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

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 hurdles event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9, 10 and 11 July.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	United States
Silver	Janeil Bellille  Trinidad and Tobago
Bronze	Meghan Beesley  United Kingdom

Results[]

Final[]

11 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
		United States	56.29
	Janeil Bellille	Trinidad and Tobago	56.84
	Meghan Beesley	United Kingdom	57.08
4	Hanna Titimets	Ukraine	57.22
5		Germany	57.46
6	Hanna Yaroshchuk	Ukraine	58.43
7		Sweden	58.62
8		Jamaica	59.05

Semifinals[]

10 July

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Meghan Beesley	United Kingdom	57.24	Q
2	Janeil Bellille	Trinidad and Tobago	57.54	Q
3		Jamaica	57.84	Q
4	Hanna Yaroshchuk	Ukraine	58.00	q
5		Romania	58.21
6		Sudan	58.22
7	Benedikte Hauge	Norway	59.16
8	Christiane Klopsch	Germany	60.39

Semifinal 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		United States	57.31	Q
2		Germany	57.73	Q
3	Hanna Titimets	Ukraine	57.86	Q
4		Sweden	58.04	q
5	Sarah Wells	Canada	58.58
6		Poland	59.34
7		Australia	60.05
		Jamaica	DNF

Heats[]

9 July

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Romania	59.05	Q
2		Sudan	59.51	Q
3	Meghan Beesley	United Kingdom	59.83	Q
4		Ireland	59.88
5		Sweden	60.59
6		Kazakhstan	62.16

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sarah Wells	Canada	58.89	Q
2		Jamaica	58.95	Q
3	Hanna Titimets	Ukraine	59.16	Q
4		Poland	59.41	q
5		France	59.97
6		Finland	60.13
7	Kori Carter	United States	61.20
8	Mila Andrić	Serbia	61.40

Heat 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Sweden	58.81	Q
2		United States	59.16	Q
3		Germany	59.20	Q
4		Russia	59.97
5	Jessie Barr	Ireland	60.00
6		Barbados	60.61
7		Hungary	61.57

Heat 4[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Jamaica	57.58	Q
2	Janeil Bellille	Trinidad and Tobago	58.40	Q
3	Hanna Yaroshchuk	Ukraine	58.58	Q
4	Benedikte Hauge	Norway	58.89	q
5		Australia	59.39	q
6	Christiane Klopsch	Germany	59.50	q
7		Bosnia and Herzegovina	60.67
8	Elif Yıldırım	Turkey	61.06

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

References[]