1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

1988 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
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 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 27, 28 and 29 July.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Grit Breuer  East Germany
Silver	Maicel Malone  United States
Bronze	Soviet Union

Results[]

Final[]

29 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Grit Breuer	East Germany	51.24
	Maicel Malone	United States	52.23
		Soviet Union	53.20
4		Soviet Union	53.64
5	Manuela Derr	East Germany	53.66
6		United States	53.80
7		Czechoslovakia	54.21
8	Rossana Morabito	Italy	55.20

Semifinals[]

28 July

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		United States	53.20	Q
2	Manuela Derr	East Germany	53.43	Q
3		Soviet Union	53.58	q
4	Cheryl Allen	Canada	53.92
5		Romania	54.09
6	Daniela Spasova	Bulgaria	54.63
7		Hungary	56.09
	Linda Kisabaka	West Germany	DNF

Semifinal 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Maicel Malone	United States	52.07	Q
2		Soviet Union	52.86	Q
3		Czechoslovakia	53.14	q
4		Yugoslavia	54.49
5		United Kingdom	54.62
6	Julia Merino	Spain	55.12
7	Regula Scalabrin	Switzerland	55.18
8		Nigeria	55.99

Semifinal 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Grit Breuer	East Germany	53.11	Q
2	Rossana Morabito	Italy	54.03	Q
3		Yugoslavia	54.18
4	Tracy Goddard	United Kingdom	54.63
5		France	55.10
6		Cuba	55.59
7	Sue Andrews	Australia	55.82
	Ximena Restrepo	Colombia	DQ

Heats[]

27 July

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Czechoslovakia	54.20	Q
2	Daniela Spasova	Bulgaria	54.21	Q
3	Linda Kisabaka	West Germany	54.88	Q
4		France	55.19	q
5		Norway	56.07
6		Saint Lucia	57.30
7		Australia	57.82

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ximena Restrepo	Colombia	53.48	Q
2		Soviet Union	54.15	Q
3	Tracy Goddard	United Kingdom	54.63	Q
4	Sue Andrews	Australia	54.84	q
5		Romania	55.42	q
6		France	56.86
7		Mauritius	56.95

Heat 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Soviet Union	54.13	Q
2	Regula Scalabrin	Switzerland	55.93	Q
3		Cuba	56.15	Q
4		Hungary	56.35

Heat 4[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Manuela Derr	East Germany	54.13	Q
2		Yugoslavia	54.17	Q
3	Rossana Morabito	Italy	54.19	Q
4		United States	54.23	q
5		Netherlands	55.67
6		Zambia	58.50
7		Monaco	63.31

Heat 5[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Julia Merino	Spain	54.99	Q
2	Grit Breuer	East Germany	55.12	Q
3	Cheryl Allen	Canada	55.44	Q
4	Nancy McLeón	Cuba	55.47
5	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	56.35
6		Netherlands Antilles	58.92

Heat 6[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Maicel Malone	United States	53.79	Q
2		Yugoslavia	54.77	Q
3		United Kingdom	54.87	Q
4		Hungary	54.97	q
5		Nigeria	55.39	q
6		Bulgaria	56.40
7		Canada	56.48

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 38 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.

References[]