2022 World Athletics U20 Championships – Women's 400 metres explained

Event:	Women's 400 metres
Competition:	2022 World Athletics U20 Championships
Venue:	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Dates:	2 August (heats) 3 August (semifinals) 4 August (final)
Competitors:	34
Nations:	28
Win Value:	51.50
Gold:	Yemi Mary John
Goldnoc:	GBR
Silver:	Damaris Mutunga
Silvernoc:	KEN
Bronze:	Rupal
Bronzenoc:	IND
Prev:	2021
Next:	2024

The women's 400 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 2, 3 and 4 August 2022.^[1]

Records

U20 standing records prior to the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows:^[2]

Standing records prior to the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships
World U20 Record		49.42	Tokyo, Japan	27 August 1991
Championship Record		50.50	Barcelona, Spain	13 July 2012
World U20 Leading		51.24	Lubbock, United States	15 May 2022

Results

Round 1

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	3	3			52.42	Q,
2	2	6			52.50	Q
2	5	4			52.50	Q,
4	5	7			52.56	Q
5	2	7			52.60	Q,
6	1	3			52.87	Q,
7	3	2			53.30	Q,
8	1	8			53.50	Q
9	5	8			53.53	Q
10	3	6			53.59	Q
11	1	5			53.69	Q
12	4	7			53.70	Q
13	4	6			53.99	Q
14	5	5			54.02	Q
15	1	6			54.04	Q,
16	3	5			54.13	Q
17	2	3			54.14	Q,
18	2	2			54.16	Q
19	4	2			54.32	Q
20	4	5			54.43	Q,
21	5	3			54.63	q
22	5	6			54.75	q,
23	4	8			55.23	q
24	3	7			55.31	q
25	4	4			55.57
26	5	2			55.75
27	1	7			55.86
28	1	4			55.92
29	3	4			56.26
30	4	3			56.55
31	2	4			56.70
32	2	5			57.33
33	3	8			58.09
	2	8

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	4			51.72	Q,
2	2	5			52.27	Q,
3	1	6			52.29	Q,
4	2	6			52.29	Q,
5	2	4			52.33	q
6	3	6			52.51	Q
7	2	3			52.55	q,
8	1	7			52.84
9	1	3			53.09
10	1	5			53.22
11	3	3			53.28	Q
12	3	7			53.56
13	2	2			53.62
14	3	8			53.63
15	3	5			53.89
16	1	2			53.95
17	2	7			54.37
18	3	2			54.44
19	2	1			54.53
20	3	1			54.78
21	1	8			54.86
22	1	1			54.89
	3	4
	2	8

Final

The final was held on 4 August at 17:42^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	4			51.50
	5			51.71
	6			51.85
4	1			52.23
5	8			52.31
6	3			52.56
7	2			52.82
8	7			53.49

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships Cali Timetable. World Athletics. 28 September 2022.
2. Web site: 400 Metres Women − Outdoor Records. World Athletics. 28 September 2022.
3. Web site: 400 Metres Women − Round 1 − Summary. World Athletics. 2 August 2022. 28 September 2022.
4. Web site: 400 Metres Women − Semi-Final − Summary. World Athletics. 3 August 2022. 28 September 2022.
5. Web site: 400 Metres Women − Final − Results. World Athletics. 4 August 2022. 28 September 2022.