1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

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The women's 400 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 August.[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold Fatima Yusuf
 Nigeria
Silver Charity Opara
 Nigeria
Bronze Manuela Derr
 East Germany

Results[]

Final[]

10 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Fatima Yusuf  Nigeria 50.62
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Charity Opara  Nigeria 51.28
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Manuela Derr  East Germany 51.95
4 Sue Andrews  Australia 52.23
5 Julia Merino  Spain 53.48
6 Nancy McLeón  Cuba 53.58
7 Marína Vasarmídou  Greece 53.58
8 Anja Rücker  East Germany 54.16

Semifinals[]

9 August

Semifinal 1[]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Charity Opara  Nigeria 51.69 Q
2 Manuela Derr  East Germany 52.91 Q
3 Nancy McLeón  Cuba 53.32 Q
4 Julia Merino  Spain 53.34 Q
5 Catherine Scott  Jamaica 53.46
6  Soviet Union 54.17
7 Ester Goossens  Netherlands 54.70
8  France 55.69

Semifinal 2[]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Fatima Yusuf  Nigeria 52.15 Q
2 Sue Andrews  Australia 53.40 Q
3 Marína Vasarmídou  Greece 53.83 Q
4 Anja Rücker  East Germany 54.04 Q
5 Claudine Williams  Jamaica 54.28
6  Soviet Union 54.35
7  United States 54.44
8  Cuba 56.23

Heats[]

8 August

Heat 1[]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Fatima Yusuf  Nigeria 52.97 Q
2  Soviet Union 54.66 Q
3  France 54.85 Q
4 Catherine Scott  Jamaica 54.94 q
5 Cheryl Allen  Canada 55.16
6  Colombia 57.14

Heat 2[]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Charity Opara  Nigeria 52.77 Q
2 Manuela Derr  East Germany 53.90 Q
3 Claudine Williams  Jamaica 54.02 Q
4  United States 54.72 q
5  Bulgaria 56.33
6  Central African Republic 64.80
Camille Noel  Canada DNF

Heat 3[]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sue Andrews  Australia 53.53 Q
2 Anja Rücker  East Germany 54.01 Q
3 Julia Merino  Spain 54.18 Q
4  Soviet Union 54.27 q
5  Cuba 55.00 q
6 Melrose Mansaray  Sierra Leone 56.44

Heat 4[]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Nancy McLeón  Cuba 53.70 Q
2 Ester Goossens  Netherlands 54.27 Q
3 Marína Vasarmídou  Greece 54.60 Q
4 Renée Poetschka  Australia 55.18
5  Yugoslavia 55.52
6 Shanelle Porter  United States 56.63

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References[]

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas. "WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1990 Plovdiv BUL Aug 8-12". WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"). Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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