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.[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
1st Nduka Awazie  Nigeria 45.54
2nd Casey Vincent  Australia 45.55
3rd 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.

References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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