1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
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.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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.
- Algeria (2)
- Argentina (2)
- Australia (2)
- Barbados (1)
- Bulgaria (1)
- Canada (1)
- China (1)
- Cook Islands (1)
- Egypt (1)
- Germany (2)
- Ireland (2)
- Italy (1)
- Jamaica (1)
- Japan (2)
- Kenya (1)
- Kuwait (1)
- Liberia (1)
- Luxembourg (1)
- Malta (1)
- Mauritius (1)
- Morocco (1)
- Nigeria (1)
- Papua New Guinea (1)
- Poland (2)
- Portugal (1)
- Saudi Arabia (1)
- Senegal (1)
- Solomon Islands (1)
- South Africa (1)
- South Korea (1)
- Sri Lanka (1)
- Tahiti (1)
- Trinidad and Tobago (1)
- Tunisia (1)
- United Kingdom (2)
- United States (2)
- Venezuela (1)
References
- Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 Dec 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
- IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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