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

The men's 400 metres hurdles 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 edit

Gold Periklís Iakovákis
  Greece
Silver Osiris Martínez
  Cuba
Bronze Peter Bate
  Australia

Results edit

Final edit

31 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Periklís Iakovákis   Greece 49.82
  Osiris Martínez   Cuba 50.17
  Peter Bate   Australia 50.83
4 Tomasz Rudnik   Poland 50.98
5 Terrance Wilson   United States 50.99
6 François Coetzee   South Africa 51.20
7 Chabib El-Azouizi   Morocco 51.41
8 Lin Chin-Fu   Chinese Taipei 52.04

Semifinals edit

29 July

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Osiris Martínez   Cuba 50.45 Q
2 Lin Chin-Fu   Chinese Taipei 50.47 Q
3 Terrance Wilson   United States 51.10 Q
4 François Coetzee   South Africa 51.35 q
5 Tomasz Rudnik   Poland 51.47 q
6 Tahar Ghozali   Algeria 52.12
7 Richard McDonald   United Kingdom 52.13
8 David Lloyd   Jamaica 52.15

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Peter Bate   Australia 50.50 Q
2 Periklís Iakovákis   Greece 50.73 Q
3 Chabib El-Azouizi   Morocco 51.11 Q
4 Satoshi Oshikawa   Japan 51.55
5 Reginald Depass   United States 51.89
6 Carlos García   Spain 52.03
7 Nicholas O'Brien   New Zealand 52.04
8 Stefano Cuzzi   Italy 52.71

Heats edit

28 July

Heat 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Chabib El-Azouizi   Morocco 52.03 Q
2 Reginald Depass   United States 52.20 Q
3 Salah Ghaidi   France 52.66
4 Dmitriy Zhukov   Russia 52.68
5 Robson dos Santos   Brazil 53.42
6 José Moncada   Venezuela 53.60
7 Andreas Wickert   Germany 54.42
8 Salem Al-Ameeri   Bahrain 58.19

Heat 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Periklís Iakovákis   Greece 51.99 Q
2 Tomasz Rudnik   Poland 52.31 Q
3 Adrian Medhurst   Australia 52.80
4 Mohamed Mouhlal   Morocco 53.02
5 Sveinn Þórarinsson   Iceland 53.46
6 Aissa Hassan Saadoun   Qatar 54.38

Heat 3 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Peter Bate   Australia 50.93 Q
2 Osiris Martínez   Cuba 52.00 Q
3 David Lloyd   Jamaica 52.06 q
4 Jon Torben Flöttmann   Germany 52.88
5 Saso Božic   Slovenia 53.04
6 Carlo Dambruoso   Italy 53.67
7 Roberto Carbajal   Mexico 53.79
8 Moncef Kessab   Algeria 54.93

Heat 4 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lin Chin-Fu   Chinese Taipei 51.43 Q
2 Satoshi Oshikawa   Japan 52.22 Q
3 Tahar Ghozali   Algeria 52.25 q
4 Carlos García   Spain 52.46 q
5 Jakub Havlín   Czech Republic 52.72
6 Dirk Le Roux   South Africa 52.78
7 Kirill Sedykh   Russia 53.00
8 Essel Mensah   Ghana 58.12

Heat 5 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Terrance Wilson   United States 51.61 Q
2 François Coetzee   South Africa 51.64 Q
3 Stefano Cuzzi   Italy 52.10 q
4 Nicholas O'Brien   New Zealand 52.11 q
5 Richard McDonald   United Kingdom 52.33 q
6 Hani Al-Mourhej   Syria 52.61
7 Wendell Colares   Brazil 54.98
8 Ryan Clarke   Jamaica 60.62

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 38 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  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