1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

Events at the
1986 World Junior
Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
2000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
5000 m walk women
10,000 m walk men
Road events
20 km road run men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's 400 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 18 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Susanne Sieger
 East Germany
Silver Olga Pesnopevtseva
 Soviet Union
Bronze Sandie Richards
 Jamaica

Results

Final

18 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Susanne Sieger  East Germany 52.02
2nd Olga Pesnopevtseva  Soviet Union 52.17
3rd Sandie Richards  Jamaica 52.23
4 Janeene Vickers  United States 52.25
5 Tasha Downing  United States 53.21
6 Lacramioara Andrei  Romania 53.57
7 Małgorzata Kurach  Poland 54.18
8 Ulrike Alge  Austria 54.55

Semifinals

17 July

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Olga Pesnopevtseva  Soviet Union 52.40 Q
2 Tasha Downing  United States 53.38 Q
3 Lacramioara Andrei  Romania 53.71 Q
4 Małgorzata Kurach  Poland 53.87 Q
5 Julia Merino  Spain 54.84
6 Rossana Morabito  Italy 55.04
7 Noemi Batori  Hungary 55.17
8 Maxine Scringer  Canada 55.19

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sandie Richards  Jamaica 52.53 Q
2 Susanne Sieger  East Germany 52.82 Q
3 Janeene Vickers  United States 53.93 Q
4 Ulrike Alge  Austria 54.70 Q
5 Sabine Nolte  West Germany 55.20
6 Diane Dunrod  Saint Kitts and Nevis 56.57
7 Cheryl Allen  Canada 56.92
8 Timea Kovács  Hungary 57.31

Heats

16 July

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lacramioara Andrei  Romania 54.38 Q
2 Cheryl Allen  Canada 54.58 Q
3 Rossana Morabito  Italy 54.77 Q
4 Marina Khripankova  Soviet Union 55.26
5 Jupira da Graça  Brazil 56.37
6 Sotiría Mavromáti  Greece 57.59
7 Guilhermina da Cruz  Angola 58.20

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Susanne Sieger  East Germany 52.97 Q
2 Sabine Nolte  West Germany 54.75 Q
3 Julia Merino  Spain 54.76 Q
4 Noemi Batori  Hungary 54.92 q
5 Sanja Beckei  Yugoslavia 55.27

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Janeene Vickers  United States 55.23 Q
2 Małgorzata Kurach  Poland 55.86 Q
3 Timea Kovács  Hungary 55.97 Q
4 Christine Duvergé  Mauritius 56.61
5 Chen Ya-Li  Chinese Taipei 56.83
6 Adriana Martínez  Ecuador 56.93

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sandie Richards  Jamaica 53.25 Q
2 Ulrike Alge  Austria 54.89 Q
3 Maxine Scringer  Canada 56.20 Q
4 Patricia Serret  Mauritius 56.50
5 Anna Cherry  Saint Lucia 59.20
6 Valeria López  Ecuador 60.70
7 Rose Sisana Dlamini  Swaziland 62.82

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Olga Pesnopevtseva  Soviet Union 52.73 Q
2 Tasha Downing  United States 53.41 Q
3 Diane Dunrod  Saint Kitts and Nevis 54.90 Q
4 Donya Mohamed  Iraq 55.76
5 Josephine Ikolomi  Nigeria 57.46
6 Jacinta Kimwetich  Kenya 58.13
7 Rowan Maynard  Antigua and Barbuda 60.06
8 Rosanna Browne  Anguilla 65.32

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 27 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ 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 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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