1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

Events at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
2000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m walk		men
Road events
20 km road run		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 18 July.

Medalists

Gold	Claudia Bartl East Germany
Silver	Kellie Roberts United States
Bronze	Svetlana Lukashevich Soviet Union

Results

Final

18 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Claudia Bartl	East Germany	56.76
	Kellie Roberts	United States	56.80
	Svetlana Lukashevich	Soviet Union	57.92
4	Jill McDermid	Canada	58.00
5	Ana Maria Draghia	Romania	58.74
6	Shawn Moore	United States	58.80
7	Zdravka Georgieva	Bulgaria	60.32
8	Marina Matyakina	Soviet Union	61.14

Semifinals

17 July

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kellie Roberts	United States	57.86	Q
2	Jill McDermid	Canada	58.27	Q
3	Marina Matyakina	Soviet Union	59.25	Q
4	Ana Maria Draghia	Romania	59.60	Q
5	Marie Womplou	Côte d'Ivoire	60.29
6	Dejana Rakita	Yugoslavia	61.40
7	Jacinta Kimwetich	Kenya	63.13
8	Ana María Núñez	Uruguay	63.85

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Claudia Bartl	East Germany	58.23	Q
2	Svetlana Lukashevich	Soviet Union	59.06	Q
3	Shawn Moore	United States	59.84	Q
4	Zdravka Georgieva	Bulgaria	61.19	Q
5	Francesca Lanzara	Italy	61.97
6	Miriam Alonso	Spain	62.21
7	Adriana Martínez	Ecuador	62.38
	Irena Dominc	Yugoslavia	DNS

Heats

16 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Claudia Bartl	East Germany	57.90	Q
2	Svetlana Lukashevich	Soviet Union	58.50	Q
3	Shawn Moore	United States	60.75	Q
4	Dejana Rakita	Yugoslavia	61.53	Q
5	Jacinta Kimwetich	Kenya	62.40	q
6	Adriana Martínez	Ecuador	62.94	q
7	Rajwant Kaur	India	66.82

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ana Maria Draghia	Romania	60.12	Q
2	Irena Dominc	Yugoslavia	60.64	Q
3	Marina Matyakina	Soviet Union	60.86	Q
4	Marie Womplou	Côte d'Ivoire	60.89	Q
5	Ana María Núñez	Uruguay	64.86	q
6	Marie-France Pare	Canada	66.03
7	Niusha Mansilla	Bolivia	66.88

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kellie Roberts	United States	57.54	Q
2	Jill McDermid	Canada	58.94	Q
3	Zdravka Georgieva	Bulgaria	61.20	Q
4	Francesca Lanzara	Italy	61.36	Q
5	Miriam Alonso	Spain	63.84	q
6	María Belehrí	Greece	66.00
7	Alma Leticia Jiménez	Guatemala	66.80

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

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