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
edit| Gold | Ashley Spencer United States
|
| Silver | Kadecia Baird Guyana
|
| Bronze | Erika Rucker United States
|
Records
editPrior to the competition[update], 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
editHeats
editQualification: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified
Semi-finals
editQualification: 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
edit| 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
editAccording to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.
- Australia (2)
Austria (2)- Bahamas (2)
Botswana (1)
British Virgin Islands (1)
Canada (1)- China (2)
Colombia (1)
DR Congo (1)
Fiji (1)- Finland (1)
- Germany (1)
Grenada (1)- Guyana (1)
- Hungary (1)
- Ireland (1)
- Italy (1)
- Jamaica (2)
Kazakhstan (1)
Latvia (1)
Mexico (1)
Micronesia (1)- Poland (1)
Portugal (1)- Puerto Rico (1)
- Romania (2)
- Russia (2)
- South Africa (2)
Switzerland (1)- Ukraine (2)
- United States (2)
References
edit- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=400/combCode=hash/timetable.html [dead link]
- ^ 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
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015