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

None 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. Peters Lionel Magnusson Tomas WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25 http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1996.html https://web.archive.org/web/20131031070305/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1996.html 31 October 2013 dead WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH") 13 June 2015 IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/1b820a45-e3d7-40f4-9d5d-7a3abea7f433.pdf IAAF 13 June 2015 Medalists Gold Andrea Burlacu ROUSilver Suziann Reid USABronze Rosemary Hayward AUS Results Final 23 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Andrea Burlacu ROU 52.32 Suziann Reid USA 53.17 Rosemary Hayward AUS 53.28 4 Yuliya Taranova RUS 53.43 5 Cindy Ega FRA 53.45 6 Otilia Ruicu ROU 53.87 7 Doreen Harstick GER 54.46 8 Li Jing CHN 54.61 Semifinals 22 August Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Andrea Burlacu ROU 53.05 Q 2 Suziann Reid USA 53.11 Q 3 Doreen Harstick GER 53.86 Q 4 Yuliya Taranova RUS 53.95 Q 5 Tamsyn Lewis AUS 54.55 6 Justine Bayiga UGA 55.07 7 Ana Guevara MEX 55.24 8 Žana Minina LTU 1988 56.30 Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Rosemary Hayward AUS 53.60 Q 2 Li Jing CHN 53.70 Q 3 Otilia Ruicu ROU 53.89 Q 4 Cindy Ega FRA 53.98 Q 5 Jitka Burianová CZE 54.52 6 Barbara Petráhn HUN 55.38 7 Yekaterina Solovyova RUS 55.79 8 Malika Edmonson USA DNS Heats 21 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Doreen Harstick GER 54.09 Q 2 Otilia Ruicu ROU 54.14 Q 3 Li Jing CHN 54.56 Q 4 Žana Minina LTU 1988 55.64 q 5 Yekaterina Solovyova RUS 56.40 q 6 Gabriella Edwards TRI 59.30 7 Dijana Kojic BIH 1992 60.04 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Suziann Reid USA 53.88 Q 2 Tamsyn Lewis AUS 54.39 Q 3 Justine Bayiga UGA 54.94 Q 4 Jarita Dill BER 57.37 5 Wang Xuemei CHN 58.11 6 Sherlene Williams BAR 59.09 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Cindy Ega FRA 53.98 Q 2 Andrea Burlacu ROU 54.04 Q 3 Yuliya Taranova RUS 54.34 Q 4 Ana Guevara MEX 56.54 q 5 Anastasía Thomatdou GRE 59.00 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Rosemary Hayward AUS 54.00 Q 2 Barbara Petráhn HUN 54.71 Q 3 Jitka Burianová CZE 54.83 Q 4 Malika Edmonson USA 55.89 q 5 Karina Soto URU 56.91 6 Erum Khanum PAK 59.14 Participation According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event. 22em AUS (2) BAR (1) BER (1) BIH 1992 (1) CHN (2) CZE (1) FRA (1) GER (1) GRE (1) HUN (1) LTU 1988 (1) MEX (1) PAK (1) ROU (2) RUS (2) TRI (1) UGA (1) USA (2) URU (1) References 400 metres Category:400 metres at the World Athletics U20 Championships