The men's 400 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16 and 18 July.[1][2]
Medalists edit
| Gold | Miles Murphy Australia
|
| Silver | Roberto Hernández Cuba
|
| Bronze | Edgar Itt West Germany
|
Results edit
Final edit
18 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Miles Murphy | Australia |
45.64 | |
 |
Roberto Hernández | Cuba |
45.64 | |
 |
Edgar Itt | West Germany |
45.72 | |
| 4 | Eulogio Mordoche | Cuba |
46.52 | |
| 5 | Clifton Campbell |  United States |
46.52 | |
| 6 | Joseph Falaye |  Nigeria |
46.81 | |
| 7 | Peter Crampton |  United Kingdom |
47.26 | |
| 8 | Chip Rish | United States |
47.50 |
Semifinals edit
18 July
Semifinal 1 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clifton Campbell | United States |
45.94 | Q |
| 2 | Edgar Itt | West Germany |
46.41 | Q |
| 3 | Yusuf Bakare | Nigeria |
46.82 | |
| 4 | Aleksandr Ovchinnikov |  Soviet Union |
46.86 | |
| 5 | Roland Moens |  Belgium |
47.65 | |
| 6 | Krzysztof Sidowski |  Poland |
47.92 | |
| 7 | Keiichi Adachi |  Japan |
47.94 | |
| 8 | Seibert Straughn |  Barbados |
48.29 |
Semifinal 2 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eulogio Mordoche | Cuba |
46.34 | Q |
| 2 | Joseph Falaye | Nigeria |
46.51 | Q |
| 3 | Mark Tyler | United Kingdom |
46.95 | |
| 4 | Joseph Sainah |  Kenya |
46.96 | |
| 5 | Tibor Martina |  Hungary |
47.11 | |
| 6 | Yvan Delrue | Belgium |
47.32 | |
| 7 | Slobodan Branković |  Yugoslavia |
47.44 | |
| 8 | António Abrantes |  Portugal |
48.33 |
Semifinal 3 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roberto Hernández | Cuba |
45.53 | Q |
| 2 | Miles Murphy | Australia |
46.02 | Q |
| 3 | Chip Rish | United States |
46.33 | q |
| 4 | Peter Crampton | United Kingdom |
46.78 | q |
| 5 | Tamás Molnár | Hungary |
46.96 | |
| 6 | Vladimir Lytkin | Soviet Union |
47.44 | |
| 7 | Dawda Jallow |  Gambia |
48.01 | |
| 8 | Carl Folkes |  Canada |
48.27 |
Heats edit
16 July
Heat 1 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph Falaye | Nigeria |
46.63 | Q |
| 2 | Aleksandr Ovchinnikov | Soviet Union |
46.99 | Q |
| 3 | Dawda Jallow | Gambia |
47.16 | Q |
| 4 | Tamás Molnár | Hungary |
47.17 | q |
| 5 | Željko Kerošević | Yugoslavia |
48.83 | |
| 6 | Hossain Milzer |  Bangladesh |
48.96 | |
| 7 | Ali Yacoub Ismail Ishaq |  Kuwait |
49.52 | |
| 8 | Awad Ead Awad |  Egypt |
50.42 |
Heat 2 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clifton Campbell | United States |
46.60 | Q |
| 2 | Roland Moens | Belgium |
47.33 | Q |
| 3 | Seibert Straughn | Barbados |
47.70 | Q |
| 4 | Manuel Moreno |  Spain |
48.29 | |
| 5 | Tshokolo Peloethata |  Botswana |
48.66 | |
| 6 | James Dunda | Canada |
48.78 | |
| 7 | Washington Rodrigues |  Brazil |
49.79 | |
| 8 | Horace Dove-Edwin |  Sierra Leone |
52.12 |
Heat 3 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edgar Itt | West Germany |
47.02 | Q |
| 2 | Tibor Martina | Hungary |
47.49 | Q |
| 3 | Vladimir Lytkin | Soviet Union |
47.83 | Q |
| 4 | Nicola Mastroianni |  Italy |
48.28 | |
| 5 | Yeóryios Panayiotopoulos |  Greece |
48.82 | |
| 6 | Sultan Abdulrahman |  Saudi Arabia |
48.97 | |
| 7 | Omar Ibrahim | Egypt |
51.14 |
Heat 4 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miles Murphy | Australia |
46.83 | Q |
| 2 | Joseph Sainah | Kenya |
47.17 | Q |
| 3 | Slobodan Branković | Yugoslavia |
47.28 | Q |
| 4 | António Abrantes | Portugal |
47.91 | q |
| 5 | Dariusz Rychter | Poland |
48.30 | |
| 6 | Moses Phiri |  Zambia |
50.39 | |
| 7 | Paul Prea |  Seychelles |
50.69 |
Heat 5 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chip Rish | United States |
47.34 | Q |
| 2 | Yvan Delrue | Belgium |
47.75 | Q |
| 3 | Mark Tyler | United Kingdom |
47.80 | Q |
| 4 | Keiichi Adachi | Japan |
48.18 | q |
| 5 | Nicos Adamou |  Cyprus |
48.93 | |
| 6 | Khayar Seck |  Senegal |
49.12 | |
| 7 | M.Adam Salih |  Sudan |
50.81 |
Heat 6 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roberto Hernández | Cuba |
46.75 | Q |
| 2 | Carl Folkes | Canada |
47.58 | Q |
| 3 | Peter Crampton | United Kingdom |
48.17 | Q |
| 4 | Craig Purdy |  New Zealand |
48.81 | |
| 5 | Legesse Dereba |  Ethiopia |
48.99 | |
| 6 | Yuji Yoshioka | Japan |
49.39 | |
| 7 | Marco Tamagnini |  San Marino |
52.33 | |
| 8 | Salem Matar |  United Arab Emirates |
53.23 |
Heat 7 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eulogio Mordoche | Cuba |
46.91 | Q |
| 2 | Yusuf Bakare | Nigeria |
47.45 | Q |
| 3 | Krzysztof Sidowski | Poland |
47.79 | Q |
| 4 | Scott Bowden | New Zealand |
48.46 | |
| 5 | Christopher Mbilo |  Tanzania |
48.76 | |
| 6 | Nikólaos Doúbas | Greece |
49.25 | |
| 7 | Pedro Maroto | Spain |
50.56 | |
| 8 | Oum Sidet |  Cambodia |
53.17 |
Participation edit
According to an unofficial count, 53 athletes from 38 countries participated in the event.
Australia (1)
Bangladesh (1)
Barbados (1)
Belgium (2)
Botswana (1)
Brazil (1)
Cambodia (1)
Canada (2)
Cuba (2)
Cyprus (1)
Egypt (2)
Ethiopia (1)
Gambia (1)
Greece (2)
Hungary (2)
Italy (1)
Japan (2)
Kenya (1)
Kuwait (1)
New Zealand (2)
Nigeria (2)
Poland (2)
Portugal (1)
San Marino (1)
Saudi Arabia (1)
Senegal (1)
Seychelles (1)
Sierra Leone (1)
Soviet Union (2)
Spain (2)
Sudan (1)
Tanzania (1)
United Arab Emirates (1)
United Kingdom (2)
United States (2)
West Germany (1)
Yugoslavia (2)
Zambia (1)
References edit
- ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1986 Athens GRE Jul 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 26 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015