2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

Women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2018 World U20 Championships
Venue	Ratina Stadium
Dates	11, 12 and 13 July
Competitors	46 from 31 nations
Winning time	55.34
Medalists
Zenéy van der Walt    South Africa   Shiann Salmon    Jamaica   Yasmin Giger     Switzerland
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Events at the 2018 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
10000 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 at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 11, 12 and 13 July.^[1]

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record	Sydney McLaughlin (USA)	53.60	Fayetteville, United States	27 April 2018
Championship Record	Lashinda Demus (USA)	54.70	Kingston, Jamaica	19 July 2002
World Junior Leading	Sydney McLaughlin (USA)	52.75	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States	13 May 2018

Results[]

Heats[]

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 6 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	Zenéy van der Walt	South Africa	57.78	Q
2	3		Canada	58.09	Q
3	5	Shiann Salmon	Jamaica	58.14	Q
4	4	Yasmin Giger	Switzerland	58.18	Q
5	3		Spain	58.27	Q
6	1		United States	58.42	Q
7	4	Emma Zapletalová	Slovakia	58.45	Q
8	1		Jamaica	58.45	Q
9	5		Poland	58.46	Q
10	1		Germany	58.79	Q
11	5		Finland	58.82	Q, PB
12	6		Hungary	58.88	Q
13	6		United States	58.91	Q
14	3		Brazil	59.00	Q
15	2	Viivi Lehikoinen	Finland	59.10	Q
16	3		Romania	59.10	q, SB
17	2		Japan	59.16	Q, SB
18	2		Australia	59.19	q, PB
19	4	Chayenne da Silva	Brazil	59.26	Q
20	4		Norway	59.28	q
21	3		Colombia	59.52	q, PB
22	2		Lithuania	59.58	q, PB
23	6		Lithuania	59.66	Q, SB
24	1		Dominican Republic	59.71	q
25	4		Germany	59.76
26	3		Australia	59.94
27	4		Morocco	59.95	PB
28	1		Hungary	1:00.13	SB
29	6		Norway	1:00.17
30	2		China	1:00.44
31	5		Japan	1:00.61
32	5		Belarus	1:00.90
33	6	Loubna Benhadja	Algeria	1:01.24
34	4		Ukraine	1:01.26
35	6		China	1:01.45
36	1		Czech Republic	1:01.49
37	4	Anna Polinari	Italy	1:01.59
38	6		South Africa	1:01.68
39	1		Slovenia	1:01.73
40	1		Authorised Neutral Athletes	1:02.20
41	3		Ukraine	1:02.35
42	5		Canada	1:02.93
43	3		San Marino	1:03.19	NJR
44	6		Czech Republic	1:03.44
45	5		Chinese Taipei	1:04.56
	2		Estonia	DNF

Semifinals[]

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	2	Shiann Salmon	Jamaica	56.29	Q
2	1	Zenéy van der Walt	South Africa	56.72	Q
3	1		Spain	57.18	Q, NJR
4	3	Emma Zapletalová	Slovakia	57.22	Q, NJR
5	2	Yasmin Giger	Switzerland	57.44	Q
6	3		Canada	57.55	Q
7	3		United States	57.57	q, PB
8	2		Poland	57.68	q, PB
9	1	Viivi Lehikoinen	Finland	57.70	SB
10	1		Dominican Republic	57.74	NJR
11	1		Hungary	57.83	NJR
12	2		United States	58.20
13	3		Finland	58.26	PB
14	1		Romania	58.59	PB
15	1		Germany	58.79
16	1		Lithuania	58.88	NJR
17	2		Norway	58.96
18	3	Chayenne da Silva	Brazil	59.19
19	2		Japan	59.48
20	3		Australia	59.69
21	3		Lithuania	59.83
22	2		Colombia	1:00.53
23	2		Brazil	1:00.53
24	3		Jamaica	DNS

Final[]

^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	5	Zenéy van der Walt	South Africa	55.34
	4	Shiann Salmon	Jamaica	56.11
	8	Yasmin Giger	Switzerland	56.98	SB
4	6		Spain	57.11	NJR
5	3	Emma Zapletalová	Slovakia	57.35
6	2		Poland	58.17
7	1		United States	58.43
8	7		Canada	58.49

References[]