1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

1996 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	women
10,000 m	men
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
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 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21, 22 and 23 August.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Romania
Silver	Suziann Reid  United States
Bronze	Rosemary Hayward  Australia

Results[]

Final[]

23 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
		Romania	52.32
	Suziann Reid	United States	53.17
	Rosemary Hayward	Australia	53.28
4		Russia	53.43
5		France	53.45
6	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	53.87
7		Germany	54.46
8		China	54.61

Semifinals[]

22 August

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Romania	53.05	Q
2	Suziann Reid	United States	53.11	Q
3		Germany	53.86	Q
4		Russia	53.95	Q
5	Tamsyn Lewis	Australia	54.55
6		Uganda	55.07
7	Ana Guevara	Mexico	55.24
8	Žana Minina	Lithuania	56.30

Semifinal 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Rosemary Hayward	Australia	53.60	Q
2		China	53.70	Q
3	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	53.89	Q
4		France	53.98	Q
5	Jitka Burianová	Czech Republic	54.52
6	Barbara Petráhn	Hungary	55.38
7		Russia	55.79
		United States	DNS

Heats[]

21 August

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Germany	54.09	Q
2	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	54.14	Q
3		China	54.56	Q
4	Žana Minina	Lithuania	55.64	q
5		Russia	56.40	q
6		Trinidad and Tobago	59.30
7	Dijana Kojic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	60.04

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Suziann Reid	United States	53.88	Q
2	Tamsyn Lewis	Australia	54.39	Q
3		Uganda	54.94	Q
4		Bermuda	57.37
5		China	58.11
6	Sherlene Williams	Barbados	59.09

Heat 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		France	53.98	Q
2		Romania	54.04	Q
3		Russia	54.34	Q
4	Ana Guevara	Mexico	56.54	q
5		Greece	59.00

Heat 4[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Rosemary Hayward	Australia	54.00	Q
2	Barbara Petráhn	Hungary	54.71	Q
3	Jitka Burianová	Czech Republic	54.83	Q
4		United States	55.89	q
5		Uruguay	56.91
6		Pakistan	59.14

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

References[]