2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's 400 metres event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 13, 14 and 15 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Natasha Hastings  United States
Silver	Sonita Sutherland  Jamaica
Bronze	Ashlee Kidd  United States

Results

Final

15 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Natasha Hastings	United States	52.04
	Sonita Sutherland	Jamaica	52.41
	Ashlee Kidd	United States	52.45
4	Tang Xiaoyin	China	52.87
5	Olga Soldatova	Russia	52.99
6	Asami Tanno	Japan	53.34
7	Annemarie Schulte	Netherlands	53.67
8	Liliya Pilyuhina	Ukraine	53.82

Semifinals

14 July

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Olga Soldatova	Russia	53.56	Q
2	Tang Xiaoyin	China	53.61	Q
3	Annemarie Schulte	Netherlands	53.93	Q
4	Sonita Sutherland	Jamaica	54.19	Q
5	Muna Jabir Adam	Sudan	54.49
6	Amanda Kotze	South Africa	56.08
7	Kineke Alexander	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	56.42
8	Abigail David	Trinidad and Tobago	65.15

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Natasha Hastings	United States	53.50	Q
2	Asami Tanno	Japan	53.83	Q
3	Ashlee Kidd	United States	53.93	Q
4	Liliya Pilyuhina	Ukraine	54.04	Q
5	Anja Pollmächer	Germany	54.24
6	Jaimee-Lee Hoebergen	Australia	54.59
7	Özge Gürler	Turkey	55.50
8	Monique Williams	New Zealand	56.13

Heats

13 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Natasha Hastings	United States	52.61	Q
2	Asami Tanno	Japan	53.37	Q
3	Jaimee-Lee Hoebergen	Australia	53.48	Q
4	Amanda Kotze	South Africa	54.32	q
5	Antonina Krivoshapka	Russia	55.05
6	Pınar Saka	Turkey	55.50
7	Angela Makaha	Zimbabwe	55.88
8	Wu Shanshan	China	56.31

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ashlee Kidd	United States	53.56	Q
2	Annemarie Schulte	Netherlands	53.67	Q
3	Kineke Alexander	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	54.00	Q
4	Emma Björkman	Sweden	54.41
5	Gabriela Medina	Mexico	55.95
6	Maria Spacca	Italy	56.50
7	Mounira Al-Saleh	Syria	57.10

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sonita Sutherland	Jamaica	53.52	Q
2	Liliya Pilyuhina	Ukraine	54.05	Q
3	Monique Williams	New Zealand	54.85	Q
4	Maris Mägi	Estonia	54.93
5	Carline Muir	Canada	55.15
6	Jacqueline Davies	Australia	55.76

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Abigail David	Trinidad and Tobago	53.48	Q
2	Olga Soldatova	Russia	53.54	Q
3	Tang Xiaoyin	China	53.74	Q
4	Anja Pollmächer	Germany	53.78	q
5	Muna Jabir Adam	Sudan	54.25	q
6	Özge Gürler	Turkey	54.41	q
7	Gemma Nicol	United Kingdom	54.77
8	Liga Zauna	Latvia	58.21

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

References