The women's 400 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 2, 3 and 4 August 2022.

Records U20 standing records prior to the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows: Standing records prior to the 2022 World Athletics U20 ChampionshipsWorld U20 Record49.42Tokyo, Japan27 August 1991Championship Record50.50Barcelona, Spain13 July 2012World U20 Leading51.24Lubbock, United States15 May 2022

Results

Round 1 Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note 1 3 3 Yemi Mary John 52.42 Q, 2 2 6 Rupal 52.50 Q 2 5 4 Berta Segura 52.50 Q, 4 5 7 Priya Mohan 52.56 Q 5 2 7 Damaris Mutunga 52.60 Q, 6 1 3 Zenab Mahamat 52.87 Q, 7 3 2 Ellie Beer 53.30 Q, 8 1 8 Precious Molepo 53.50 Q 9 5 8 Henriette Jæger 53.53 Q 10 3 6 Mekenze Kelley 53.59 Q 11 1 5 Ella Clayton 53.69 Q 12 4 7 Dejanea Oakley 53.70 Q 13 4 6 Sylvia Chelangat 53.99 Q 14 5 5 Jasmin Guthrie 54.02 Q 15 1 6 Mia Powell 54.04 Q, 16 3 5 Tharushi Dissanayaka 54.13 Q 17 2 3 Salma Lehlali 54.14 Q, 18 2 2 Katriina Wright 54.16 Q 19 4 2 Queen Usunobun 54.32 Q 20 4 5 Ana Rus 54.43 Q, 21 5 3 Rickianna Russell 54.63 q 22 5 6 Ioana-Rebecca Andrei 54.75 q, 23 4 8 Zaya Akins 55.23 q 24 3 7 Javonya Valcourt 55.31 q 25 4 4 Alianni Rosario Arrindel 55.57 26 5 2 Jamara Patterson 55.75 27 1 7 Akrisa Eristee 55.86 28 1 4 Julia Aparecida Rocha 55.92 29 3 4 Nicole Milić 56.26 30 4 3 Ibeyis Romero 56.55 31 2 4 Nancy Demattè 56.70 32 2 5 Paola Loboa 57.33 33 3 8 Natasha Fox 58.09 2 8 Osaretin Joy Usenbor

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note 1 1 4 Yemi Mary John 51.72 Q, 2 2 5 Rupal 52.27 Q, 3 1 6 Damaris Mutunga 52.29 Q, 4 2 6 Dejanea Oakley 52.29 Q, 5 2 4 Henriette Jæger 52.33 q 6 3 6 Berta Segura 52.51 Q 7 2 3 Ellie Beer 52.55 q, 8 1 7 Ella Clayton 52.84 9 1 3 Mekenze Kelley 53.09 10 1 5 Priya Mohan 53.22 11 3 3 Precious Molepo 53.28 Q 12 3 7 Jasmin Guthrie 53.56 13 2 2 Zaya Akins 53.62 14 3 8 Queen Usunobun 53.63 15 3 5 Sylvia Chelangat 53.89 16 1 2 Katriina Wright 53.95 17 2 7 Mia Powell 54.37 18 3 2 Rickianna Russell 54.44 19 2 1 Ana Rus 54.53 20 3 1 Ioana-Rebecca Andrei 54.78 21 1 8 Tharushi Dissanayaka 54.86 22 1 1 Javonya Valcourt 54.89 3 4 Zenab Mahamat 2 8 Salma Lehlali

Final The final was held on 4 August at 17:42

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note 4 Yemi Mary John 51.50 5 Damaris Mutunga 51.71 6 Rupal 51.85 4 1 Henriette Jæger 52.23 5 8 Dejanea Oakley 52.31 6 3 Berta Segura 52.56 7 2 Ellie Beer 52.82 8 7 Precious Molepo 53.49

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