1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

None The women's 400 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 18 July. Medalists Gold Susanne Sieger GDRSilver Olga Pesnopevtseva URSBronze Sandie Richards JAM Results Final 18 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Susanne Sieger GDR 52.02 Olga Pesnopevtseva URS 52.17 Sandie Richards JAM 52.23 4 Janeene Vickers USA 52.25 5 Tasha Downing USA 53.21 6 Lacramioara Andrei ROU 1965 53.57 7 Małgorzata Kurach POL 54.18 8 Ulrike Alge AUT 54.55 Semifinals 17 July Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Olga Pesnopevtseva URS 52.40 Q 2 Tasha Downing USA 53.38 Q 3 Lacramioara Andrei ROU 1965 53.71 Q 4 Małgorzata Kurach POL 53.87 Q 5 Julia Merino ESP 54.84 6 Rossana Morabito ITA 55.04 7 Noemi Batori HUN 1957 55.17 8 Maxine Scringer CAN 55.19 Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sandie Richards JAM 52.53 Q 2 Susanne Sieger GDR 52.82 Q 3 Janeene Vickers USA 53.93 Q 4 Ulrike Alge AUT 54.70 Q 5 Sabine Nolte FRG 55.20 6 Diane Dunrod SKN 56.57 7 Cheryl Allen CAN 56.92 8 Timea Kovács HUN 1957 57.31 Heats 16 July Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Lacramioara Andrei ROU 1965 54.38 Q 2 Cheryl Allen CAN 54.58 Q 3 Rossana Morabito ITA 54.77 Q 4 Marina Khripankova URS 55.26 5 Jupira da Graça BRA 1968 56.37 6 Sotiría Mavromáti GRE 57.59 7 Guilhermina da Cruz ANG 58.20 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Susanne Sieger GDR 52.97 Q 2 Sabine Nolte FRG 54.75 Q 3 Julia Merino ESP 54.76 Q 4 Noemi Batori HUN 1957 54.92 q 5 Sanja Beckei YUG 55.27 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Janeene Vickers USA 55.23 Q 2 Małgorzata Kurach POL 55.86 Q 3 Timea Kovács HUN 1957 55.97 Q 4 Christine Duvergé MRI 56.61 5 Chen Ya-Li TPE 56.83 6 Adriana Martínez ECU 56.93 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sandie Richards JAM 53.25 Q 2 Ulrike Alge AUT 54.89 Q 3 Maxine Scringer CAN 56.20 Q 4 Patricia Serret MRI 56.50 5 Anna Cherry LCA 1979 59.20 6 Valeria López ECU 60.70 7 Rose Sisana Dlamini Swaziland 62.82 Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Olga Pesnopevtseva URS 52.73 Q 2 Tasha Downing USA 53.41 Q 3 Diane Dunrod SKN 54.90 Q 4 Donya Mohamed IRQ 1963 55.76 5 Josephine Ikolomi NGR 57.46 6 Jacinta Kimwetich KEN 58.13 7 Rowan Maynard ATG 60.06 8 Rosanna Browne AIA 65.32 Participation According to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 27 countries participated in the event. 22em ANG (1) AIA (1) ATG (1) AUT (1) BRA 1968 (1) CAN (2) TPE (1) GDR (1) ECU (2) GRE (1) HUN 1957 (2) IRQ 1963 (1) ITA (1) JAM (1) KEN (1) MRI (2) NGR (1) POL (1) ROU 1965 (1) SKN (1) LCA 1979 (1) URS (2) ESP (1) Swaziland (1) USA (2) FRG (1) YUG (1) References IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES https://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/1b820a45-e3d7-40f4-9d5d-7a3abea7f433.pdf IAAF 13 June 2015 Peters Lionel Magnusson Tomas WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1986 Athens GRE Jul 16–20 http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1986.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140226005328/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1986.html 26 February 2014 dead WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH") 13 June 2015 400 metres Category:400 metres at the World Athletics U20 Championships