The girls' 400 metres hurdles at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 6, 7 and 9 July.Timetable

Medalists GoldSilverBronze Nnenya Hailey Sarah Carli Zurian Hechavarría

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

World Youth Best55.20San Jose, United States]9 June 1984Championship Record55.96Marrakesh, Morocco15 July 2005World Youth Leading58.51Calabar, Nigeria25 June 2011

Heats Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Izelle Neuhoff 59.97 Q 2 2 Vilde Svortevik 1:00.57 Q 3 5 Eva Trošt 1:01.10 Q 4 4 Andreea Cojocaru 1:01.73 Q 5 6 Elizaveta Anikienko 1:02.15 q 6 1 Salomé Pracht-Kautz 1:02.22 q 7 7 Zhilan Salah Mahmood 1:11.96

Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Amber Bryant-Brock 1:01.13 Q 2 5 Zurian Hechavarría 1:01.85 Q 3 6 Marina Swanepoel 1:02.24 Q 4 2 Maruša Mišmaš 1:02.26 Q 5 3 Chloe Jamieson 1:02.31 6 7 Anastassiya Ovsekova 1:03.73 7 4 María Cristina Martínez 1:04.20

Heat 3 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Sarah Carli 59.06 Q, PB 2 3 Kernesha Spann 59.96 Q 3 7 Tasabih Mohamed El Sayed 59.98 Q 4 4 Minori Tanaka 1:00.18 Q 5 6 Émeline Bauwe 1:01.20 q, PB 6 2 Nóra Zajovics 1:06.79 5 Christine Salterberg DQ

Heat 4 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Sage Watson 1:00.19 Q 2 3 Katsiaryna Verameyenka 1:00.39 Q 3 1 Hayley McLean 1:00.85 Q 4 4 Oona Hujanen 1:01.32 Q 5 6 Yuke Wang 1:03.43 6 7 Maryia Roshchyn 1:03.52 7 2 Bettina Raffalt 1:03.77

Heat 5 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Nnenya Hailey 58.71 Q 2 2 Aya Takizawa 59.86 Q 3 4 Ashley Taylor 1:00.38 Q, PB 4 1 Karolina Pahlitzsch 1:00.91 Q 5 3 Megan Kiely 1:01.76 q 6 6 Dihia Haddar 1:02.69 7 7 Durdona Turabekova 1:06.14

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

Heat 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Sage Watson 59.98 Q 2 6 Zurian Hechavarría 1:00.18 Q 3 8 Minori Tanaka 1:00.19 4 3 Izelle Neuhoff 1:00.37 5 7 Eva Trošt 1:01.18 6 4 Vilde Svortevik 1:02.16 7 2 Émeline Bauwe 1:02.28 8 1 Megan Kiely 1:03.23

Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Nnenya Hailey 58.44 Q, WYL 2 7 Hayley McLean 58.74 Q, PB 3 6 Aya Takizawa 59.18 q, PB 4 5 Kernesha Spann 1:00.26 5 4 Ashley Taylor 1:00.42 6 8 Oona Hujanen 1:01.43 7 1 Andreea Cojocaru 1:02.70 8 2 Salomé Pracht-Kautz 1:03.13

Heat 3 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Tasabih Mohamed El Sayed 59.64 Q, PB 2 4 Sarah Carli 59.67 Q 3 6 Katsiaryna Veremeyenka 59.97 q 4 3 Amber Bryant-Brock 1:00.18 5 1 Elizaveta Anikienko 1:00.51 6 7 Marina Swanepoel 1:02.11 7 8 Karolina Pahlitzsch 1:02.32 8 2 Maruša Mišmaš 1:02.45

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Nnenya Hailey 57.93 WYL 8 Sarah Carli 58.05 PB 7 Zurian Hechavarría 58.37 PB 4 1 Aya Takizawa 58.80 PB 5 3 Tasabih Mohamed El Sayed 58.91 PB 6 6 Hayley McLean 58.94 7 2 Katsiaryna Veremeyenka 59.76 PB 8 4 Sage Watson 1:01.04

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