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1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 August.[1][2]

Medalists

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Gold Fatima Yusuf
  Nigeria
Silver Charity Opara
  Nigeria
Bronze Manuela Derr
  East Germany

Results

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Final

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10 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Fatima Yusuf   Nigeria 50.62
  Charity Opara   Nigeria 51.28
  Manuela Derr   East Germany 51.95
4 Sue Andrews   Australia 52.23
5 Julia Merino   Spain 53.48
6 Nancy McLeón   Cuba 53.58
7 Marína Vasarmídou   Greece 53.58
8 Anja Rücker   East Germany 54.16

Semifinals

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9 August

Semifinal 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Charity Opara   Nigeria 51.69 Q
2 Manuela Derr   East Germany 52.91 Q
3 Nancy McLeón   Cuba 53.32 Q
4 Julia Merino   Spain 53.34 Q
5 Catherine Scott   Jamaica 53.46
6 Natalya Sniga   Soviet Union 54.17
7 Ester Goossens   Netherlands 54.70
8 Nicole Hylaire   France 55.69

Semifinal 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Fatima Yusuf   Nigeria 52.15 Q
2 Sue Andrews   Australia 53.40 Q
3 Marína Vasarmídou   Greece 53.83 Q
4 Anja Rücker   East Germany 54.04 Q
5 Claudine Williams   Jamaica 54.28
6 Yana Burtasenkova   Soviet Union 54.35
7 Steffanie Smith   United States 54.44
8 Yojani Casanova   Cuba 56.23

Heats

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8 August

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Fatima Yusuf   Nigeria 52.97 Q
2 Yana Burtasenkova   Soviet Union 54.66 Q
3 Nicole Hylaire   France 54.85 Q
4 Catherine Scott   Jamaica 54.94 q
5 Cheryl Allen   Canada 55.16
6 Rosa Magaly Segovia   Colombia 57.14

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Charity Opara   Nigeria 52.77 Q
2 Manuela Derr   East Germany 53.90 Q
3 Claudine Williams   Jamaica 54.02 Q
4 Steffanie Smith   United States 54.72 q
5 Stefka Mineva   Bulgaria 56.33
6 Mireille Bara-Ang   Central African Republic 64.80
Camille Noel   Canada DNF

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sue Andrews   Australia 53.53 Q
2 Anja Rücker   East Germany 54.01 Q
3 Julia Merino   Spain 54.18 Q
4 Natalya Sniga   Soviet Union 54.27 q
5 Yojani Casanova   Cuba 55.00 q
6 Melrose Mansaray   Sierra Leone 56.44

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Nancy McLeón   Cuba 53.70 Q
2 Ester Goossens   Netherlands 54.27 Q
3 Marína Vasarmídou   Greece 54.60 Q
4 Renée Poetschka   Australia 55.18
5 Mirjana Šola   Yugoslavia 55.52
6 Shanelle Porter   United States 56.63

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas. "WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1990 Plovdiv BUL Aug 8-12". WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"). Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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