The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 28, 29 and 31 July.
Medalists Gold Li Yulian Silver Allison Beckford Bronze Sun Hong Wei
Results Final 31 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Li Yulian 55.93 Allison Beckford 57.19 Sun Hong Wei 57.43 4 Peta-Gaye Gayle 57.73 5 Vanessa Becker 58.19 6 Olivia Abderrhamane 58.22 7 Medina Tudor 58.56 8 Astrid Joziasse 59.70
Semifinals 29 July
Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sun Hong Wei 57.77 Q 2 Peta-Gaye Gayle 57.79 Q 3 Vanessa Becker 59.06 Q 4 Astrid Joziasse 59.25 q 5 Angeles Pantoja 59.43 6 Kylie Wheeler 59.80 7 Rachael Kay 60.12 8 Hedda Jacob 60.45
Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Li Yulian 57.07 Q 2 Allison Beckford 57.28 Q 3 Olivia Abderrhamane 58.47 Q 4 Medina Tudor 58.69 q 5 Tracey Duncan 59.39 6 Kristin Ringel 59.57 7 Jamillah Wade 59.66 8 Sonia Brito 60.25
Heats 28 July
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Allison Beckford 58.53 Q 2 Kylie Wheeler 59.44 Q 3 Hedda Jacob 60.12 Q 4 Elodie Cruchant 60.90 5 Marina Shiyan 61.13 6 Velveth Moreno 61.68 7 Barbara Bello 61.69 8 Faní Halkiá 62.50
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Li Yulian 58.06 Q 2 Medina Tudor 59.05 Q 3 Sonia Brito 59.42 Q 4 Kristin Ringel 59.86 q 5 Lise Margareth Jensen 61.34 6 Marina Kravtsova 61.50 7 Anja Rantanen 61.78
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Peta-Gaye Gayle 58.46 Q 2 Sun Hong Wei 59.61 Q 3 Astrid Joziasse 59.69 Q 4 Angeles Pantoja 60.07 q 5 Jamillah Wade 60.36 q 6 Rachael Kay 60.58 q 7 Isabel Silva 61.53
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Vanessa Becker 59.26 Q 2 Olivia Abderrhamane 59.67 Q 3 Tracey Duncan 60.74 Q 4 Keiko Kikugawa 61.48 5 Benedetta Ceccarelli 61.85 6 Verónica Quijano 62.91 7 Sheena Johnson 63.92 8 Avikali Kainoko 65.83
Participation According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.
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