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

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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]

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Medalists

Gold Li Yulian
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver Allison Beckford
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Bronze Sun Hong Wei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Results

Final

31 July

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Li Yulian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 55.93
Silver medal icon.svg Allison Beckford Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 57.19
Bronze medal icon.svg Sun Hong Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 57.43
4 Peta-Gaye Gayle Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 57.73
5 Vanessa Becker Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 58.19
6 Olivia Abderrhamane Flag of France.svg  France 58.22
7 Medina Tudor Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 58.56
8 Astrid Joziasse Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 59.70

Semifinals

29 July

Semifinal 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Sun Hong Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 57.77Q
2 Peta-Gaye Gayle Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 57.79Q
3 Vanessa Becker Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 59.06Q
4 Astrid Joziasse Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 59.25q
5 Angeles Pantoja Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 59.43
6 Kylie Wheeler Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 59.80
7 Rachael Kay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 60.12
8 Hedda Jacob Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 60.45

Semifinal 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Li Yulian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 57.07Q
2 Allison Beckford Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 57.28Q
3 Olivia Abderrhamane Flag of France.svg  France 58.47Q
4 Medina Tudor Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 58.69q
5 Tracey Duncan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 59.39
6 Kristin Ringel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 59.57
7 Jamillah Wade Flag of the United States.svg  United States 59.66
8 Sonia Brito Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 60.25

Heats

28 July

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Allison Beckford Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 58.53Q
2 Kylie Wheeler Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 59.44Q
3 Hedda Jacob Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 60.12Q
4 Elodie Cruchant Flag of France.svg  France 60.90
5 Marina Shiyan Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 61.13
6 Velveth Moreno Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 61.68
7 Barbara Bello Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 61.69
8 Faní Halkiá Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 62.50

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Li Yulian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 58.06Q
2 Medina Tudor Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 59.05Q
3 Sonia Brito Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 59.42Q
4 Kristin Ringel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 59.86q
5 Lise Margareth Jensen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 61.34
6 Marina Kravtsova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 61.50
7 Anja Rantanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 61.78

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Peta-Gaye Gayle Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 58.46Q
2 Sun Hong Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 59.61Q
3 Astrid Joziasse Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 59.69Q
4 Angeles Pantoja Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 60.07q
5 Jamillah Wade Flag of the United States.svg  United States 60.36q
6 Rachael Kay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 60.58q
7 Isabel Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 61.53

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Vanessa Becker Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 59.26Q
2 Olivia Abderrhamane Flag of France.svg  France 59.67Q
3 Tracey Duncan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 60.74Q
4 Keiko Kikugawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 61.48
5 Benedetta Ceccarelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 61.85
6 Verónica Quijano Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 62.91
7 Sheena Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 63.92
8 Avikali Kainoko Flag of Fiji.svg  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 December 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015