1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20, 21 and 22 July.[1][2]

Medalists edit

Gold Awotoro Adediran
  Nigeria
Silver Ramon Clay
  United States
Bronze Shaun Farrell
  New Zealand

Results edit

Final edit

22 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Awotoro Adediran   Nigeria 45.83
  Ramon Clay   United States 46.13
  Shaun Farrell   New Zealand 46.31
4 Mark Hylton   United Kingdom 46.37
5 Desmond Johnson   United States 46.38
6 Riaan Dempers   South Africa 47.31
7 Rohan McDonald   Jamaica 47.62
8 Kunle Adejuyigbe   Nigeria 48.05

Semifinals edit

21 July

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Michael McDonald   Jamaica 46.30 Q
2 Shaun Farrell   New Zealand 46.52 Q
3 Desmond Johnson   United States 46.64 Q
4 Riaan Dempers   South Africa 46.74 Q
5 Francis Obikwelu   Nigeria 46.79
6 Mitsumasa Hattori   Japan 47.72
7 Rui Costa   Portugal 49.30
8 Chris Robinson   Canada 50.36

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ramon Clay   United States 47.10 Q
2 Mark Hylton   United Kingdom 47.29 Q
3 Rohan McDonald   Jamaica 47.49 Q
4 Kunle Adejuyigbe   Nigeria 47.99 Q
5 Adem Hecini   Algeria 48.00
6 Dirk Pretorius   South Africa 48.21
7 Víctor Goulart   Brazil 48.94
8 Peter Frederick   Trinidad and Tobago 49.18

Quarterfinals edit

21 July

Quarterfinal 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Rohan McDonald   Jamaica 47.36 Q
2 Dirk Pretorius   South Africa 47.61 Q
3 Adem Hecini   Algeria 47.64 Q
4 Víctor Goulart   Brazil 47.84 Q
5 Walter Pirovano   Italy 47.91
6 Dan Monea   Romania 48.24
7 Donald Bruno   United States 48.82
Kenneth Moima   Botswana DNS

Quarterfinal 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Desmond Johnson   United States 46.77 Q
2 Francis Obikwelu   Nigeria 46.92 Q
3 Shaun Farrell   New Zealand 47.10 Q
4 Mitsumasa Hattori   Japan 47.55 Q
5 Petri Pohjonen   Finland 47.85
6 Vincent van Rooyen   Namibia 47.96
7 Kim Jung-Hoon   South Korea 48.96
8 John McClymont   Australia 49.26

Quarterfinal 3 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mark Hylton   United Kingdom 47.07 Q
2 Michael McDonald   Jamaica 47.23 Q
3 Kunle Adejuyigbe   Nigeria 47.52 Q
4 Peter Frederick   Trinidad and Tobago 48.01 Q
5 Robert Loubli   France 48.11
6 Panayiótis Sarrís   Greece 48.17
7 Tsvetomir Marinov   Bulgaria 49.00
8 Getahun Workesa   Ethiopia 49.15

Quarterfinal 4 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ramon Clay   United States 48.05 Q
2 Riaan Dempers   South Africa 48.68 Q
3 Rui Costa   Portugal 48.95 Q
4 Chris Robinson   Canada 49.02 Q
5 Alessandro Bracciali   Italy 49.32
6 Georkis Vera   Cuba 49.61
7 Boštjan Horvat   Slovenia 50.34
Guy Bullock   United Kingdom DNS

Heats edit

20 July

Heat 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Desmond Johnson   United States 47.87 Q
2 Donald Bruno   United States 48.55 Q
3 Walter Pirovano   Italy 48.95 Q
4 Getahun Workesa   Ethiopia 49.07 Q
5 Kiprotich Chemase   Kenya 49.68
6 Ali Moubarak   United Arab Emirates 49.93

Heat 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Rohan McDonald   Jamaica 47.43 Q
2 Mark Hylton   United Kingdom 47.49 Q
3 Robert Loubli   France 48.38 Q
4 Boštjan Horvat   Slovenia 49.28 Q
5 Shoji Taga   Japan 49.39
6 Dennis Darling   Bahamas 49.58
7 Steve Augustine   British Virgin Islands 50.33
8 Soliman Hamed   Sudan 51.11

Heat 3 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Michael McDonald   Jamaica 47.09 Q
2 Kunle Adejuyigbe   Nigeria 47.49 Q
3 Panayiótis Sarrís   Greece 48.43 Q
4 Chris Robinson   Canada 48.51 Q
5 Alessandro Bracciali   Italy 48.88 q
6 Tsvetomir Marinov   Bulgaria 48.91 q
7 Bedasa Tafa   Ethiopia 50.05

Heat 4 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Adem Hecini   Algeria 47.66 Q
2 Riaan Dempers   South Africa 47.81 Q
3 Mitsumasa Hattori   Japan 48.08 Q
4 Víctor Goulart   Brazil 48.36 Q
5 Dan Monea   Romania 48.50 q
6 Petri Pohjonen   Finland 48.84 q
7 Nicos Christofi   Cyprus 50.01

Heat 5 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ramon Clay   United States 47.32 Q
2 Shaun Farrell   New Zealand 47.72 Q
3 Kim Jung-Hoon   South Korea 48.53 Q
4 Vincent van Rooyen   Namibia 48.54 Q
5 Gunther Dekie   Belgium 48.93
Moses Kondowe   Malawi DQ IAAF rule 163.3

Heat 6 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Georkis Vera   Cuba 48.26 Q
2 Guy Bullock   United Kingdom 48.86 Q
3 John McClymont   Australia 49.17 Q
4 Kenneth Moima   Botswana 49.57 Q
5 Frederico Afonso   Angola 50.93
6 Fabio Canini   San Marino 53.51
Yeóryios Batsikas   Greece DQ IAAF rule 163.3

Heat 7 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Francis Obikwelu   Nigeria 47.22 Q
2 Dirk Pretorius   South Africa 47.91 Q
3 Rui Costa   Portugal 47.99 Q
4 Peter Frederick   Trinidad and Tobago 48.71 Q
5 Yosvany González   Cuba 49.28
6 Pablo Vallejo Navio   Spain 49.43
7 Frank Paaga   American Samoa 60.49

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 37 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1994 Lisbon POR Jul 20-24, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 August 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015