2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

Events at the 2006 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		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
10,000 m walk		men		women
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 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15, 16 and 17 August.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Kaliese Spencer  Jamaica
Silver	Nicole Leach  United States
Bronze	Sherene Pinnock  Jamaica

Results

Final

17 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kaliese Spencer	Jamaica	55.11
	Nicole Leach	United States	55.55
	Sherene Pinnock	Jamaica	56.67
4	Muna Jabir Adam	Sudan	57.03
5	Ajoke Odumusu	Nigeria	57.38
6	Anastasiya Ott	Russia	57.47
7	Ghofran Al-Mouhmad	Syria	58.49
8	Perri Shakes-Drayton	United Kingdom	59.37

Semifinals

16 August

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nicole Leach	United States	56.10	Q
2	Sherene Pinnock	Jamaica	57.11	Q
3	Anastasiya Ott	Russia	57.19	Q
4	Ghofran Al-Mouhmad	Syria	57.42	Q
5	Sara Petersen	Denmark	57.65
6	Wang Hui	China	57.69
7	Lauren Boden	Australia	58.05
8	Laetitia Denis	France	58.55

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kaliese Spencer	Jamaica	56.11	Q
2	Muna Jabir Adam	Sudan	56.55	Q
3	Ajoke Odumusu	Nigeria	57.00	Q
4	Perri Shakes-Drayton	United Kingdom	57.52	Q
5	Tina Polak	Poland	57.65
6	Darya Korableva	Russia	58.16
7	Frederike Schönfeld	Germany	58.64
8	Ebony Collins	United States	60.70

Heats

15 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kaliese Spencer	Jamaica	57.49	Q
2	Lauren Boden	Australia	57.95	Q
3	Ghofran Al-Mouhmad	Syria	58.00	Q
4	Perri Shakes-Drayton	United Kingdom	58.04	q
5	Corri-Ann Campbell-Fell	Canada	59.22
6	Aya Miyahara	Japan	60.10
7	Amélie Auge	France	61.68

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sherene Pinnock	Jamaica	57.39	Q
2	Anastasiya Ott	Russia	58.12	Q
3	Wang Hui	China	59.42	Q
4	Gisele Cruz	Brazil	59.48
5	Sandra Mazan	Poland	59.52
6	Andreea Patrasc	Romania	60.94
7	Kalyn Sheehan	Ireland	61.74
8	Hsu Ju-Yin	Chinese Taipei	62.07

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nicole Leach	United States	57.27	Q
2	Frederike Schönfeld	Germany	58.60	Q
3	Darya Korableva	Russia	58.88	Q
4	Sara Petersen	Denmark	58.89	q
5	Chen Yumei	China	59.58
6	Sarah Wells	Canada	60.62
7	Zoe Anello	Italy	61.06

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ajoke Odumusu	Nigeria	57.11	Q
2	Ebony Collins	United States	57.35	Q
3	Muna Jabir Adam	Sudan	57.55	Q
4	Laetitia Denis	France	58.48	q
5	Tina Polak	Poland	59.14	q
6	Julia Müller-Foell	Germany	61.30
7	Ellen Howarth-Brown	United Kingdom	61.49
8	Hayat Lambarki	Morocco	63.54

Participation

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

•  Australia (1)
•  Brazil (1)
•  Canada (2)
•  China (2)
•  Chinese Taipei (1)
•  Denmark (1)
•  France (2)
•  Germany (2)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Italy (1)
•  Jamaica (2)
•  Japan (1)
•  Morocco (1)
•  Nigeria (1)
•  Poland (2)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (2)
•  Sudan (1)
•  Syria (1)
•  United Kingdom (2)
•  United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2006 Beijing CHN Aug 15-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 12 March 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015