2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
# 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 19 and 21 October.

## Medalists

| Gold | Jana Pittman Australia |
| - | - |
| Silver | Marjolein de Jong Netherlands |
| Bronze | Melaine Walker Jamaica |

## Results

### Final

21 October

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Jana Pittman | Australia | 56.27 |
| | Marjolein de Jong | Netherlands | 56.50 |
| | Melaine Walker | Jamaica | 56.96 |
| 4 | Lantosoa Razafinjanahary | Madagascar | 58.14 |
| 5 | Irēna Žauna | Latvia | 58.93 |
| 6 | Zofia Malachowska | Poland | 59.03 |
| 7 | Perla dos Santos | Brazil | 59.36 |
| 8 | Karolina Tłustochowska | Poland | 59.49 |

### Heats

19 October

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jana Pittman | Australia | 56.16 | Q |
| 2 | Marjolein de Jong | Netherlands | 56.26 | Q |
| 3 | Melaine Walker | Jamaica | 57.57 | q |
| 4 | Larissa Kettenis | Germany | 58.87 | |
| 5 | Patrícia Lopes | Portugal | 59.34 | |
| 6 | Nicola Sanders | United Kingdom | 60.07 | |
| 7 | Claire Ragot | France | 61.47 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lantosoa Razafinjanahary | Madagascar | 57.29 | Q |
| 2 | Karolina Tłustochowska | Poland | 57.97 | Q |
| 3 | Randi Smith | United States | 59.08 | |
| 4 | Alena Rücklová | Czech Republic | 59.43 | |
| 5 | Lara Damiani | Italy | 59.86 | |
| 6 | Yusmelys García | Venezuela | 60.09 | |
| 7 | Sapinder Kaur | India | 60.50 | |
| 8 | Alicia Cave | Trinidad and Tobago | 61.39 | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Irēna Žauna | Latvia | 58.23 | Q |
| 2 | Zofia Malachowska | Poland | 58.33 | Q |
| 3 | Perla dos Santos | Brazil | 58.40 | q |
| 4 | Sira Córdoba | Colombia | 58.60 | |
| 5 | Pamela Märzendorfer | Austria | 59.03 | |
| 6 | Tina Kron | Germany | 59.65 | |
| 7 | Anca Liliana Cosariu | Romania | 61.36 | |
| | Rachel Delphin | Australia | DQ | IAAF rule 163.3 |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

* Australia (2)
* Austria (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Colombia (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* France (1)
* Germany (2)
* India (1)
* Italy (1)
* Jamaica (1)
* Latvia (1)
* Madagascar (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Poland (2)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (1)
* Venezuela (1)
