2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 11, 12, and 13 July.[1][2][3]
Medalists[]
| Gold | Ashley Spencer United States
|
| Silver |  Guyana
|
| Bronze | United States
|
Records[]
Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record |  Grit Breuer (GER)
|
49.42 | Tokyo, Japan | 27 August 1991 |
| Championship Record |  Fatima Yusuf (NGR)
|
50.62 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 10 August 1990 |
| World Junior Leading | Ashley Spencer (USA)
|
51.02 | Madison, United States | 13 May 2012 |
| Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship Record World Junior Leading |
Ashley Spencer (USA)
|
50.50 | Barcelona, Spain | 13 July 2012 |
Results[]
Heats[]
Qualification: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Ashley Spencer | United States |
52.58 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | Shaunae Miller |  Bahamas |
52.71 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 6 | Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz |  Poland |
52.76 | Q, NJ |
| 4 | 4 | 7 |  Jamaica |
52.86 | Q, SB | |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Ekaterina Renzhina |  Russia |
52.92 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 5 | 4 | Chrisann Gordon | Jamaica |
52.99 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | Guyana |
53.29 | Q | |
| 8 | 6 | 7 | United States |
53.32 | Q | |
| 9 | 3 | 6 | Bianca Răzor |  Romania |
53.44 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 8 | Justine Palframan |  South Africa |
53.53 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | 9 | Germany |
53.57 | Q, PB | |
| 12 | 4 | 3 |  Finland |
53.77 | q, SB | |
| 13 | 6 | 5 | Adelina Pastor | Romania |
53.85 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 6 | Bahamas |
54.02 | Q | |
| 15 | 4 | 4 |  Italy |
54.03 | q, PB | |
| 16 | 5 | 8 |  Australia |
54.03 | Q, PB | |
| 17 | 1 | 7 |  Ireland |
54.17 | q, SB | |
| 18 | 3 | 9 | Morgan Mitchell | Australia |
54.19 | Q, PB |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Bianka Kéri |  Hungary |
54.34 | Q |
| 20 | 2 | 5 | Russia |
54.55 | Q | |
| 21 | 1 | 5 | Grace Claxton |  Puerto Rico |
54.65 | q, NJ |
| 22 | 5 | 7 | Viktoriya Tkachuk |  Ukraine |
54.67 | q |
| 23 | 1 | 6 |  Switzerland |
54.70 | q, PB | |
| 24 | 5 | 9 |  Austria |
54.73 | PB | |
| 25 | 4 | 8 | Rivinilda Mentai |  Portugal |
54.83 | NJ |
| 26 | 6 | 4 | Ukraine |
54.88 | ||
| 27 | 3 | 3 | South Africa |
55.00 | ||
| 28 | 2 | 9 |  China |
55.04 | Q | |
| 29 | 6 | 6 | Austria |
55.16 | ||
| 30 | 3 | 5 | Christine Botlogetswe |  Botswana |
55.26 | PB |
| 31 | 4 | 5 | China |
55.37 | ||
| 32 | 2 | 7 | Gunta Latiševa-Cudare |  Latvia |
55.57 | |
| 33 | 2 | 8 |  Kazakhstan |
55.96 | ||
| 34 | 3 | 4 | Danielle Alakija |  Fiji |
56.69 | |
| 35 | 6 | 3 |  British Virgin Islands |
58.87 | PB | |
| 36 | 2 | 2 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
1:05.85 | PB | |
| 37 | 2 | 4 |  Federated States of Micronesia |
1:09.88 | SB | |
| – | 5 | 5 |  Grenada |
– | DSQ | |
| – | 5 | 3 |  Mexico |
– | DSQ | |
| – | 6 | 9 |  Canada |
– | DSQ | |
| – | 2 | 3 | Nigeria |
– | DNS | |
| – | 1 | 8 |  Colombia |
– | DNS | |
| – | 3 | 7 | Omolara Omotosho | Nigeria |
– | DNS |
Semi-Finals[]
Qualification: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 6 | United States |
52.05 | Q, PB | |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Ashley Spencer | United States |
52.24 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Guyana |
52.40 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | 7 | Justine Palframan | South Africa |
52.65 | q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Chrisann Gordon | Jamaica |
52.70 | q |
| 6 | 3 | 9 | Jamaica |
52.71 | Q, SB | |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Shaunae Miller | Bahamas |
52.75 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Bianca Răzor | Romania |
52.87 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | Bahamas |
52.88 | ||
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Ekaterina Renzhina | Russia |
52.97 | |
| 11 | 3 | 7 | Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz | Poland |
53.04 | |
| 12 | 1 | 9 | Adelina Pastor | Romania |
53.28 | SB |
| 13 | 2 | 5 | Morgan Mitchell | Australia |
53.88 | PB |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Australia |
53.90 | PB | |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Finland |
54.40 | ||
| 16 | 1 | 2 | Grace Claxton | Puerto Rico |
54.42 | NJ |
| 17 | 2 | 9 | Germany |
54.49 | ||
| 18 | 1 | 3 | Ireland |
54.52 | ||
| 19 | 3 | 8 | China |
54.67 | ||
| 20 | 2 | 8 | Bianka Kéri | Hungary |
54.68 | |
| 21 | 2 | 2 | Italy |
54.82 | ||
| 22 | 3 | 6 | Russia |
54.98 | ||
| 23 | 2 | 3 | Viktoriya Tkachuk | Ukraine |
55.02 | |
| 24 | 3 | 3 | Switzerland |
55.85 |
Final[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
6 | Ashley Spencer | United States |
50.50 | CR |
 |
4 | Guyana |
51.04 | AJ | |
 |
5 | United States |
51.10 | PB | |
| 4 | 7 | Shaunae Miller | Bahamas |
51.78 | |
| 5 | 3 | Justine Palframan | South Africa |
51.87 | NJ |
| 6 | 8 | Bianca Răzor | Romania |
52.20 | SB |
| 7 | 2 | Chrisann Gordon | Jamaica |
52.31 | SB |
| 8 | 9 | Jamaica |
52.68 | SB |
Participation[]
According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.
Australia (2)
Austria (2)
Bahamas (2)
Botswana (1)
British Virgin Islands (1)
Canada (1)
China (2)
DR Congo (1)
Fiji (1)
Finland (1)
Germany (1)
Grenada (1)
Guyana (1)
Hungary (1)
Ireland (1)
Italy (1)
Jamaica (2)
Kazakhstan (1)
Latvia (1)
Mexico (1)
Micronesia (1)
Poland (1)
Portugal (1)
Puerto Rico (1)
Romania (2)
Russia (2)
South Africa (2)
Switzerland (1)
Ukraine (2)
United States (2)
References[]
- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=400/combCode=hash/timetable.html
- ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
External links[]
Categories:
- 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
- 400 metres at the World Athletics U20 Championships
- 2012 in women's athletics