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

1990 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 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	Nelli Voronkova  Soviet Union
Silver	Yugoslavia
Bronze	Omolade Akinremi  Nigeria

Results[]

Final[]

10 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Nelli Voronkova	Soviet Union	55.84
		Yugoslavia	56.74
	Omolade Akinremi	Nigeria	56.97
4		Romania	57.78
5	Carole Nelson	France	57.98
6		Portugal	58.56
7		Soviet Union	58.57
8		Denmark	58.63

Semifinals[]

9 August

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nelli Voronkova	Soviet Union	56.87	Q
2		Yugoslavia	57.67	Q
3		Portugal	58.12	Q
4		Denmark	58.54	Q
5		Jamaica	59.18
6		France	59.45
7		United States	60.56
		East Germany	DQ

Semifinal 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Omolade Akinremi	Nigeria	57.26	Q
2		Romania	57.83	Q
3		Soviet Union	57.98	Q
4	Carole Nelson	France	58.12	Q
5		Yugoslavia	58.95
6		Norway	59.68
7		Portugal	59.88
8		New Zealand	62.23

Heats[]

8 August

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Romania	58.33	Q
2		Yugoslavia	58.77	Q
3		East Germany	59.68	Q
4		Cyprus	60.22
5		Canada	60.68
6		Italy	61.09
7		Australia	61.22

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Soviet Union	59.60	Q
2		Norway	59.71	Q
3		Jamaica	59.73	Q
4		United States	59.75
5	Lency Montelier	Cuba	61.17
6		Bulgaria	61.65
7		Italy	61.73

Heat 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nelli Voronkova	Soviet Union	57.10	Q
2	Omolade Akinremi	Nigeria	57.74	Q
3		Portugal	58.78	Q
4		United States	58.89	q
5		France	59.68	q
6		Ireland	59.88
7	Sonia Scown	New Zealand	61.30

Heat 4[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Carole Nelson	France	58.91	Q
2		Denmark	59.14	Q
3		Yugoslavia	59.40	Q
4		Portugal	59.44	q
5		New Zealand	59.52	q
6		Czechoslovakia	59.85
7	Susan Smith	Ireland	61.89

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

References[]