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

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.

## Medalists

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

## Results

### Final

19 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Lashinda Demus | United States | 54.70 |
| | Melaine Walker | Jamaica | 56.03 |
| | 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.

* Brazil (2)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Ecuador (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (2)
* Poland (1)
* Russia (1)
* South Africa (2)
* United States (2)
* Venezuela (1)
