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

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
	align=left		align=left		45.54
	align=left		align=left		45.55
	align=left		align=left		45.89
4	align=left		align=left		45.91
5	align=left		align=left		46.22
6	align=left		align=left		46.30
7	align=left		align=left		46.64
8	align=left		align=left		47.30

Semifinals

29 July

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		46.32	Q
2	align=left		align=left		46.40	Q
3	align=left		align=left		46.57	q
4	align=left		align=left		46.94
5	align=left		align=left		47.60
6	align=left		align=left		47.62
7	align=left		align=left		47.73
8	align=left		align=left		48.03

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		46.49	Q
2	align=left		align=left		46.66	Q
3	align=left		align=left		46.69	q
4	align=left		align=left		46.88
5	align=left		align=left		46.96
6	align=left		align=left		47.42
7	align=left		align=left		47.51
8	align=left		align=left		48.03

Semifinal 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		45.90	Q
2	align=left		align=left		46.56	Q
3	align=left		align=left		46.82
4	align=left		align=left		47.36
5	align=left		align=left		47.41
6	align=left		align=left		47.47
7	align=left		align=left		48.11
8	align=left		align=left		48.77

Heats

28 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		46.76	Q
2	align=left		align=left		47.01	Q
3	align=left		align=left		47.42	Q
4	align=left		align=left		47.51
5	align=left		align=left		47.57
6	align=left		align=left		49.65
7	align=left		align=left		51.32

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		46.51	Q
2	align=left		align=left		47.14	Q
3	align=left		align=left		47.17	Q
4	align=left		align=left		47.47	q
5	align=left		align=left		47.55
6	align=left		align=left		49.39

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		46.93	Q
2	align=left		align=left		47.04	Q
3	align=left		align=left		47.08	Q
4	align=left		align=left		47.31	q
5	align=left		align=left		47.81
6	align=left		align=left		48.72
7	align=left		align=left		50.10

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		46.81	Q
2	align=left		align=left		46.92	Q
3	align=left		align=left		46.99	Q
4	align=left		align=left		47.37	q
5	align=left		align=left		48.08
6	align=left		align=left		48.35
7	align=left		align=left		51.82

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		46.87	Q
2	align=left		align=left		47.66	Q
3	align=left		align=left		47.81	Q
4	align=left		align=left		47.95
5	align=left		align=left		47.96
6	align=left		align=left		49.77

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		47.17	Q
2	align=left		align=left		47.27	Q
3	align=left		align=left		48.08	Q
4	align=left		align=left		48.28
5	align=left		align=left		49.14
6	align=left		align=left		51.21

Heat 7

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		47.06	Q
2	align=left		align=left		47.57	Q
3	align=left		align=left		47.71	Q
4	align=left		align=left		47.90
5	align=left		align=left		48.03
6	align=left		align=left		48.41
7	align=left		align=left		48.65

Participation

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