2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

None The women's 400 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 July. Peters Lionel Magnusson Tomas WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13 http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC2008.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140224202727/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC2008.html 24 February 2014 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 Shade Abugan NGRSilver Jessica Beard United StatesBronze Susana Clement CUB Results Final 10 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Shade Abugan NGR 51.84 Jessica Beard United States 52.09 Susana Clement CUB 52.36 4 Racheal Nachula ZAM 52.44 5 Yuliya Baraley UKR 53.18 6 Angeline Blackburn Australia 53.43 7 Lanie Whittaker United States 53.98 8 Fabienne Kohlmann Germany 54.12 Semifinals 9 July Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Shade Abugan NGR 51.92 Q 2 Angeline Blackburn Australia 52.90 Q 3 Lanie Whittaker United States 53.61 q 4 Moa Hjelmer SWE 54.12 5 Latoya McDermott JAM 54.15 6 Aleksandra Bulanova Russia 54.18 7 Alyssa Johnson Canada 55.86 8 Britney St. Louis TRI DQ IAAF rule 163.3 Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Susana Clement CUB 52.90 Q 2 Racheal Nachula ZAM 52.95 Q 3 Fabienne Kohlmann Germany 53.78 q 4 Natália Zsigovics HUN 54.15 5 Meliz Redif TUR 54.29 6 Natalie Geiger Canada 54.50 7 Olha Zemlyak UKR 54.66 8 Mara Weekes BAR 55.61 Semifinal 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jessica Beard United States 52.59 Q 2 Yuliya Baraley UKR 53.48 Q 3 Olesea Cojuhari MDA 53.80 4 Berenice Manimba France 53.85 5 Liliya Gafiyatullina Russia 54.17 6 Chantel Malone IVB 54.98 7 Josefin Magnusson SWE 55.34 8 Karla Dueñas MEX DQ IAAF rule 163.3 Heats 8 July Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Yuliya Baraley UKR 54.61 Q 2 Lanie Whittaker United States 54.74 Q 3 Moa Hjelmer SWE 55.32 Q 4 Mara Weekes BAR 55.34 Q 5 Antonique Campbell JAM 56.27 6 Alexandra Štuková SVK 56.33 7 Joceline Monteiro POR 56.57 8 Martina Xuereb MLT 56.84 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Shade Abugan NGR 53.71 Q 2 Fabienne Kohlmann Germany 53.85 Q 3 Natália Zsigovics HUN 54.67 Q 4 Karla Dueñas MEX 54.90 Q 5 Josefin Magnusson SWE 54.93 q 6 Olha Zemlyak UKR 55.12 q 7 Mihaela Nunu ROU 56.01 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Racheal Nachula ZAM 52.65 Q 2 Susana Clement CUB 53.85 Q 3 Berenice Manimba France 54.16 Q 4 Aleksandra Bulanova Russia 54.38 Q 5 Latoya McDermott JAM 54.62 q 6 Alyssa Johnson Canada 55.66 q 7 Julia Müller-Foell Germany 55.99 8 Francesca Xuereb MLT 56.33 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jessica Beard United States 53.65 Q 2 Olesea Cojuhari MDA 54.56 Q 3 Meliz Redif TUR 54.91 Q 4 Natalie Geiger Canada 55.13 Q 5 Valeria Palacios MEX 56.07 6 Benedikte Hauge NOR 56.08 7 Yen Tai-Ting TPE 57.52 8 Machettira Poovamma IND 57.94 Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Angeline Blackburn Australia 53.82 Q 2 Britney St. Louis TRI 54.67 Q 3 Liliya Gafiyatullina Russia 54.95 Q 4 Chantel Malone IVB 55.38 Q 5 Floria Gueï France 55.74 6 Florina Rusu ROU 57.12 7 Oslyn Collins GUY 61.20 8 Rania Al-Qebali JOR DQ IAAF rule 163.3 Participation According to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event. 22em Australia (1) BAR (1) IVB (1) Canada (2) TPE (1) CUB (1) France (2) Germany (2) GUY (1) HUN (1) IND (1) JAM (2) JOR (1) MLT (2) MEX (2) MDA (1) NGR (1) NOR (1) POR (1) ROU (2) Russia (2) SVK (1) SWE (2) TRI (1) TUR (1) UKR (2) United States (2) ZAM (1) References 400 metres Category:400 metres at the World Athletics U20 Championships