1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
# 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 21 and 22 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Ionela Tîrlea Romania |
| - | - |
| Silver | Virna De Angeli Italy |
| Bronze | Emma Holmqvist Sweden |

## Results

### Final

22 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Ionela Tîrlea | Romania | 56.25 |
| | Virna De Angeli | Italy | 56.93 |
| | Emma Holmqvist | Sweden | 57.23 |
| 4 | Zhu Wei | China | 58.10 |
| 5 | Rebecca Campbell | Australia | 58.60 |
| 6 | Kelly de Oliveira | Brazil | 59.15 |
| 7 | Claudia Salvarani | Italy | 59.39 |
| 8 | Ikiko Yamagata | Japan | 59.39 |

### Heats

21 July

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Zhu Wei | China | 58.59 | Q |
| 2 | Virna De Angeli | Italy | 59.23 | Q |
| 3 | Tanya Jarrett | Jamaica | 59.64 | |
| 4 | Rikke Rønholt | Denmark | 59.97 | |
| 5 | Yvonne Harrison | United States | 61.22 | |
| 6 | Adri van der Merwe | South Africa | 61.44 | |
| 7 | Kate Myers | Australia | 62.79 | |
| 8 | Allison Curbishley | United Kingdom | 66.68 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rebecca Campbell | Australia | 59.44 | Q |
| 2 | Kelly de Oliveira | Brazil | 60.14 | Q |
| 3 | Svetlana Badrankova | Kazakhstan | 60.44 | |
| 4 | Mayuko Hiro | Japan | 60.47 | |
| 5 | Char Foster | United States | 60.84 | |
| 6 | Amina Belkrochi | Morocco | 61.77 | |
| 7 | Wang Pei-shun | Chinese Taipei | 61.92 | |
| 8 | Andrea Blackett | Barbados | 63.52 | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ionela Tîrlea | Romania | 57.45 | Q |
| 2 | Emma Holmqvist | Sweden | 58.04 | Q |
| 3 | Ikiko Yamagata | Japan | 58.50 | q |
| 4 | Claudia Salvarani | Italy | 58.82 | q |
| 5 | Ronelle Ullrich | South Africa | 59.04 | |
| 6 | Sonia Bernard | France | 60.80 | |
| 7 | Yulia Bavilskaya | Russia | 61.81 | |
| 8 | Cui Xiuzhong | China | 64.67 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

* Australia (2)
* Barbados (1)
* Brazil (1)
* China (2)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Denmark (1)
* France (1)
* Italy (2)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (2)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Morocco (1)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (1)
* South Africa (2)
* Sweden (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)
