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

The men's 400 metres hurdles 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][2]

Medalists

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Gold Rohan Robinson
  Australia
Silver Yoshihiko Saito
  Japan
Bronze Aleksandr Belikov
  Soviet Union

Results

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Final

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10 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Rohan Robinson   Australia 49.73
  Yoshihiko Saito   Japan 49.99
  Aleksandr Belikov   Soviet Union 50.22
4 Pedro Rodrigues   Portugal 50.43
5 Pedro Piñera   Cuba 50.81
6 Miro Kocuvan   Yugoslavia 50.82
7 Rick Jordan   United States 51.16
8 Kazuhiko Yamazaki   Japan 51.42

Semifinals

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9 August

Semifinal 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Rohan Robinson   Australia 50.59 Q
2 Yoshihiko Saito   Japan 50.86 Q
3 Pedro Piñera   Cuba 51.19 Q
4 Rick Jordan   United States 51.23 Q
5 Sammy Biwott   Kenya 51.94
6 Plamen Nyagin   Bulgaria 52.76
7 Matteo Raimondi   Italy 53.12
Andrey Semakin   Soviet Union DNS

Semifinal 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Aleksandr Belikov   Soviet Union 50.47 Q
2 Pedro Rodrigues   Portugal 50.70 Q
3 Kazuhiko Yamazaki   Japan 50.79 Q
4 Miro Kocuvan   Yugoslavia 50.82 Q
5 Hendrik Willems   West Germany 51.89
6 Massimo Redaelli   Italy 52.27
7 Winston Sinclair   Jamaica 52.68
8 Rubén Menéndez   Spain 53.20

Heats

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8 August

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Kazuhiko Yamazaki   Japan 51.30 Q
2 Rohan Robinson   Australia 51.56 Q
3 Winston Sinclair   Jamaica 51.88 Q
4 Plamen Nyagin   Bulgaria 52.13 q
5 Hendrik Willems   West Germany 52.28 q
6 Massimo Redaelli   Italy 52.45 q
7 Abdelhaq Lahlali   Morocco 53.28

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Aleksandr Belikov   Soviet Union 51.57 Q
2 Rick Jordan   United States 51.95 Q
3 Pedro Rodrigues   Portugal 52.01 Q
4 Matteo Raimondi   Italy 52.42 q
5 Daniel Blochwitz   East Germany 52.77
6 Óscar Pitillas   Spain 52.90
7 Chiu Wensheng   Chinese Taipei 53.21

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sammy Biwott   Kenya 51.64 Q
2 Pedro Piñera   Cuba 52.53 Q
3 Rubén Menéndez   Spain 52.88 Q
4 Simon Hollingsworth   Australia 52.90
5 Kostas Pochanis   Cyprus 53.93
6 Jean Philip Brunel   France 54.16
7 Jürgen Neubarth   Austria 54.48

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yoshihiko Saito   Japan 51.28 Q
2 Miro Kocuvan   Yugoslavia 52.43 Q
3 Andrey Semakin   Soviet Union 52.46 Q
4 Jean-Paul Bruwier   Belgium 52.64
5 Norge Bell   Cuba 52.70
6 Thomas Zverina   Canada 53.18
7 Jaco van Wyk   Namibia 53.85
8 Vasilis Flouris   Greece 54.66

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas. "WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1990 Plovdiv BUL Aug 8-12". WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"). Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015