1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

1998 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	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 400 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 28, 29 and 31 July.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Natalya Nazarova  Russia
Silver	United States
Bronze	Cuba

Results[]

Final[]

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Natalya Nazarova	Russia	52.02
		United States	52.09
		Cuba	52.39
4	Alina Rîpanu	Romania	52.89
5	Estie Wittstock	South Africa	53.16
6		Uganda	53.29
7		Jamaica	53.68
8	Mikele Barber	United States	54.24

Semifinals[]

29 July

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Natalya Nazarova	Russia	51.95	Q
2		United States	52.80	Q
3		Jamaica	53.01	Q
4	Alina Rîpanu	Romania	53.34	q
5	Zulia Calatayúd	Cuba	53.65
6		Germany	54.41
7		Czech Republic	54.48
8		United Kingdom	54.70

Semifinal 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Uganda	52.73	Q
2		Cuba	53.07	Q
3	Estie Wittstock	South Africa	53.20	Q
4	Mikele Barber	United States	53.44	q
5	Kristina Perica	Croatia	53.60
6	Rosemary Hayward	Australia	54.34
7		Italy	54.51
8		Czech Republic	54.58

Heats[]

28 July

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Natalya Nazarova	Russia	52.98	Q
2		Uganda	53.23	Q
3	Rosemary Hayward	Australia	53.90	Q
4	Estie Wittstock	South Africa	54.18	q
5		United Kingdom	54.28	q
6		Poland	54.69
7		Netherlands	55.72

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		United States	53.07	Q
2	Alina Rîpanu	Romania	53.36	Q
3	Zulia Calatayúd	Cuba	54.00	Q
4	Svetlana Pospelova	Russia	54.80
5		Australia	54.88
6		Jamaica	54.96
7		Barbados	55.29

Heat 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kristina Perica	Croatia	53.89	Q
2		Jamaica	53.94	Q
3		Italy	54.48	Q
4		Czech Republic	54.53	q
5	Hazel-Ann Regis	Grenada	55.55
6	Oksana Luneva	Kyrgyzstan	57.54

Heat 4[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Cuba	52.74	Q
2	Mikele Barber	United States	53.86	Q
3		Czech Republic	54.13	Q
4		Germany	54.27	q
5		China	55.35
6		South Africa	56.28
7		Lebanon	58.92
8		Guinea	59.06

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

References[]