1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

None The women's 400 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 August. Peters Lionel Magnusson Tomas WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1990 Plovdiv BUL Aug 8-12 http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1990.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130831125751/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1990.html 31 August 2013 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 Fatima Yusuf NGRSilver Charity Opara NGRBronze Manuela Derr GDR Results Final 10 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Fatima Yusuf NGR 50.62 Charity Opara NGR 51.28 Manuela Derr GDR 51.95 4 Sue Andrews AUS 52.23 5 Julia Merino ESP 53.48 6 Nancy McLeón CUB 53.58 7 Marína Vasarmídou GRE 53.58 8 Anja Rücker GDR 54.16 Semifinals 9 August Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Charity Opara NGR 51.69 Q 2 Manuela Derr GDR 52.91 Q 3 Nancy McLeón CUB 53.32 Q 4 Julia Merino ESP 53.34 Q 5 Catherine Scott JAM 53.46 6 Natalya Sniga URS 54.17 7 Ester Goossens NED 54.70 8 Nicole Hylaire FRA 55.69 Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Fatima Yusuf NGR 52.15 Q 2 Sue Andrews AUS 53.40 Q 3 Marína Vasarmídou GRE 53.83 Q 4 Anja Rücker GDR 54.04 Q 5 Claudine Williams JAM 54.28 6 Yana Burtasenkova URS 54.35 7 Steffanie Smith USA 54.44 8 Yojani Casanova CUB 56.23 Heats 8 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Fatima Yusuf NGR 52.97 Q 2 Yana Burtasenkova URS 54.66 Q 3 Nicole Hylaire FRA 54.85 Q 4 Catherine Scott JAM 54.94 q 5 Cheryl Allen CAN 55.16 6 Rosa Magaly Segovia COL 57.14 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Charity Opara NGR 52.77 Q 2 Manuela Derr GDR 53.90 Q 3 Claudine Williams JAM 54.02 Q 4 Steffanie Smith USA 54.72 q 5 Stefka Mineva BUL 1971 56.33 6 Mireille Bara-Ang CAF 64.80 7 Camille Noel CAN DNF Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sue Andrews AUS 53.53 Q 2 Anja Rücker GDR 54.01 Q 3 Julia Merino ESP 54.18 Q 4 Natalya Sniga URS 54.27 q 5 Yojani Casanova CUB 55.00 q 6 Melrose Mansaray SLE 56.44 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nancy McLeón CUB 53.70 Q 2 Ester Goossens NED 54.27 Q 3 Marína Vasarmídou GRE 54.60 Q 4 Renée Poetschka AUS 55.18 5 Mirjana Šola YUG 55.52 6 Shanelle Porter USA 56.63 Participation According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event. 22em AUS (2) BUL 1971 (1) CAN (2) CAF (1) COL (1) CUB (2) GDR (2) FRA (1) GRE (1) JAM (2) NED (1) NGR (2) SLE (1) URS (2) ESP (1) USA (2) YUG (1) References 400 metres Category:400 metres at the World Athletics U20 Championships