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1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 27, 28 and 29 July.[1][2]

Medalists edit

Gold Antje Axmann
  East Germany
Silver Ann Maenhout
  Belgium
Bronze Silvia Rieger
  West Germany

Results edit

Final edit

29 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Antje Axmann   East Germany 57.47
  Ann Maenhout   Belgium 57.58
  Silvia Rieger   West Germany 57.88
4 Frida Johansson   Sweden 58.71
5 Aura Cracea   Romania 58.79
6 Petra Schellenbeck   West Germany 58.99
7 Sofia Sabeva   Bulgaria 59.07
8 Yelena Pavlova   Soviet Union 59.25

Semifinals edit

28 July

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Antje Axmann   East Germany 57.69 Q
2 Sofia Sabeva   Bulgaria 57.84 Q
3 Ann Maenhout   Belgium 58.41 Q
4 Aura Cracea   Romania 59.96 q
5 Anna Chuprina   Soviet Union 60.06
6 Li Liang   China 60.17
7 Zsofia Antok   Hungary 60.18
Senzeni Steingruber   Canada DQ

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Frida Johansson   Sweden 58.71 Q
2 Silvia Rieger   West Germany 59.07 Q
3 Yelena Pavlova   Soviet Union 59.52 Q
4 Petra Schellenbeck   West Germany 60.01 q
5 Caroline Fortin   Canada 60.39
6 Stella Theocharous   Cyprus 62.87
María Díez   Spain DNF
Tracy Allen   United Kingdom DNF

Heats edit

27 July

Heat 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ann Maenhout   Belgium 59.51 Q
2 Aura Cracea   Romania 59.54 Q
3 Annette Cavanagh   Australia 61.10
4 Joanne Fitzgerald   Ireland 61.85
5 Margaret Persée   France 61.98
6 Vanessa Jack   New Zealand 63.21
7 Su Huei-Chun   Chinese Taipei 63.61

Heat 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Tracy Allen   United Kingdom 59.36 Q
2 Silvia Rieger   West Germany 59.59 Q
3 Anna Chuprina   Soviet Union 60.37 q
4 Stella Theocharous   Cyprus 60.55 q
5 Monica De Col   Italy 60.69
6 Telisa Young   United States 62.07
7 Alma Leticia Jiménez   Guatemala 63.65

Heat 3 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Antje Axmann   East Germany 59.28 Q
2 Zsofia Antok   Hungary 59.90 Q
3 Caroline Fortin   Canada 60.05 q
4 Marie Womplou   Côte d'Ivoire 60.78
5 Sara Elson   United Kingdom 61.89
6 Anna Shattky   New Zealand 62.00
Claudia Riquelme   Chile DNF

Heat 4 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Petra Schellenbeck   West Germany 59.59 Q
2 Senzeni Steingruber   Canada 59.71 Q
3 María Díez   Spain 59.73 q
4 Lency Montelier   Cuba 61.05
5 Kristien Pellaerts   Belgium 61.36
6 Yuan Haiying   China 62.05
7 Shelly Mitchell   United States 62.82

Heat 5 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yelena Pavlova   Soviet Union 59.23 Q
2 Sofia Sabeva   Bulgaria 59.28 Q
3 Frida Johansson   Sweden 59.30 q
4 Li Liang   China 59.65 q
5 Adrienne Rainbird   Australia 61.99
6 Ulla Tapio   Finland 62.00
7 Paula Carty   Ireland 63.54

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1988 Sudbury CAN Jul 27-31, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 7 Apr 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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