The girls' 400 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 6, 7 and 8 July.Timetable

Medalists GoldSilverBronze Shaunae Miller Christian Brennan Olivia James

Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best50.01Shanghai, China18 October 1997Championship Record51.19Marrakesh, Morocco15 July 2005World Youth Leading51.62Kingston, Jamaica 2 April 2011

No new records were set during the competition.

Heats Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Bianca Răzor 54.15 Q Ella Räsänen 54.43 Q Bárbara Camblor 55.64 Q Dorotea Rebernik 55.95 q, PB Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo 56.19 q Ines Futterknecht 56.49 Ingrid Yahoska Narvaez 58.74 PB Tahlie Cablayan 59.58

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Shaunae Miller 54.39 Q Brigitte Ntiamoah 57.06 Q Anna Parfenova 57.07 Q Stephanie Wicksell 57.19 Selam Abrhaley 57.52 PB Elvira Vázquez 57.98 Bojana Kalicanin 58.97 Park Seong-myun 59.28

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Chrisann Gordon 53.52 Q Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz 53.71 Q, PB Modesta Morauskaitė 55.81 Q, PB Kristina Dudek 55.89 q, PB Anastasiya Aslanidi 56.38 Lourdes Dallazem 57.21 Tiguida Diarouma 58.14

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Robin Reynolds 54.59 Q Florence Uwakwe 54.72 Q Blanka Kuta 56.86 Q Ayaka Nagura 57.01 Frédérique Hansen 57.13 SB Christine Botlogetswe 59.13 Naomi Blaz 1:03.18 Glenda Davis DNF

Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Olivia James 54.78 Q Kendall Baisden 55.58 Q Anja Benko 55.97 Q Bianka Kéri 56.26 q Oksana Ralko 56.41 Mareike Wolhüter 58.92 Elina Mikhina 1:00.44 SB Loth Toni 1:01.37

Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Christian Brennan 53.83 Q Rita Ossai 55.11 Q Ylenia Vitale 55.63 Q, PB Kateryna Klymyuk 55.91 q Priyanka Mondal 56.27 q, PB Neviah Mongina Michira 57.46 PB Lorayna Lima 57.55 Asli Arik 57.64

Semifinal Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Chrisann Gordon 52.79 Q 2 6 Robin Reynolds 53.21 Q 3 3 Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz 53.97 4 8 Ylenia Vitale 55.29 PB 5 7 Anna Parfenova 55.40 6 2 Kristina Dudek 56.49 7 1 Priyanka Mondal 57.16 8 4 Brigitte Ntiamoah 57.38

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Shaunae Miller 52.92 Q 2 6 Kendall Baisden 53.32 Q 3 4 Bianca Răzor 53.51 q 4 3 Florence Uwakwe 54.11 5 8 Modesta Morauskaité 55.55 PB 6 7 Anja Benko 55.89 7 1 Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo 56.46 8 2 Bianka Kéri 56.97

Heat 3

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Christian Brennan 53.15 Q 2 4 Olivia James 53.51 Q 3 5 Ella Räsänen 53.92 q 4 6 Rita Ossai 54.02 5 1 Kateryna Klymyuk 56.15 6 8 Bárbara Camblor 56.25 7 2 Dorotea Rebernik 57.05 8 7 Blanka Kuta 58.35

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Shaunae Miller 51.84 5 Christian Brennan 52.12 7 Olivia James 52.14 4 3 Robin Reynolds 52.72 5 1 Bianca Răzor 52.82 6 8 Kendall Baisden 53.01 7 4 Chrisann Gordon 53.31 8 2 Ella Räsänen 54.55

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