2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

2006 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	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
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 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15, 16 and 17 August.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Danijela Grgić  Croatia
Silver	Sonita Sutherland  Jamaica
Bronze	Nawal El-Jack  Sudan

Results[]

Final[]

17 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Danijela Grgić	Croatia	50.78
	Sonita Sutherland	Jamaica	51.42
	Nawal El-Jack	Sudan	51.67
4	Ksenia Zadorina	Russia	51.99
5	Jessica Beard	United States	52.51
6	Sekinat Adesanya	Nigeria	52.71
7		China	52.84
8	Shade Abugan	Nigeria	52.87

Semifinals[]

16 August

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ksenia Zadorina	Russia	51.94	Q
2	Sekinat Adesanya	Nigeria	52.48	Q
3	Racheal Nachula	Zambia	53.05
4		United States	53.25
5	Marie-Angélique Lacordelle	France	53.82
6		Ukraine	54.83
7	Benedikte Hauge	Norway	54.89
8		Germany	55.17

Semifinal 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nawal El-Jack	Sudan	51.84	Q
2	Danijela Grgić	Croatia	52.00	Q
3		China	53.31
4	Carline Muir	Canada	53.37
5	Maris Mägi	Estonia	53.74
6	Marta Milani	Italy	54.83
7	Rita Nemes	Hungary	54.93
8	Sofie Persson	Sweden	55.52

Semifinal 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sonita Sutherland	Jamaica	51.67	Q
2	Shade Abugan	Nigeria	52.49	Q
3		China	52.62	q
4	Jessica Beard	United States	52.97	q
5		Australia	54.03
6	Janin Lindenberg	Germany	54.06
7	Alejandra Idrobo	Colombia	55.27
8		South Africa	55.64

Heats[]

15 August

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sonita Sutherland	Jamaica	52.88	Q
2		China	53.39	Q
3	Janin Lindenberg	Germany	55.01	Q
4	Sofie Persson	Sweden	55.44	Q
5		Slovenia	55.66
6		Saint Lucia	56.97
7		Botswana	57.92

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jessica Beard	United States	53.61	Q
2	Shade Abugan	Nigeria	53.77	Q
3		Ukraine	55.32	Q
4		Germany	55.47	Q
5		Italy	55.87
6		Hungary	56.88
7		U.S. Virgin Islands	57.82
8	Batgereliin Möngöntuyaa	Mongolia	58.82

Heat 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sekinat Adesanya	Nigeria	53.13	Q
2	Danijela Grgić	Croatia	53.20	Q
3	Racheal Nachula	Zambia	53.40	Q
4	Marie-Angélique Lacordelle	France	54.40	Q
5	Alejandra Idrobo	Colombia	54.88	q
6	Benedikte Hauge	Norway	55.05	q
7		South Africa	55.20	q
8		Central African Republic	60.18

Heat 4[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ksenia Zadorina	Russia	53.15	Q
2	Carline Muir	Canada	53.25	Q
3		China	53.90	Q
4	Marta Milani	Italy	55.46	Q
5	Anamaria Ioniță	Romania	55.81
6		Australia	56.13
7	Machettira Poovamma	India	56.39

Heat 5[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nawal El-Jack	Sudan	52.49	Q
2		United States	53.69	Q
3	Maris Mägi	Estonia	54.76	Q
4		Australia	54.76	Q
5	Rita Nemes	Hungary	55.26	q
6	Alexandra Štuková	Slovakia	56.41
7		Botswana	58.94
8		British Virgin Islands	59.09

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 38 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.

References[]