1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 400 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 28, 29 and 31 July.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Nduka Awazie  Nigeria
Silver	Casey Vincent  Australia
Bronze	Fawzi Al-Shammari  Kuwait

Results[]

Final[]

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Nduka Awazie	Nigeria	45.54
	Casey Vincent	Australia	45.55
	Fawzi Al-Shammari	Kuwait	45.89
4		Germany	45.91
5	Simon Pierre	Trinidad and Tobago	46.22
6	Andrew Pierce	United States	46.30
7		United Kingdom	46.64
8	Tony Berrian	United States	47.30

Semifinals[]

29 July

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Andrew Pierce	United States	46.32	Q
2	Fawzi Al-Shammari	Kuwait	46.40	Q
3		Germany	46.57	q
4		South Korea	46.94
5		Egypt	47.60
6	Xu Zizhou	China	47.62
7		United Kingdom	47.73
8		Canada	48.03

Semifinal 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Casey Vincent	Australia	46.49	Q
2	Simon Pierre	Trinidad and Tobago	46.66	Q
3		United Kingdom	46.69	q
4	Ousmane Niang	Senegal	46.88
5	Ruwen Faller	Germany	46.96
6	Fernando Augustin	Mauritius	47.42
7		Kenya	47.51
8		Poland	48.03

Semifinal 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nduka Awazie	Nigeria	45.90	Q
2	Tony Berrian	United States	46.56	Q
3	Tom Coman	Ireland	46.82
4		Japan	47.36
5	Daniel Batman	Australia	47.41
6	Hamdan Al-Bishi	Saudi Arabia	47.47
7		Portugal	48.11
8		Venezuela	48.77

Heats[]

28 July

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nduka Awazie	Nigeria	46.76	Q
2	Ousmane Niang	Senegal	47.01	Q
3	Fawzi Al-Shammari	Kuwait	47.42	Q
4	Sanjay Ayre	Jamaica	47.51
5		Poland	47.57
6		Solomon Islands	49.65
7		Liberia	51.32

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Andrew Pierce	United States	46.51	Q
2	Tom Coman	Ireland	47.14	Q
3	Daniel Batman	Australia	47.17	Q
4		United Kingdom	47.47	q
5	Ranga Wimalawansa	Sri Lanka	47.55
6		Algeria	49.39

Heat 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hamdan Al-Bishi	Saudi Arabia	46.93	Q
2		Kenya	47.04	Q
3	Ruwen Faller	Germany	47.08	Q
4	Fernando Augustin	Mauritius	47.31	q
5	Paul Oppermann	Ireland	47.81
6		Bulgaria	48.72
7	Isaac Yaya	Tahiti	50.10

Heat 4[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		United Kingdom	46.81	Q
2	Xu Zizhou	China	46.92	Q
3	Simon Pierre	Trinidad and Tobago	46.99	Q
4		Japan	47.37	q
5		Tunisia	48.08
6		Argentina	48.35
7	Harmon Harmon	Cook Islands	51.82

Heat 5[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Casey Vincent	Australia	46.87	Q
2		Portugal	47.66	Q
3		Venezuela	47.81	Q
4	Takahiko Yamamura	Japan	47.95
5	Andrea Barberi	Italy	47.96
6		Algeria	49.77

Heat 6[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		South Korea	47.17	Q
2		Germany	47.27	Q
3		Poland	48.08	Q
4		Luxembourg	48.28
5		Argentina	49.14
6		Malta	51.21

Heat 7[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tony Berrian	United States	47.06	Q
2		Egypt	47.57	Q
3		Canada	47.71	Q
4		South Africa	47.90
5		Morocco	48.03
6		Papua New Guinea	48.41
7		Barbados	48.65

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 46 athletes from 37 countries participated in the event.

References[]