1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres explained

The men's 400 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 August.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Chris Nelloms
Silver	Rico Lieder
Bronze	Mark Richardson

Results

Final

10 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		45.43
	align=left		align=left		46.28
	align=left		align=left		46.33
4	align=left		align=left		46.43
5	align=left		align=left		46.44
6	align=left		align=left		46.52
7	align=left		align=left		47.53
	align=left		align=left		DNF

Semifinals

9 August

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		45.93	Q
2	align=left		align=left		46.34	Q
3	align=left		align=left		46.43	Q
4	align=left		align=left		46.47	Q
5	align=left		align=left		46.48
6	align=left		align=left		47.04
7	align=left		align=left		47.09
8	align=left		align=left		47.70

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		46.06	Q
2	align=left		align=left		46.08	Q
3	align=left		align=left		46.43	Q
4	align=left		align=left		46.66	Q
5	align=left		align=left		46.71
6	align=left		align=left		46.88
7	align=left		align=left		47.00
8	align=left		align=left		48.11

Heats

8 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		46.83	Q
2	align=left		align=left		46.86	Q
3	align=left		align=left		47.98
4	align=left		align=left		48.06
5	align=left		align=left		48.57
6	align=left		align=left		49.24
7	align=left		align=left		49.40
8	align=left		align=left		50.33

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		46.98	Q
2	align=left		align=left		47.03	Q
3	align=left		align=left		47.60	q
4	align=left		align=left		48.39
5	align=left		align=left		48.46
6	align=left		align=left		48.68

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		46.89	Q
2	align=left		align=left		46.96	Q
3	align=left		align=left		47.43	q
4	align=left		align=left		47.47	q
5	align=left	Gary Reid	align=left		47.94
6	align=left		align=left		47.99
7	align=left		align=left		49.04

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		47.00	Q
2	align=left		align=left		47.03	Q
2	align=left		align=left		47.03	Q
4	align=left		align=left		47.73
5	align=left		align=left		47.78
6	align=left		align=left		48.49

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		46.64	Q
2	align=left		align=left		46.68	Q
3	align=left		align=left		47.36	q
4	align=left		align=left		47.45	q
5	align=left		align=left		47.74
6	align=left		align=left		49.05
7	align=left		align=left		50.21
8	align=left		align=left		54.43

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Peters . Lionel . Magnusson . Tomas . WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1990 Plovdiv BUL Aug 8-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130831125751/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1990.html . 31 August 2013 . WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH") . 13 June 2015.