The men's 400 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 27, 28 and 29 July.

Medalists Gold Tomasz Jędrusik Silver Steve Perry Bronze Anthony Eziuka

Results Final 29 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Tomasz Jędrusik 46.19 Steve Perry 46.74 Anthony Eziuka 46.81 4 Mark Richardson 46.94 5 Wayne McDonald 47.08 6 Joseph Chepsiror Kiptanui 47.22 7 Pedro Cañete 47.28 8 Daniel England 47.48

Semifinals 28 July

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Steve Perry 46.21 Q 2 Mark Richardson 46.43 Q 3 Anthony Eziuka 46.66 q 4 Jerome Williams 46.89 5 Mark Jackson 47.56 6 Shigeaki Matsunaga 48.17 Joseph Tengelei DQ Geoffrey Clark DQ

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Wayne McDonald 46.29 Q 2 Joseph Chepsiror Kiptanui 46.32 Q 3 Pedro Cañete 46.86 q 4 Jesse Carr 47.30 5 Thierry Jean-Charles 47.70 6 Kiril Raykov 48.74 7 Ilidio Motty 49.82 Samuel Matete DQ

Semifinal 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Tomasz Jędrusik 46.16 Q 2 Daniel England 46.71 Q 3 Brian Dicker 47.29 4 Masaru Komori 47.47 5 Anthony Ryan 47.62 6 Olivier Noirot 47.68 7 Omokhegbele Okotako 49.26 8 Nicolás Rodríguez 49.93

Heats 27 July

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Daniel England 47.18 Q 2 Pedro Cañete 47.43 Q 3 Mark Jackson 47.64 Q 4 Joseph Tengelei 48.02 q 5 Inaldo de Sena 48.30 6 Muhammad Sadaqat 49.33 José Hernández DQ

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Joseph Chepsiror Kiptanui 46.54 Q 2 Mark Richardson 46.63 Q 3 Olivier Noirot 47.43 Q 4 Brian Dicker 47.70 q 5 Feru Dadi 48.24 6 Gilmar da Silva 49.97 7 Mitchell Peters 50.17 8 Gilbert Hashan 50.19

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Samuel Matete 46.88 Q 2 Thierry Jean-Charles 47.20 Q 3 Masaru Komori 47.49 Q 4 Omokhegbele Okotako 47.73 q 5 Eversley Linley 48.65 6 Ibrahim Abdirashid Aden 49.00 7 Eric Krings 50.71 8 Legesse Dereba 51.10

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Anthony Ryan 47.08 Q 2 Jesse Carr 47.49 Q 3 Geoffrey Clark 47.63 Q 4 Miguel Cuesta 48.29 5 Raffaele Altissimo 48.54 Barrington Campbell DNF

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Anthony Eziuka 47.29 Q 2 Jerome Williams 47.34 Q 3 Ilidio Motty 47.92 Q 4 Joel Otim-Bua 48.10 5 Gianrico Boncompagni 48.23 6 William Archer 52.60

Heat 6

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Steve Perry 46.79 Q 2 Kiril Raykov 48.05 Q 3 Nicolás Rodríguez 49.12 Q 4 Peter Merchant 50.68 Yeóryios Panayiotopoulos DQ

Heat 7

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Tomasz Jędrusik 46.50 Q 2 Wayne McDonald 47.58 Q 3 Shigeaki Matsunaga 48.02 Q 4 Lin Kuang-Liang 48.15 5 Aurelio Mancheno 48.63 6 Grzegorz Machelski 48.74

Participation According to an unofficial count, 46 athletes from 33 countries participated in the event.

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