1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
# 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 18 September.

## Medalists

| Gold | Maria Magdalena Nedelcu Romania |
| - | - |
| Silver | Claudine Williams Jamaica |
| Bronze | Ionela Tîrlea Romania |

## Results

### Final

18 September

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Maria Magdalena Nedelcu | Romania | 51.84 |
| | Claudine Williams | Jamaica | 52.03 |
| | Ionela Tîrlea | Romania | 52.13 |
| 4 | Camille Noel | Canada | 52.98 |
| 5 | Hana Benešová | Czechoslovakia | 53.39 |
| 6 | Kazue Kakinuma | Japan | 53.45 |
| 7 | Imke Köhler | Germany | 53.73 |
| 8 | Bai Xiaoyun | China | 54.30 |

### Semifinals

17 September

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Claudine Williams | Jamaica | 52.88 | Q |
| 2 | Ionela Tîrlea | Romania | 52.90 | Q |
| 3 | Imke Köhler | Germany | 53.44 | Q |
| 4 | Bai Xiaoyun | China | 54.26 | Q |
| 5 | Monique Hennagan | United States | 54.27 | |
| 6 | Rachel Hale | Australia | 55.27 | |
| 7 | Barbora Dostálová | Czechoslovakia | 55.55 | |
| | Rabia Abdul Salam | Malaysia | DNS | |

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maria Magdalena Nedelcu | Romania | 52.87 | Q |
| 2 | Camille Noel | Canada | 53.26 | Q |
| 3 | Hana Benešová | Czechoslovakia | 53.58 | Q |
| 4 | Kazue Kakinuma | Japan | 53.81 | Q |
| 5 | Catherine Scott | Jamaica | 53.91 | |
| 6 | Hsu Pei-Chin | Chinese Taipei | 54.69 | |
| 7 | Donna Adamson | Australia | 55.17 | |
| 8 | Sharon Lev | Israel | 55.91 | |

### Heats

16 September

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Camille Noel | Canada | 53.20 | Q |
| 2 | Catherine Scott | Jamaica | 54.55 | Q |
| 3 | Hana Benešová | Czechoslovakia | 54.71 | Q |
| 4 | Donna Adamson | Australia | 54.91 | q |
| 5 | Sharon Lev | Israel | 55.44 | q |
| 6 | Keiko Amano | Japan | 55.61 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ionela Tîrlea | Romania | 53.49 | Q |
| 2 | Kazue Kakinuma | Japan | 53.92 | Q |
| 3 | Hsu Pei-Chin | Chinese Taipei | 55.03 | Q |
| 4 | Patrizia Spuri | Italy | 55.85 | |
| 5 | Cynthia Newsome | United States | 56.07 | |
| | Yana Burtasenkova | Commonwealth of Independent States | DNF | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Claudine Williams | Jamaica | 53.53 | Q |
| 2 | Bai Xiaoyun | China | 54.50 | Q |
| 3 | Imke Köhler | Germany | 54.83 | Q |
| 4 | Barbora Dostálová | Czechoslovakia | 55.45 | q |
| 5 | Helen Frost | United Kingdom | 55.94 | |
| 6 | Grace Birungi | Uganda | 56.10 | |

**Heat 4**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maria Magdalena Nedelcu | Romania | 53.65 | Q |
| 2 | Monique Hennagan | United States | 54.19 | Q |
| 3 | Rachel Hale | Australia | 54.78 | Q |
| 4 | Rabia Abdul Salam | Malaysia | 54.91 | q |
| 5 | Saidat Onanuga | Nigeria | 55.61 | |
| 6 | Zhang Hengyun | China | 56.06 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

* Australia (2)
* Canada (1)
* China (2)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Commonwealth of Independent States (1)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* Germany (1)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (1)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (2)
* Malaysia (1)
* Nigeria (1)
* Romania (2)
* Uganda (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)
