The 2005
World Youth Championships in Athletics
The IAAF U18 Championships in Athletics (until 2015 known as IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics) was a global athletics event comprising track and field events for competitors who were 17 or younger (youth = Under-18). The event was orga ...
were held in
Marrakesh
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,
Morocco
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on July 13–July 17. The host stadium was
Stade Sidi Youssef Ben Ali.
The boy's
400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women.
On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...
event was initially won by Sudan's
Abdulagadir Idriss in a time of 50.78 seconds, but this was later annulled due to Idriss failing a doping control.
Results
Boys
*
Abdulagadir Idriss (Sudan) won the 400 metres hurdles final, but was later disqualified for doping.
[IAAF]
IAAF World Youth Championships > 4th IAAF World Youth Championships > 400m hurdles (84.0cm) - Boys
iaaf.org
Girls
Medal table
See also
*
2005 in athletics (track and field)
References
Official site(archived)
{{IAAF Championships
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World Youth Championships
Athletics
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Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
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* Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
21st century in Marrakesh
Sports competitions in Marrakesh
International athletics competitions hosted by Morocco
2005 in youth sport