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

Events at the 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

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.

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	Marc-Alexander Scheer	Germany	45.91
5	Simon Pierre	Trinidad and Tobago	46.22
6	Andrew Pierce	United States	46.30
7	Alloy Wilson	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	Marc-Alexander Scheer	Germany	46.57	q
4	Kim Jae-Da	South Korea	46.94
5	Amin Goma'a	Egypt	47.60
6	Xu Zizhou	China	47.62
7	David Naismith	United Kingdom	47.73
8	Liam Card	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	Alloy Wilson	United Kingdom	46.69	q
4	Ousmane Niang	Senegal	46.88
5	Ruwen Faller	Germany	46.96
6	Fernando Augustin	Mauritius	47.42
7	Evanson Ndungu	Kenya	47.51
8	Przemyslaw Dunaj	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	Masayuki Okusako	Japan	47.36
5	Daniel Batman	Australia	47.41
6	Hamdan Al-Bishi	Saudi Arabia	47.47
7	Luys Freitas	Portugal	48.11
8	William Hernández	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	Michał Węglarski	Poland	47.57
6	Casper Pule	Solomon Islands	49.65
7	Charles Shaw	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	David Naismith	United Kingdom	47.47	q
5	Ranga Wimalawansa	Sri Lanka	47.55
6	Mohamed Bezegrari	Algeria	49.39

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hamdan Al-Bishi	Saudi Arabia	46.93	Q
2	Evanson Ndungu	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	Alexander Petrov	Bulgaria	48.72
7	Isaac Yaya	Tahiti	50.10

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Alloy Wilson	United Kingdom	46.81	Q
2	Xu Zizhou	China	46.92	Q
3	Simon Pierre	Trinidad and Tobago	46.99	Q
4	Masayuki Okusako	Japan	47.37	q
5	Ahmed Torkhani	Tunisia	48.08
6	Damian Spector	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	Luys Freitas	Portugal	47.66	Q
3	William Hernández	Venezuela	47.81	Q
4	Takahiko Yamamura	Japan	47.95
5	Andrea Barberi	Italy	47.96
6	Ryad Cheragui	Algeria	49.77

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kim Jae-Da	South Korea	47.17	Q
2	Marc-Alexander Scheer	Germany	47.27	Q
3	Przemyslaw Dunaj	Poland	48.08	Q
4	Marc Reuter	Luxembourg	48.28
5	Vicente Erut	Argentina	49.14
6	Edward Grech	Malta	51.21

Heat 7

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tony Berrian	United States	47.06	Q
2	Amin Goma'a	Egypt	47.57	Q
3	Liam Card	Canada	47.71	Q
4	Tshepo Thobelangope	South Africa	47.90
5	Hicham Mihjane	Morocco	48.03
6	Clement Abai	Papua New Guinea	48.41
7	Troy Wickham	Barbados	48.65

Participation

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

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