2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

Events at the
2008 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 women
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
10,000 m walk men women
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's 400 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Shade Abugan
 Nigeria
Silver Jessica Beard
 United States
Bronze Susana Clement
 Cuba

Results

Final

10 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Shade Abugan  Nigeria 51.84
2nd Jessica Beard  United States 52.09
3rd Susana Clement  Cuba 52.36
4 Racheal Nachula  Zambia 52.44
5 Yuliya Baraley  Ukraine 53.18
6 Angeline Blackburn  Australia 53.43
7 Lanie Whittaker  United States 53.98
8 Fabienne Kohlmann  Germany 54.12

Semifinals

9 July

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Shade Abugan  Nigeria 51.92 Q
2 Angeline Blackburn  Australia 52.90 Q
3 Lanie Whittaker  United States 53.61 q
4 Moa Hjelmer  Sweden 54.12
5 Latoya McDermott  Jamaica 54.15
6 Aleksandra Bulanova  Russia 54.18
7 Alyssa Johnson  Canada 55.86
8 Britney St. Louis  Trinidad and Tobago DQ IAAF rule 163.3

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Susana Clement  Cuba 52.90 Q
2 Racheal Nachula  Zambia 52.95 Q
3 Fabienne Kohlmann  Germany 53.78 q
4 Natália Zsigovics  Hungary 54.15
5 Meliz Redif  Turkey 54.29
6 Natalie Geiger  Canada 54.50
7 Olha Zemlyak  Ukraine 54.66
8 Mara Weekes  Barbados 55.61

Semifinal 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jessica Beard  United States 52.59 Q
2 Yuliya Baraley  Ukraine 53.48 Q
3 Olesea Cojuhari  Moldova 53.80
4 Berenice Manimba  France 53.85
5 Liliya Gafiyatullina  Russia 54.17
6 Chantel Malone  British Virgin Islands 54.98
7 Josefin Magnusson  Sweden 55.34
8 Karla Dueñas  Mexico DQ IAAF rule 163.3

Heats

8 July

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yuliya Baraley  Ukraine 54.61 Q
2 Lanie Whittaker  United States 54.74 Q
3 Moa Hjelmer  Sweden 55.32 Q
4 Mara Weekes  Barbados 55.34 Q
5 Antonique Campbell  Jamaica 56.27
6 Alexandra Štuková  Slovakia 56.33
7 Joceline Monteiro  Portugal 56.57
8 Martina Xuereb  Malta 56.84

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Shade Abugan  Nigeria 53.71 Q
2 Fabienne Kohlmann  Germany 53.85 Q
3 Natália Zsigovics  Hungary 54.67 Q
4 Karla Dueñas  Mexico 54.90 Q
5 Josefin Magnusson  Sweden 54.93 q
6 Olha Zemlyak  Ukraine 55.12 q
7 Mihaela Nunu  Romania 56.01

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Racheal Nachula  Zambia 52.65 Q
2 Susana Clement  Cuba 53.85 Q
3 Berenice Manimba  France 54.16 Q
4 Aleksandra Bulanova  Russia 54.38 Q
5 Latoya McDermott  Jamaica 54.62 q
6 Alyssa Johnson  Canada 55.66 q
7 Julia Müller-Foell  Germany 55.99
8 Francesca Xuereb  Malta 56.33

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jessica Beard  United States 53.65 Q
2 Olesea Cojuhari  Moldova 54.56 Q
3 Meliz Redif  Turkey 54.91 Q
4 Natalie Geiger  Canada 55.13 Q
5 Valeria Palacios  Mexico 56.07
6 Benedikte Hauge  Norway 56.08
7 Yen Tai-Ting  Chinese Taipei 57.52
8 Machettira Poovamma  India 57.94

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Angeline Blackburn  Australia 53.82 Q
2 Britney St. Louis  Trinidad and Tobago 54.67 Q
3 Liliya Gafiyatullina  Russia 54.95 Q
4 Chantel Malone  British Virgin Islands 55.38 Q
5 Floria Guei  France 55.74
6 Florina Rusu  Romania 57.12
7 Oslyn Collins  Guyana 61.20
8 Rania Al-Qebali  Jordan DQ IAAF rule 163.3

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 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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