2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 400 metres

Events at the 2016 World Championships
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 km 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 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 19, 20 and 21 July.

Medalists[]

Gold	Tiffany James  Jamaica
Silver	Lynna Irby  United States
Bronze	Junelle Bromfield  Jamaica

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record	Grit Breuer (GER)	49.42	Tokyo, Japan	27 August 1991
Championship Record	Ashley Spencer (USA)	50.50	Barcelona, Spain	13 July 2012
World Junior Leading	Salwa Eid Naser (BHR)	51.63	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	9 June 2016

Results[]

Heats[]

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 6 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	4	Tiffany James	Jamaica	52.98	Q
2	1		Kenya	53.04	Q
3	5	Lynna Irby	United States	53.08	Q
4	3	Roxana Gómez	Cuba	53.16	Q
5	2	Junelle Bromfield	Jamaica	53.21	Q
6	1	Natassha McDonald	Canada	53.62	Q, PB
7	1		Germany	53.67	Q
8	5	Jessica Thornton	Australia	53.70	Q
9	2	Dzhois Koba	Ukraine	53.74	Q
10	3	Hannah Williams	Great Britain	53.85	Q
11	6	Paola Morán	Mexico	53.96	Q
12	2		United States	54.12	Q
13	6		Czech Republic	54.13	Q, SB
14	6	Rebecca Borga	Italy	54.41	Q
15	5		Canada	54.47	Q
16	2		South Africa	54.47	q
17	1	Shaquania Dorsett	Bahamas	54.55	q
18	6	Vijona Kryeziu	Kosovo	54.67	q, SB
19	6	Lily Beckford	Great Britain	54.70	q
20	4		Ukraine	54.71	Q
21	5		Germany	54.75	q
22	3	Natalia Kaczmarek	Poland	54.75	Q
23	1		Lithuania	54.89	q, SB
24	6		Ireland	54.92
25	4		Ireland	54.98	Q
26	3		Switzerland	55.00
27	5		British Virgin Islands	55.04
28	2		Croatia	55.16
29	4		Japan	55.20
30	1		United States Virgin Islands	55.25
31	1	Galefele Moroko	Botswana	55.38
32	6		Australia	55.49
33	5		Italy	55.62
34	3		Ethiopia	55.75
35	3		Iceland	56.06
36	4		China	56.08
37	4	Eliana Chávez	Colombia	56.96
38	5		Kenya	57.13
39	5		Venezuela	57.51
40	1		Cyprus	59.11
	2		Ethiopia	DQ	R163.3(a)[2]
	3	Jisna Mathew	India	DQ	R163.3(a)[2]
	2	Shafiqua Maloney	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	DNS
	3		Benin	DNS
	4	Praise Oghenefejiro Idamadudu	Nigeria	DNS
	4		Anguilla	DNS
	6	Yinka Ajayi	Nigeria	DNS

Semifinals[]

Semifinal 2

Semifinal 3

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	3	Tiffany James	Jamaica	51.77	Q
2	1	Lynna Irby	United States	51.90	Q, SB
3	2	Jessica Thornton	Australia	52.12	Q, PB
4	2	Junelle Bromfield	Jamaica	52.18	Q
5	1	Roxana Gómez	Cuba	52.26	Q, PB
6	2		Kenya	52.52	q
7	1	Dzhois Koba	Ukraine	52.79	q, PB
8	1	Hannah Williams	Great Britain	52.80	PB
9	2		United States	52.80	PB
10	3	Natassha McDonald	Canada	53.06	Q, PB
11	3	Paola Morán	Mexico	53.08
12	1		Canada	53.27	PB
13	3		South Africa	53.68	SB
14	3		Germany	53.85
15	1	Rebecca Borga	Italy	53.93
16	2		Czech Republic	53.95	PB
17	1		Germany	54.13
18	2	Natalia Kaczmarek	Poland	54.32
19	3		Ukraine	54.64
20	3		Lithuania	54.87	SB
21	2	Lily Beckford	Great Britain	54.88
22	3		Ireland	55.20
23	1	Vijona Kryeziu	Kosovo	55.95
	2	Shaquania Dorsett	Bahamas	DNS

Final[]

^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	5	Tiffany James	Jamaica	51.32	WU20L
	7	Lynna Irby	United States	51.39	PB
	4	Junelle Bromfield	Jamaica	52.05
4	6	Jessica Thornton	Australia	52.05	PB
5	2		Kenya	52.09	NU20R
6	9	Roxana Gómez	Cuba	52.24	PB
7	8	Natassha McDonald	Canada	53.35
8	3	Dzhois Koba	Ukraine	53.74

References[]