2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 400 metres hurdles

Girls' 400 metres hurdles
at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics
VenueStadium Lille Métropole
Dates6 July (heats)
7 July (semifinal)
9 July (final)
Competitors35
Winning time57.93 WYL
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    Cuba

The girls' 400 metres hurdles at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 6, 7 and 9 July.[1]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Nnenya Hailey
 United States
Sarah Carli
 Australia
Zurian Hechavarría
 Cuba

Records

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

World Youth Best  Leslie Maxie (USA) 55.20 San Jose, United States 9 June 1984
Championship Record  Ebony Collins (USA) 55.96 Marrakech, Morocco 15 July 2005
World Youth Leading  Ann Nwogu (NGR) 58.51 Calabar, Nigeria 25 June 2011

Heats

Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.[2]

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Izelle Neuhoff  South Africa 59.97 Q
2 2 Vilde Svortevik  Norway 1:00.57 Q
3 5 Eva Trošt  Slovenia 1:01.10 Q
4 4 Andreea Cojocaru  Romania 1:01.73 Q
5 6 Elizaveta Anikienko  Russia 1:02.15 q
6 1 Salomé Pracht-Kautz  France 1:02.22 q
7 7 Zhilan Salah Mahmood  Iraq 1:11.96

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Amber Bryant-Brock  United States 1:01.13 Q
2 5 Zurian Hechavarría  Cuba 1:01.85 Q
3 6 Marina Swanepoel  South Africa 1:02.24 Q
4 2 Maruša Mišmaš  Slovenia 1:02.26 Q
5 3 Chloe Jamieson  Australia 1:02.31
6 7 Anastassiya Ovsekova  Kazakhstan 1:03.73
7 4 María Cristina Martínez  Mexico 1:04.20

Heat 3

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Sarah Carli  Australia 59.06 Q, PB
2 3 Kernesha Spann  Trinidad and Tobago 59.96 Q
3 7 Tasabih Mohamed El Sayed  Sudan 59.98 Q
4 4 Minori Tanaka  Japan 1:00.18 Q
5 6 Émeline Bauwe  France 1:01.20 q, PB
6 2 Nóra Zajovics  Hungary 1:06.79
- 5 Christine Salterberg  Germany DQ

Heat 4

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Sage Watson  Canada 1:00.19 Q
2 3 Katsiaryna Verameyenka  Belarus 1:00.39 Q
3 1 Hayley McLean Great Britain 1:00.85 Q
4 4 Oona Hujanen  Finland 1:01.32 Q
5 6 Yuke Wang  China 1:03.43
6 7 Maryia Roshchyn  Spain 1:03.52
7 2 Bettina Raffalt  Austria 1:03.77

Heat 5

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Nnenya Hailey  United States 58.71 Q
2 2 Aya Takizawa  Japan 59.86 Q
3 4 Ashley Taylor  Canada 1:00.38 Q, PB
4 1 Karolina Pahlitzsch  Germany 1:00.91 Q
5 3 Megan Kiely  Ireland 1:01.76 q
6 6 Dihia Haddar  Algeria 1:02.69
7 7 Durdona Turabekova  Uzbekistan 1:06.14

Semifinals

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.[3]

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Sage Watson  Canada 59.98 Q
2 6 Zurian Hechavarría  Cuba 1:00.18 Q
3 8 Minori Tanaka  Japan 1:00.19
4 3 Izelle Neuhoff  South Africa 1:00.37
5 7 Eva Trošt  Slovenia 1:01.18
6 4 Vilde Svortevik  Norway 1:02.16
7 2 Émeline Bauwe  France 1:02.28
8 1 Megan Kiely  Ireland 1:03.23

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Nnenya Hailey  United States 58.44 Q, WYL
2 7 Hayley McLean Great Britain 58.74 Q, PB
3 6 Aya Takizawa  Japan 59.18 q, PB
4 5 Kernesha Spann  Trinidad and Tobago 1:00.26
5 4 Ashley Taylor  Canada 1:00.42
6 8 Oona Hujanen  Finland 1:01.43
7 1 Andreea Cojocaru  Romania 1:02.70
8 2 Salomé Pracht-Kautz  France 1:03.13

Heat 3

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Tasabih Mohamed El Sayed  Sudan 59.64 Q, PB
2 4 Sarah Carli  Australia 59.67 Q
3 6 Katsiaryna Veremeyenka  Belarus 59.97 q
4 3 Amber Bryant-Brock  United States 1:00.18
5 1 Elizaveta Anikienko  Russia 1:00.51
6 7 Marina Swanepoel  South Africa 1:02.11
7 8 Karolina Pahlitzsch  Germany 1:02.32
8 2 Maruša Mišmaš  Slovenia 1:02.45

Final

[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Nnenya Hailey  United States 57.93 WYL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 Sarah Carli  Australia 58.05 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Zurian Hechavarría  Cuba 58.37 PB
4 1 Aya Takizawa  Japan 58.80 PB
5 3 Tasabih Mohamed El Sayed  Sudan 58.91 PB
6 6 Hayley McLean Great Britain 58.94
7 2 Katsiaryna Veremeyenka  Belarus 59.76 PB
8 4 Sage Watson  Canada 1:01.04

References

  1. ^ Timetable
  2. ^ "400 Metres Hurdles Girls - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 6 July 2011.
  3. ^ "400 Metres Hurdles Girls - Semi-Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 7 July 2011.
  4. ^ "400 Metres Hurdles Girls - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 9 July 2011.