1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

None 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. Peters Lionel Magnusson Tomas WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2 http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1998.html https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010825/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1998.html 3 December 2013 dead WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH") 13 June 2015 IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES https://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/1b820a45-e3d7-40f4-9d5d-7a3abea7f433.pdf IAAF 13 June 2015 Medalists Gold Li Yulian CHNSilver Allison Beckford JAMBronze Sun Hong Wei CHN Results Final 31 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Li Yulian CHN 55.93 Allison Beckford JAM 57.19 Sun Hong Wei CHN 57.43 4 Peta-Gaye Gayle JAM 57.73 5 Vanessa Becker RSA 58.19 6 Olivia Abderrhamane FRA 58.22 7 Medina Tudor ROU 58.56 8 Astrid Joziasse NED 59.70 Semifinals 29 July Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sun Hong Wei CHN 57.77 Q 2 Peta-Gaye Gayle JAM 57.79 Q 3 Vanessa Becker RSA 59.06 Q 4 Astrid Joziasse NED 59.25 q 5 Angeles Pantoja MEX 59.43 6 Kylie Wheeler AUS 59.80 7 Rachael Kay UK 60.12 8 Hedda Jacob GER 60.45 Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Li Yulian CHN 57.07 Q 2 Allison Beckford JAM 57.28 Q 3 Olivia Abderrhamane FRA 58.47 Q 4 Medina Tudor ROU 58.69 q 5 Tracey Duncan UK 59.39 6 Kristin Ringel GER 59.57 7 Jamillah Wade USA 59.66 8 Sonia Brito AUS 60.25 Heats 28 July Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Allison Beckford JAM 58.53 Q 2 Kylie Wheeler AUS 59.44 Q 3 Hedda Jacob GER 60.12 Q 4 Elodie Cruchant FRA 60.90 5 Marina Shiyan RUS 61.13 6 Velveth Moreno PAN 61.68 7 Barbara Bello ITA 61.69 8 Faní Halkiá GRE 62.50 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Li Yulian CHN 58.06 Q 2 Medina Tudor ROU 59.05 Q 3 Sonia Brito AUS 59.42 Q 4 Kristin Ringel GER 59.86 q 5 Lise Margareth Jensen NOR 61.34 6 Marina Kravtsova RUS 61.50 7 Anja Rantanen FIN 61.78 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Peta-Gaye Gayle JAM 58.46 Q 2 Sun Hong Wei CHN 59.61 Q 3 Astrid Joziasse NED 59.69 Q 4 Angeles Pantoja MEX 60.07 q 5 Jamillah Wade USA 60.36 q 6 Rachael Kay UK 60.58 q 7 Isabel Silva BRA 61.53 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Vanessa Becker RSA 59.26 Q 2 Olivia Abderrhamane FRA 59.67 Q 3 Tracey Duncan UK 60.74 Q 4 Keiko Kikugawa JPN 61.48 5 Benedetta Ceccarelli ITA 61.85 6 Verónica Quijano ESA 62.91 7 Sheena Johnson USA 63.92 8 Avikali Kainoko FIJ 65.83 Participation According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event. 22em AUS (2) BRA (1) CHN (2) ESA (1) FIJ (1) FIN (1) FRA (2) GER (2) GRE (1) ITA (2) JAM (2) JPN (1) MEX (1) NED (1) NOR (1) PAN (1) ROU (1) RUS (2) RSA (1) UK (2) USA (2) References 400 metres hurdles Category:400 metres hurdles at the World Athletics U20 Championships