1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 22 and 23 August.[1][2]

Medalists

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Gold Ulrike Urbansky
  Germany
Silver Vicki Jamison
  United Kingdom
Bronze Tanya Jarrett
  Jamaica

Results

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Final

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23 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Ulrike Urbansky   Germany 56.65
  Vicki Jamison   United Kingdom 57.57
  Tanya Jarrett   Jamaica 57.91
4 Josephine Fowley   Australia 58.52
5 Svetlana Badrankova   Kazakhstan 58.53
6 Annika Kumlin   Finland 58.80
7 Medina Tudor   Romania 58.90
8 Yasnay Lescay   Cuba 59.40

Heats

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22 August

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Josephine Fowley   Australia 58.36 Q
2 Annika Kumlin   Finland 58.45 Q
3 Svetlana Badrankova   Kazakhstan 58.48 q
4 Chou Ya-Chun   Chinese Taipei 62.28
5 Yuko Iida   Japan 63.56
Astrid Joziasse   Netherlands DNF
Yuliya Nosova   Russia DNF

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ulrike Urbansky   Germany 56.96 Q
2 Vicki Jamison   United Kingdom 57.49 Q
3 Tanya Jarrett   Jamaica 58.40 q
4 Deniece Bell   Canada 59.20
5 Char Foster   United States 59.50
6 Florence Delaune   France 60.35
7 Jennifer Marshall   Australia 60.57

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yasnay Lescay   Cuba 59.01 Q
2 Medina Tudor   Romania 59.03 Q
3 Wu Wei   China 60.08
4 Elizabeth Ndubueze   Nigeria 60.82
5 Ana Costa   Portugal 62.00
6 Anika Ahrens   Germany 62.48
7 Shontel Powell   United States 62.56

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 Oct 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015