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

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

Medalists

Gold	Nelli Voronkova Soviet Union
Silver	Marjana Lužar Yugoslavia
Bronze	Omolade Akinremi Nigeria

Results

Final

10 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Nelli Voronkova	Soviet Union	55.84
	Marjana Lužar	Yugoslavia	56.74
	Omolade Akinremi	Nigeria	56.97
4	Carmen Nistor	Romania	57.78
5	Carole Nelson	France	57.98
6	Maria-João Valamatos	Portugal	58.56
7	Irina Skvarchevskaya	Soviet Union	58.57
8	Ane Skak	Denmark	58.63

Semifinals

9 August

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nelli Voronkova	Soviet Union	56.87	Q
2	Marjana Lužar	Yugoslavia	57.67	Q
3	Maria-João Valamatos	Portugal	58.12	Q
4	Ane Skak	Denmark	58.54	Q
5	Winsome Cole	Jamaica	59.18
6	Lydie Deniau	France	59.45
7	Roslyn Mack	United States	60.56
	Berit Junker	East Germany	DQ

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Omolade Akinremi	Nigeria	57.26	Q
2	Carmen Nistor	Romania	57.83	Q
3	Irina Skvarchevskaya	Soviet Union	57.98	Q
4	Carole Nelson	France	58.12	Q
5	Aleksandra Rus	Yugoslavia	58.95
6	Silje Rasmussen	Norway	59.68
7	Maria-José Valamatos	Portugal	59.88
8	Anna Shattky	New Zealand	62.23

Heats

8 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Carmen Nistor	Romania	58.33	Q
2	Marjana Lužar	Yugoslavia	58.77	Q
3	Berit Junker	East Germany	59.68	Q
4	Stella Theocharous	Cyprus	60.22
5	Julie Cote	Canada	60.68
6	Ombretta Volpe	Italy	61.09
7	Annette Cavanagh	Australia	61.22

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Irina Skvarchevskaya	Soviet Union	59.60	Q
2	Silje Rasmussen	Norway	59.71	Q
3	Winsome Cole	Jamaica	59.73	Q
4	Indira Hamilton	United States	59.75
5	Lency Montelier	Cuba	61.17
6	Stefka Mineva	Bulgaria	61.65
7	Emanuela Baggiolini	Italy	61.73

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nelli Voronkova	Soviet Union	57.10	Q
2	Omolade Akinremi	Nigeria	57.74	Q
3	Maria-João Valamatos	Portugal	58.78	Q
4	Roslyn Mack	United States	58.89	q
5	Lydie Deniau	France	59.68	q
6	Lisa Nicholson	Ireland	59.88
7	Sonia Scown	New Zealand	61.30

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Carole Nelson	France	58.91	Q
2	Ane Skak	Denmark	59.14	Q
3	Aleksandra Rus	Yugoslavia	59.40	Q
4	Maria-José Valamatos	Portugal	59.44	q
5	Anna Shattky	New Zealand	59.52	q
6	Dana Valterová	Czechoslovakia	59.85
7	Susan Smith	Ireland	61.89

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

• Australia (1)
• Bulgaria (1)
• Canada (1)
• Cuba (1)
• Cyprus (1)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• Denmark (1)
• East Germany (1)
• France (2)
• Ireland (2)
• Italy (2)
• Jamaica (1)
• New Zealand (2)
• Nigeria (1)
• Norway (1)
• Portugal (2)
• Romania (1)
• Soviet Union (2)
• United States (2)
• Yugoslavia (2)