# 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 11–13 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Eric Futch United States | Takahiro Matsumoto Japan | Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh Saudi Arabia |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record | Danny Harris (USA) | 48.02 | Los Angeles, United States | 17 June 1984 |
| Championship Record | Kerron Clement (USA) | 48.51 | Grosseto, Italy | 16 July 2004 |
| World Junior Leading | Felix Franz (GER) | 50.48 | Regensburg, Germany | 2 June 2012 |
| Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics |||||
| World Junior Leading | Eric Futch (USA) | 50.24 | Barcelona, Spain | 13 July 2012 |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest times (q) qualified
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 7 | 3 | Gregory Coleman | United States | 50.95 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Mitja Lindic | Slovenia | 51.16 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 4 | 9 | Takahiro Matsumoto | Japan | 51.26 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh | Saudi Arabia | 51.36 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Javarn Gallimore | Jamaica | 51.40 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | 9 | Shavon Barnes | Jamaica | 51.52 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Oskari Mörö | Finland | 51.65 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 9 | Shota Madokoro | Japan | 51.67 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 9 | Riadh Sayeh | Tunisia | 51.68 | Q, PB |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Felix Franz | Germany | 51.78 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 6 | Eric Futch | United States | 51.82 | Q |
| 12 | 7 | 8 | Max Scheible | Germany | 51.82 | Q, SB |
| 13 | 6 | 6 | Gamal Abdelnasir Abubaker | Qatar | 51.93 | Q, PB |
| 14 | 3 | 4 | Durgesh Kumar | India | 51.99 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Brandon Benjamin | Trinidad and Tobago | 52.01 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 6 | Máté Koroknai | Hungary | 52.16 | q, SB |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | José Fernando Martínez | Mexico | 52.21 | Q |
| 18 | 2 | 9 | Timofey Chalyy | Russia | 52.27 | Q |
| 19 | 5 | 8 | Kion Joseph | Barbados | 52.29 | Q |
| 20 | 5 | 7 | Francis Wanguo Mutunga | Kenya | 52.31 | Q |
| 21 | 6 | 4 | Marius Bakken Støle | Norway | 52.37 | q |
| 22 | 5 | 9 | Ben Kiely | Ireland | 52.39 | q, PB |
| 23 | 1 | 8 | Wesley Diego Martins | Brazil | 52.41 | |
| 24 | 2 | 2 | Thomas Kain | Austria | 52.42 | Q |
| 25 | 4 | 8 | William Mbevi Mutunga | Kenya | 52.44 | Q |
| 26 | 1 | 7 | Tramaine Maloney | Barbados | 52.56 | |
| 27 | 3 | 7 | Oleg Mironov | Russia | 52.56 | |
| 28 | 5 | 5 | Ioánnis Loulás | Greece | 52.61 | |
| 29 | 2 | 3 | Joni Vainio-Kaila | Finland | 52.71 | PB |
| 30 | 7 | 2 | Andri Aguirre | Venezuela | 52.71 | |
| 31 | 1 | 9 | Paolo Spezzati | Italy | 52.73 | PB |
| 32 | 4 | 6 | Ramfis Vega | Puerto Rico | 52.77 | |
| 33 | 7 | 5 | Gatkuath Chol | Australia | 52.78 | |
| 34 | 4 | 2 | Erick Armando Valverde | Mexico | 52.85 | |
| 35 | 7 | 6 | Mustafa Ammar Shaheen | Iraq | 52.94 | |
| 36 | 2 | 4 | Taariq Solomons | South Africa | 52.95 | |
| 37 | 7 | 7 | Enrico Tirel | Italy | 53.00 | PB |
| 38 | 4 | 5 | Marcin Młynarczyk | Poland | 53.06 | |
| 39 | 3 | 8 | Dmytro Bezpamyatnyy | Ukraine | 53.11 | |
| 40 | 3 | 3 | Phil Simms | New Zealand | 53.26 | |
| 41 | 1 | 4 | Ju Sang-min | South Korea | 53.29 | |
| 42 | 2 | 6 | Markus Loftås | Norway | 53.29 | SB |
| 43 | 6 | 5 | Alfredo Sepúlveda | Chile | 53.43 | |
| 44 | 2 | 5 | Gerald Drummond | Costa Rica | 53.46 | |
| 45 | 2 | 7 | Sergio Fernández | Spain | 53.50 | |
| 46 | 5 | 3 | Enrique González | Spain | 53.74 | |
| 47 | 4 | 3 | Ali Khamis Khamis | Bahrain | 53.90 | |
| 48 | 7 | 4 | Yahya Ibrahim Barnawi | Saudi Arabia | 54.03 | SB |
| 49 | 6 | 8 | Tamás Kovári | Hungary | 54.13 | |
| 50 | 4 | 7 | Christopher Green | Canada | 54.51 | |
| 51 | 5 | 4 | Alejandro Díaz | Venezuela | 55.65 | |
| 52 | 6 | 7 | Bernardus Pretorius | South Africa | 57.21 | |

### Semi-final

Qualification: The first 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | 6 | Javarn Gallimore | Jamaica | 50.45 | Q, WJL |
| 2 | 1 | 9 | Felix Franz | Germany | 50.66 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Takahiro Matsumoto | Japan | 50.76 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 3 | 6 | Eric Futch | United States | 50.77 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 9 | Timofey Chalyy | Russia | 50.80 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Mitja Lindic | Slovenia | 50.81 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 1 | 7 | Oskari Mörö | Finland | 50.89 | q, PB |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh | Saudi Arabia | 51.11 | q, PB |
| 9 | 2 | 5 | Gregory Coleman | United States | 51.12 | |
| 10 | 3 | 7 | Shota Madokoro | Japan | 51.15 | |
| 11 | 1 | 5 | Shavon Barnes | Jamaica | 51.18 | |
| 12 | 3 | 4 | Riadh Sayeh | Tunisia | 51.36 | NJ |
| 13 | 3 | 9 | Max Scheible | Germany | 51.43 | PB |
| 14 | 3 | 8 | Kion Joseph | Bahamas | 51.51 | PB |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Thomas Kain | Austria | 51.51 | PB |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Durgesh Kumar | India | 51.52 | |
| 17 | 2 | 3 | Francis Wanguo Mutunga | Kenya | 51.65 | |
| 18 | 1 | 2 | William Mbevi Mutunga | Kenya | 51.70 | |
| 19 | 2 | 7 | Brandon Benjamin | Trinidad and Tobago | 51.93 | |
| 20 | 3 | 3 | Marius Bakken Støle | Norway | 52.33 | |
| 21 | 1 | 3 | Máté Koroknai | Hungary | 52.51 | |
| 22 | 2 | 8 | José Fernando Martínez | Mexico | 52.67 | |
| 23 | 2 | 2 | Ben Kiely | Ireland | 53.06 | |
| – | 2 | 4 | Gamal Abdelnasir Abubaker | Qatar | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 6 | Eric Futch | United States | 50.24 | WJL |
| | 5 | Takahiro Matsumoto | Japan | 50.41 | PB |
| | 4 | Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh | Saudi Arabia | 50.47 | PB |
| 4 | 7 | Javarn Gallimore | Jamaica | 50.49 | |
| 5 | 3 | Felix Franz | Germany | 50.80 | |
| 6 | 9 | Oskari Mörö | Finland | 50.80 | PB |
| 7 | 8 | Timofey Chalyy | Russia | 51.17 | |
| 8 | 2 | Mitja Lindic | Slovenia | 51.26 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 52 athletes from 36 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (1)
* Austria (1)
* Bahrain (1)
* Barbados (2)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (1)
* Chile (1)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Finland (2)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (2)
* India (1)
* Iraq (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (2)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (2)
* Kenya (2)
* Mexico (2)
* New Zealand (1)
* Norway (2)
* Poland (1)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Qatar (1)
* Russia (2)
* Saudi Arabia (2)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (2)
* South Korea (1)
* Spain (2)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Tunisia (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United States (2)
* Venezuela (2)