1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

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 Qatar
Silver	Llewellyn Herbert South Africa
Bronze	Angelo Taylor United States

Results

Final

23 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mubarak Al-Nubi	Qatar	49.07
	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	49.15
	Angelo Taylor	United States	50.18
4	Kjell Provost	Belgium	51.11
5	Marcel Lopuchovský	Slovakia	51.16
6	Alexandre Marchand	Canada	51.29
7	Willie Smith	Namibia	51.83
8	Isaac Magut	Kenya	52.00

Semifinals

22 August

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mubarak Al-Nubi	Qatar	50.99	Q
2	Kjell Provost	Belgium	51.15	Q
3	Alexandre Marchand	Canada	51.37	Q
4	Marcel Lopuchovský	Slovakia	51.68	Q
5	Marians Zigmunds	Latvia	51.94
6	Francesco Filisetti	Italy	52.02
7	Juan Labuschagne	South Africa	52.27
8	John McAfee	United States	53.78

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	50.38	Q
2	Isaac Magut	Kenya	51.22	Q
3	Angelo Taylor	United States	51.43	Q
4	Willie Smith	Namibia	51.60	Q
5	Boris Gorban	Russia	52.20
6	Tan Chunhua	China	52.36
7	Andrew Laverick	Australia	53.39
8	Boris Vazovan	Slovakia	55.09

Heats

21 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	51.70	Q
2	Boris Vazovan	Slovakia	52.06	Q
3	Francesco Filisetti	Italy	52.11	q
4	Willie Smith	Namibia	52.14	q
5	Kurt Duncan	Jamaica	53.10
6	Lin Chin-Fu	Chinese Taipei	53.25
7	Samy Barka	France	53.32
8	Kuripitone Betham	Western Samoa	57.49

Heat 2

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

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marcel Lopuchovský	Slovakia	52.20	Q
2	Boris Gorban	Russia	52.72	Q
3	Peter Poles	Slovenia	52.81
4	Ken Yoshizawa	Japan	53.10
5	Mark Rowlands	United Kingdom	53.63
6	Daniel Gómez	Andorra	53.77
7	Cristiano Moura	Brazil	53.87
8	Jaime Juan	Spain	53.89

Heat 4

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

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mubarak Al-Nubi	Qatar	51.95	Q
2	Alexandre Marchand	Canada	52.41	Q
3	Peter Bate	Australia	52.47
4	Cédric El-Idrissi	Switzerland	52.75
5	Chen Tien-Wen	Chinese Taipei	52.92
6	Mads Mikkelsen	Denmark	53.33
7	Zahr-el-Din El-Najem	Syria	55.32
8		Sri Lanka	DNF

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Angelo Taylor	United States	51.98	Q
2	Andrew Laverick	Australia	52.14	Q
3	Alexander Mena	Colombia	52.27
4	Frank Peeters	Netherlands	52.62
5	Erick Talu	Estonia	52.84
6	Stefan Bönisch	Germany	53.06
7	Brian Liddy	Ireland	53.49
8	Francesco Sartore	Italy	54.00

Participation

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

• Andorra (1)
• Australia (2)
• Belarus (1)
• Belgium (2)
• Benin (1)
• Brazil (2)
• Canada (1)
• China (1)
• Chinese Taipei (2)
• Colombia (1)
• Denmark (1)
• Estonia (1)
• France (1)
• Germany (2)
• Ireland (1)
• Italy (2)
• Jamaica (1)
• Japan (2)
• Kenya (1)
• Latvia (1)
• Malaysia (1)
• Namibia (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• New Zealand (1)
• Norway (1)
• Qatar (1)
• Russia (2)
• Slovakia (2)
• Slovenia (1)
• Sri Lanka (1)
• South Africa (2)
• Spain (1)
• Switzerland (1)
• Syria (1)
• United Kingdom (2)
• United States (2)
• Western Samoa (1)