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

None The women's 400 metres 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 http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/1b820a45-e3d7-40f4-9d5d-7a3abea7f433.pdf IAAF 13 June 2015 Medalists Gold Natalya Nazarova RUSSilver Nakiya Johnson USABronze Yudalis Díaz CUB Results Final 31 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Natalya Nazarova RUS 52.02 Nakiya Johnson USA 52.09 Yudalis Díaz CUB 52.39 4 Alina Rîpanu ROU 52.89 5 Estie Wittstock RSA 53.16 6 Justine Bayiga UGA 53.29 7 Keasha Downer JAM 53.68 8 Mikele Barber USA 54.24 Semifinals 29 July Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Natalya Nazarova RUS 51.95 Q 2 Nakiya Johnson USA 52.80 Q 3 Keasha Downer JAM 53.01 Q 4 Alina Rîpanu ROU 53.34 q 5 Zulia Calatayúd CUB 53.65 6 Kristin Götz GER 54.41 7 Martina Morawska CZE 54.48 8 Carey Easton UK 54.70 Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Justine Bayiga UGA 52.73 Q 2 Yudalis Díaz CUB 53.07 Q 3 Estie Wittstock RSA 53.20 Q 4 Mikele Barber USA 53.44 q 5 Kristina Perica CRO 53.60 6 Rosemary Hayward AUS 54.34 7 Alexia Oberstolz ITA 54.51 8 Katerina Glosová CZE 54.58 Heats 28 July Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Natalya Nazarova RUS 52.98 Q 2 Justine Bayiga UGA 53.23 Q 3 Rosemary Hayward AUS 53.90 Q 4 Estie Wittstock RSA 54.18 q 5 Carey Easton UK 54.28 q 6 Aleksandra Pielużek POL 54.69 7 Lotte Visschers NED 55.72 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nakiya Johnson USA 53.07 Q 2 Alina Rîpanu ROU 53.36 Q 3 Zulia Calatayúd CUB 54.00 Q 4 Svetlana Pospelova RUS 54.80 5 Jennifer Marshall AUS 54.88 6 Sashanie Simpson JAM 54.96 7 Lucy-Ann Richards BAR 55.29 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kristina Perica CRO 53.89 Q 2 Keasha Downer JAM 53.94 Q 3 Alexia Oberstolz ITA 54.48 Q 4 Katerina Glosová CZE 54.53 q 5 Hazel-Ann Regis GRN 55.55 6 Oksana Luneva KGZ 57.54 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Yudalis Díaz CUB 52.74 Q 2 Mikele Barber USA 53.86 Q 3 Martina Morawska CZE 54.13 Q 4 Kristin Götz GER 54.27 q 5 Lu Minling CHN 55.35 6 Yolandé Neethling RSA 56.28 7 Diala El-Chabi LIB 58.92 8 Mariama Diaby GUI 59.06 Participation According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event. 22em AUS (2) BAR (1) CHN (1) CRO (1) CUB (2) CZE (2) GER (1) GRN (1) GUI (1) ITA (1) JAM (2) KGZ (1) LIB (1) NED (1) POL (1) ROU (1) RUS (2) RSA (2) UGA (1) UK (1) USA (2) References 400 metres Category:400 metres at the World Athletics U20 Championships