The women's 400 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 19, 20 and 21 July.

Medalists Gold Tiffany James Silver Lynna Irby Bronze Junelle Bromfield

Records Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in AthleticsWorld Junior Record49.42Tokyo, Japan27 August 1991Championship Record50.50Barcelona, Spain13 July 2012World Junior Leading51.63Stara Zagora, Bulgaria9 June 2016

Results Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 6 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note 1 4 Tiffany James 52.98 Q 2 1 Maureen Nyatichi Thomas 53.04 Q 3 5 Lynna Irby 53.08 Q 4 3 Roxana Gómez 53.16 Q 5 2 Junelle Bromfield 53.21 Q 6 1 Natassha McDonald 53.62 Q, PB 7 1 Hendrikje Richter 53.67 Q 8 5 Jessica Thornton 53.70 Q 9 2 Dzhois Koba 53.74 Q 10 3 Hannah Williams 53.85 Q 11 6 Paola Morán 53.96 Q 12 2 Karrington Winters 54.12 Q 13 6 Zdenka Seidlová 54.13 Q, SB 14 6 Rebecca Borga 54.41 Q 15 5 Ashlan Best 54.47 Q 16 2 Jeanelle Griesel 54.47 q 17 1 Shaquania Dorsett 54.55 q 18 6 Vijona Kryeziu 54.67 q, SB 19 6 Lily Beckford 54.70 q 20 4 Ivanna Avramchuk 54.71 Q 21 5 Hannah Mergenthaler 54.75 q 22 3 Natalia Kaczmarek 54.75 Q 23 1 Erika Krūminaitė 54.89 q, SB 24 6 Mollie O'Reilly 54.92 25 4 Jenna Bromell 54.98 Q 26 3 Chelsea Zoller 55.00 27 5 Tarika Moses 55.04 28 2 Dora Filipović 55.16 29 4 Haruko Ishizuka 55.20 30 1 Myia Dorsey 55.25 31 1 Galefele Moroko 55.38 32 6 Molly Blakey 55.49 33 5 Daniela Tassani 55.62 34 3 Zinash Tesfaye 55.75 35 3 Þórdís Eva Steinsdóttir 56.06 36 4 Liang Nuo 56.08 37 4 Eliana Chávez 56.96 38 5 Jane Njoki Theuri 57.13 39 5 María Simancas 57.51 40 1 Kalliopi Kountouri 59.11 2 Mahilet Fikre R163.3(a)Lane infringement 3 Jisna Mathew R163.3(a) 2 Shafiqua Maloney 3 Mariette Agbety 4 Praise Oghenefejiro Idamadudu 4 Artesha Richardson 6 Yinka Ajayi

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note 1 3 Tiffany James 51.77 Q 2 1 Lynna Irby 51.90 Q, SB 3 2 Jessica Thornton 52.12 Q, PB 4 2 Junelle Bromfield 52.18 Q 5 1 Roxana Gómez 52.26 Q, PB 6 2 Maureen Nyatichi Thomas 52.52 q 7 1 Dzhois Koba 52.79 q, PB 8 1 Hannah Williams 52.80 PB 9 2 Karrington Winters 52.80 PB 10 3 Natassha McDonald 53.06 Q, PB 11 3 Paola Morán 53.08 12 1 Ashlan Best 53.27 PB 13 3 Jeanelle Griesel 53.68 SB 14 3 Hendrikje Richter 53.85 15 1 Rebecca Borga 53.93 16 2 Zdenka Seidlová 53.95 PB 17 1 Hannah Mergenthaler 54.13 18 2 Natalia Kaczmarek 54.32 19 3 Ivanna Avramchuk 54.64 20 3 Erika Krūminaitė 54.87 SB 21 2 Lily Beckford 54.88 22 3 Jenna Bromell 55.20 23 1 Vijona Kryeziu 55.95 2 Shaquania Dorsett

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note 5 Tiffany James 51.32 WU20L 7 Lynna Irby 51.39 PB 4 Junelle Bromfield 52.05 4 6 Jessica Thornton 52.05 PB 5 2 Maureen Nyatichi Thomas 52.09 NU20R 6 9 Roxana Gómez 52.24 PB 7 8 Natassha McDonald 53.35 8 3 Dzhois Koba 53.74

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