2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
Appearance
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
Gold | Ashley Spencer![]() |
Silver | Kadecia Baird![]() |
Bronze | Erika Rucker![]() |
Records
Prior to the competition[update], the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
World Junior Record | ![]() |
49.42 | Tokyo, Japan | 27 August 1991 |
Championship Record | ![]() |
50.62 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 10 August 1990 |
World Junior Leading | ![]() |
51.02 | Madison, United States | 13 May 2012 |
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics | ||||
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Championship Record World Junior Leading |
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50.50 | Barcelona, Spain | 13 July 2012 |
Results
Heats
Qualification: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified
Semi-Finals
Qualification: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
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1 | 1 | 6 | Erika Rucker | ![]() |
52.05 | Q, PB |
2 | 3 | 5 | Ashley Spencer | ![]() |
52.24 | Q |
3 | 1 | 4 | Kadecia Baird | ![]() |
52.40 | Q |
4 | 1 | 7 | Justine Palframan | ![]() |
52.65 | q |
5 | 1 | 5 | Chrisann Gordon | ![]() |
52.70 | q |
6 | 3 | 9 | Olivia James | ![]() |
52.71 | Q, SB |
7 | 2 | 4 | Shaunae Miller | ![]() |
52.75 | Q |
8 | 2 | 6 | Bianca Răzor | ![]() |
52.87 | Q |
9 | 3 | 4 | Rashan Brown | ![]() |
52.88 | |
10 | 2 | 7 | Ekaterina Renzhina | ![]() |
52.97 | |
11 | 3 | 7 | Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz | ![]() |
53.04 | |
12 | 1 | 9 | Adelina Pastor | ![]() |
53.28 | SB |
13 | 2 | 5 | Morgan Mitchell | ![]() |
53.88 | PB |
14 | 1 | 8 | Abbey de la Motte | ![]() |
53.90 | PB |
15 | 3 | 2 | Ella Räsänen | ![]() |
54.40 | |
16 | 1 | 2 | Grace Claxton | ![]() |
54.42 | NJ |
17 | 2 | 9 | Maike Schachtschneider | ![]() |
54.49 | |
18 | 1 | 3 | Joanna Mills | ![]() |
54.52 | |
19 | 3 | 8 | Jie Chen | ![]() |
54.67 | |
20 | 2 | 8 | Bianka Kéri | ![]() |
54.68 | |
21 | 2 | 2 | Flavia Battaglia | ![]() |
54.82 | |
22 | 3 | 6 | Alina Galitskaya | ![]() |
54.98 | |
23 | 2 | 3 | Viktoriya Tkachuk | ![]() |
55.02 | |
24 | 3 | 3 | Simone Werner | ![]() |
55.85 |
Final
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
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6 | Ashley Spencer | ![]() |
50.50 | CR |
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4 | Kadecia Baird | ![]() |
51.04 | AJ |
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5 | Erika Rucker | ![]() |
51.10 | PB |
4 | 7 | Shaunae Miller | ![]() |
51.78 | |
5 | 3 | Justine Palframan | ![]() |
51.87 | NJ |
6 | 8 | Bianca Răzor | ![]() |
52.20 | SB |
7 | 2 | Chrisann Gordon | ![]() |
52.31 | SB |
8 | 9 | Olivia James | ![]() |
52.68 | SB |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.
Australia (2)
Austria (2)
Bahamas (2)
Botswana (1)
British Virgin Islands (1)
Canada (1)
China (2)
DR Congo (1)
Fiji (1)
Finland (1)
Germany (1)
Grenada (1)
Guyana (1)
Hungary (1)
Ireland (1)
Italy (1)
Jamaica (2)
Kazakhstan (1)
Latvia (1)
Mexico (1)
Micronesia (1)
Poland (1)
Portugal (1)
Puerto Rico (1)
Romania (2)
Russia (2)
South Africa (2)
Switzerland (1)
Ukraine (2)
United States (2)
References
- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=400/combCode=hash/timetable.html
- ^ 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
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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