The women's 400 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15, 16 and 17 August.

Medalists Gold Danijela Grgić Silver Sonita Sutherland Bronze Nawal El-Jack

Results Final 17 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Danijela Grgić 50.78 Sonita Sutherland 51.42 Nawal El-Jack 51.67 4 Ksenia Zadorina 51.99 5 Jessica Beard 52.51 6 Sekinat Adesanya 52.71 7 Li Xueji 52.84 8 Shade Abugan 52.87

Semifinals 16 August

Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ksenia Zadorina 51.94 Q 2 Sekinat Adesanya 52.48 Q 3 Racheal Nachula 53.05 4 Brandi Cross 53.25 5 Marie-Angélique Lacordelle 53.82 6 Olga Mihailchenko 54.83 7 Benedikte Hauge 54.89 8 Désirée Meyer 55.17

Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nawal El-Jack 51.84 Q 2 Danijela Grgić 52.00 Q 3 Wen Xiuyun 53.31 4 Carline Muir 53.37 5 Maris Mägi 53.74 6 Marta Milani 54.83 7 Rita Nemes 54.93 8 Sofie Persson 55.52

Semifinal 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sonita Sutherland 51.67 Q 2 Shade Abugan 52.49 Q 3 Li Xueji 52.62 q 4 Jessica Beard 52.97 q 5 Angeline Blackburn 54.03 6 Janin Lindenberg 54.06 7 Alejandra Idrobo 55.27 8 Arista Hefer 55.64

Heats 15 August

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sonita Sutherland 52.88 Q 2 Li Xueji 53.39 Q 3 Janin Lindenberg 55.01 Q 4 Sofie Persson 55.44 Q 5 Anja Puc 55.66 6 Merica Moncherry 56.97 7 Amuchelani Tumelano 57.92

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jessica Beard 53.61 Q 2 Shade Abugan 53.77 Q 3 Olga Mihailchenko 55.32 Q 4 Désirée Meyer 55.47 Q 5 Eleonora Sirtoli 55.87 6 Bianka Varga 56.88 7 Tyfia Lee 57.82 8 Batgereliin Möngöntuyaa 58.82

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sekinat Adesanya 53.13 Q 2 Danijela Grgić 53.20 Q 3 Racheal Nachula 53.40 Q 4 Marie-Angélique Lacordelle 54.40 Q 5 Alejandra Idrobo 54.88 q 6 Benedikte Hauge 55.05 q 7 Arista Hefer 55.20 q 8 Chimene Ningayo 60.18

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ksenia Zadorina 53.15 Q 2 Carline Muir 53.25 Q 3 Wen Xiuyun 53.90 Q 4 Marta Milani 55.46 Q 5 Anamaria Ioniță 55.81 6 Jacqueline Davies 56.13 7 Machettira Poovamma 56.39

Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nawal El-Jack 52.49 Q 2 Brandi Cross 53.69 Q 3 Maris Mägi 54.76 Q 4 Angeline Blackburn 54.76 Q 5 Rita Nemes 55.26 q 6 Alexandra Štuková 56.41 7 Khumoetsile Ngope 58.94 8 Bianca Dougan 59.09

Participation According to an unofficial count, 38 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.

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