The women's 400 metres hurdles 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 Kaliese Spencer Silver Nicole Leach Bronze Sherene Pinnock

Results Final 17 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Kaliese Spencer 55.11 Nicole Leach 55.55 Sherene Pinnock 56.67 4 Muna Jabir Adam 57.03 5 Ajoke Odumusu 57.38 6 Anastasiya Ott 57.47 7 Ghofrane Mohammad 58.49 8 Perri Shakes-Drayton 59.37

Semifinals 16 August

Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nicole Leach 56.10 Q 2 Sherene Pinnock 57.11 Q 3 Anastasiya Ott 57.19 Q 4 Ghofran Al-Mouhmad 57.42 Q 5 Sara Petersen 57.65 6 Wang Hui 57.69 7 Lauren Boden 58.05 8 Laetitia Denis 58.55

Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kaliese Spencer 56.11 Q 2 Muna Jabir Adam 56.55 Q 3 Ajoke Odumusu 57.00 Q 4 Perri Shakes-Drayton 57.52 Q 5 Tina Polak 57.65 6 Darya Korableva 58.16 7 Frederike Schönfeld 58.64 8 Ebony Collins 60.70

Heats 15 August

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kaliese Spencer 57.49 Q 2 Lauren Boden 57.95 Q 3 Ghofran Al-Mouhmad 58.00 Q 4 Perri Shakes-Drayton 58.04 q 5 Corri-Ann Campbell-Fell 59.22 6 Aya Miyahara 60.10 7 Amélie Auge 61.68

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sherene Pinnock 57.39 Q 2 Anastasiya Ott 58.12 Q 3 Wang Hui 59.42 Q 4 Gisele Cruz 59.48 5 Sandra Mazan 59.52 6 Andreea Patrasc 60.94 7 Kalyn Sheehan 61.74 8 Hsu Ju-Yin 62.07

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nicole Leach 57.27 Q 2 Frederike Schönfeld 58.60 Q 3 Darya Korableva 58.88 Q 4 Sara Petersen 58.89 q 5 Chen Yumei 59.58 6 Sarah Wells 60.62 7 Zoe Anello 61.06

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ajoke Odumusu 57.11 Q 2 Ebony Collins 57.35 Q 3 Muna Jabir Adam 57.55 Q 4 Laetitia Denis 58.48 q 5 Tina Polak 59.14 q 6 Julia Müller-Foell 61.30 7 Ellen Howarth-Brown 61.49 8 Hayat Lambarki 63.54

Participation According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

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