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

The men's 400 metres 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 | Nduka Awazie Nigeria |
| Silver | Casey Vincent Australia |
| Bronze | Fawzi Al-Shammari Kuwait |

## Results
### Final

31 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Nduka Awazie | Nigeria | 45.54 |
| | Casey Vincent | Australia | 45.55 |
| | Fawzi Al-Shammari | Kuwait | 45.89 |
| 4 | Marc-Alexander Scheer | Germany | 45.91 |
| 5 | Simon Pierre | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.22 |
| 6 | Andrew Pierce | United States | 46.30 |
| 7 | Alloy Wilson | United Kingdom | 46.64 |
| 8 | Tony Berrian | United States | 47.30 |

### Semifinals

29 July

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrew Pierce | United States | 46.32 | Q |
| 2 | Fawzi Al-Shammari | Kuwait | 46.40 | Q |
| 3 | Marc-Alexander Scheer | Germany | 46.57 | q |
| 4 | Kim Jae-Da | South Korea | 46.94 | |
| 5 | Amin Goma'a | Egypt | 47.60 | |
| 6 | Xu Zizhou | China | 47.62 | |
| 7 | David Naismith | United Kingdom | 47.73 | |
| 8 | Liam Card | Canada | 48.03 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Casey Vincent | Australia | 46.49 | Q |
| 2 | Simon Pierre | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.66 | Q |
| 3 | Alloy Wilson | United Kingdom | 46.69 | q |
| 4 | Ousmane Niang | Senegal | 46.88 | |
| 5 | Ruwen Faller | Germany | 46.96 | |
| 6 | Fernando Augustin | Mauritius | 47.42 | |
| 7 | Evanson Ndungu | Kenya | 47.51 | |
| 8 | Przemyslaw Dunaj | Poland | 48.03 | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nduka Awazie | Nigeria | 45.90 | Q |
| 2 | Tony Berrian | United States | 46.56 | Q |
| 3 | Tom Coman | Ireland | 46.82 | |
| 4 | Masayuki Okusako | Japan | 47.36 | |
| 5 | Daniel Batman | Australia | 47.41 | |
| 6 | Hamdan Al-Bishi | Saudi Arabia | 47.47 | |
| 7 | Luys Freitas | Portugal | 48.11 | |
| 8 | William Hernández | Venezuela | 48.77 | |

### Heats

28 July

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nduka Awazie | Nigeria | 46.76 | Q |
| 2 | Ousmane Niang | Senegal | 47.01 | Q |
| 3 | Fawzi Al-Shammari | Kuwait | 47.42 | Q |
| 4 | Sanjay Ayre | Jamaica | 47.51 | |
| 5 | Michał Węglarski | Poland | 47.57 | |
| 6 | Casper Pule | Solomon Islands | 49.65 | |
| 7 | Charles Shaw | Liberia | 51.32 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrew Pierce | United States | 46.51 | Q |
| 2 | Tom Coman | Ireland | 47.14 | Q |
| 3 | Daniel Batman | Australia | 47.17 | Q |
| 4 | David Naismith | United Kingdom | 47.47 | q |
| 5 | Ranga Wimalawansa | Sri Lanka | 47.55 | |
| 6 | Mohamed Bezegrari | Algeria | 49.39 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hamdan Al-Bishi | Saudi Arabia | 46.93 | Q |
| 2 | Evanson Ndungu | Kenya | 47.04 | Q |
| 3 | Ruwen Faller | Germany | 47.08 | Q |
| 4 | Fernando Augustin | Mauritius | 47.31 | q |
| 5 | Paul Oppermann | Ireland | 47.81 | |
| 6 | Alexander Petrov | Bulgaria | 48.72 | |
| 7 | Isaac Yaya | Tahiti | 50.10 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alloy Wilson | United Kingdom | 46.81 | Q |
| 2 | Xu Zizhou | China | 46.92 | Q |
| 3 | Simon Pierre | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.99 | Q |
| 4 | Masayuki Okusako | Japan | 47.37 | q |
| 5 | Ahmed Torkhani | Tunisia | 48.08 | |
| 6 | Damian Spector | Argentina | 48.35 | |
| 7 | Harmon Harmon | Cook Islands | 51.82 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Casey Vincent | Australia | 46.87 | Q |
| 2 | Luys Freitas | Portugal | 47.66 | Q |
| 3 | William Hernández | Venezuela | 47.81 | Q |
| 4 | Takahiko Yamamura | Japan | 47.95 | |
| 5 | Andrea Barberi | Italy | 47.96 | |
| 6 | Ryad Cheragui | Algeria | 49.77 | |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kim Jae-Da | South Korea | 47.17 | Q |
| 2 | Marc-Alexander Scheer | Germany | 47.27 | Q |
| 3 | Przemyslaw Dunaj | Poland | 48.08 | Q |
| 4 | Marc Reuter | Luxembourg | 48.28 | |
| 5 | Vicente Erut | Argentina | 49.14 | |
| 6 | Edward Grech | Malta | 51.21 | |

#### Heat 7

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tony Berrian | United States | 47.06 | Q |
| 2 | Amin Goma'a | Egypt | 47.57 | Q |
| 3 | Liam Card | Canada | 47.71 | Q |
| 4 | Tshepo Thobelangope | South Africa | 47.90 | |
| 5 | Hicham Mihjane | Morocco | 48.03 | |
| 6 | Clement Abai | Papua New Guinea | 48.41 | |
| 7 | Troy Wickham | Barbados | 48.65 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 46 athletes from 37 countries participated in the event.
* Algeria (2)
* Argentina (2)
* Australia (2)
* Barbados (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (1)
* China (1)
* Cook Islands (1)
* Egypt (1)
* Germany (2)
* Ireland (2)
* Italy (1)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (2)
* Kenya (1)
* Kuwait (1)
* Liberia (1)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Malta (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Morocco (1)
* Nigeria (1)
* Papua New Guinea (1)
* Poland (2)
* Portugal (1)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* Senegal (1)
* Solomon Islands (1)
* South Africa (1)
* South Korea (1)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Tahiti (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Tunisia (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* Venezuela (1)