The girls' 400 metres at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held from 10 to 12 July.

Medalists Girls' 400 metres

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

World Youth Best50.01Shanghai, China18 October 1997Championship Record51.19Marrakesh, Morocco15 July 2005World Youth Leading52.71Edwardsville, United States26 June 2013

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

Heat 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Tiffany James 54.66 Q 2 2 Alanna Lally 55.15 Q, PB 3 6 Ann-Kathrin Kopf 55.34 Q 4 8 Zdenka Seidlová 55.65 q 5 7 Sonia Nasarre 57.54 6 5 Emilija Rudytė 58.15 7 3 Livia Cristurean 58.30

Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Olivia Baker 54.41 Q 2 2 Liang Xiaojing 55.19 Q 3 8 Susanne Walli 55.33 Q, PB 4 6 Abimbola Junaid 55.62 q 5 7 Maja Pogorevc 55.80 PB 6 3 Astrid Balanta 56.39 PB 7 4 Anamarija Petters 57.40

Heat 3 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Yanique McNeil 54.69 Q 2 7 Huang Guifen 54.92 Q 3 3 Anastasiya Kudryavtseva 55.51 Q 4 5 Viktória Zahradníčková 55.62 q, PB 5 8 Liliya Manasipova 57.35 6 6 Laurence Jones 57.60 2 Büsra Yildirim DQ

Heat 4 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 8 Edidiong Odiong 55.18 Q 2 2 Emily Rose Norum 56.24 Q 3 6 Mariam Abdul-Rashid 56.80 Q 4 5 María Simancas 57.21 5 3 Eleonora Marchiando 57.48 6 7 Kianeth Galván 57.64 7 4 Fathin Faqihah Mohd Yusuf 59.52

Heat 5 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Sabrina Bakare 54.16 Q 2 2 Molly Blakey 55.05 Q 3 7 Tarika Moses 55.87 Q 4 6 Yana Kachur 56.00 PB 5 4 Andreea Timofei 56.48 6 5 Jimena Copara 58.29 7 8 Nirmali M.P. Gamage 59.24

Heat 6 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Nanako Matsumoto 55.07 Q 2 5 Melissa Gomis 55.34 Q 3 1 Shannon Gearey 55.69 Q 4 7 Daniela Ledecká 56.32 PB 5 6 Jaydean Joseph 56.89 PB 6 4 Mariana Perez 57.23 PB 7 2 Fanjalina 59.99 8 Galefele Moroko DQ

Heat 7 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 8 Nguyen Thi Oanh 54.64 Q 2 7 Kendra Clarke 54.95 Q 3 4 Luca Palásti 55.67 Q 4 2 Alice Mangione 56.76 PB 5 5 Yvonne Vanhuvaone 57.07 6 6 Kadeisha Hield 57.63 3 Kseniia Prokopeva DQ

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 4 Sabrina Bakare 53.23 Q, PB 2 6 Edidiong Odiong 54.15 Q, PB 3 8 Luca Palásti 54.47 q, PB 4 5 Nanako Matsumoto 54.64 q 5 1 Zdeňka Seidlová 54.94 6 3 Liang Xiaojing 55.46 7 2 Shannon Gearey 55.77 8 7 Melissa Gomis 56.03

Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 Tiffany James 53.70 Q 2 3 Thi Oanh Nguyen 54.25 Q 3 5 Molly Blakey 54.95 4 7 Ann-Kathrin Kopf 55.14 5 8 Susanne Walli 55.29 PB 6 2 Viktória Zahradníčková 55.99 7 4 Kendra Clarke 56.01 8 1 Abimbola Junaid 56.33

Heat 3 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Olivia Baker 53.63 Q 2 7 Anastasiya Kudryavtseva 54.85 Q, PB 3 4 Huang Guifen 54.92 4 8 Emily Rose Norum 55.17 PB 5 3 Alanna Lally 55.40 6 1 Tarika Moses 56.65 7 2 Mariam Abdul-Rashid 56.70 6 Yanique McNeil DQ

Final The final was won by Sabrika Bakare in 52.77 seconds. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Sabrina Bakare 52.77 PB 5 Olivia Baker 53.38 4 Tiffany James 53.56 4 7 Thi Oanh Nyugen 53.80 PB 5 3 Edidiong Ofinome Odiong 54.14 PB 6 2 Nanako Matsumoto 54.59 7 8 Anastasiya Kudryavtseva 54.69 PB 8 1 Luca Palásti 54.81

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