2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 11, 12, and 13 July.[1][2][3]

Medalists

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Gold Ashley Spencer
  United States
Silver Kadecia Baird
  Guyana
Bronze Erika Rucker
  United States

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record   Grit Breuer (GER) 49.42 Tokyo, Japan 27 August 1991
Championship Record   Fatima Yusuf (NGR) 50.62 Plovdiv, Bulgaria 10 August 1990
World Junior Leading   Ashley Spencer (USA) 51.02 Madison, United States 13 May 2012
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Championship Record
World Junior Leading
  Ashley Spencer (USA) 50.50 Barcelona, Spain 13 July 2012

Results

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Heats

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Qualification: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 1 4 Ashley Spencer   United States 52.58 Q
2 4 9 Shaunae Miller   Bahamas 52.71 Q
3 4 6 Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz   Poland 52.76 Q, NJ
4 4 7 Olivia James   Jamaica 52.86 Q, SB
5 1 3 Ekaterina Renzhina   Russia 52.92 Q, PB
6 5 4 Chrisann Gordon   Jamaica 52.99 Q
7 5 6 Kadecia Baird   Guyana 53.29 Q
8 6 7 Erika Rucker   United States 53.32 Q
9 3 6 Bianca Răzor   Romania 53.44 Q
10 6 8 Justine Palframan   South Africa 53.53 Q
11 1 9 Maike Schachtschneider   Germany 53.57 Q, PB
12 4 3 Ella Räsänen   Finland 53.77 q, SB
13 6 5 Adelina Pastor   Romania 53.85 Q
14 2 6 Rashan Brown   Bahamas 54.02 Q
15 4 4 Flavia Battaglia   Italy 54.03 q, PB
16 5 8 Abbey de la Motte   Australia 54.03 Q, PB
17 1 7 Joanna Mills   Ireland 54.17 q, SB
18 3 9 Morgan Mitchell   Australia 54.19 Q, PB
19 3 8 Bianka Kéri   Hungary 54.34 Q
20 2 5 Alina Galitskaya   Russia 54.55 Q
21 1 5 Grace Claxton   Puerto Rico 54.65 q, NJ
22 5 7 Viktoriya Tkachuk   Ukraine 54.67 q
23 1 6 Simone Werner   Switzerland 54.70 q, PB
24 5 9 Carina Schrempf   Austria 54.73 PB
25 4 8 Rivinilda Mentai   Portugal 54.83 NJ
26 6 4 Kateryna Slyusarenko   Ukraine 54.88
27 3 3 Janet Seeliger   South Africa 55.00
28 2 9 Jie Chen   China 55.04 Q
29 6 6 Ines Futterknecht   Austria 55.16
30 3 5 Christine Botlogetswe   Botswana 55.26 PB
31 4 5 Qingqing Wu   China 55.37
32 2 7 Gunta Latiševa-Cudare   Latvia 55.57
33 2 8 Olga Andreyeva   Kazakhstan 55.96
34 3 4 Danielle Alakija   Fiji 56.69
35 6 3 Jonel Lacey   British Virgin Islands 58.87 PB
36 2 2 Princilla Tshabu Amisi   Democratic Republic of the Congo 1:05.85 PB
37 2 4 Reloliza Saimon   Federated States of Micronesia 1:09.88 SB
5 5 Lucy Fortune   Grenada DSQ
5 3 Regina Tavera   Mexico DSQ
6 9 Alexandra Courtnall   Canada DSQ
2 3 Florence Uwakwe   Nigeria DNS
1 8 Melisa Torres   Colombia DNS
3 7 Omolara Omotosho   Nigeria DNS

Semi-finals

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Qualification: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 1 6 Erika Rucker   United States 52.05 Q, PB
2 3 5 Ashley Spencer   United States 52.24 Q
3 1 4 Kadecia Baird   Guyana 52.40 Q
4 1 7 Justine Palframan   South Africa 52.65 q
5 1 5 Chrisann Gordon   Jamaica 52.70 q
6 3 9 Olivia James   Jamaica 52.71 Q, SB
7 2 4 Shaunae Miller   Bahamas 52.75 Q
8 2 6 Bianca Răzor   Romania 52.87 Q
9 3 4 Rashan Brown   Bahamas 52.88
10 2 7 Ekaterina Renzhina   Russia 52.97
11 3 7 Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz   Poland 53.04
12 1 9 Adelina Pastor   Romania 53.28 SB
13 2 5 Morgan Mitchell   Australia 53.88 PB
14 1 8 Abbey de la Motte   Australia 53.90 PB
15 3 2 Ella Räsänen   Finland 54.40
16 1 2 Grace Claxton   Puerto Rico 54.42 NJ
17 2 9 Maike Schachtschneider   Germany 54.49
18 1 3 Joanna Mills   Ireland 54.52
19 3 8 Jie Chen   China 54.67
20 2 8 Bianka Kéri   Hungary 54.68
21 2 2 Flavia Battaglia   Italy 54.82
22 3 6 Alina Galitskaya   Russia 54.98
23 2 3 Viktoriya Tkachuk   Ukraine 55.02
24 3 3 Simone Werner   Switzerland 55.85

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note
  6 Ashley Spencer   United States 50.50 CR
  4 Kadecia Baird   Guyana 51.04 AJ
  5 Erika Rucker   United States 51.10 PB
4 7 Shaunae Miller   Bahamas 51.78
5 3 Justine Palframan   South Africa 51.87 NJ
6 8 Bianca Răzor   Romania 52.20 SB
7 2 Chrisann Gordon   Jamaica 52.31 SB
8 9 Olivia James   Jamaica 52.68 SB

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=400/combCode=hash/timetable.html [dead link]
  2. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC – 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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