The women's 400 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20, 21 and 22 July.
Medalists Gold Olabisi Afolabi Silver Monique Hennagan Bronze Hana Benešová
Results
Final 22 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Olabisi Afolabi 51.97 Monique Hennagan 52.25 Hana Benešová 52.60 4 Li Yajun 52.62 5 Tracey Barnes 53.46 6 Tamsyn Lewis 53.51 7 Cicely Scott 53.57 Claudine Williams DNF
Semifinals 21 July
Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Claudine Williams 52.43 Q 2 Li Yajun 52.99 Q 3 Hana Benešová 53.48 Q 4 Cicely Scott 53.65 Q 5 Žana Minina 53.81 6 Florence Ekpo-Umoh 53.84 7 Heidi Suomi 54.49 8 Sandrine Thiébaud 55.73
Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Olabisi Afolabi 52.27 Q 2 Monique Hennagan 52.74 Q 3 Tamsyn Lewis 53.91 Q 4 Tracey Barnes 53.92 Q 5 Daimí Pernía 54.09 6 Larisa Bolenok 54.85 7 Claudia Angerhausen 55.02 8 Zhang Yu 55.54
Heats 20 July
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Olabisi Afolabi 53.60 Q 2 Cicely Scott 54.63 Q 3 Žana Minina 54.88 Q 4 Vernetta Rolle 55.12 5 Melissa Straker 55.76 6 Kaltouma Nadjina 56.08 7 Militza Castro 56.16 8 Natalya Dorokhina 57.78
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Claudine Williams 53.82 Q 2 Florence Ekpo-Umoh 54.69 Q 3 Claudia Angerhausen 54.71 Q 4 Zhang Yu 54.81 q 5 Yolande Venter 54.93 6 Barbora Dostálová 55.88 7 Valentina Golovko 55.97
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Li Yajun 53.38 Q 2 Hana Benešová 53.89 Q 3 Tamsyn Lewis 54.42 Q 4 Louretta Thorne 55.06 5 Lidurka Torres 55.37 6 Onica Fraser 55.82 Tonique Williams DQ
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Monique Hennagan 53.50 Q 2 Tracey Barnes 53.92 Q 3 Daimí Pernía 54.17 Q 4 Heidi Suomi 54.36 q 5 Larisa Bolenok 54.77 q 6 Sandrine Thiébaud 54.91 q 7 Andrea Burlacu 55.30 8 Tacko Diouf 59.02
Participation According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.
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