The men's 400 metres hurdles 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 Kelly Carter Silver Mugur Mateescu Bronze Vadim Zadoynov

Results Final 29 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Kelly Carter 49.50 Mugur Mateescu 50.70 Vadim Zadoynov 50.88 4 Ralph Carrington 51.01 5 Samuel Matete 51.70 6 Bob Brown 51.78 7 Jean-François Zbinden 52.23 8 David Niaré 52.40

Semifinals 28 July

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ralph Carrington 50.76 Q 2 Mugur Mateescu 51.31 Q 3 Vadim Zadoynov 51.51 Q 4 Jean-François Zbinden 51.74 q 5 Paweł Woźniak 51.93 6 Stéphane Traversini 52.44 7 Assen Markov 52.86 Paolo Bellino DQ

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kelly Carter 50.99 Q 2 Samuel Matete 51.56 Q 3 David Niaré 51.62 Q 4 Bob Brown 51.63 q 5 Shigeru Yamaguchi 52.72 6 Tesfaye Aschalew 52.73 7 Fabrizio Mori 54.54 8 Michael Rose 55.31

Heats 27 July

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Vadim Zadoynov 51.80 Q 2 Jean-François Zbinden 51.89 Q 3 Samuel Matete 51.90 Q 4 Paweł Woźniak 52.11 q 5 Michael Rose 53.18 q 6 Gilbert Hashan 54.20 7 Yehuda Moreli 54.21

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Bob Brown 51.90 Q 2 Shigeru Yamaguchi 52.19 Q 3 Assen Markov 52.99 Q 4 Fouad Ghanem 53.25 5 Fabio Aleixo 53.56 6 Bernd Held 53.88 7 Hermund Storsæther 55.80 8 Eric Krings 56.30

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ralph Carrington 52.02 Q 2 Fabrizio Mori 52.39 Q 3 Mugur Mateescu 52.57 Q 4 Stéphane Traversini 52.79 q 5 Salvador Vila 53.38 6 Paulo Rodrigues 53.48 7 Benjamin Grant 55.24 8 Ilidio Motty 60.76

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kelly Carter 51.20 Q 2 David Niaré 52.54 Q 3 Paolo Bellino 52.70 Q 4 Tesfaye Aschalew 52.75 q 5 Peter Campbell 53.31 6 Kristian Strømgaard 53.84

Participation According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

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