Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 400 metres

Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Track events
100 m	Boys	Girls
200 m	Boys	Girls
400 m	Boys	Girls
800 m	Boys	Girls
1,500 m	Boys	Girls
3,000 m	Boys	Girls
100 m hurdles		Girls
110 m hurdles	Boys
400 m hurdles	Boys	Girls
2,000 m steeplechase	Boys	Girls
8×100 m relay	Mixed
Road events
5 km walk		Girls
10 km walk	Boys
Field events
Long jump	Boys	Girls
Triple jump	Boys	Girls
High jump	Boys	Girls
Pole vault	Boys	Girls
Shot put	Boys	Girls
Discus throw	Boys	Girls
Javelin throw	Boys	Girls
Hammer throw	Boys	Girls

The boys’ 400 m competition at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held on 20–23 August 2014. The event took place in Nanjing Olympic Sports Center, Nanjing, China.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Martin Manley Jamaica (JAM)	Karabo Sibanda Botswana (BOT)	Henri Delauze Bahamas (BAH)

Heats

Eight fastest athletes advanced to Final A, the others advanced to Final B, or C according to their times.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Reaction	Result	Notes
1	8	Martin Manley (JAM)	0.172	47.14	FA
2	6	Benjamin Lobo Vedel (DEN)	0.167	47.27	FA
3	4	Jesus Serrano (ESP)	0.165	48.13	FA
4	2	Andrew James (USA)	0.254	49.06	FB
5	3	Mingi Choi (KOR)	0.153	49.30	FB
6	7	Jason Yaw (GUY)	0.167	49.41	FB
7	5	Mohammadreza Rahmani (IRI)	0.174	50.37	FC

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Reaction	Result	Notes
1	4	Gemechu Alemu (ETH)	0.212	47.42	FA, PB
2	2	Henri Delauze (BAH)	0.290	47.44	FA
3	8	Kashief King (TTO)	0.186	48.66	FB
4	7	Vitsanu Phosri (THA)	0.190	48.96	FB
5	3	Tzu-Yao Chou (TPE)	0.170	50.01	FC
6	5	Harold Estiven Maturana (COL)	0.175	51.35	FC
7	6	Malolefoua Hercules Posini (SAM)	0.207	52.55	FC

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Reaction	Result	Notes
1	2	Karabo Sibanda (BOT)	0.199	47.43	FA
2	4	Ian Mutuku (KEN)	0.188	47.56	FA
3	7	Anderson Cerqueira (BRA)	0.217	48.07	FA
4	6	Michael Mullett (AUS)	0.202	48.24	FB
5	8	Ezequiel Suarez (PUR)	0.173	48.53	FB, PB
6	3	Pawel Chmiel (POL)	0.189	49.42	FC
7	5	Dicki-Terry Mael (VAN)	0.184	50.40	FC, PB

Finals

Final A

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Reaction	Result	Notes
	4	Martin Manley (JAM)	0.162	46.31
	5	Karabo Sibanda (BOT)	0.185	46.76	PB
	9	Henri Delauze (BAH)	0.213	46.91	PB
4	8	Ian Mutuku (KEN)	0.158	47.08
5	6	Benjamin Lobo Vedel (DEN)	0.157	47.29
6	7	Gemechu Alemu (ETH)	0.201	47.66
7	2	Anderson Cerqueira (BRA)	0.216	47.81
8	3	Jesus Serrano (ESP)	0.178	48.81

Final B

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Reaction	Result	Notes
1	2	Jason Yaw (GUY)	0.176	47.47
2	3	Michael Mullett (AUS)	0.153	47.84
3	4	Kashief King (TTO)	0.201	47.94	PB
4	6	Vitsanu Phosri (THA)	0.196	48.87
5	5	Ezequiel Suarez (PUR)	0.182	49.27
6	8	Mingi Choi (KOR)	0.166	50.40
	7	Andrew James (USA)			DNS

Final C

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Reaction	Result	Notes
1	7	Mohammadreza Rahmani (IRI)	0.170	49.80
2	4	Tzu-Yao Chou (TPE)	0.201	49.89
3	3	Harold Estiven Maturana (COL)	0.172	50.30
4	8	Malolefeua Hercules Posini (SAM)	0.228	52.23	PB
	5	Pawel Chmiel (POL)			DNS
	6	Dicki-Terry Mael (VAN)			DNS