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

Events at the
1998 World Junior
Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
5000 m walk women
10,000 m walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 28, 29 and 31 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Li Yulian
 China
Silver Allison Beckford
 Jamaica
Bronze Sun Hong Wei
 China

Results

Final

31 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Li Yulian  China 55.93
2nd, silver medalist(s) Allison Beckford  Jamaica 57.19
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Sun Hong Wei  China 57.43
4 Peta-Gaye Gayle  Jamaica 57.73
5 Vanessa Becker  South Africa 58.19
6 Olivia Abderrhamane  France 58.22
7 Medina Tudor  Romania 58.56
8 Astrid Joziasse  Netherlands 59.70

Semifinals

29 July

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sun Hong Wei  China 57.77 Q
2 Peta-Gaye Gayle  Jamaica 57.79 Q
3 Vanessa Becker  South Africa 59.06 Q
4 Astrid Joziasse  Netherlands 59.25 q
5 Angeles Pantoja  Mexico 59.43
6 Kylie Wheeler  Australia 59.80
7 Rachael Kay  United Kingdom 60.12
8 Hedda Jacob  Germany 60.45

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Li Yulian  China 57.07 Q
2 Allison Beckford  Jamaica 57.28 Q
3 Olivia Abderrhamane  France 58.47 Q
4 Medina Tudor  Romania 58.69 q
5 Tracey Duncan  United Kingdom 59.39
6 Kristin Ringel  Germany 59.57
7 Jamillah Wade  United States 59.66
8 Sonia Brito  Australia 60.25

Heats

28 July

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Allison Beckford  Jamaica 58.53 Q
2 Kylie Wheeler  Australia 59.44 Q
3 Hedda Jacob  Germany 60.12 Q
4 Elodie Cruchant  France 60.90
5 Marina Shiyan  Russia 61.13
6 Velveth Moreno  Panama 61.68
7 Barbara Bello  Italy 61.69
8 Faní Halkiá  Greece 62.50

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Li Yulian  China 58.06 Q
2 Medina Tudor  Romania 59.05 Q
3 Sonia Brito  Australia 59.42 Q
4 Kristin Ringel  Germany 59.86 q
5 Lise Margareth Jensen  Norway 61.34
6 Marina Kravtsova  Russia 61.50
7 Anja Rantanen  Finland 61.78

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Peta-Gaye Gayle  Jamaica 58.46 Q
2 Sun Hong Wei  China 59.61 Q
3 Astrid Joziasse  Netherlands 59.69 Q
4 Angeles Pantoja  Mexico 60.07 q
5 Jamillah Wade  United States 60.36 q
6 Rachael Kay  United Kingdom 60.58 q
7 Isabel Silva  Brazil 61.53

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vanessa Becker  South Africa 59.26 Q
2 Olivia Abderrhamane  France 59.67 Q
3 Tracey Duncan  United Kingdom 60.74 Q
4 Keiko Kikugawa  Japan 61.48
5 Benedetta Ceccarelli  Italy 61.85
6 Verónica Quijano  El Salvador 62.91
7 Sheena Johnson  United States 63.92
8 Avikali Kainoko  Fiji 65.83

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 Dec 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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