The men's 400 metres hurdles 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 Periklís Iakovákis Silver Osiris Martínez Bronze Peter Bate

Results Final 31 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Periklís Iakovákis 49.82 Osiris Martínez 50.17 Peter Bate 50.83 4 Tomasz Rudnik 50.98 5 Terrance Wilson 50.99 6 François Coetzee 51.20 7 Chabib El-Azouizi 51.41 8 Lin Chin-Fu 52.04

Semifinals 29 July

Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Osiris Martínez 50.45 Q 2 Lin Chin-Fu 50.47 Q 3 Terrance Wilson 51.10 Q 4 François Coetzee 51.35 q 5 Tomasz Rudnik 51.47 q 6 Tahar Ghozali 52.12 7 Richard McDonald 52.13 8 David Lloyd 52.15

Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Peter Bate 50.50 Q 2 Periklís Iakovákis 50.73 Q 3 Chabib El-Azouizi 51.11 Q 4 Satoshi Oshikawa 51.55 5 Reginald Depass 51.89 6 Carlos García 52.03 7 Nicholas O'Brien 52.04 8 Stefano Cuzzi 52.71

Heats 28 July

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Chabib El-Azouizi 52.03 Q 2 Reginald Depass 52.20 Q 3 Salah Ghaidi 52.66 4 Dmitriy Zhukov 52.68 5 Robson dos Santos 53.42 6 José Moncada 53.60 7 Andreas Wickert 54.42 8 Salem Al-Ameeri 58.19

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Periklís Iakovákis 51.99 Q 2 Tomasz Rudnik 52.31 Q 3 Adrian Medhurst 52.80 4 Mohamed Mouhlal 53.02 5 Sveinn Þórarinsson 53.46 6 Aissa Hassan Saadoun 54.38

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Peter Bate 50.93 Q 2 Osiris Martínez 52.00 Q 3 David Lloyd 52.06 q 4 Jon Torben Flöttmann 52.88 5 Saso Božic 53.04 6 Carlo Dambruoso 53.67 7 Roberto Carbajal 53.79 8 Moncef Kessab 54.93

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Lin Chin-Fu 51.43 Q 2 Satoshi Oshikawa 52.22 Q 3 Tahar Ghozali 52.25 q 4 Carlos García 52.46 q 5 Jakub Havlín 52.72 6 Dirk Le Roux 52.78 7 Kirill Sedykh 53.00 8 Essel Mensah 58.12

Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Terrance Wilson 51.61 Q 2 François Coetzee 51.64 Q 3 Stefano Cuzzi 52.10 q 4 Nicholas O'Brien 52.11 q 5 Richard McDonald 52.33 q 6 Hani Al-Mourhej 52.61 7 Wendell Colares 54.98 8 Ryan Clarke 60.62

Participation According to an unofficial count, 38 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.

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