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2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

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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

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Gold Ashley Spencer
 United States
Silver Kadecia Baird
 Guyana
Bronze Erika Rucker
 United States

Records

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Prior to the competition, 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

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Heats

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Qualification: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 1 4 Ashley Spencer  United States 52.58 Q
2 4 9 Shaunae Miller  Bahamas 52.71 Q
3 4 6 Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz  Poland 52.76 Q, NJ
4 4 7 Olivia James  Jamaica 52.86 Q, SB
5 1 3 Ekaterina Renzhina  Russia 52.92 Q, PB
6 5 4 Chrisann Gordon  Jamaica 52.99 Q
7 5 6 Kadecia Baird  Guyana 53.29 Q
8 6 7 Erika Rucker  United States 53.32 Q
9 3 6 Bianca Răzor  Romania 53.44 Q
10 6 8 Justine Palframan  South Africa 53.53 Q
11 1 9 Maike Schachtschneider  Germany 53.57 Q, PB
12 4 3 Ella Räsänen  Finland 53.77 q, SB
13 6 5 Adelina Pastor  Romania 53.85 Q
14 2 6 Rashan Brown  Bahamas 54.02 Q
15 4 4 Flavia Battaglia  Italy 54.03 q, PB
16 5 8 Abbey de la Motte  Australia 54.03 Q, PB
17 1 7 Joanna Mills  Ireland 54.17 q, SB
18 3 9 Morgan Mitchell  Australia 54.19 Q, PB
19 3 8 Bianka Kéri  Hungary 54.34 Q
20 2 5 Alina Galitskaya  Russia 54.55 Q
21 1 5 Grace Claxton  Puerto Rico 54.65 q, NJ
22 5 7 Viktoriya Tkachuk  Ukraine 54.67 q
23 1 6 Simone Werner  Switzerland 54.70 q, PB
24 5 9 Carina Schrempf  Austria 54.73 PB
25 4 8 Rivinilda Mentai  Portugal 54.83 NJ
26 6 4 Kateryna Slyusarenko  Ukraine 54.88
27 3 3 Janet Seeliger  South Africa 55.00
28 2 9 Jie Chen  China 55.04 Q
29 6 6 Ines Futterknecht  Austria 55.16
30 3 5 Christine Botlogetswe  Botswana 55.26 PB
31 4 5 Qingqing Wu  China 55.37
32 2 7 Gunta Latiševa-Cudare  Latvia 55.57
33 2 8 Olga Andreyeva  Kazakhstan 55.96
34 3 4 Danielle Alakija  Fiji 56.69
35 6 3 Jonel Lacey  British Virgin Islands 58.87 PB
36 2 2 Princilla Tshabu Amisi  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1:05.85 PB
37 2 4 Reloliza Saimon  Federated States of Micronesia 1:09.88 SB
5 5 Lucy Fortune  Grenada DSQ
5 3 Regina Tavera  Mexico DSQ
6 9 Alexandra Courtnall  Canada DSQ
2 3 Florence Uwakwe  Nigeria DNS
1 8 Melisa Torres  Colombia DNS
3 7 Omolara Omotosho  Nigeria DNS

Semi-finals

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Qualification: 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

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Ashley Spencer  United States 50.50 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Kadecia Baird  Guyana 51.04 AJ
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=400/combCode=hash/timetable.html [dead link]
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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