1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 27th, 28th and 29th July.

Medalists Gold Grit Breuer Silver Maicel Malone Bronze Olga Moroz

Results Final 29 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Grit Breuer 51.24 Maicel Malone 52.23 Olga Moroz 53.20 4 Viktoria Miloserdova 53.64 5 Manuela Derr 53.66 6 Teri Smith 53.80 7 Nadežda Tomšová 54.21 8 Rossana Morabito 55.20

Semifinals 28 July

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Teri Smith 53.20 Q 2 Manuela Derr 53.43 Q 3 Viktoria Miloserdova 53.58 q 4 Cheryl Allen 53.92 5 Daniela Plescan 54.09 6 Daniela Spasova 54.63 7 Noemi Batori 56.09 Linda Kisabaka DNF

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Maicel Malone 52.07 Q 2 Olga Moroz 52.86 Q 3 Nadežda Tomšová 53.14 q 4 Marjana Lužar 54.49 5 Emma Langston 54.62 6 Julia Merino 55.12 7 Regula Scalabrin 55.18 8 Felicia Amajali 55.99

Semifinal 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Grit Breuer 53.11 Q 2 Rossana Morabito 54.03 Q 3 Suzana Belac 54.18 4 Tracy Goddard 54.63 5 Catherine Chanfreau 55.10 6 Mayelin Lemus 55.59 7 Sue Andrews 55.82 Ximena Restrepo DQ

Heats 27 July

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nadežda Tomšová 54.20 Q 2 Daniela Spasova 54.21 Q 3 Linda Kisabaka 54.88 Q 4 Catherine Chanfreau 55.19 q 5 Gro Hege Cleveland 56.07 6 Anna Cherry 57.30 7 Natasha Stenberg 57.82

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ximena Restrepo 53.48 Q 2 Olga Moroz 54.15 Q 3 Tracy Goddard 54.63 Q 4 Sue Andrews 54.84 q 5 Daniela Plescan 55.42 q 6 Valérie Jaunâtre 56.86 7 Christine Duvergé 56.95

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Viktoria Miloserdova 54.13 Q 2 Regula Scalabrin 55.93 Q 3 Mayelin Lemus 56.15 Q 4 Katalin Fogarassy 56.35

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Manuela Derr 54.13 Q 2 Suzana Belac 54.17 Q 3 Rossana Morabito 54.19 Q 4 Teri Smith 54.23 q 5 Monique Steennis 55.67 6 Ausa Mwendachabe 58.50 7 Marie-Cecile Rivetta 63.31

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Julia Merino 54.99 Q 2 Grit Breuer 55.12 Q 3 Cheryl Allen 55.44 Q 4 Nancy McLeón 55.47 5 Fatima Yusuf 56.35 6 Jacqueline Sophia 58.92

Heat 6

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Maicel Malone 53.79 Q 2 Marjana Lužar 54.77 Q 3 Emma Langston 54.87 Q 4 Noemi Batori 54.97 q 5 Felicia Amajali 55.39 q 6 Julieta Kondova 56.40 7 Kristen Lundgren 56.48

Participation According to an unofficial count, 38 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.

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