# 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 400 metres hurdles

The boys' 400 metres hurdles at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 10, 11 and 13 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Marvin Williams Jamaica | Wang Yang China | Kenny Selmon United States |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | William Wynne (USA) | 49.01 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 15 July 2007 |
| Championship Record | William Wynne (USA) | 49.01 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 15 July 2007 |
| World Youth Leading | Marlon Humphrey (USA) | 50.75 | Edwardsville, IL, United States | 26 June 2013 |

## Heats

Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified.

### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Marlon Humphrey | United States | 52.00 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Xavier Coakley | Bahamas | 54.11 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Daniel Brady | Canada | 54.65 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Adrian Chirita | Romania | 54.96 | |
| 5 | 6 | Sumit Kumar Jaisawal | India | 55.00 | SB |
| 6 | 7 | Farkhod Pattaev | Uzbekistan | 56.97 | |
| | 8 | Enej Vrhunec | Slovenia | DQ | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Marvin Williams | Jamaica | 51.33 | Q PB |
| 2 | 3 | Takumu Furuya | Japan | 52.59 | Q PB |
| 3 | 5 | Ryan Wallis | Spain | 52.70 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Mykola Lobatenko | Ukraine | 54.03 | PB |
| 5 | 8 | Larry Lombard | South Africa | 54.05 | |
| 6 | 6 | Mohamed Ammar Zanuar | Malaysia | 55.62 | |
| 7 | 1 | Juan Arévalo | Colombia | 56.07 | |
| 8 | 4 | Saad Abdullah Al Bishi | Saudi Arabia | 56.95 | PB |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Okeen Williams | Jamaica | 52.11 | Q SB |
| 2 | 8 | Mohamed Fares Jlassi | Tunisia | 53.38 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Naoya Okubo | Japan | 53.50 | Q PB |
| 4 | 6 | Florian Gouacide | France | 55.06 | |
| 5 | 4 | D'Mitry Charlton | Bahamas | 56.09 | |
| 6 | 3 | Rene Rafael Perla | El Salvador | 58.80 | |
| 7 | 7 | Calvin Quek | Singapore | 1:02.84 | |

### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Wang Yang | China | 51.99 | Q PB |
| 2 | 8 | Matteo Beria | Italy | 53.00 | Q PB |
| 3 | 6 | Mahmoud Reza Moshtagh | Iran | 54.13 | Q PB |
| 4 | 5 | Ali Mohamed Buhmeed | Bahrain | 54.80 | PB |
| 5 | 3 | László Szeitz | Hungary | 54.95 | |
| 6 | 7 | Florentin Lesage | France | 55.78 | |
| 7 | 2 | Dylan Permal | Mauritius | 56.23 | |

### Heat 5

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Derick Diaz | Puerto Rico | 52.12 | Q PB |
| 2 | 7 | Rai Benjamin | Antigua and Barbuda | 52.49 | Q PB |
| 3 | 8 | Giuseppe Biondo | Italy | 53.26 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Vladislav Omelchenko | Russia | 53.50 | q |
| 5 | 6 | Divan Rossouw | Namibia | 53.51 | q PB |
| 6 | 4 | Sofiane Titouah | Algeria | 54.03 | PB |
| 7 | 3 | Petro Chernyshenko | Ukraine | 54.30 | PB |

### Heat 6

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Kenny Selmon | United States | 52.03 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Avotriniaina Rakotoarimiandry | Madagascar | 53.36 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Raouf Jedid | Tunisia | 53.50 | Q PB |
| 4 | 3 | Parmvir Singh | India | 53.66 | SB |
| 5 | 4 | Salvador García | Mexico | 54.61 | |
| 6 | 7 | Davis Edward | Canada | 54.87 | |
| 7 | 5 | Daniel Chidavaenzi | Zimbabwe | 55.58 | |

### Heat 7

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Javier Delgado | Spain | 52.20 | Q PB |
| 2 | 2 | Geofrey Kipkoech Cheruiyot | Kenya | 52.44 | Q PB |
| 3 | 3 | Khalid Mohammed Al-Shahrani | Qatar | 52.92 | Q PB |
| 4 | 6 | Hanno Coetzer | South Africa | 53.41 | q |
| 5 | 4 | Xavier Martí | Venezuela | 54.89 | PB |
| 6 | 7 | Raymond Scott Lee Chian Hoong | Singapore | 56.13 | |
| 7 | 1 | Azamat Dosmuratov | Kazakhstan | 56.28 | |
| 8 | 8 | Salman Abdulrahman Al Harbi | Saudi Arabia | 1:00.12 | PB |

## Semifinals

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Wang Yang | China | 50.72 | Q WYL |
| 2 | 6 | Kenny Selmon | United States | 50.95 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Geofrey Kipkoech Cheruiyot | Kenya | 51.01 | q PB |
| 4 | 4 | Naoya Okubo | Japan | 52.03 | PB |
| 5 | 8 | Matteo Beria | Italy | 52.18 | PB |
| 6 | 7 | Xavier Coakley | Bahamas | 53.78 | |
| 7 | 2 | Vladislav Omelchenko | Russia | 54.30 | |
| 8 | 1 | Raouf Jedid | Tunisia | 55.30 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Marvin Williams | Jamaica | 51.31 | Q PB |
| 2 | 4 | Derick Diaz | Puerto Rico | 51.95 | Q PB |
| 3 | 5 | Avotriniaina Rakotoarimiandry | Madagascar | 52.11 | PB |
| 4 | 7 | Giuseppe Biondo | Italy | 52.45 | |
| 5 | 6 | Javier Delgado | Spain | 52.84 | |
| 6 | 1 | Mahmoud Reza Moshtagh | Iran | 52.88 | Q PB |
| 7 | 8 | Mohamed Fares Jlassi | Tunisia | 52.96 | |
| 8 | 2 | Divan Rossouw | Namibia | 55.75 | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Okeen Williams | Jamaica | 50.53 | Q WYL |
| 2 | 5 | Marlon Humphrey | United States | 50.96 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Takumu Furuya | Japan | 51.0 | q PB |
| 4 | 7 | Ryan Wallis | Spain | 52.21 | PB |
| 5 | 3 | Rai Benjamin | Antigua and Barbuda | 52.36 | PB |
| 6 | 1 | Hanno Coetzer | South Africa | 53.60 | |
| 7 | 8 | Khalid Mohammed Al-Shahrani | Qatar | 54.26 | |
| 8 | 2 | Daniel Brady | Canada | 54.78 | |

## Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Marvin Williams | Jamaica | 50.39 | Q WYL |
| | 6 | Wang Yang | China | 50.78 | |
| | 5 | Kenny Selmon | United States | 51.30 | |
| 4 | 1 | Takumu Furuya | Japan | 51.58 | |
| 5 | 7 | Derick Diaz | Puerto Rico | 51.76 | PB |
| | 2 | Geofrey Kipkoech Cheruiyot | Kenya | DNF | |
| | 3 | Okeen Williams | Jamaica | DNF | |
| | 8 | Marlon Humphrey | United States | DNS | |