2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 400 metres
| Boys' 400 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero | |||||||||
| Dates | 15–17 July | |||||||||
| Competitors | 48 from 35 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 45.27 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The boys' 400 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia from 15 to 17 July 2015.[1]
Christopher Taylor of Jamaica won the event. His time of 45.27 seconds was a world age-15 best.[2]
Records
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best |  Obea Moore (USA)
|
45.14 | Santiago, Chile | 2 September 1995 |
| Championship Record |  Kirani James (GRN)
|
45.24 | Bressanone, Italy | 10 July 2009 |
| World Youth Leading |  Christopher Taylor (JAM)
|
45.55 | Kingston, Jamaica | 13 June 2015 |
Results
Round 1
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Josephus Lyles | .png){kind=small} United States |
46.26 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Anthony Zambrano |  Colombia |
46.27 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 2 | Christopher Taylor | Jamaica |
46.30 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Loïc Prévot |  France |
46.67 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 5 | Keshun Reed | United States |
46.98 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | Chandan Bauri |  India |
47.15 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Louis Stenmark | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia |
47.17 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Manato Sasaki |  Japan |
47.27 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Jamal Walton |  Cayman Islands |
47.35 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Karabo Sibanda |  Botswana |
47.46 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | Edwin Ngeeti |  Kenya |
47.47 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Marvin Schlegel |  Germany |
47.57 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Xu Haoran |  China |
47.59 | q, PB |
| 14 | 3 | Ryota Kitahara | Japan |
47.69 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | Josphat Kipngetich Ngeno | Kenya |
47.72 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Roger Ordaz |  Mexico |
47.74 | q, PB |
| 17 | 5 | Edgar Ramírez | Mexico |
47.88 | q, PB |
| 18 | 6 | Vladimir Aceti |  Italy |
47.95 | q |
| 19 | 1 | Wu Yuang | China |
48.02 | Q |
| 20 | 5 | Florian Colon Marti | Germany |
48.07 | q |
| 21 | 2 | Tymoteusz Zimny |  Poland |
48.09 | q, PB |
| 22 | 1 | Miquel Shepper |  Suriname |
48.30 | Q, PB |
| 23 | 1 | Anthony Carpenter | Jamaica |
48.31 | |
| 24 | 3 | Nathan Friginette | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada |
48.38 | PB |
| 24 | 2 | Bayraktar Berkay Çalık |  Turkey |
48.38 | PB |
| 26 | 4 | André Marich |  South Africa |
48.41 | Q |
| 27 | 4 | Anej Zupanc |  Slovenia |
48.44 | Q, PB |
| 28 | 5 | Florin Gaspar |  Romania |
48.45 | PB |
| 29 | 4 | Manuel Guijarro |  Spain |
48.54 | |
| 29 | 6 | Austris Karpinskis |  Latvia |
48.54 | |
| 29 | 2 | Dlamini Ndzingeko |  Eswatini |
48.54 | PB |
| 32 | 6 | Rudi Pretorius |  Namibia |
48.55 | PB |
| 33 | 1 | Petar Melnjak |  Croatia |
48.59 | |
| 33 | 3 | Taha Hussein Yaseen |  Iraq |
48.59 | |
| 33 | 5 | Nico Garea |  Austria |
48.59 | PB |
| 36 | 4 | Kagiso Moyuthu | Botswana |
48.72 | PB |
| 37 | 1 | Mihaíl Pappás |  Greece |
48.85 | |
| 38 | 1 | Andrés Hernández | Colombia |
49.02 | PB |
| 39 | 3 | Rodney Griffin |  United States Virgin Islands |
49.09 | PB |
| 40 | 6 | Nicolae Daroczi | Romania |
49.12 | |
| 41 | 2 | Álvaro Sierra | Spain |
49.30 | |
| 42 | 4 | Kristjan Joosep |  Estonia |
49.34 | |
| 43 | 3 | Michaiah Robinson |  Bermuda |
49.49 | |
| 44 | 4 | Michael Aono | Canada |
50.18 | |
| 45 | 6 | Lou Wai Un |  Macau |
51.75 | PB |
| 46 | 1 | Sebastian Acuña |  Ecuador |
52.01 | |
| – | 3 | Christopher Melenciano |  Dominican Republic |
DQ | |
| – | 4 | Luis Charles | Dominican Republic |
DQ |
Semifinal
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.[4]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Christopher Taylor | South Africa |
45.30 | Q, WYL |
| 2 | 1 | Josephus Lyles | United States |
45.93 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Karabo Sibanda | Botswana |
46.53 | q |
| 4 | 3 | Anthony Zambrano | Colombia |
46.76 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Keshun Reed | United States |
46.77 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Louis Stenmark | Australia |
46.78 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 1 | Manato Sasaki | Japan |
46.85 | q, PB |
| 8 | 3 | Jamal Walton | Cayman Islands |
46.97 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Loïc Prévot | France |
47.03 | |
| 10 | 2 | Chandan Bauri | India |
47.41 | |
| 11 | 1 | Xu Haoran | China |
47.44 | PB |
| 12 | 1 | Tymoteusz Zimny | Poland |
47.53 | PB |
| 13 | 2 | Ryota Kitahara | Japan |
47.85 | |
| 14 | 2 | Marvin Schlegel | Germany |
47.92 | |
| 15 | 3 | Wu Yuang | China |
48.11 | |
| 16 | 1 | André Marich | South Africa |
48.34 | |
| 17 | 3 | Roger Ordaz | Mexico |
48.59 | |
| 17 | 2 | Vladimir Aceti | Italy |
48.59 | |
| 19 | 3 | Florian Colon Marti | Germany |
48.84 | |
| 20 | 2 | Edgar Ramírez | Mexico |
49.01 | |
| 21 | 3 | Edwin Ngeeti | Kenya |
49.26 | |
| 22 | 2 | Josphat Kipngetich Ngeno | Kenya |
49.86 | |
| 23 | 1 | Anej Zupanc | Slovenia |
49.93 | |
| – | 3 | Miquel Shepper | Suriname |
DQ |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Christopher Taylor | Jamaica |
45.27 | WYL |
 |
Josephus Lyles | United States |
45.46 | PB |
 |
Keshun Reed | United States |
45.96 | |
| 4 | Jamal Walton | Cayman Islands |
45.99 | PB |
| 5 | Karabo Sibanda | Botswana |
46.03 | PB |
| 6 | Louis Stenmark | Australia |
46.29 | PB |
| 7 | Anthony Zambrano | Colombia |
46.57 | |
| 8 | Manato Sasaki | Japan |
47.54 |
References
- ^ "Timetable". World Athletics.
- ^ "Christopher Taylor achieves world age-15 best of 45.27 in 400M". Team Jamaica. 18 July 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- ^ "400 Metres Boys - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 15 July 2015.
- ^ "400 Metres Boys - Semi-Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 16 July 2015.
- ^ "400 Metres Boys - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 17 July 2015.