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.
Medalists Gold Awotoro Adediran Silver Ramon Clay Bronze Shaun Farrell
Results Final 22 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Awotoro Adediran 45.83 Ramon Clay 46.13 Shaun Farrell 46.31 4 Mark Hylton 46.37 5 Desmond Johnson 46.38 6 Riaan Dempers 47.31 7 Rohan McDonald 47.62 8 Kunle Adejuyigbe 48.05
Semifinals 21 July
Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Michael McDonald 46.30 Q 2 Shaun Farrell 46.52 Q 3 Desmond Johnson 46.64 Q 4 Riaan Dempers 46.74 Q 5 Francis Obikwelu 46.79 6 Mitsumasa Hattori 47.72 7 Rui Costa 49.30 8 Chris Robinson 50.36
Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ramon Clay 47.10 Q 2 Mark Hylton 47.29 Q 3 Rohan McDonald 47.49 Q 4 Kunle Adejuyigbe 47.99 Q 5 Adem Hecini 48.00 6 Dirk Pretorius 48.21 7 Víctor Goulart 48.94 8 Peter Frederick 49.18
Quarterfinals 21 July
Quarterfinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Rohan McDonald 47.36 Q 2 Dirk Pretorius 47.61 Q 3 Adem Hecini 47.64 Q 4 Víctor Goulart 47.84 Q 5 Walter Pirovano 47.91 6 Dan Monea 48.24 7 Donald Bruno 48.82 Kenneth Moima DNS
Quarterfinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Desmond Johnson 46.77 Q 2 Francis Obikwelu 46.92 Q 3 Shaun Farrell 47.10 Q 4 Mitsumasa Hattori 47.55 Q 5 Petri Pohjonen 47.85 6 Vincent van Rooyen 47.96 7 Kim Jung-Hoon 48.96 8 John McClymont 49.26
Quarterfinal 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mark Hylton 47.07 Q 2 Michael McDonald 47.23 Q 3 Kunle Adejuyigbe 47.52 Q 4 Peter Frederick 48.01 Q 5 Robert Loubli 48.11 6 Panayiótis Sarrís 48.17 7 Tsvetomir Marinov 49.00 8 Getahun Workesa 49.15
Quarterfinal 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ramon Clay 48.05 Q 2 Riaan Dempers 48.68 Q 3 Rui Costa 48.95 Q 4 Chris Robinson 49.02 Q 5 Alessandro Bracciali 49.32 6 Georkis Vera 49.61 7 Boštjan Horvat 50.34 Guy Bullock DNS
Heats 20 July
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Desmond Johnson 47.87 Q 2 Donald Bruno 48.55 Q 3 Walter Pirovano 48.95 Q 4 Getahun Workesa 49.07 Q 5 Kiprotich Chemase 49.68 6 Ali Moubarak 49.93
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Rohan McDonald 47.43 Q 2 Mark Hylton 47.49 Q 3 Robert Loubli 48.38 Q 4 Boštjan Horvat 49.28 Q 5 Shoji Taga 49.39 6 Dennis Darling 49.58 7 Steve Augustine 50.33 8 Soliman Hamed 51.11
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Michael McDonald 47.09 Q 2 Kunle Adejuyigbe 47.49 Q 3 Panayiótis Sarrís 48.43 Q 4 Chris Robinson 48.51 Q 5 Alessandro Bracciali 48.88 q 6 Tsvetomir Marinov 48.91 q 7 Bedasa Tafa 50.05
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Adem Hecini 47.66 Q 2 Riaan Dempers 47.81 Q 3 Mitsumasa Hattori 48.08 Q 4 Víctor Goulart 48.36 Q 5 Dan Monea 48.50 q 6 Petri Pohjonen 48.84 q 7 Nicos Christofi 50.01
Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ramon Clay 47.32 Q 2 Shaun Farrell 47.72 Q 3 Kim Jung-Hoon 48.53 Q 4 Vincent van Rooyen 48.54 Q 5 Gunther Dekie 48.93 Moses Kondowe DQ IAAF rule 163.3
Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Georkis Vera 48.26 Q 2 Guy Bullock 48.86 Q 3 John McClymont 49.17 Q 4 Kenneth Moima 49.57 Q 5 Frederico Afonso 50.93 6 Fabio Canini 53.51 Yeóryios Batsikas DQ IAAF rule 163.3
Heat 7 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Francis Obikwelu 47.22 Q 2 Dirk Pretorius 47.91 Q 3 Rui Costa 47.99 Q 4 Peter Frederick 48.71 Q 5 Yosvany González 49.28 6 Pablo Vallejo Navio 49.43 7 Frank Paaga 60.49
Participation According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 37 countries participated in the event.
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