1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

Events at the
1992 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
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
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 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 18 September.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Maria Magdalena Nedelcu
 Romania
Silver Claudine Williams
 Jamaica
Bronze Ionela Tîrlea
 Romania

Results

Final

18 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Maria Magdalena Nedelcu  Romania 51.84
2nd Claudine Williams  Jamaica 52.03
3rd Ionela Tîrlea  Romania 52.13
4 Camille Noel  Canada 52.98
5 Hana Benešová  Czechoslovakia 53.39
6 Kazue Kakinuma  Japan 53.45
7 Imke Köhler  Germany 53.73
8 Bai Xiaoyun  China 54.30

Semifinals

17 September

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Claudine Williams  Jamaica 52.88 Q
2 Ionela Tîrlea  Romania 52.90 Q
3 Imke Köhler  Germany 53.44 Q
4 Bai Xiaoyun  China 54.26 Q
5 Monique Hennagan  United States 54.27
6 Rachel Hale  Australia 55.27
7 Barbora Dostálová  Czechoslovakia 55.55
8 Rabia Abdul Salam  Malaysia DNS

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Maria Magdalena Nedelcu  Romania 52.87 Q
2 Camille Noel  Canada 53.26 Q
3 Hana Benešová  Czechoslovakia 53.58 Q
4 Kazue Kakinuma  Japan 53.81 Q
5 Catherine Scott  Jamaica 53.91
6 Hsu Pei-Chin  Chinese Taipei 54.69
7 Donna Adamson  Australia 55.17
8 Sharon Lev  Israel 55.91

Heats

16 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Camille Noel  Canada 53.20 Q
2 Catherine Scott  Jamaica 54.55 Q
3 Hana Benešová  Czechoslovakia 54.71 Q
4 Donna Adamson  Australia 54.91 q
5 Sharon Lev  Israel 55.44 q
6 Keiko Amano  Japan 55.61

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ionela Tîrlea  Romania 53.49 Q
2 Kazue Kakinuma  Japan 53.92 Q
3 Hsu Pei-Chin  Chinese Taipei 55.03 Q
4 Patrizia Spuri  Italy 55.85
5 Cynthia Newsome  United States 56.07
6 Yana Burtasenkova  Commonwealth of Independent States DNF

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Claudine Williams  Jamaica 53.53 Q
2 Bai Xiaoyun  China 54.50 Q
3 Imke Köhler  Germany 54.83 Q
4 Barbora Dostálová  Czechoslovakia 55.45 q
5 Helen Frost  United Kingdom 55.94
6 Grace Birungi  Uganda 56.10

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Maria Magdalena Nedelcu  Romania 53.65 Q
2 Monique Hennagan  United States 54.19 Q
3 Rachel Hale  Australia 54.78 Q
4 Rabia Abdul Salam  Malaysia 54.91 q
5 Saidat Onanuga  Nigeria 55.61
6 Zhang Hengyun  China 56.06

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1992 Seoul KOR Sep 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 5 Mar 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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