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

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 hurdles 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	Periklís Iakovákis  Greece
Silver	Cuba
Bronze	Australia

Results[]

Final[]

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Periklís Iakovákis	Greece	49.82
		Cuba	50.17
		Australia	50.83
4		Poland	50.98
5		United States	50.99
6		South Africa	51.20
7		Morocco	51.41
8		Chinese Taipei	52.04

Semifinals[]

29 July

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Cuba	50.45	Q
2		Chinese Taipei	50.47	Q
3		United States	51.10	Q
4		South Africa	51.35	q
5		Poland	51.47	q
6		Algeria	52.12
7		United Kingdom	52.13
8		Jamaica	52.15

Semifinal 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Australia	50.50	Q
2	Periklís Iakovákis	Greece	50.73	Q
3		Morocco	51.11	Q
4		Japan	51.55
5		United States	51.89
6	Carlos García	Spain	52.03
7		New Zealand	52.04
8		Italy	52.71

Heats[]

28 July

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Morocco	52.03	Q
2		United States	52.20	Q
3		France	52.66
4		Russia	52.68
5		Brazil	53.42
6		Venezuela	53.60
7		Germany	54.42
8		Bahrain	58.19

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Periklís Iakovákis	Greece	51.99	Q
2		Poland	52.31	Q
3		Australia	52.80
4		Morocco	53.02
5		Iceland	53.46
6		Qatar	54.38

Heat 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Australia	50.93	Q
2		Cuba	52.00	Q
3		Jamaica	52.06	q
4		Germany	52.88
5		Slovenia	53.04
6		Italy	53.67
7		Mexico	53.79
8		Algeria	54.93

Heat 4[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Chinese Taipei	51.43	Q
2		Japan	52.22	Q
3		Algeria	52.25	q
4	Carlos García	Spain	52.46	q
5	Jakub Havlín	Czech Republic	52.72
6		South Africa	52.78
7		Russia	53.00
8		Ghana	58.12

Heat 5[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		United States	51.61	Q
2		South Africa	51.64	Q
3		Italy	52.10	q
4		New Zealand	52.11	q
5		United Kingdom	52.33	q
6		Syria	52.61
7		Brazil	54.98
8		Jamaica	60.62

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 38 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.

References[]