2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

2008 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 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 July.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Shade Abugan  Nigeria
Silver	Jessica Beard  United States
Bronze	Susana Clement  Cuba

Results[]

Final[]

10 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Shade Abugan	Nigeria	51.84
	Jessica Beard	United States	52.09
	Susana Clement	Cuba	52.36
4	Racheal Nachula	Zambia	52.44
5	Yuliya Baraley	Ukraine	53.18
6		Australia	53.43
7		United States	53.98
8	Fabienne Kohlmann	Germany	54.12

Semifinals[]

9 July

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Shade Abugan	Nigeria	51.92	Q
2		Australia	52.90	Q
3		United States	53.61	q
4	Moa Hjelmer	Sweden	54.12
5		Jamaica	54.15
6		Russia	54.18
7		Canada	55.86
		Trinidad and Tobago	DQ	IAAF rule 163.3

Semifinal 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Susana Clement	Cuba	52.90	Q
2	Racheal Nachula	Zambia	52.95	Q
3	Fabienne Kohlmann	Germany	53.78	q
4		Hungary	54.15
5	Meliz Redif	Turkey	54.29
6		Canada	54.50
7	Olha Zemlyak	Ukraine	54.66
8		Barbados	55.61

Semifinal 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jessica Beard	United States	52.59	Q
2	Yuliya Baraley	Ukraine	53.48	Q
3	Olesea Cojuhari	Moldova	53.80
4		France	53.85
5		Russia	54.17
6	Chantel Malone	British Virgin Islands	54.98
7		Sweden	55.34
		Mexico	DQ	IAAF rule 163.3

Heats[]

8 July

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yuliya Baraley	Ukraine	54.61	Q
2		United States	54.74	Q
3	Moa Hjelmer	Sweden	55.32	Q
4		Barbados	55.34	Q
5		Jamaica	56.27
6	Alexandra Štuková	Slovakia	56.33
7	Joceline Monteiro	Portugal	56.57
8		Malta	56.84

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Shade Abugan	Nigeria	53.71	Q
2	Fabienne Kohlmann	Germany	53.85	Q
3		Hungary	54.67	Q
4		Mexico	54.90	Q
5		Sweden	54.93	q
6	Olha Zemlyak	Ukraine	55.12	q
7		Romania	56.01

Heat 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Racheal Nachula	Zambia	52.65	Q
2	Susana Clement	Cuba	53.85	Q
3		France	54.16	Q
4		Russia	54.38	Q
5		Jamaica	54.62	q
6		Canada	55.66	q
7		Germany	55.99
8		Malta	56.33

Heat 4[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jessica Beard	United States	53.65	Q
2	Olesea Cojuhari	Moldova	54.56	Q
3	Meliz Redif	Turkey	54.91	Q
4		Canada	55.13	Q
5	Valeria Palacios	Mexico	56.07
6	Benedikte Hauge	Norway	56.08
7		Chinese Taipei	57.52
8	Machettira Poovamma	India	57.94

Heat 5[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Australia	53.82	Q
2		Trinidad and Tobago	54.67	Q
3		Russia	54.95	Q
4	Chantel Malone	British Virgin Islands	55.38	Q
5	Floria Guei	France	55.74
6		Romania	57.12
7		Guyana	61.20
		Jordan	DQ	IAAF rule 163.3

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.

References[]