2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15, 16 and 17 August.

Medalists

Gold	Danijela Grgić Croatia
Silver	Sonita Sutherland Jamaica
Bronze	Nawal El-Jack Sudan

Results

Final

17 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Danijela Grgić	Croatia	50.78
	Sonita Sutherland	Jamaica	51.42
	Nawal El-Jack	Sudan	51.67
4	Ksenia Zadorina	Russia	51.99
5	Jessica Beard	United States	52.51
6	Sekinat Adesanya	Nigeria	52.71
7	Li Xueji	China	52.84
8	Shade Abugan	Nigeria	52.87

Semifinals

16 August

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ksenia Zadorina	Russia	51.94	Q
2	Sekinat Adesanya	Nigeria	52.48	Q
3	Racheal Nachula	Zambia	53.05
4	Brandi Cross	United States	53.25
5	Marie-Angélique Lacordelle	France	53.82
6	Olga Mihailchenko	Ukraine	54.83
7	Benedikte Hauge	Norway	54.89
8	Désirée Meyer	Germany	55.17

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nawal El-Jack	Sudan	51.84	Q
2	Danijela Grgić	Croatia	52.00	Q
3	Wen Xiuyun	China	53.31
4	Carline Muir	Canada	53.37
5	Maris Mägi	Estonia	53.74
6	Marta Milani	Italy	54.83
7	Rita Nemes	Hungary	54.93
8	Sofie Persson	Sweden	55.52

Semifinal 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sonita Sutherland	Jamaica	51.67	Q
2	Shade Abugan	Nigeria	52.49	Q
3	Li Xueji	China	52.62	q
4	Jessica Beard	United States	52.97	q
5	Angeline Blackburn	Australia	54.03
6	Janin Lindenberg	Germany	54.06
7	Alejandra Idrobo	Colombia	55.27
8	Arista Hefer	South Africa	55.64

Heats

15 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sonita Sutherland	Jamaica	52.88	Q
2	Li Xueji	China	53.39	Q
3	Janin Lindenberg	Germany	55.01	Q
4	Sofie Persson	Sweden	55.44	Q
5	Anja Puc	Slovenia	55.66
6	Merica Moncherry	Saint Lucia	56.97
7	Amuchelani Tumelano	Botswana	57.92

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jessica Beard	United States	53.61	Q
2	Shade Abugan	Nigeria	53.77	Q
3	Olga Mihailchenko	Ukraine	55.32	Q
4	Désirée Meyer	Germany	55.47	Q
5	Eleonora Sirtoli	Italy	55.87
6	Bianka Varga	Hungary	56.88
7	Tyfia Lee	U.S. Virgin Islands	57.82
8	Batgereliin Möngöntuyaa	Mongolia	58.82

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sekinat Adesanya	Nigeria	53.13	Q
2	Danijela Grgić	Croatia	53.20	Q
3	Racheal Nachula	Zambia	53.40	Q
4	Marie-Angélique Lacordelle	France	54.40	Q
5	Alejandra Idrobo	Colombia	54.88	q
6	Benedikte Hauge	Norway	55.05	q
7	Arista Hefer	South Africa	55.20	q
8	Chimene Ningayo	Central African Republic	60.18

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ksenia Zadorina	Russia	53.15	Q
2	Carline Muir	Canada	53.25	Q
3	Wen Xiuyun	China	53.90	Q
4	Marta Milani	Italy	55.46	Q
5	Anamaria Ioniță	Romania	55.81
6	Jacqueline Davies	Australia	56.13
7	Machettira Poovamma	India	56.39

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nawal El-Jack	Sudan	52.49	Q
2	Brandi Cross	United States	53.69	Q
3	Maris Mägi	Estonia	54.76	Q
4	Angeline Blackburn	Australia	54.76	Q
5	Rita Nemes	Hungary	55.26	q
6	Alexandra Štuková	Slovakia	56.41
7	Khumoetsile Ngope	Botswana	58.94
8	Bianca Dougan	British Virgin Islands	59.09

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 38 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.

• Australia (2)
• Botswana (2)
• British Virgin Islands (1)
• Canada (1)
• Central African Republic (1)
• China (2)
• Colombia (1)
• Croatia (1)
• Estonia (1)
• France (1)
• Germany (2)
• Hungary (2)
• India (1)
• Italy (2)
• Jamaica (1)
• Mongolia (1)
• Nigeria (2)
• Norway (1)
• Romania (1)
• Russia (1)
• Saint Lucia (1)
• Slovakia (1)
• Slovenia (1)
• South Africa (1)
• Sudan (1)
• Sweden (1)
• Ukraine (1)
• United States (2)
• U.S. Virgin Islands (1)
• Zambia (1)