2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

Events at the 2002 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
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 hurdles event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 17 and 19 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Lashinda Demus  United States
Silver	Melaine Walker  Jamaica
Bronze	Camille Robinson  Jamaica

Results

Final

19 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Lashinda Demus	United States	54.70
02 !	Melaine Walker	Jamaica	56.03
03 !	Camille Robinson	Jamaica	56.14
4	Tiffany Ross	United States	56.52
5	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	58.42
6	Yusmelys García	Venezuela	58.46
7	Monique Balsamo	South Africa	58.60
8	Olga Nikolayeva	Russia	59.97

Heats

17 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lashinda Demus	United States	57.38	Q
2	Camille Robinson	Jamaica	57.71	Q
3	Yusmelys García	Venezuela	59.07	q
4	Monique Balsamo	South Africa	59.25	q
5	Amanda Dias	Brazil	60.74
6	Céline Landmann	France	60.85

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tiffany Ross	United States	59.54	Q
2	Olga Nikolayeva	Russia	59.83	Q
3	Raquel da Costa	Brazil	59.93
4	Sara Jander	Germany	60.53
5	Gabriela Plocka	Poland	61.11
6	Chisa Nishio	Japan	61.80
7	Géraldine Lécefel	France	63.15

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Melaine Walker	Jamaica	57.39	Q
2	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	59.31	Q
3	Sachiko Eguchi	Japan	59.43
4	Chantelle Terblanche	South Africa	59.98
5	Katharina Gröb	Germany	61.27
6	Lucy Jaramillo	Ecuador	62.97

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References