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

1994 World Junior
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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.[1][2]

Medalists

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

Results

Final

22 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Awotoro Adediran  Nigeria 45.83
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ramon Clay  United States 46.13
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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.

References

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1994 Lisbon POR Jul 20-24, 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