# 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 |
| | 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)