2006 World Junior Championships
Day 4 - 8/18
MEN'S 400M
HURDLES FINAL

Friday, August 18th, 2006
At Beijing, China

 

2006 World Junior Championships
Day 4 - 8/18
MEN'S 400M HURDLES FINAL

Friday August 18th, 2006
At Beijing, China
Photos Doug Speck
Summary Mike Kennedy


Chris Carter US leads near end of backstretch in 400 Hurdles


at Hurdle 8 Chris is still the first over the barriers

into the straightaway over hurdle 9 Carter still is ahead

over the last barrier on the way to his win - Chris Carter USA

off on a victory lap!! Chris Carter USA

After waiting near their blocks for at least 15 minutes, the field was off and Chris Carter of the U.S. and BYU, in lane four, ran a solid turn before storming down the back straight and by 200 meters he had pass everyone but Stanislav Melnykov of Ukraine, running in lane eight. Carter entered the final straight with a five meter lead over Melnykov. Bandar Shgraheli of Saudi Arabia began to creep up on Carter but the Cougar freshman reacted quickly and increased his margin over the final two hurdles to win in 50.08. Shraheli’s late move netted him second over Melnykov, 50.34 to 509.43. It was the first gold medal for the United States, which had won 13 in 2004 Championships at Grosseto. Carter later announced to the crowd that he would go back to school for the 2007 season but then go on a mission and try for the 2012 Olympics in London—a decision that is probably not make the United States Track and Field Federation too happy.

Official Results - 400 Metres Hurdles - Men - Final
Friday, August 18, 2006 - 19:50

Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 762 Carter Chris USA 50.08 0.174
2 6 481 Shraheli Bandar KSA 50.34 (PB) 0.191
3 8 747 Melnykov Stanislav UKR 50.43 (PB) 0.175
4 5 347 Papadópoulos Spirídon-Ioánnis GRE 50.70 (PB) 0.171
5 7 529 Franken Daniël NED 51.08 (NJ) 0.154
6 3 637 Sakaev Vyacheslav RUS 51.13 (PB) 0.186
7 2 142 Yu Zipei CHN 51.17 0.186
8 1 459 Wambua John Kituu KEN 51.76 0.180