The Girls' 400 metres at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 12–14 July.

Medalists GoldSilverBronze

Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best50.01Shanghai, China18 October 1997Championship Record51.19Marrakesh, Morocco15 July 2005World Youth Leading52.05Sacramento, United States24 June 2017

Heats Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest qualified.iaaf.org - International Association of Athletics Federations

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Doneisha Anderson 1 3 Bianca Georgiana Anton 1 4 Maryam Mohebbi 1 5 Hana Amsalu 1 6 Niddy Mingilishi 1 7 Elena Georgieva 2 2 Giovana Rosalia dos Santos 2 3 Mary Moraa 2 4 Wendira Moss 2 5 Katarina Sekulic 2 6 Dandi Jyothika Sri 2 7 Aliya Boshnak 3 1 Linda Philip Mamun Athletes Refugee Team 3 2 Knowledga Omovoh 3 3 Milagros Durán 3 4 Liang Yina 3 5 Naledi Lopang 3 6 Maria Scrob 3 7 Shaquena Foote 4 2 Maryana Shostak 4 3 Barbora Malíková 4 4 Sharon Jebet 4 5 Uwemedino Akpan Abasiono 4 6 Valery Montenegro 4 7 Laura Kaufmann 4 8 Johanna Bangala Ikabu

Semifinals

Final

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