The women's 400 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 11, 12, and 13 July.[1][2][3]
Medalists edit
| Gold | Ashley Spencer United States
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| Silver | Kadecia Baird Guyana
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| Bronze | Erika Rucker United States
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Records edit
Prior to the competition[update], the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record |  Grit Breuer (GER)
|
49.42 | Tokyo, Japan | 27 August 1991 |
| Championship Record |  Fatima Yusuf (NGR)
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50.62 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 10 August 1990 |
| World Junior Leading | Ashley Spencer (USA)
|
51.02 | Madison, United States | 13 May 2012 |
| Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship Record World Junior Leading |
Ashley Spencer (USA)
|
50.50 | Barcelona, Spain | 13 July 2012 |
Results edit
Heats edit
Qualification: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified
Semi-finals edit
Qualification: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 6 | Erika Rucker |  United States |
52.05 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Ashley Spencer | United States |
52.24 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Kadecia Baird | Guyana |
52.40 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 7 | Justine Palframan |  South Africa |
52.65 | q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Chrisann Gordon |  Jamaica |
52.70 | q |
| 6 | 3 | 9 | Olivia James | Jamaica |
52.71 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Shaunae Miller |  Bahamas |
52.75 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Bianca Răzor |  Romania |
52.87 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | Rashan Brown | Bahamas |
52.88 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Ekaterina Renzhina |  Russia |
52.97 | |
| 11 | 3 | 7 | Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz |  Poland |
53.04 | |
| 12 | 1 | 9 | Adelina Pastor | Romania |
53.28 | SB |
| 13 | 2 | 5 | Morgan Mitchell |  Australia |
53.88 | PB |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Abbey de la Motte | Australia |
53.90 | PB |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Ella Räsänen |  Finland |
54.40 | |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | Grace Claxton |  Puerto Rico |
54.42 | NJ |
| 17 | 2 | 9 | Maike Schachtschneider | Germany |
54.49 | |
| 18 | 1 | 3 | Joanna Mills |  Ireland |
54.52 | |
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Jie Chen |  China |
54.67 | |
| 20 | 2 | 8 | Bianka Kéri |  Hungary |
54.68 | |
| 21 | 2 | 2 | Flavia Battaglia |  Italy |
54.82 | |
| 22 | 3 | 6 | Alina Galitskaya | Russia |
54.98 | |
| 23 | 2 | 3 | Viktoriya Tkachuk |  Ukraine |
55.02 | |
| 24 | 3 | 3 | Simone Werner |  Switzerland |
55.85 |
Final edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
6 | Ashley Spencer | United States |
50.50 | CR |
 |
4 | Kadecia Baird | Guyana |
51.04 | AJ |
 |
5 | Erika Rucker | United States |
51.10 | PB |
| 4 | 7 | Shaunae Miller | Bahamas |
51.78 | |
| 5 | 3 | Justine Palframan | South Africa |
51.87 | NJ |
| 6 | 8 | Bianca Răzor | Romania |
52.20 | SB |
| 7 | 2 | Chrisann Gordon | Jamaica |
52.31 | SB |
| 8 | 9 | Olivia James | Jamaica |
52.68 | SB |
Participation edit
According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.
Australia (2)
Austria (2)
Bahamas (2)
Botswana (1)
British Virgin Islands (1)
Canada (1)
China (2)
DR Congo (1)
Fiji (1)
Finland (1)
Germany (1)
Grenada (1)
Guyana (1)
Hungary (1)
Ireland (1)
Italy (1)
Jamaica (2)
Kazakhstan (1)
Latvia (1)
Mexico (1)
Micronesia (1)
Poland (1)
Portugal (1)
Puerto Rico (1)
Romania (2)
Russia (2)
South Africa (2)
Switzerland (1)
Ukraine (2)
United States (2)
References edit
- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=400/combCode=hash/timetable.html [dead link]
- ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC – 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015