2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 400 metres

Girls' 400 metres
at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics
VenueStadium Lille Métropole
Dates6 July (heats)
7 July (semifinal)
8 July (final)
Competitors47
Winning time51.84 PB
Medalists
gold medal Shaunae Miller   Bahamas
silver medal Christian Brennan   Canada
bronze medal Olivia James   Jamaica
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The girls' 400 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 6, 7 and 8 July.[1]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Shaunae Miller
 Bahamas		 Christian Brennan
 Canada		 Olivia James
 Jamaica

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best  Li Jing (CHN) 50.01 Shanghai, China 18 October 1997
Championship Record  Nawal El Jack (SUD) 51.19 Marrakesh, Morocco 15 July 2005
World Youth Leading  Chrisann Gordon (JAM) 51.62 Kingston, Jamaica 2 April 2011

No new records were set during the competition.

Heats

Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified.[2]

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bianca Răzor  Romania 54.15 Q
2 Ella Räsänen  Finland 54.43 Q
3 Bárbara Camblor  Spain 55.64 Q
4 Dorotea Rebernik  Slovenia 55.95 q, PB
5 Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo  Italy 56.19 q
6 Ines Futterknecht  Austria 56.49
7 Ingrid Yahoska Narvaez  Nicaragua 58.74 PB
8 Tahlie Cablayan  Philippines 59.58

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Shaunae Miller  Bahamas 54.39 Q
2 Brigitte Ntiamoah  France 57.06 Q
3 Anna Parfenova  Russia 57.07 Q
4 Stephanie Wicksell  South Africa 57.19
5 Selam Abrhaley  Ethiopia 57.52 PB
6 Elvira Vázquez  Spain 57.98
7 Bojana Kalicanin  Serbia 58.97
8 Park Seong-myun  South Korea 59.28

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Chrisann Gordon  Jamaica 53.52 Q
2 Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz  Poland 53.71 Q, PB
3 Modesta Morauskaitė  Lithuania 55.81 Q, PB
4 Kristina Dudek  Croatia 55.89 q, PB
5 Anastasiya Aslanidi  Russia 56.38
6 Lourdes Dallazem  Brazil 57.21
7 Tiguida Diarouma  France 58.14

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Robin Reynolds  United States 54.59 Q
2 Florence Uwakwe  Nigeria 54.72 Q
3 Blanka Kuta  Poland 56.86 Q
4 Ayaka Nagura  Japan 57.01
5 Frédérique Hansen  Luxembourg 57.13 SB
6 Christine Botlogetswe  Botswana 59.13
7 Naomi Blaz  Guam 1:03.18
– Glenda Davis  Costa Rica DNF

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Olivia James  Jamaica 54.78 Q
2 Kendall Baisden  United States 55.58 Q
3 Anja Benko  Slovenia 55.97 Q
4 Bianka Kéri  Hungary 56.26 q
5 Oksana Ralko  Ukraine 56.41
6 Mareike Wolhüter  South Africa 58.92
7 Elina Mikhina  Kazakhstan 1:00.44 SB
8 Loth Toni  Benin 1:01.37

Heat 6

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Christian Brennan  Canada 53.83 Q
2 Rita Ossai  Nigeria 55.11 Q
3 Ylenia Vitale  Italy 55.63 Q, PB
4 Kateryna Klymyuk  Ukraine 55.91 q
5 Priyanka Mondal  India 56.27 q, PB
6 Neviah Mongina Michira  Kenya 57.46 PB
7 Lorayna Lima  Brazil 57.55
8 Asli Arik  Turkey 57.64

Semifinal

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.[3]

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Chrisann Gordon  Jamaica 52.79 Q
2 6 Robin Reynolds  United States 53.21 Q
3 3 Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz  Poland 53.97
4 8 Ylenia Vitale  Italy 55.29 PB
5 7 Anna Parfenova  Russia 55.40
6 2 Kristina Dudek  Croatia 56.49
7 1 Priyanka Mondal  India 57.16
8 4 Brigitte Ntiamoah  France 57.38

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Shaunae Miller  Bahamas 52.92 Q
2 6 Kendall Baisden  United States 53.32 Q
3 4 Bianca Răzor  Romania 53.51 q
4 3 Florence Uwakwe  Nigeria 54.11
5 8 Modesta Morauskaité  Lithuania 55.55 PB
6 7 Anja Benko  Slovenia 55.89
7 1 Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo  Italy 56.46
8 2 Bianka Kéri  Hungary 56.97

Heat 3

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Christian Brennan  Canada 53.15 Q
2 4 Olivia James  Jamaica 53.51 Q
3 5 Ella Räsänen  Finland 53.92 q
4 6 Rita Ossai  Nigeria 54.02
5 1 Kateryna Klymyuk  Ukraine 56.15
6 8 Bárbara Camblor  Spain 56.25
7 2 Dorotea Rebernik  Slovenia 57.05
8 7 Blanka Kuta  Poland 58.35

Final

[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Shaunae Miller  Bahamas 51.84
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Christian Brennan  Canada 52.12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Olivia James  Jamaica 52.14
4 3 Robin Reynolds  United States 52.72
5 1 Bianca Răzor  Romania 52.82
6 8 Kendall Baisden  United States 53.01
7 4 Chrisann Gordon  Jamaica 53.31
8 2 Ella Räsänen  Finland 54.55

References

  1. ^ Timetable
  2. ^ "400 Metres Girls - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 6 July 2011.
  3. ^ "400 Metres Girls - Semi-Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 7 July 2011.
  4. ^ "400 Metres Girls - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 8 July 2011.