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

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 hurdles 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	China
Silver	Allison Beckford  Jamaica
Bronze	China

Results[]

Final[]

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
		China	55.93
	Allison Beckford	Jamaica	57.19
		China	57.43
4	Peta-Gaye Gayle	Jamaica	57.73
5		South Africa	58.19
6		France	58.22
7		Romania	58.56
8		Netherlands	59.70

Semifinals[]

29 July

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		China	57.77	Q
2	Peta-Gaye Gayle	Jamaica	57.79	Q
3		South Africa	59.06	Q
4		Netherlands	59.25	q
5		Mexico	59.43
6	Kylie Wheeler	Australia	59.80
7		United Kingdom	60.12
8		Germany	60.45

Semifinal 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		China	57.07	Q
2	Allison Beckford	Jamaica	57.28	Q
3		France	58.47	Q
4		Romania	58.69	q
5		United Kingdom	59.39
6		Germany	59.57
7		United States	59.66
8		Australia	60.25

Heats[]

28 July

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Allison Beckford	Jamaica	58.53	Q
2	Kylie Wheeler	Australia	59.44	Q
3		Germany	60.12	Q
4		France	60.90
5		Russia	61.13
6		Panama	61.68
7		Italy	61.69
8	Faní Halkiá	Greece	62.50

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		China	58.06	Q
2		Romania	59.05	Q
3		Australia	59.42	Q
4		Germany	59.86	q
5		Norway	61.34
6		Russia	61.50
7		Finland	61.78

Heat 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Peta-Gaye Gayle	Jamaica	58.46	Q
2		China	59.61	Q
3		Netherlands	59.69	Q
4		Mexico	60.07	q
5		United States	60.36	q
6		United Kingdom	60.58	q
7		Brazil	61.53

Heat 4[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		South Africa	59.26	Q
2		France	59.67	Q
3		United Kingdom	60.74	Q
4		Japan	61.48
5	Benedetta Ceccarelli	Italy	61.85
6		El Salvador	62.91
7	Sheena Johnson	United States	63.92
8		Fiji	65.83

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

References[]