1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 22 and 23 August. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Ulrike Urbansky   Germany
Silver	Vicki Jamison   United Kingdom
Bronze	Tanya Jarrett   Jamaica

Results

Final

23 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ulrike Urbansky	Germany	56.65
	Vicki Jamison	United Kingdom	57.57
	Tanya Jarrett	Jamaica	57.91
4	Josephine Fowley	Australia	58.52
5	Svetlana Badrankova	Kazakhstan	58.53
6	Annika Kumlin	Finland	58.80
7	Medina Tudor	Romania	58.90
8	Yasnay Lescay	Cuba	59.40

Heats

22 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Josephine Fowley	Australia	58.36	Q
2	Annika Kumlin	Finland	58.45	Q
3	Svetlana Badrankova	Kazakhstan	58.48	q
4	Chou Ya-Chun	Chinese Taipei	62.28
5	Yuko Iida	Japan	63.56
	Astrid Joziasse	Netherlands	DNF
	Yuliya Nosova	Russia	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ulrike Urbansky	Germany	56.96	Q
2	Vicki Jamison	United Kingdom	57.49	Q
3	Tanya Jarrett	Jamaica	58.40	q
4	Deniece Bell	Canada	59.20
5	Char Foster	United States	59.50
6	Florence Delaune	France	60.35
7	Jennifer Marshall	Australia	60.57

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yasnay Lescay	Cuba	59.01	Q
2	Medina Tudor	Romania	59.03	Q
3	Wu Wei	China	60.08
4	Elizabeth Ndubueze	Nigeria	60.82
5	Ana Costa	Portugal	62.00
6	Anika Ahrens	Germany	62.48
7	Shontel Powell	United States	62.56

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

•   Australia (2)
•   Canada (1)
•   China (1)
•   Chinese Taipei (1)
•   Cuba (1)
•   Finland (1)
•   France (1)
•   Germany (2)
•   Jamaica (1)
•   Japan (1)
•   Kazakhstan (1)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   Nigeria (1)
•   Portugal (1)
•   Romania (1)
•   Russia (1)
•   United Kingdom (1)
•   United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 Oct 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, archived (PDF) from the original on 19 June 2015, retrieved 13 June 2015