1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 16 and 18 September.

Medalists

Gold	Georgeta Petrea Romania
Silver	Erica Peterson Canada
Bronze	Winsome Cole Jamaica

Results

Final

18 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Georgeta Petrea	Romania	58.03
	Erica Peterson	Canada	58.09
	Winsome Cole	Jamaica	58.15
4	Anita Oppong	Germany	58.24
5	Anja Höcke	Germany	58.64
6	Vyvyan Rhodes	United Kingdom	59.27
7	Michèle Schenk	Switzerland	59.70
8	Debbie-Ann Parris	Jamaica	60.81

Heats

16 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Anja Höcke	Germany	58.65	Q
2	Winsome Cole	Jamaica	59.21	Q
3	Vyvyan Rhodes	United Kingdom	59.40	q
4	Lana Jekabsone	Latvia	59.97
5	Kylie Robertson	Australia	60.33
6	Chantale Dejardin	Canada	62.38

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Georgeta Petrea	Romania	58.54	Q
2	Debbie-Ann Parris	Jamaica	59.27	Q
3	Isabelle D'Herbécourt	France	60.02
4	Nioka Gray	Australia	60.43
5	Sakura Matsukuma	Japan	61.17
6	Mirenda Francourt	Seychelles	62.55
7	Yvonne Harrison	United States	64.26

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Erica Peterson	Canada	58.00	Q
2	Anita Oppong	Germany	58.20	Q
3	Michèle Schenk	Switzerland	58.95	q
4	Ikiko Yamagata	Japan	59.93
5	Silje Rasmussen	Norway	60.86
6	Maja Gorjup	Slovenia	63.61

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

• Australia (2)
• Canada (2)
• France (1)
• Germany (2)
• Jamaica (2)
• Japan (2)
• Latvia (1)
• Norway (1)
• Romania (1)
• Seychelles (1)
• Slovenia (1)
• Switzerland (1)
• United Kingdom (1)
• United States (1)