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

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 hurdles 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	East Germany
Silver	Belgium
Bronze	Silvia Rieger  West Germany

Results[]

Final[]

29 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
		East Germany	57.47
		Belgium	57.58
	Silvia Rieger	West Germany	57.88
4	Frida Johansson	Sweden	58.71
5		Romania	58.79
6		West Germany	58.99
7		Bulgaria	59.07
8		Soviet Union	59.25

Semifinals[]

28 July

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		East Germany	57.69	Q
2		Bulgaria	57.84	Q
3		Belgium	58.41	Q
4		Romania	59.96	q
5	Anna Chuprina	Soviet Union	60.06
6		China	60.17
7		Hungary	60.18
		Canada	DQ

Semifinal 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Frida Johansson	Sweden	58.71	Q
2	Silvia Rieger	West Germany	59.07	Q
3		Soviet Union	59.52	Q
4		West Germany	60.01	q
5		Canada	60.39
6		Cyprus	62.87
		Spain	DNF
		United Kingdom	DNF

Heats[]

27 July

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Belgium	59.51	Q
2		Romania	59.54	Q
3		Australia	61.10
4	Joanne Fitzgerald	Ireland	61.85
5		France	61.98
6		New Zealand	63.21
7		Chinese Taipei	63.61

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		United Kingdom	59.36	Q
2	Silvia Rieger	West Germany	59.59	Q
3	Anna Chuprina	Soviet Union	60.37	q
4		Cyprus	60.55	q
5		Italy	60.69
6		United States	62.07
7		Guatemala	63.65

Heat 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		East Germany	59.28	Q
2		Hungary	59.90	Q
3		Canada	60.05	q
4	Marie Womplou	Côte d'Ivoire	60.78
5		United Kingdom	61.89
6		New Zealand	62.00
		Chile	DNF

Heat 4[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		West Germany	59.59	Q
2		Canada	59.71	Q
3		Spain	59.73	q
4	Lency Montelier	Cuba	61.05
5		Belgium	61.36
6		China	62.05
7		United States	62.82

Heat 5[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Soviet Union	59.23	Q
2		Bulgaria	59.28	Q
3	Frida Johansson	Sweden	59.30	q
4		China	59.65	q
5		Australia	61.99
6		Finland	62.00
7		Ireland	63.54

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.

References[]