2006 World Junior Championships
Day 2 - 8/16
MEN'S 400M HURDLES
HEATS

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006
At Beijing, China

 

2006 World Junior Championships
Day 2 - 8/16
MEN'S 400M HURDLE HEATS

Wednesday August 16th, 2006
At Beijing, China
Summaries by Mike Kennedy
Photos by Doug Speck

Marius Kranendonk Netherlands winner Heat 1

HEAT ONE—Marius Kranendonk of Netherlands, in lane eight, took the early with Zipei Yu of China pulling into second on the back straight but it was Michael Francois of France, in lane one, who provide the most competition for Kranendonk as the two battled down the final straight with Kranendonk prevailing in 51.40. Francois was later disqualified. Yu was second in 51.89 and Arturas Kulnis of Lithuania was third in 52.18. Andreas Bube of Denmark got the final automatic qualifying spot in 52.79.

Official Results - 400 Metres Hurdles - Men - Heats
Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified

Heat 1 - Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 10:25

Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 8 530 Kranendonk Marius NED 51.40 Q (PB) 0.200
2 5 142 Yu Zipei CHN 51.89 Q 0.189
3 3 495 Kulnis Arturas LTU 52.18 Q 0.224
4 7 180 Bube Andreas DEN 52.79 Q (SB) 0.160
5 2 715 Wang Ching-Chun TPE 53.00 0.153
6 4 471 Yoo Kyungmin KOR 53.34 (SB) 0.208
7 6 582 Lopez David PUR 54.02 0.212
1 270 François Mickaël FRA DQ 0.186


Chris Carter US - Winner Heat 2

HEAT TWO—Chris Carter of the U.S. and BYU, the world junior leader, in lane seven was out fastest but back in lane three Bandar Shraheli of Saudi Arabia was not far behind and when the two entered the final straightaway it was Sharheli with a slight lead. Carter responded well and won the run in, 51.49 to 51.78. Daniel Franken of Netherlands was third in 52.60 and Hans Villagran of Guyana was the four and final automatic qualifier in 52.68.

Heat 2 - Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 10:32

Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 7 762 Carter Chris USA 51.49 Q 0.184
2 3 481 Shraheli Bandar KSA 51.78 Q 0.187
3 5 529 Franken Daniël NED 52.60 Q 0.137
4 4 355 Villagrán Hans GUA 52.68 Q 0.284
5 2 730 Sghaier Mohamed TUN 53.89 0.137
6 6 394 Capotosti Leonardo ITA 54.02 0.152
7 8 580 Rodrigues António POR 54.09 0.272


Joe Greene US at the final flight Heat 3

HEAT THREE—Joe Greene of the U.S. and the University of Albany and Terry Marshall of Barbados were out fastest and both had problems in the second half of the race. First, Marshall fell at the eighth hurdle while running in second and then Green stumbled at the ninth hurdle. Meanwhile Vyacheslav Sakaev of Russia stormed through in the middle of the track to win in 51.86. Mohamed Daak of Saudi Arabia finished second in 52.20 and Spiridon-Ioannis Papadoipoulos of Greece was third in 52.27. Greene held on for the fourth and final qualifying spot with his 52.75.

Heat 3 - Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 10:39

Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 637 Sakaev Vyacheslav RUS 51.86 Q 0.165
2 7 477 Daak Mohammed KSA 52.21 Q 0.217
3 8 347 Papadópoulos Spirídon-Ioánnis GRE 52.28 Q 0.205
4 6 766 Greene Joe USA 52.75 Q 0.182
5 1 545 Kalivati Nick NZL 52.97 (PB) 0.171
6 5 386 Quin Christopher IRL 53.45 0.172
7 2 206 Cabello Diego ESP 58.06 0.170
8 3 49 Marshall Terry BAR 1:06.23 0.153


Leaders Heat 4

HEAT FOUR—Stephan Stoll of Germany in lane four and Stanislav Melnykov of Ukraine in lane five both ran very controlled races as the two were the leaders going down the back straight before John Wambua of Kenya ran a strong second turn to take a very slight lead with 100 meters remaining. Stoll and Malnykov the moved strongly to finish in the order, 51.57 to 51.75. Wambua hung on for third in 52.00 and Wiekus Jonck of South Africa was the final automatic qualifier in 52.38.

Heat 4 - Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 10:46

Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 335 Stoll Stephan GER 51.57 Q (PB) 0.165
2 5 747 Melnykov Stanislav UKR 51.75 Q 0.162
3 7 459 Wambua John Kituu KEN 52.00 Q (PB) 0.164
4 2 599 Jonck Wiekus RSA 52.38 Q 0.164
5 8 34 Yong Andrew AUS 52.42 0.144
6 1 523 Abrahams Horatius NAM 54.37 0.148
7 3 232 Nirk Arne EST 54.46 0.152
8 6 509 Shamsudin Saiful Anwar MAS 55.88 0.152


South Africa's Juan Bloem - winner Heat 5 52.28

Heat 5 - Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 10:53

HEAT FIVE—Juyna Imai of Japan, in lane eight, was out very, very fast while Juan Blom of South Africa, was just purring right along in lane five. By the time the two reached the ninth hurdle Blom had taken control and went on to win, 52.28 to 52.47. Almost unnoticed in lane one, Josef Prorok of Czech Republic rolled down the final straightaway to easily grab third in 52.52. Edoardo Gauschino of Italy was the final automatic qualifier in 53.42.

Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 5 594 Bloem Juan RSA 52.28 Q 0.197
2 8 429 Imai Junya JPN 52.47 Q 0.169
3 1 176 Prorok Josef CZE 52.52 Q 0.207
4 7 401 Guaschino Edoardo ITA 53.42 Q 0.185
5 2 451 Korabelnikov Dmitriy KAZ 53.57 0.190
6 4 214 García Guillermo ESP 53.65 0.174
7 6 713 Oumarou Mamoudou TOG 53.74 (NJ) 0.297
8 3 141 Wang Mupeng CHN 54.94 0.195