Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 400 metre hurdles
# Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 400 metre hurdles

The boys’ 400 metre hurdles competition at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held on 22–25 August 2014 in Nanjing Olympic Sports Center.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 22 August 2014 | 19:15 | Heats |
| 25 August 2014 | 10:58 | Final |

## Results

### Heats

Eight fastest athletes advanced to Final A, the others advanced to Final B according to their times.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Athlete | Result | Notes | Q |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | 8 | Xu Zhihang (CHN) | 50.79 | | FA |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Mikael De Jesús (BRA) | 51.12 | PB | FA |
| 3 | 2 | 7 | Witthawat Thumcha (THA) | 51.80 | | FA |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Victor Coroller (FRA) | 51.91 | | FA |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Dominik Hufnagl (AUT) | 52.34 | | FA |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Mohamed Fares Jlassi (TUN) | 52.57 | | FA |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Juan Francisco Núñez (DOM) | 52.72 | PB | FA |
| 8 | 1 | 9 | Akeem Chumney (SKN) | 53.00 | PB | FA |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Geoffrey Kipngetich (KEN) | 53.10 | | FB |
| 10 | 2 | 9 | Anuradha Vidushanka Randunuge (SRI) | 53.31 | | FB |
| 11 | 2 | 8 | Javad Shooryabi (IRI) | 53.32 | | FB |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Huang Chien-Kang (TPE) | 53.33 | | FB |
| 13 | 2 | 4 | Yolver Eduardo Cumache (VEN) | 55.34 | | FB |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Dangel Cotto (PUR) | 53.99 | | FB |
| | 1 | 4 | Rivaldo Leacock (BAR) | DNF | | FB |
| | 2 | 5 | Kyron McMaster (IVB) | DSQ | | FB |

### Finals

**Final A**

| Rank | Final Placing | Lane | Athlete | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 1 | 5 | Xu Zhihang (CHN) | 50.61 | PB |
| | 2 | 8 | Mohamed Fares Jlassi (TUN) | 50.61 | PB |
| | 3 | 4 | Victor Coroller (FRA) | 51.19 | PB |
| 4 | 4 | 7 | Mikael De Jesús (BRA) | 51.30 | |
| 5 | 5 | 6 | Witthawat Thumcha (THA) | 52.50 | |
| 6 | 6 | 3 | Juan Francisco Núñez (DOM) | 52.70 | PB |
| 7 | 7 | 9 | Dominik Hufnagl (AUT) | 52.95 | |
| 8 | 8 | 2 | Akeem Chumney (SKN) | 53.26 | |

**Final B**

| Rank | Final Placing | Lane | Athlete | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 9 | 7 | Javad Shooryabi (IRI) | 52.31 | |
| 2 | 10 | 9 | Dangel Cotto (PUR) | 52.50 | PB |
| 3 | 11 | 4 | Geoffrey Kipngetich (KEN) | 52.87 | |
| 4 | 12 | 5 | Anuradha Vidushanka Randunuge (SRI) | 53.30 | |
| 5 | 13 | 6 | Huang Chien-Kang (TPE) | 53.62 | |
| 6 | 14 | 8 | Yolver Eduardo Cumache (VEN) | 54.15 | PB |
| | | 2 | Kyron Mcmaster (IVB) | DSQ | |
| | | 3 | Rivaldo Leacock (BAR) | DNS | |
