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1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21, 22 and 23 August.[1][2]

Medalists edit

Gold Andrea Burlacu
  Romania
Silver Suziann Reid
  United States
Bronze Rosemary Hayward
  Australia

Results edit

Final edit

23 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Andrea Burlacu   Romania 52.32
  Suziann Reid   United States 53.17
  Rosemary Hayward   Australia 53.28
4 Yuliya Taranova   Russia 53.43
5 Cindy Ega   France 53.45
6 Otilia Ruicu   Romania 53.87
7 Doreen Harstick   Germany 54.46
8 Li Jing   China 54.61

Semifinals edit

22 August

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Andrea Burlacu   Romania 53.05 Q
2 Suziann Reid   United States 53.11 Q
3 Doreen Harstick   Germany 53.86 Q
4 Yuliya Taranova   Russia 53.95 Q
5 Tamsyn Lewis   Australia 54.55
6 Justine Bayiga   Uganda 55.07
7 Ana Guevara   Mexico 55.24
8 Žana Minina   Lithuania 56.30

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Rosemary Hayward   Australia 53.60 Q
2 Li Jing   China 53.70 Q
3 Otilia Ruicu   Romania 53.89 Q
4 Cindy Ega   France 53.98 Q
5 Jitka Burianová   Czech Republic 54.52
6 Barbara Petráhn   Hungary 55.38
7 Yekaterina Solovyova   Russia 55.79
Malika Edmonson   United States DNS

Heats edit

21 August

Heat 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Doreen Harstick   Germany 54.09 Q
2 Otilia Ruicu   Romania 54.14 Q
3 Li Jing   China 54.56 Q
4 Žana Minina   Lithuania 55.64 q
5 Yekaterina Solovyova   Russia 56.40 q
6 Gabriella Edwards   Trinidad and Tobago 59.30
7 Dijana Kojic   Bosnia and Herzegovina 60.04

Heat 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Suziann Reid   United States 53.88 Q
2 Tamsyn Lewis   Australia 54.39 Q
3 Justine Bayiga   Uganda 54.94 Q
4 Jarita Dill   Bermuda 57.37
5 Wang Xuemei   China 58.11
6 Sherlene Williams   Barbados 59.09

Heat 3 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Cindy Ega   France 53.98 Q
2 Andrea Burlacu   Romania 54.04 Q
3 Yuliya Taranova   Russia 54.34 Q
4 Ana Guevara   Mexico 56.54 q
5 Anastasía Thomatdou   Greece 59.00

Heat 4 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Rosemary Hayward   Australia 54.00 Q
2 Barbara Petráhn   Hungary 54.71 Q
3 Jitka Burianová   Czech Republic 54.83 Q
4 Malika Edmonson   United States 55.89 q
5 Karina Soto   Uruguay 56.91
6 Erum Khanum   Pakistan 59.14

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 October 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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