# 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.

## Medalists

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

## Results
### Final

31 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 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

29 July

#### Semifinal 1

| 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

| 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

28 July

#### Heat 1

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

According to an unofficial count, 38 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.
* Algeria (2)
* Australia (2)
* Bahrain (1)
* Brazil (2)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* France (1)
* Germany (2)
* Ghana (1)
* Greece (1)
* Iceland (1)
* Italy (2)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Morocco (2)
* New Zealand (1)
* Poland (1)
* Qatar (1)
* Russia (2)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (2)
* Spain (1)
* Syria (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)
* Venezuela (1)