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 Silver Casey Vincent Bronze Fawzi Al-Shammari
Results Final 31 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Nduka Awazie 45.54 Casey Vincent 45.55 Fawzi Al-Shammari 45.89 4 Marc-Alexander Scheer 45.91 5 Simon Pierre 46.22 6 Andrew Pierce 46.30 7 Alloy Wilson 46.64 8 Tony Berrian 47.30
Semifinals 29 July
Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Andrew Pierce 46.32 Q 2 Fawzi Al-Shammari 46.40 Q 3 Marc-Alexander Scheer 46.57 q 4 Kim Jae-Da 46.94 5 Amin Goma'a 47.60 6 Xu Zizhou 47.62 7 David Naismith 47.73 8 Liam Card 48.03
Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Casey Vincent 46.49 Q 2 Simon Pierre 46.66 Q 3 Alloy Wilson 46.69 q 4 Ousmane Niang 46.88 5 Ruwen Faller 46.96 6 Fernando Augustin 47.42 7 Evanson Ndungu 47.51 8 Przemyslaw Dunaj 48.03
Semifinal 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nduka Awazie 45.90 Q 2 Tony Berrian 46.56 Q 3 Tom Coman 46.82 4 Masayuki Okusako 47.36 5 Daniel Batman 47.41 6 Hamdan Al-Bishi 47.47 7 Luys Freitas 48.11 8 William Hernández 48.77
Heats 28 July
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nduka Awazie 46.76 Q 2 Ousmane Niang 47.01 Q 3 Fawzi Al-Shammari 47.42 Q 4 Sanjay Ayre 47.51 5 Michał Węglarski 47.57 6 Casper Pule 49.65 7 Charles Shaw 51.32
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Andrew Pierce 46.51 Q 2 Tom Coman 47.14 Q 3 Daniel Batman 47.17 Q 4 David Naismith 47.47 q 5 Ranga Wimalawansa 47.55 6 Mohamed Bezegrari 49.39
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hamdan Al-Bishi 46.93 Q 2 Evanson Ndungu 47.04 Q 3 Ruwen Faller 47.08 Q 4 Fernando Augustin 47.31 q 5 Paul Oppermann 47.81 6 Alexander Petrov 48.72 7 Isaac Yaya 50.10
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Alloy Wilson 46.81 Q 2 Xu Zizhou 46.92 Q 3 Simon Pierre 46.99 Q 4 Masayuki Okusako 47.37 q 5 Ahmed Torkhani 48.08 6 Damian Spector 48.35 7 Harmon Harmon 51.82
Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Casey Vincent 46.87 Q 2 Luys Freitas 47.66 Q 3 William Hernández 47.81 Q 4 Takahiko Yamamura 47.95 5 Andrea Barberi 47.96 6 Ryad Cheragui 49.77
Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kim Jae-Da 47.17 Q 2 Marc-Alexander Scheer 47.27 Q 3 Przemyslaw Dunaj 48.08 Q 4 Marc Reuter 48.28 5 Vicente Erut 49.14 6 Edward Grech 51.21
Heat 7 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Tony Berrian 47.06 Q 2 Amin Goma'a 47.57 Q 3 Liam Card 47.71 Q 4 Tshepo Thobelangope 47.90 5 Hicham Mihjane 48.03 6 Clement Abai 48.41 7 Troy Wickham 48.65
Participation According to an unofficial count, 46 athletes from 37 countries participated in the event.
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