The women's 400 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 August.
Medalists Gold Fatima Yusuf Silver Charity Opara Bronze Manuela Derr
Results Final 10 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Fatima Yusuf 50.62 Charity Opara 51.28 Manuela Derr 51.95 4 Sue Andrews 52.23 5 Julia Merino 53.48 6 Nancy McLeón 53.58 7 Marína Vasarmídou 53.58 8 Anja Rücker 54.16
Semifinals 9 August
Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Charity Opara 51.69 Q 2 Manuela Derr 52.91 Q 3 Nancy McLeón 53.32 Q 4 Julia Merino 53.34 Q 5 Catherine Scott 53.46 6 Natalya Sniga 54.17 7 Ester Goossens 54.70 8 Nicole Hylaire 55.69
Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Fatima Yusuf 52.15 Q 2 Sue Andrews 53.40 Q 3 Marína Vasarmídou 53.83 Q 4 Anja Rücker 54.04 Q 5 Claudine Williams 54.28 6 Yana Burtasenkova 54.35 7 Steffanie Smith 54.44 8 Yojani Casanova 56.23
Heats 8 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Fatima Yusuf 52.97 Q 2 Yana Burtasenkova 54.66 Q 3 Nicole Hylaire 54.85 Q 4 Catherine Scott 54.94 q 5 Cheryl Allen 55.16 6 Rosa Magaly Segovia 57.14
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Charity Opara 52.77 Q 2 Manuela Derr 53.90 Q 3 Claudine Williams 54.02 Q 4 Steffanie Smith 54.72 q 5 Stefka Mineva 56.33 6 Mireille Bara-Ang 64.80 Camille Noel DNF
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sue Andrews 53.53 Q 2 Anja Rücker 54.01 Q 3 Julia Merino 54.18 Q 4 Natalya Sniga 54.27 q 5 Yojani Casanova 55.00 q 6 Melrose Mansaray 56.44
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nancy McLeón 53.70 Q 2 Ester Goossens 54.27 Q 3 Marína Vasarmídou 54.60 Q 4 Renée Poetschka 55.18 5 Mirjana Šola 55.52 6 Shanelle Porter 56.63
Participation According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
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