2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 July.

Medalists Gold Shade Abugan Silver Jessica Beard Bronze Susana Clement

Results

Final 10 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Shade Abugan 51.84 Jessica Beard 52.09 Susana Clement 52.36 4 Racheal Nachula 52.44 5 Yuliya Baraley 53.18 6 Angeline Blackburn 53.43 7 Lanie Whittaker 53.98 8 Fabienne Kohlmann 54.12

Semifinals 9 July

Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Shade Abugan 51.92 Q 2 Angeline Blackburn 52.90 Q 3 Lanie Whittaker 53.61 q 4 Moa Hjelmer 54.12 5 Latoya McDermott 54.15 6 Aleksandra Bulanova 54.18 7 Alyssa Johnson 55.86 Britney St. Louis DQ IAAF rule 163.3

Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Susana Clement 52.90 Q 2 Racheal Nachula 52.95 Q 3 Fabienne Kohlmann 53.78 q 4 Natália Zsigovics 54.15 5 Meliz Redif 54.29 6 Natalie Geiger 54.50 7 Olha Zemlyak 54.66 8 Mara Weekes 55.61

Semifinal 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jessica Beard 52.59 Q 2 Yuliya Baraley 53.48 Q 3 Olesea Cojuhari 53.80 4 Berenice Manimba 53.85 5 Liliya Gafiyatullina 54.17 6 Chantel Malone 54.98 7 Josefin Magnusson 55.34 Karla Dueñas DQ IAAF rule 163.3

Heats 8 July

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Yuliya Baraley 54.61 Q 2 Lanie Whittaker 54.74 Q 3 Moa Hjelmer 55.32 Q 4 Mara Weekes 55.34 Q 5 Antonique Campbell 56.27 6 Alexandra Štuková 56.33 7 Joceline Monteiro 56.57 8 Martina Xuereb 56.84

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Shade Abugan 53.71 Q 2 Fabienne Kohlmann 53.85 Q 3 Natália Zsigovics 54.67 Q 4 Karla Dueñas 54.90 Q 5 Josefin Magnusson 54.93 q 6 Olha Zemlyak 55.12 q 7 Mihaela Nunu 56.01

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Racheal Nachula 52.65 Q 2 Susana Clement 53.85 Q 3 Berenice Manimba 54.16 Q 4 Aleksandra Bulanova 54.38 Q 5 Latoya McDermott 54.62 q 6 Alyssa Johnson 55.66 q 7 Julia Müller-Foell 55.99 8 Francesca Xuereb 56.33

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jessica Beard 53.65 Q 2 Olesea Cojuhari 54.56 Q 3 Meliz Redif 54.91 Q 4 Natalie Geiger 55.13 Q 5 Valeria Palacios 56.07 6 Benedikte Hauge 56.08 7 Yen Tai-Ting 57.52 8 Machettira Poovamma 57.94

Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Angeline Blackburn 53.82 Q 2 Britney St. Louis 54.67 Q 3 Liliya Gafiyatullina 54.95 Q 4 Chantel Malone 55.38 Q 5 Floria Gueï 55.74 6 Florina Rusu 57.12 7 Oslyn Collins 61.20 Rania Al-Qebali DQ IAAF rule 163.3

Participation According to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.

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