The men's 400 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 August.

Medalists Gold Chris Nelloms Silver Rico Lieder Bronze Mark Richardson

Results Final 10 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Chris Nelloms 45.43 Rico Lieder 46.28 Mark Richardson 46.33 4 Dmitriy Golovastov 46.43 5 Derek Mills 46.44 6 Ibrahim Ismail 46.52 7 Du'aine Thorne-Ladejo 47.53 Amar Hecini DNF

Semifinals 9 August

Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Chris Nelloms 45.93 Q 2 Mark Richardson 46.34 Q 3 Rico Lieder 46.43 Q 4 Dmitriy Golovastov 46.47 Q 5 Joseph Chepsiror Kiptanui 46.48 6 Mathias Rusterholz 47.04 7 Inaldo de Sena 47.09 8 Daniel England 47.70

Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ibrahim Ismail 46.06 Q 2 Amar Hecini 46.08 Q 3 Derek Mills 46.43 Q 4 Du'aine Thorne-Ladejo 46.66 Q 5 Paul Greene 46.71 6 Kennedy Ochieng 46.88 7 Florian Hennig 47.00 8 Ronald Thorne 48.11

Heats 8 August

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Chris Nelloms 46.83 Q 2 Amar Hecini 46.86 Q 3 Matthew Burmeister 47.98 4 Yusuke Horikoshi 48.06 5 Štefan Balošák 48.57 6 Alain Sierro 49.24 7 Carl Casey 49.40 8 Foday Sillah 50.33

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kennedy Ochieng 46.98 Q 2 Ibrahim Ismail 47.03 Q 3 Daniel England 47.60 q 4 Terry Harewood 48.39 5 Michael Börner 48.46 6 Julio Caballero 48.68

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Dmitriy Golovastov 46.89 Q 2 Paul Greene 46.96 Q 3 Florian Hennig 47.43 q 4 Ronald Thorne 47.47 q 5 Gary Reid 47.94 6 José Mendes 47.99 7 Perry Dinan 49.04

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Rico Lieder 47.00 Q 2 Du'aine Thorne-Ladejo 47.03 Q 2 Joseph Chepsiror Kiptanui 47.03 Q 4 Nilton Messias 47.73 5 Aleksandr Angelov 47.78 6 Masayoshi Kan 48.49

Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mark Richardson 46.64 Q 2 Derek Mills 46.68 Q 3 Inaldo de Sena 47.36 q 4 Mathias Rusterholz 47.45 q 5 Konstantin Babalievski 47.74 6 Matija Šestak 49.05 7 Feye Girma 50.21 8 Nour Moustafa 54.43

Participation According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.

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