track and field team selection by USA Today in 2011....    United States	Alphas Leken Kishoyian   Kenya	Patryk Dobek   Poland

Records

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

World Youth Best		45.14	Santiago Santiago Santiago is the capital city of Chile. Santiago may also refer to:*Santiago *Santiago , a Spanish given name*Santiago!, a shortened form of the Reconquista battle cry "Santiago y cierra, España"... , Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...	2 September 1995
Championship Record		45.24	Brixen Brixen Brixen is the name of two cities in the Alps:*Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy*Brixen im Thale, Tyrol, AustriaBrixen may also refer to:*Bishopric of Brixen, the former north-Italian state.... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	10 July 2009
World Youth Leading		46.22	Winter Park Winter Park, Florida Winter Park is a suburban city in Orange County, Florida, United States. The population was 24,090 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2006 estimates, the city had a population of 28,083. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	7 May 2011

During the competition, Arman Hall

Arman Hall

Arman Hall is a American sprinter. He currently attends St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Hall was an All-USA high school track and field team selection by USA Today in 2011....

 lowered his own world youth-leading 46.22 to post the second-fastest in championship history, 46.01.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7	Machel Cedenio		47.32	Q
2	3	Shotaro Akiyo		47.74	Q
3	6	Pieter Conradie		47.83	Q
4	8	José de Jesús Fraire		48.67	q
5	4	Sibongakonke Matsenjwa		48.73	PB
6	2	Mohamedine Mahamadou		48.78	PB
7	1	Maykon Pedro da Cunha		49.32	PB
8	5	Mohmmed Al Shueili		49.50

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Thomas Jordier		47.89	Q, PB
2	4	David Kipkemoi Chemjor		48.15	Q
3	3	Mateo Ružic		48.39	Q
4	5	Samvel Grigoryan		49.64	PB
5	8	Zied Aissa		49.72
6	6	Lennox Williams		50.01
7	1	George Manebona		51.65	SB
	7	Japhet Samuel		DQ

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	Sadam Suliman Koumi		47.59	Q
2	4	Dongbaek Choi		47.87	Q, SB
3	2	Carlos Eduardo Grachet		48.20	Q
4	5	Jack Sheridan		48.48	q
5	8	Sondre Nyvold Lid		48.86
6	1	Attila Farkas		49.77
7	3	Jordan Geenen		49.96
8	7	Abdelkhedere Abdelbassit Abdelrahmane		51.54	PB

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Najee Glass		47.92	Q
2	1	Patryk Dobek		48.13	Q
3	7	Timofey Chalyy		48.49	Q
4	5	Oleksiy Pozdnyakov		48.92	PB
5	3	Nathaniel George		49.90
6	6	Sandeep -		49.94
7	8	Sergi Torres		51.42
8	2	Omar Alkhatib	Palestinian territories	54.93	PB

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Arman Hall Arman Hall Arman Hall is a American sprinter. He currently attends St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Hall was an All-USA high school track and field team selection by USA Today in 2011....		46.76	Q
2	2	Brendon Restall		47.31	Q, PB
3	7	Lorenzo Adams		48.05	Q
4	5	Basheer Atiah Al Barakati		49.42
5	1	Jørgen Kåshagen		50.34
6	6	Ever Carranza		50.60
7	4	Jatin Jain		54.03

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	Jarryd Buchan		47.12	Q, PB
2	7	Takuya Fukunaga		47.24	Q, PB
3	1	Alphas Leken Kishoyian		47.31	Q
4	5	Rafal Smolen		48.04	q, PB
5	4	Lucas Bua		49.04
6	3	Miloš Raovic		49.07	PB
7	2	Lahiru Jamuni		49.26	PB
	8	Aleksandr Lukyanenko		DQ

Heat 7

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Alex Boyce	United Kingdom	47.82	Q, PB
2	8	Andre Wells		47.87	Q
3	3	Ahmed Yahya Al Khayri		48.78	Q, PB
4	4	Nitipol Thongpoon		49.72
5	1	Bariadora Friday Tamunosia		49.97
6	7	Dónald Arias		50.25
7	6	Usama Al-Gheilani		54.25
	2	Bernardo Baloyes		DQ

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	6	Takuya Fukunaga		47.30	Q
2	3	Andre Wells		47.36	Q
3	4	Najee Glass		47.42
4	5	Jarryd Buchan		47.53
5	8	David Kipkemoi Chemjor		47.90
6	7	Lorenzo Adams		48.01
7	1	Timofey Chalyy		48.45
8	2	José de Jesús Fraire		49.60

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	Arman Hall Arman Hall Arman Hall is a American sprinter. He currently attends St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Hall was an All-USA high school track and field team selection by USA Today in 2011....		46.70	Q
2	7	Patryk Dobek		47.19	Q, PB
3	3	Thomas Jordier		47.27	PB
4	8	Carlos Eduardo Grachet		47.58	PB
5	4	Alex Boyce	United Kingdom	47.96
6	5	Dongbaek Choi		48.18
7	1	Jack Sheridan		49.39
8	2	Mateo Ružic		50.57

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	8	Alphas Leken Kishoyian		46.52	Q
2	6	Sadam Suliman Koumi		47.08	Q
3	4	Machel Cedenio		47.12	q
4	3	Brendon Restall		47.26	q, PB
5	5	Shotaro Aikyo		47.42	PB
6	7	Pieter Conradie		47.58
7	2	Ahmed Yahya Al Khayri		48.57
	1	Rafal Smolen			DQ

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Arman Hall Arman Hall Arman Hall is a American sprinter. He currently attends St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Hall was an All-USA high school track and field team selection by USA Today in 2011....		46.01	WYL
	6	Alphas Leken Kishoyian		46.58
	8	Patryk Dobek		46.67	PB
4	2	Machel Cedenio		46.89	PB
5	5	Takuya Fukunaga		47.16	PB
6	7	Andre Wells		47.22
7	1	Brendon Restall		47.34
	3	Sadam Suliman Koumi			DNF