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

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 hurdles 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	United States
Bronze	Soviet Union

Results[]

Final[]

18 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
		East Germany	56.76
		United States	56.80
		Soviet Union	57.92
4		Canada	58.00
5		Romania	58.74
6		United States	58.80
7		Bulgaria	60.32
8		Soviet Union	61.14

Semifinals[]

17 July

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		United States	57.86	Q
2		Canada	58.27	Q
3		Soviet Union	59.25	Q
4		Romania	59.60	Q
5	Marie Womplou	Côte d'Ivoire	60.29
6		Yugoslavia	61.40
7		Kenya	63.13
8		Uruguay	63.85

Semifinal 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		East Germany	58.23	Q
2		Soviet Union	59.06	Q
3		United States	59.84	Q
4		Bulgaria	61.19	Q
5		Italy	61.97
6	Miriam Alonso	Spain	62.21
7		Ecuador	62.38
		Yugoslavia	DNS

Heats[]

16 July

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		East Germany	57.90	Q
2		Soviet Union	58.50	Q
3		United States	60.75	Q
4		Yugoslavia	61.53	Q
5		Kenya	62.40	q
6		Ecuador	62.94	q
7		India	66.82

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Romania	60.12	Q
2		Yugoslavia	60.64	Q
3		Soviet Union	60.86	Q
4	Marie Womplou	Côte d'Ivoire	60.89	Q
5		Uruguay	64.86	q
6		Canada	66.03
7	Niusha Mansilla	Bolivia	66.88

Heat 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		United States	57.54	Q
2		Canada	58.94	Q
3		Bulgaria	61.20	Q
4		Italy	61.36	Q
5	Miriam Alonso	Spain	63.84	q
6		Greece	66.00
7		Guatemala	66.80

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References[]