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

The women's 400 metres 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	Danijela Grgić   Croatia
Silver	Sonita Sutherland   Jamaica
Bronze	Nawal El-Jack   Sudan

Results

Final

17 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Danijela Grgić	Croatia	50.78
	Sonita Sutherland	Jamaica	51.42
	Nawal El-Jack	Sudan	51.67
4	Ksenia Zadorina	Russia	51.99
5	Jessica Beard	United States	52.51
6	Sekinat Adesanya	Nigeria	52.71
7	Li Xueji	China	52.84
8	Shade Abugan	Nigeria	52.87

Semifinals

16 August

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ksenia Zadorina	Russia	51.94	Q
2	Sekinat Adesanya	Nigeria	52.48	Q
3	Racheal Nachula	Zambia	53.05
4	Brandi Cross	United States	53.25
5	Marie-Angélique Lacordelle	France	53.82
6	Olga Mihailchenko	Ukraine	54.83
7	Benedikte Hauge	Norway	54.89
8	Désirée Meyer	Germany	55.17

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nawal El-Jack	Sudan	51.84	Q
2	Danijela Grgić	Croatia	52.00	Q
3	Wen Xiuyun	China	53.31
4	Carline Muir	Canada	53.37
5	Maris Mägi	Estonia	53.74
6	Marta Milani	Italy	54.83
7	Rita Nemes	Hungary	54.93
8	Sofie Persson	Sweden	55.52

Semifinal 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sonita Sutherland	Jamaica	51.67	Q
2	Shade Abugan	Nigeria	52.49	Q
3	Li Xueji	China	52.62	q
4	Jessica Beard	United States	52.97	q
5	Angeline Blackburn	Australia	54.03
6	Janin Lindenberg	Germany	54.06
7	Alejandra Idrobo	Colombia	55.27
8	Arista Hefer	South Africa	55.64

Heats

15 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sonita Sutherland	Jamaica	52.88	Q
2	Li Xueji	China	53.39	Q
3	Janin Lindenberg	Germany	55.01	Q
4	Sofie Persson	Sweden	55.44	Q
5	Anja Puc	Slovenia	55.66
6	Merica Moncherry	Saint Lucia	56.97
7	Amuchelani Tumelano	Botswana	57.92

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jessica Beard	United States	53.61	Q
2	Shade Abugan	Nigeria	53.77	Q
3	Olga Mihailchenko	Ukraine	55.32	Q
4	Désirée Meyer	Germany	55.47	Q
5	Eleonora Sirtoli	Italy	55.87
6	Bianka Varga	Hungary	56.88
7	Tyfia Lee	U.S. Virgin Islands	57.82
8	Batgereliin Möngöntuyaa	Mongolia	58.82

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sekinat Adesanya	Nigeria	53.13	Q
2	Danijela Grgić	Croatia	53.20	Q
3	Racheal Nachula	Zambia	53.40	Q
4	Marie-Angélique Lacordelle	France	54.40	Q
5	Alejandra Idrobo	Colombia	54.88	q
6	Benedikte Hauge	Norway	55.05	q
7	Arista Hefer	South Africa	55.20	q
8	Chimene Ningayo	Central African Republic	60.18

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ksenia Zadorina	Russia	53.15	Q
2	Carline Muir	Canada	53.25	Q
3	Wen Xiuyun	China	53.90	Q
4	Marta Milani	Italy	55.46	Q
5	Anamaria Ioniță	Romania	55.81
6	Jacqueline Davies	Australia	56.13
7	Machettira Poovamma	India	56.39

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nawal El-Jack	Sudan	52.49	Q
2	Brandi Cross	United States	53.69	Q
3	Maris Mägi	Estonia	54.76	Q
4	Angeline Blackburn	Australia	54.76	Q
5	Rita Nemes	Hungary	55.26	q
6	Alexandra Štuková	Slovakia	56.41
7	Khumoetsile Ngope	Botswana	58.94
8	Bianca Dougan	British Virgin Islands	59.09

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 38 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.

•   Australia (2)
•   Botswana (2)
•   British Virgin Islands (1)
•   Canada (1)
•   Central African Republic (1)
•   China (2)
•   Colombia (1)
•   Croatia (1)
•   Estonia (1)
•   France (1)
•   Germany (2)
•   Hungary (2)
•   India (1)
•   Italy (2)
•   Jamaica (1)
•   Mongolia (1)
•   Nigeria (2)
•   Norway (1)
•   Romania (1)
•   Russia (1)
•   Saint Lucia (1)
•   Slovakia (1)
•   Slovenia (1)
•   South Africa (1)
•   Sudan (1)
•   Sweden (1)
•   Ukraine (1)
•   United States (2)
•   U.S. Virgin Islands (1)
•   Zambia (1)

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