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

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]

Medalists

GoldLi Yulian
 China
SilverAllison Beckford
 Jamaica
BronzeSun Hong Wei
 China

Results

Final

31 July

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Li Yulian China55.93
Allison Beckford Jamaica57.19
Sun Hong Wei China57.43
4Peta-Gaye Gayle Jamaica57.73
5Vanessa Becker South Africa58.19
6Olivia Abderrhamane France58.22
7Medina Tudor Romania58.56
8Astrid Joziasse Netherlands59.70

Semifinals

29 July

Semifinal 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Sun Hong Wei China57.77Q
2Peta-Gaye Gayle Jamaica57.79Q
3Vanessa Becker South Africa59.06Q
4Astrid Joziasse Netherlands59.25q
5Angeles Pantoja Mexico59.43
6Kylie Wheeler Australia59.80
7Rachael Kay United Kingdom60.12
8Hedda Jacob Germany60.45

Semifinal 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Li Yulian China57.07Q
2Allison Beckford Jamaica57.28Q
3Olivia Abderrhamane France58.47Q
4Medina Tudor Romania58.69q
5Tracey Duncan United Kingdom59.39
6Kristin Ringel Germany59.57
7Jamillah Wade United States59.66
8Sonia Brito Australia60.25

Heats

28 July

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Allison Beckford Jamaica58.53Q
2Kylie Wheeler Australia59.44Q
3Hedda Jacob Germany60.12Q
4Elodie Cruchant France60.90
5Marina Shiyan Russia61.13
6Velveth Moreno Panama61.68
7Barbara Bello Italy61.69
8Faní Halkiá Greece62.50

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Li Yulian China58.06Q
2Medina Tudor Romania59.05Q
3Sonia Brito Australia59.42Q
4Kristin Ringel Germany59.86q
5Lise Margareth Jensen Norway61.34
6Marina Kravtsova Russia61.50
7Anja Rantanen Finland61.78

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Peta-Gaye Gayle Jamaica58.46Q
2Sun Hong Wei China59.61Q
3Astrid Joziasse Netherlands59.69Q
4Angeles Pantoja Mexico60.07q
5Jamillah Wade United States60.36q
6Rachael Kay United Kingdom60.58q
7Isabel Silva Brazil61.53

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Vanessa Becker South Africa59.26Q
2Olivia Abderrhamane France59.67Q
3Tracey Duncan United Kingdom60.74Q
4Keiko Kikugawa Japan61.48
5Benedetta Ceccarelli Italy61.85
6Verónica Quijano El Salvador62.91
7Sheena Johnson United States63.92
8Avikali Kainoko Fiji65.83

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
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