1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 August.[1][2]

Medalists

GoldFatima Yusuf
 Nigeria
SilverCharity Opara
 Nigeria
BronzeManuela Derr
 East Germany

Results

Final

10 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Fatima Yusuf Nigeria50.62
Charity Opara Nigeria51.28
Manuela Derr East Germany51.95
4Sue Andrews Australia52.23
5Julia Merino Spain53.48
6Nancy McLeón Cuba53.58
7Marína Vasarmídou Greece53.58
8Anja Rücker East Germany54.16

Semifinals

9 August

Semifinal 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Charity Opara Nigeria51.69Q
2Manuela Derr East Germany52.91Q
3Nancy McLeón Cuba53.32Q
4Julia Merino Spain53.34Q
5Catherine Scott Jamaica53.46
6Natalya Sniga Soviet Union54.17
7Ester Goossens Netherlands54.70
8Nicole Hylaire France55.69

Semifinal 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Fatima Yusuf Nigeria52.15Q
2Sue Andrews Australia53.40Q
3Marína Vasarmídou Greece53.83Q
4Anja Rücker East Germany54.04Q
5Claudine Williams Jamaica54.28
6Yana Burtasenkova Soviet Union54.35
7Steffanie Smith United States54.44
8Yojani Casanova Cuba56.23

Heats

8 August

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Fatima Yusuf Nigeria52.97Q
2Yana Burtasenkova Soviet Union54.66Q
3Nicole Hylaire France54.85Q
4Catherine Scott Jamaica54.94q
5Cheryl Allen Canada55.16
6Rosa Magaly Segovia Colombia57.14

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Charity Opara Nigeria52.77Q
2Manuela Derr East Germany53.90Q
3Claudine Williams Jamaica54.02Q
4Steffanie Smith United States54.72q
5Stefka Mineva Bulgaria56.33
6Mireille Bara-Ang Central African Republic64.80
Camille Noel CanadaDNF

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Sue Andrews Australia53.53Q
2Anja Rücker East Germany54.01Q
3Julia Merino Spain54.18Q
4Natalya Sniga Soviet Union54.27q
5Yojani Casanova Cuba55.00q
6Melrose Mansaray Sierra Leone56.44

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Nancy McLeón Cuba53.70Q
2Ester Goossens Netherlands54.27Q
3Marína Vasarmídou Greece54.60Q
4Renée Poetschka Australia55.18
5Mirjana Šola Yugoslavia55.52
6Shanelle Porter United States56.63

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas. "WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1990 Plovdiv BUL Aug 8-12". WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"). Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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