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

The men's 400 metres hurdles 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.

## Medalists

| Gold | Gennadiy Gorbenko Ukraine |
| Silver | Miklós Roth Hungary |
| Bronze | Noel Levy United Kingdom |

## Results
### Final

22 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Gennadiy Gorbenko | Ukraine | 50.56 |
| | Miklós Roth | Hungary | 50.85 |
| | Noel Levy | United Kingdom | 50.94 |
| 4 | Robert Jarabek | Slovakia | 50.95 |
| 5 | Mohamed Al-Bishi | Saudi Arabia | 51.70 |
| 6 | Kevin James | Jamaica | 51.90 |
| 7 | Andrey Shcheglov | Russia | 51.99 |
| 8 | Jaco Jonker | South Africa | 53.65 |

### Semifinals

21 July

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gennadiy Gorbenko | Ukraine | 50.81 | Q |
| 2 | Miklós Roth | Hungary | 51.04 | Q |
| 3 | Jaco Jonker | South Africa | 51.24 | Q |
| 4 | Robert Jarabek | Slovakia | 51.65 | Q |
| 5 | Xavier Ravenet | France | 51.84 | |
| 6 | Lukáš Soucek | Czech Republic | 51.97 | |
| 7 | Hadi Al-Somaily | Saudi Arabia | 52.37 | |
| 8 | Matthew Beckenham | Australia | 52.68 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kevin James | Jamaica | 50.79 | Q |
| 2 | Noel Levy | United Kingdom | 50.91 | Q |
| 3 | Mohamed Al-Bishi | Saudi Arabia | 51.56 | Q |
| 4 | Andrey Shcheglov | Russia | 51.73 | Q |
| 5 | Marcel Schelbert | Switzerland | 51.82 | |
| 6 | Radoslav Holúbek | Slovakia | 52.17 | |
| 7 | Corey Murdock | United States | 53.00 | |
| 8 | Osita Okeagu | Nigeria | 53.23 | |

### Heats

20 July

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gennadiy Gorbenko | Ukraine | 51.26 | Q |
| 2 | Marcel Schelbert | Switzerland | 51.45 | Q |
| 3 | Panayiótis Mandelidis | Greece | 52.34 | |
| 4 | Andrew Franklin | Australia | 52.40 | |
| 5 | Wang Hsiang-Yi | Chinese Taipei | 52.78 | |
| 6 | Edward Clarke | Jamaica | 54.66 | |
| 7 | Boris Gorban | Tajikistan | 57.81 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mohamed Al-Bishi | Saudi Arabia | 51.42 | Q |
| 2 | Lukáš Soucek | Czech Republic | 51.53 | Q |
| 3 | Xavier Ravenet | France | 51.63 | q |
| 4 | Robert Jarabek | Slovakia | 51.78 | q |
| 5 | Zion Armstrong | New Zealand | 52.59 | |
| 6 | Borja Huerto | Spain | 52.81 | |
| 7 | Chris Wagner | Canada | 55.09 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kevin James | Jamaica | 52.14 | Q |
| 2 | Osita Okeagu | Nigeria | 52.54 | Q |
| 3 | Markus Diemand | Germany | 53.18 | |
| 4 | Aaron Haynes | United States | 53.21 | |
| 5 | Lee Du-yeon | South Korea | 53.23 | |
| 6 | Gabriel Burnett | Barbados | 55.91 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Miklós Roth | Hungary | 52.03 | Q |
| 2 | Andrey Shcheglov | Russia | 52.21 | Q |
| 3 | Corey Murdock | United States | 52.24 | q |
| 4 | Jaroslaw Kalbarczyk | Poland | 52.51 | |
| 5 | Daniel Hechler | Germany | 52.90 | |
| 6 | Takahito Yamazaki | Japan | 53.00 | |
| 7 | Alex Hunte | United Kingdom | 54.04 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jaco Jonker | South Africa | 51.59 | Q |
| 2 | Matthew Beckenham | Australia | 51.83 | Q |
| 3 | Radoslav Holúbek | Slovakia | 51.95 | q |
| 4 | Bartosz Gruman | Poland | 52.50 | |
| 5 | Tibor Eckermann | Hungary | 52.84 | |
| 6 | Lin Wen-Hao | Chinese Taipei | 53.28 | |
| 7 | Amine Harchouche | Algeria | 53.69 | |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Noel Levy | United Kingdom | 51.51 | Q |
| 2 | Hadi Al-Somaily | Saudi Arabia | 51.88 | Q |
| 3 | Constantin Budeanu | Romania | 52.53 | |
| 4 | Nobuyuki Suzuki | Japan | 52.61 | |
| 5 | Andrés Alarcón | Spain | 53.27 | |
| 6 | Yvon Rakotoarimiandry | Madagascar | 54.06 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.
* Algeria (1)
* Australia (2)
* Barbados (1)
* Canada (1)
* Chinese Taipei (2)
* Czech Republic (1)
* France (1)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (2)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (2)
* Madagascar (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Nigeria (1)
* Poland (2)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (1)
* Saudi Arabia (2)
* Slovakia (2)
* South Africa (1)
* South Korea (1)
* Spain (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)