1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres explained

The women's 400 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 August.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Fatima Yusuf
Silver	Charity Opara
Bronze	Manuela Derr

Results

Final

10 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		50.62
	align=left		align=left		51.28
	align=left		align=left		51.95
4	align=left		align=left		52.23
5	align=left		align=left		53.48
6	align=left		align=left		53.58
7	align=left		align=left		53.58
8	align=left		align=left		54.16

Semifinals

9 August

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		51.69	Q
2	align=left		align=left		52.91	Q
3	align=left		align=left		53.32	Q
4	align=left		align=left		53.34	Q
5	align=left		align=left		53.46
6	align=left		align=left		54.17
7	align=left		align=left		54.70
8	align=left		align=left		55.69

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		52.15	Q
2	align=left		align=left		53.40	Q
3	align=left		align=left		53.83	Q
4	align=left		align=left		54.04	Q
5	align=left		align=left		54.28
6	align=left		align=left		54.35
7	align=left		align=left		54.44
8	align=left		align=left		56.23

Heats

8 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		52.97	Q
2	align=left		align=left		54.66	Q
3	align=left		align=left		54.85	Q
4	align=left		align=left		54.94	q
5	align=left		align=left		55.16
6	align=left		align=left		57.14

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		52.77	Q
2	align=left		align=left		53.90	Q
3	align=left		align=left		54.02	Q
4	align=left		align=left		54.72	q
5	align=left		align=left		56.33
6	align=left		align=left		64.80
	align=left		align=left		DNF

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		53.53	Q
2	align=left		align=left		54.01	Q
3	align=left		align=left		54.18	Q
4	align=left		align=left		54.27	q
5	align=left		align=left		55.00	q
6	align=left		align=left		56.44

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		53.70	Q
2	align=left		align=left		54.27	Q
3	align=left		align=left		54.60	Q
4	align=left		align=left		55.18
5	align=left		align=left		55.52
6	align=left		align=left		56.63

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Peters . Lionel . Magnusson . Tomas . WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1990 Plovdiv BUL Aug 8-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130831125751/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1990.html . 31 August 2013 . WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH") . 13 June 2015.