2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

Events at the
2012 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 at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 11, 12, and 13 July.[1][2][3]

Medalists

Gold Ashley Spencer
 United States
Silver Kadecia Baird
 Guyana
Bronze Erika Rucker
 United States

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record  Grit Breuer (GER) 49.42 Tokyo, Japan 27 August 1991
Championship Record  Fatima Yusuf (NGR) 50.62 Plovdiv, Bulgaria 10 August 1990
World Junior Leading  Ashley Spencer (USA) 51.02 Madison, United States 13 May 2012
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Championship Record
World Junior Leading
 Ashley Spencer (USA) 50.50 Barcelona, Spain 13 July 2012

Results

Heats

Qualification: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 1 4 Ashley Spencer  United States 52.58 Q
2 4 9 Shaunae Miller  Bahamas 52.71 Q
3 4 6 Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz  Poland 52.76 Q, NJ
4 4 7 Olivia James  Jamaica 52.86 Q, SB
5 1 3 Ekaterina Renzhina  Russia 52.92 Q, PB
6 5 4 Chrisann Gordon  Jamaica 52.99 Q
7 5 6 Kadecia Baird  Guyana 53.29 Q
8 6 7 Erika Rucker  United States 53.32 Q
9 3 6 Bianca Razor  Romania 53.44 Q
10 6 8 Justine Palframan  South Africa 53.53 Q
11 1 9 Maike Schachtschneider  Germany 53.57 Q, PB
12 4 3 Ella Räsänen  Finland 53.77 q, SB
13 6 5 Adelina Pastor  Romania 53.85 Q
14 2 6 Rashan Brown  Bahamas 54.02 Q
15 4 4 Flavia Battaglia  Italy 54.03 q, PB
16 5 8 Abbey de la Motte  Australia 54.03 Q, PB
17 1 7 Joanna Mills  Ireland 54.17 q, SB
18 3 9 Morgan Mitchell  Australia 54.19 Q, PB
19 3 8 Bianka Kéri  Hungary 54.34 Q
20 2 5 Alina Galitskaya  Russia 54.55 Q
21 1 5 Grace Claxton  Puerto Rico 54.65 q, NJ
22 5 7 Viktoriya Tkachuk  Ukraine 54.67 q
23 1 6 Simone Werner   Switzerland 54.70 q, PB
24 5 9 Carina Schrempf  Austria 54.73 PB
25 4 8 Rivinilda Mentai  Portugal 54.83 NJ
26 6 4 Kateryna Slyusarenko  Ukraine 54.88
27 3 3 Janet Seeliger  South Africa 55.00
28 2 9 Jie Chen  China 55.04 Q
29 6 6 Ines Futterknecht  Austria 55.16
30 3 5 Christine Botlogetswe  Botswana 55.26 PB
31 4 5 Qingqing Wu  China 55.37
32 2 7 Gunta Latiševa-Cudare  Latvia 55.57
33 2 8 Olga Andreyeva  Kazakhstan 55.96
34 3 4 Danielle Alakija  Fiji 56.69
35 6 3 Jonel Lacey  British Virgin Islands 58.87 PB
36 2 2 Princilla Tshabu Amisi  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1:05.85 PB
37 2 4 Reloliza Saimon  Federated States of Micronesia 1:09.88 SB
5 5 Lucy Fortune  Grenada DSQ
5 3 Regina Tavera  Mexico DSQ
6 9 Alexandra Courtnall  Canada DSQ
2 3 Florence Uwakwe  Nigeria DNS
1 8 Melisa Torres  Colombia DNS
3 7 Omolara Omotosho  Nigeria DNS

Semi-Finals

Qualification: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 1 6 Erika Rucker  United States 52.05 Q, PB
2 3 5 Ashley Spencer  United States 52.24 Q
3 1 4 Kadecia Baird  Guyana 52.40 Q
4 1 7 Justine Palframan  South Africa 52.65 q
5 1 5 Chrisann Gordon  Jamaica 52.70 q
6 3 9 Olivia James  Jamaica 52.71 Q, SB
7 2 4 Shaunae Miller  Bahamas 52.75 Q
8 2 6 Bianca Razor  Romania 52.87 Q
9 3 4 Rashan Brown  Bahamas 52.88
10 2 7 Ekaterina Renzhina  Russia 52.97
11 3 7 Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz  Poland 53.04
12 1 9 Adelina Pastor  Romania 53.28 SB
13 2 5 Morgan Mitchell  Australia 53.88 PB
14 1 8 Abbey de la Motte  Australia 53.90 PB
15 3 2 Ella Räsänen  Finland 54.40
16 1 2 Grace Claxton  Puerto Rico 54.42 NJ
17 2 9 Maike Schachtschneider  Germany 54.49
18 1 3 Joanna Mills  Ireland 54.52
19 3 8 Jie Chen  China 54.67
20 2 8 Bianka Kéri  Hungary 54.68
21 2 2 Flavia Battaglia  Italy 54.82
22 3 6 Alina Galitskaya  Russia 54.98
23 2 3 Viktoriya Tkachuk  Ukraine 55.02
24 3 3 Simone Werner   Switzerland 55.85

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1st 6 Ashley Spencer  United States 50.50 CR
2nd 4 Kadecia Baird  Guyana 51.04 AJ
3rd 5 Erika Rucker  United States 51.10 PB
4 7 Shaunae Miller  Bahamas 51.78
5 3 Justine Palframan  South Africa 51.87 NJ
6 8 Bianca Razor  Romania 52.20 SB
7 2 Chrisann Gordon  Jamaica 52.31 SB
8 9 Olivia James  Jamaica 52.68 SB

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.

References

External links

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