2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 16, 17 and 18 August.

Medalists

Gold	Chris Carter United States
Silver	Bandar Yahya Al-Sharahili Saudi Arabia
Bronze	Stanislav Melnykov Ukraine

Results

Final

18 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Chris Carter	United States	50.08
	Bandar Yahya Al-Sharahili	Saudi Arabia	50.34
	Stanislav Melnykov	Ukraine	50.43
4	Spyridon Papadópoulos	Greece	50.70
5	Daniël Franken	Netherlands	51.08
6	Vyacheslav Sakayev	Russia	51.13
7	Yu Zipei	China	51.17
8	John Kituu Wambua	Kenya	51.76

Semifinals

17 August

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Spyridon Papadópoulos	Greece	50.79	Q
2	Bandar Yahya Al-Sharahili	Saudi Arabia	50.83	Q
3	Stanislav Melnykov	Ukraine	50.87	q
4	Arturas Kulnis	Lithuania	51.92
5	Marius Kranendonk	Netherlands	52.06
6	Joe Greene	United States	53.24
7	Andreas Bube	Denmark	53.35
8	Yu Kyungmin	South Korea	53.74

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vyacheslav Sakayev	Russia	51.30	Q
2	Daniël Franken	Netherlands	51.48	Q
3	Stephan Stoll	Germany	51.64
4	Mohamed Daak	Saudi Arabia	51.78
5	Andrew Yong	Australia	51.91
6	Junya Imai	Japan	52.15
7	Nick Kalivati	New Zealand	53.08
	Wiekus Jonck	South Africa	DQ

Semifinal 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Chris Carter	United States	50.70	Q
2	John Kituu Wambua	Kenya	51.19	Q
3	Yu Zipei	China	51.57	q
4	Josef Prorok	Czech Republic	52.29
5	Juan Bloem	South Africa	52.90
6	Edoardo Guaschino	Italy	53.27
7	Wang Ching-Chun	Chinese Taipei	53.93
	Hans Villagrán	Guatemala	DNS

Heats

16 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marius Kranendonk	Netherlands	51.40	Q
2	Yu Zipei	China	51.89	Q
3	Arturas Kulnis	Lithuania	52.18	Q
4	Andreas Bube	Denmark	52.79	Q
5	Wang Ching-Chun	Chinese Taipei	53.00	q
6	Yu Kyungmin	South Korea	53.34	q
7	David López	Puerto Rico	54.02
	Mickaël François	France	DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Chris Carter	United States	51.49	Q
2	Bandar Yahya Al-Sharahili	Saudi Arabia	51.78	Q
3	Daniël Franken	Netherlands	52.60	Q
4	Hans Villagrán	Guatemala	52.68	Q
5	Mohamed Sghaier	Tunisia	53.89
6	Leonardo Capotosti	Italy	54.02
7	António Rodrigues	Portugal	54.09

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vyacheslav Sakayev	Russia	51.86	Q
2	Mohamed Daak	Saudi Arabia	52.21	Q
3	Spyridon Papadópoulos	Greece	52.28	Q
4	Joe Greene	United States	52.75	Q
5	Nick Kalivati	New Zealand	52.97	q
6	Christopher Quin	Ireland	53.45
7	Diego Cabello	Spain	58.06
8	Terry Marshall	Barbados	66.23

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Stephan Stoll	Germany	51.57	Q
2	Stanislav Melnykov	Ukraine	51.75	Q
3	John Kituu Wambua	Kenya	52.00	Q
4	Wiekus Jonck	South Africa	52.38	Q
5	Andrew Yong	Australia	52.42	q
6	Horatius Abrahams	Namibia	54.37
7	Aarne Nirk	Estonia	54.46
8	Saiful Anwar Shamsudin	Malaysia	55.88

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Juan Bloem	South Africa	52.28	Q
2	Junya Imai	Japan	52.47	Q
3	Josef Prorok	Czech Republic	52.52	Q
4	Edoardo Guaschino	Italy	53.42	Q
5	Dmitriy Korabelnikov	Kazakhstan	53.57
6	Guillermo García	Spain	53.65
7	Mamoudou Oumarou	Togo	53.74
8	Wang Mupeng	China	54.94

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 32 countries participated in the event.

• Australia (1)
• Barbados (1)
• China (2)
• Chinese Taipei (1)
• Czech Republic (1)
• Denmark (1)
• Estonia (1)
• France (1)
• Germany (1)
• Greece (1)
• Guatemala (1)
• Ireland (1)
• Italy (2)
• Japan (1)
• Kazakhstan (1)
• Kenya (1)
• Lithuania (1)
• Malaysia (1)
• Namibia (1)
• Netherlands (2)
• New Zealand (1)
• Portugal (1)
• Puerto Rico (1)
• Russia (1)
• Saudi Arabia (2)
• South Africa (2)
• South Korea (1)
• Spain (2)
• Togo (1)
• Tunisia (1)
• Ukraine (1)
• United States (2)