# 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.

## Medalists

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

## Results
### Final

22 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 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

21 July

#### Semifinal 1

| 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

| 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

21 July

#### Quarterfinal 1

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

20 July

#### Heat 1

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 37 countries participated in the event.
* Algeria (1)
* American Samoa (1)
* Angola (1)
* Australia (1)
* Bahamas (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Botswana (1)
* Brazil (1)
* British Virgin Islands (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (1)
* Cuba (2)
* Cyprus (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* Finland (1)
* France (1)
* Greece (2)
* Italy (2)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (2)
* Kenya (1)
* Malawi (1)
* Namibia (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Nigeria (2)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (1)
* San Marino (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (2)
* South Korea (1)
* Spain (1)
* Sudan (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (3)