1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 August.[1][2]

Medalists edit

Gold Rohan Robinson
  Australia
Silver Yoshihiko Saito
  Japan
Bronze Aleksandr Belikov
  Soviet Union

Results edit

Final edit

10 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Rohan Robinson   Australia 49.73
  Yoshihiko Saito   Japan 49.99
  Aleksandr Belikov   Soviet Union 50.22
4 Pedro Rodrigues   Portugal 50.43
5 Pedro Piñera   Cuba 50.81
6 Miro Kocuvan   Yugoslavia 50.82
7 Rick Jordan   United States 51.16
8 Kazuhiko Yamazaki   Japan 51.42

Semifinals edit

9 August

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Rohan Robinson   Australia 50.59 Q
2 Yoshihiko Saito   Japan 50.86 Q
3 Pedro Piñera   Cuba 51.19 Q
4 Rick Jordan   United States 51.23 Q
5 Sammy Biwott   Kenya 51.94
6 Plamen Nyagin   Bulgaria 52.76
7 Matteo Raimondi   Italy 53.12
Andrey Semakin   Soviet Union DNS

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Aleksandr Belikov   Soviet Union 50.47 Q
2 Pedro Rodrigues   Portugal 50.70 Q
3 Kazuhiko Yamazaki   Japan 50.79 Q
4 Miro Kocuvan   Yugoslavia 50.82 Q
5 Hendrik Willems   West Germany 51.89
6 Massimo Redaelli   Italy 52.27
7 Winston Sinclair   Jamaica 52.68
8 Rubén Menéndez   Spain 53.20

Heats edit

8 August

Heat 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Kazuhiko Yamazaki   Japan 51.30 Q
2 Rohan Robinson   Australia 51.56 Q
3 Winston Sinclair   Jamaica 51.88 Q
4 Plamen Nyagin   Bulgaria 52.13 q
5 Hendrik Willems   West Germany 52.28 q
6 Massimo Redaelli   Italy 52.45 q
7 Abdelhaq Lahlali   Morocco 53.28

Heat 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Aleksandr Belikov   Soviet Union 51.57 Q
2 Rick Jordan   United States 51.95 Q
3 Pedro Rodrigues   Portugal 52.01 Q
4 Matteo Raimondi   Italy 52.42 q
5 Daniel Blochwitz   East Germany 52.77
6 Óscar Pitillas   Spain 52.90
7 Chiu Wensheng   Chinese Taipei 53.21

Heat 3 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sammy Biwott   Kenya 51.64 Q
2 Pedro Piñera   Cuba 52.53 Q
3 Rubén Menéndez   Spain 52.88 Q
4 Simon Hollingsworth   Australia 52.90
5 Kostas Pochanis   Cyprus 53.93
6 Jean Philip Brunel   France 54.16
7 Jürgen Neubarth   Austria 54.48

Heat 4 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yoshihiko Saito   Japan 51.28 Q
2 Miro Kocuvan   Yugoslavia 52.43 Q
3 Andrey Semakin   Soviet Union 52.46 Q
4 Jean-Paul Bruwier   Belgium 52.64
5 Norge Bell   Cuba 52.70
6 Thomas Zverina   Canada 53.18
7 Jaco van Wyk   Namibia 53.85
8 Vasilis Flouris   Greece 54.66

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas. "WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1990 Plovdiv BUL Aug 8-12". 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