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

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	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
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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	East Germany
Silver	Soviet Union
Bronze	Sandie Richards  Jamaica

Results[]

Final[]

18 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
		East Germany	52.02
		Soviet Union	52.17
	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	52.23
4	Janeene Vickers	United States	52.25
5		United States	53.21
6		Romania	53.57
7		Poland	54.18
8		Austria	54.55

Semifinals[]

17 July

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Soviet Union	52.40	Q
2		United States	53.38	Q
3		Romania	53.71	Q
4		Poland	53.87	Q
5	Julia Merino	Spain	54.84
6	Rossana Morabito	Italy	55.04
7		Hungary	55.17
8		Canada	55.19

Semifinal 2[]

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

Heats[]

16 July

Heat 1[]

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

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		East Germany	52.97	Q
2		West Germany	54.75	Q
3	Julia Merino	Spain	54.76	Q
4		Hungary	54.92	q
5		Yugoslavia	55.27

Heat 3[]

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

Heat 4[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	53.25	Q
2		Austria	54.89	Q
3		Canada	56.20	Q
4		Mauritius	56.50
5		Saint Lucia	59.20
6		Ecuador	60.70
7		Swaziland	62.82

Heat 5[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Soviet Union	52.73	Q
2		United States	53.41	Q
3		Saint Kitts and Nevis	54.90	Q
4		Iraq	55.76
5		Nigeria	57.46
6		Kenya	58.13
7		Antigua and Barbuda	60.06
8		Anguilla	65.32

Participation[]

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

References[]