# 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 16, 17 and 18 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Chris Carter United States |
| Silver | Bandar Yahya Al-Sharahili Saudi Arabia |
| Bronze | Stanislav Melnykov Ukraine |

## Results
### Final

18 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Chris Carter | United States | 50.08 |
| | Bandar Yahya Al-Sharahili | Saudi Arabia | 50.34 |
| | Stanislav Melnykov | Ukraine | 50.43 |
| 4 | Spyridon Papadópoulos | Greece | 50.70 |
| 5 | Daniël Franken | Netherlands | 51.08 |
| 6 | Vyacheslav Sakayev | Russia | 51.13 |
| 7 | Yu Zipei | China | 51.17 |
| 8 | John Kituu Wambua | Kenya | 51.76 |

### Semifinals

17 August

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Spyridon Papadópoulos | Greece | 50.79 | Q |
| 2 | Bandar Yahya Al-Sharahili | Saudi Arabia | 50.83 | Q |
| 3 | Stanislav Melnykov | Ukraine | 50.87 | q |
| 4 | Arturas Kulnis | Lithuania | 51.92 | |
| 5 | Marius Kranendonk | Netherlands | 52.06 | |
| 6 | Joe Greene | United States | 53.24 | |
| 7 | Andreas Bube | Denmark | 53.35 | |
| 8 | Yu Kyungmin | South Korea | 53.74 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vyacheslav Sakayev | Russia | 51.30 | Q |
| 2 | Daniël Franken | Netherlands | 51.48 | Q |
| 3 | Stephan Stoll | Germany | 51.64 | |
| 4 | Mohamed Daak | Saudi Arabia | 51.78 | |
| 5 | Andrew Yong | Australia | 51.91 | |
| 6 | Junya Imai | Japan | 52.15 | |
| 7 | Nick Kalivati | New Zealand | 53.08 | |
| | Wiekus Jonck | South Africa | DQ | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Chris Carter | United States | 50.70 | Q |
| 2 | John Kituu Wambua | Kenya | 51.19 | Q |
| 3 | Yu Zipei | China | 51.57 | q |
| 4 | Josef Prorok | Czech Republic | 52.29 | |
| 5 | Juan Bloem | South Africa | 52.90 | |
| 6 | Edoardo Guaschino | Italy | 53.27 | |
| 7 | Wang Ching-Chun | Chinese Taipei | 53.93 | |
| | Hans Villagrán | Guatemala | DNS | |

### Heats

16 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marius Kranendonk | Netherlands | 51.40 | Q |
| 2 | Yu Zipei | China | 51.89 | Q |
| 3 | Arturas Kulnis | Lithuania | 52.18 | Q |
| 4 | Andreas Bube | Denmark | 52.79 | Q |
| 5 | Wang Ching-Chun | Chinese Taipei | 53.00 | q |
| 6 | Yu Kyungmin | South Korea | 53.34 | q |
| 7 | David López | Puerto Rico | 54.02 | |
| | Mickaël François | France | DQ | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Chris Carter | United States | 51.49 | Q |
| 2 | Bandar Yahya Al-Sharahili | Saudi Arabia | 51.78 | Q |
| 3 | Daniël Franken | Netherlands | 52.60 | Q |
| 4 | Hans Villagrán | Guatemala | 52.68 | Q |
| 5 | Mohamed Sghaier | Tunisia | 53.89 | |
| 6 | Leonardo Capotosti | Italy | 54.02 | |
| 7 | António Rodrigues | Portugal | 54.09 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vyacheslav Sakayev | Russia | 51.86 | Q |
| 2 | Mohamed Daak | Saudi Arabia | 52.21 | Q |
| 3 | Spyridon Papadópoulos | Greece | 52.28 | Q |
| 4 | Joe Greene | United States | 52.75 | Q |
| 5 | Nick Kalivati | New Zealand | 52.97 | q |
| 6 | Christopher Quin | Ireland | 53.45 | |
| 7 | Diego Cabello | Spain | 58.06 | |
| 8 | Terry Marshall | Barbados | 66.23 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stephan Stoll | Germany | 51.57 | Q |
| 2 | Stanislav Melnykov | Ukraine | 51.75 | Q |
| 3 | John Kituu Wambua | Kenya | 52.00 | Q |
| 4 | Wiekus Jonck | South Africa | 52.38 | Q |
| 5 | Andrew Yong | Australia | 52.42 | q |
| 6 | Horatius Abrahams | Namibia | 54.37 | |
| 7 | Aarne Nirk | Estonia | 54.46 | |
| 8 | Saiful Anwar Shamsudin | Malaysia | 55.88 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Juan Bloem | South Africa | 52.28 | Q |
| 2 | Junya Imai | Japan | 52.47 | Q |
| 3 | Josef Prorok | Czech Republic | 52.52 | Q |
| 4 | Edoardo Guaschino | Italy | 53.42 | Q |
| 5 | Dmitriy Korabelnikov | Kazakhstan | 53.57 | |
| 6 | Guillermo García | Spain | 53.65 | |
| 7 | Mamoudou Oumarou | Togo | 53.74 | |
| 8 | Wang Mupeng | China | 54.94 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 32 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (1)
* Barbados (1)
* China (2)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Denmark (1)
* Estonia (1)
* France (1)
* Germany (1)
* Greece (1)
* Guatemala (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (1)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Kenya (1)
* Lithuania (1)
* Malaysia (1)
* Namibia (1)
* Netherlands (2)
* New Zealand (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Russia (1)
* Saudi Arabia (2)
* South Africa (2)
* South Korea (1)
* Spain (2)
* Togo (1)
* Tunisia (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United States (2)