1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 18 September. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Maria Magdalena Nedelcu   Romania
Silver	Claudine Williams   Jamaica
Bronze	Ionela Tîrlea   Romania

Results

Final

18 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Maria Magdalena Nedelcu	Romania	51.84
	Claudine Williams	Jamaica	52.03
	Ionela Tîrlea	Romania	52.13
4	Camille Noel	Canada	52.98
5	Hana Benešová	Czechoslovakia	53.39
6	Kazue Kakinuma	Japan	53.45
7	Imke Köhler	Germany	53.73
8	Bai Xiaoyun	China	54.30

Semifinals

17 September

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Claudine Williams	Jamaica	52.88	Q
2	Ionela Tîrlea	Romania	52.90	Q
3	Imke Köhler	Germany	53.44	Q
4	Bai Xiaoyun	China	54.26	Q
5	Monique Hennagan	United States	54.27
6	Rachel Hale	Australia	55.27
7	Barbora Dostálová	Czechoslovakia	55.55
	Rabia Abdul Salam	Malaysia	DNS

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Maria Magdalena Nedelcu	Romania	52.87	Q
2	Camille Noel	Canada	53.26	Q
3	Hana Benešová	Czechoslovakia	53.58	Q
4	Kazue Kakinuma	Japan	53.81	Q
5	Catherine Scott	Jamaica	53.91
6	Hsu Pei-Chin	Chinese Taipei	54.69
7	Donna Adamson	Australia	55.17
8	Sharon Lev	Israel	55.91

Heats

16 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Camille Noel	Canada	53.20	Q
2	Catherine Scott	Jamaica	54.55	Q
3	Hana Benešová	Czechoslovakia	54.71	Q
4	Donna Adamson	Australia	54.91	q
5	Sharon Lev	Israel	55.44	q
6	Keiko Amano	Japan	55.61

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ionela Tîrlea	Romania	53.49	Q
2	Kazue Kakinuma	Japan	53.92	Q
3	Hsu Pei-Chin	Chinese Taipei	55.03	Q
4	Patrizia Spuri	Italy	55.85
5	Cynthia Newsome	United States	56.07
	Yana Burtasenkova	Commonwealth of Independent States	DNF

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Claudine Williams	Jamaica	53.53	Q
2	Bai Xiaoyun	China	54.50	Q
3	Imke Köhler	Germany	54.83	Q
4	Barbora Dostálová	Czechoslovakia	55.45	q
5	Helen Frost	United Kingdom	55.94
6	Grace Birungi	Uganda	56.10

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Maria Magdalena Nedelcu	Romania	53.65	Q
2	Monique Hennagan	United States	54.19	Q
3	Rachel Hale	Australia	54.78	Q
4	Rabia Abdul Salam	Malaysia	54.91	q
5	Saidat Onanuga	Nigeria	55.61
6	Zhang Hengyun	China	56.06

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

•   Australia (2)
•   Canada (1)
•   China (2)
•   Chinese Taipei (1)
• Commonwealth of Independent States (1)
•   Czechoslovakia (2)
•   Germany (1)
•   Israel (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Jamaica (2)
•   Japan (2)
•   Malaysia (1)
•   Nigeria (1)
•   Romania (2)
•   Uganda (1)
•   United Kingdom (1)
•   United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1992 Seoul KOR Sep 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 5 March 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015