1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

Events at the
1988 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
3000 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 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 27, 28 and 29 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Grit Breuer
 East Germany
Silver Maicel Malone
 United States
Bronze Olga Moroz
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

29 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Grit Breuer  East Germany 51.24
2nd Maicel Malone  United States 52.23
3rd Olga Moroz  Soviet Union 53.20
4 Viktoria Miloserdova  Soviet Union 53.64
5 Manuela Derr  East Germany 53.66
6 Teri Smith  United States 53.80
7 Nadežda Tomšová  Czechoslovakia 54.21
8 Rossana Morabito  Italy 55.20

Semifinals

28 July

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Teri Smith  United States 53.20 Q
2 Manuela Derr  East Germany 53.43 Q
3 Viktoria Miloserdova  Soviet Union 53.58 q
4 Cheryl Allen  Canada 53.92
5 Daniela Plescan  Romania 54.09
6 Daniela Spasova  Bulgaria 54.63
7 Noemi Batori  Hungary 56.09
8 Linda Kisabaka  West Germany DNF

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Maicel Malone  United States 52.07 Q
2 Olga Moroz  Soviet Union 52.86 Q
3 Nadežda Tomšová  Czechoslovakia 53.14 q
4 Marjana Lužar  Yugoslavia 54.49
5 Emma Langston  United Kingdom 54.62
6 Julia Merino  Spain 55.12
7 Regula Scalabrin   Switzerland 55.18
8 Felicia Amajali  Nigeria 55.99

Semifinal 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Grit Breuer  East Germany 53.11 Q
2 Rossana Morabito  Italy 54.03 Q
3 Suzana Belac  Yugoslavia 54.18
4 Tracy Goddard  United Kingdom 54.63
5 Catherine Chanfreau  France 55.10
6 Mayelin Lemus  Cuba 55.59
7 Sue Andrews  Australia 55.82
8 Ximena Restrepo  Colombia DQ

Heats

27 July

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Nadežda Tomšová  Czechoslovakia 54.20 Q
2 Daniela Spasova  Bulgaria 54.21 Q
3 Linda Kisabaka  West Germany 54.88 Q
4 Catherine Chanfreau  France 55.19 q
5 Gro Hege Cleveland  Norway 56.07
6 Anna Cherry  Saint Lucia 57.30
7 Natasha Stenberg  Australia 57.82

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ximena Restrepo  Colombia 53.48 Q
2 Olga Moroz  Soviet Union 54.15 Q
3 Tracy Goddard  United Kingdom 54.63 Q
4 Sue Andrews  Australia 54.84 q
5 Daniela Plescan  Romania 55.42 q
6 Valérie Jaunâtre  France 56.86
7 Christine Duvergé  Mauritius 56.95

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Viktoria Miloserdova  Soviet Union 54.13 Q
2 Regula Scalabrin   Switzerland 55.93 Q
3 Mayelin Lemus  Cuba 56.15 Q
4 Katalin Fogarassy  Hungary 56.35

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Manuela Derr  East Germany 54.13 Q
2 Suzana Belac  Yugoslavia 54.17 Q
3 Rossana Morabito  Italy 54.19 Q
4 Teri Smith  United States 54.23 q
5 Monique Steennis  Netherlands 55.67
6 Ausa Mwendachabe  Zambia 58.50
7 Marie-Cecile Rivetta  Monaco 63.31

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Julia Merino  Spain 54.99 Q
2 Grit Breuer  East Germany 55.12 Q
3 Cheryl Allen  Canada 55.44 Q
4 Nancy McLeón  Cuba 55.47
5 Fatima Yusuf  Nigeria 56.35
6 Jacqueline Sophia  Netherlands Antilles 58.92

Heat 6

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Maicel Malone  United States 53.79 Q
2 Marjana Lužar  Yugoslavia 54.77 Q
3 Emma Langston  United Kingdom 54.87 Q
4 Noemi Batori  Hungary 54.97 q
5 Felicia Amajali  Nigeria 55.39 q
6 Julieta Kondova  Bulgaria 56.40
7 Kristen Lundgren  Canada 56.48

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 38 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1988 Sudbury CAN Jul 27-31, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 7 Apr 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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