1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

Events at the
1996 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
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
5000 m walk women
10,000 m walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's 400 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21, 22 and 23 August.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Andrea Burlacu
 Romania
Silver Suziann Reid
 United States
Bronze Rosemary Hayward
 Australia

Results

Final

23 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Andrea Burlacu  Romania 52.32
2nd, silver medalist(s) Suziann Reid  United States 53.17
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Rosemary Hayward  Australia 53.28
4 Yuliya Taranova  Russia 53.43
5 Cindy Ega  France 53.45
6 Otilia Ruicu  Romania 53.87
7 Doreen Harstick  Germany 54.46
8 Li Jing  China 54.61

Semifinals

22 August

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Andrea Burlacu  Romania 53.05 Q
2 Suziann Reid  United States 53.11 Q
3 Doreen Harstick  Germany 53.86 Q
4 Yuliya Taranova  Russia 53.95 Q
5 Tamsyn Lewis  Australia 54.55
6 Justine Bayiga  Uganda 55.07
7 Ana Guevara  Mexico 55.24
8 Žana Minina  Lithuania 56.30

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Rosemary Hayward  Australia 53.60 Q
2 Li Jing  China 53.70 Q
3 Otilia Ruicu  Romania 53.89 Q
4 Cindy Ega  France 53.98 Q
5 Jitka Burianová  Czech Republic 54.52
6 Barbara Petráhn  Hungary 55.38
7 Yekaterina Solovyova  Russia 55.79
8 Malika Edmonson  United States DNS

Heats

21 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Doreen Harstick  Germany 54.09 Q
2 Otilia Ruicu  Romania 54.14 Q
3 Li Jing  China 54.56 Q
4 Žana Minina  Lithuania 55.64 q
5 Yekaterina Solovyova  Russia 56.40 q
6 Gabriella Edwards  Trinidad and Tobago 59.30
7 Dijana Kojic  Bosnia and Herzegovina 60.04

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Suziann Reid  United States 53.88 Q
2 Tamsyn Lewis  Australia 54.39 Q
3 Justine Bayiga  Uganda 54.94 Q
4 Jarita Dill  Bermuda 57.37
5 Wang Xuemei  China 58.11
6 Sherlene Williams  Barbados 59.09

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Cindy Ega  France 53.98 Q
2 Andrea Burlacu  Romania 54.04 Q
3 Yuliya Taranova  Russia 54.34 Q
4 Ana Guevara  Mexico 56.54 q
5 Anastasía Thomatdou  Greece 59.00

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Rosemary Hayward  Australia 54.00 Q
2 Barbara Petráhn  Hungary 54.71 Q
3 Jitka Burianová  Czech Republic 54.83 Q
4 Malika Edmonson  United States 55.89 q
5 Karina Soto  Uruguay 56.91
6 Erum Khanum  Pakistan 59.14

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 Oct 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/15/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.