Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' 400 metres
# Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' 400 metres

The girls’ 400 m competition at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held on 20–23 August 2014 in Nanjing Olympic Sports Center.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 20 August 2014 | 20:15 | Heats |
| 23 August 2014 | 20:35 | Final |

## Results

### Heats

Eight fastest athletes advanced to Final A, the others advanced to Final B, or C according to their times.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Athlete | Result | Notes | Q |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | 6 | Jessica Thornton (AUS) | 52.78 | PB | FA |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Meleni Rodney (GRN) | 53.95 | PB | FA |
| 2 | 3 | 6 | Salwa Naser (BRN) | 53.95 | PB | FA |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Brittny Ellis (USA) | 54.11 | | FA |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Ilaria Verderio (ITA) | 54.18 | | FA |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Kyra Constantine (CAN) | 54.24 | PB | FA |
| 7 | 1 | 8 | Sada Williams (BAR) | 54.26 | | FA |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Iyndra-Sareena Carti (FRA) | 54.42 | | FA |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Tiffany James (JAM) | 54.54 | | FB |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Yana Kachur (UKR) | 54.97 | | FB |
| 11 | 2 | 5 | Shaquania Dorsett (BAH) | 55.74 | | FB |
| 12 | 3 | 8 | Zion Corrales-Nelson (PHI) | 56.22 | PB | FB |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | Lyubov Ushakova (KAZ) | 56.30 | PB | FB |
| 14 | 2 | 8 | María Simancas (VEN) | 56.63 | | FB |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Astrid Balanta (COL) | 57.23 | | FB |
| 16 | 3 | 4 | Mariette Agbety (BEN) | 58.74 | | FC |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Paula de Brito (CPV) | 58.85 | PB | FC |
| 18 | 2 | 3 | Albenzinia soares (STP) | 1:00.60 | PB | FC |
| 19 | 1 | 2 | Margret Hassan (IOA) | 1:04.48 | | FC |
| 20 | 1 | 7 | Hannah May Jamal Hasim (BRU) | 1:04.88 | PB | FC |
| | 3 | 3 | Eve Burns (MHL) | DNF | | FC |

### Finals

**Final A**

| Rank | Final Placing | Lane | Athlete | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 1 | 4 | Jessica Thornton (AUS) | 52.50 | PB |
| | 2 | 5 | Salwa Naser (BRN) | 52.74 | PB |
| | 3 | 6 | Meleni Rodney (GRN) | 53.33 | PB |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Iyndra-Sareena Carti (FRA) | 53.54 | PB |
| 5 | 5 | 8 | Kyra Constantine (CAN) | 53.70 | PB |
| 6 | 6 | 7 | Brittny Ellis (USA) | 53.82 | |
| 7 | 7 | 9 | Ilaria Verderio (ITA) | 54.43 | |
| 8 | 8 | 3 | Sada Williams (BAR) | 54.93 | |

**Final B**

| Rank | Final Placing | Lane | Athlete | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 9 | 5 | Yana Kachur (UKR) | 54.48 | |
| 2 | 10 | 4 | Tiffany James (JAM) | 54.54 | |
| 3 | 11 | 8 | María Simancas (VEN) | 54.92 | |
| 4 | 12 | 7 | Zion Corrales-Nelson (PHI) | 55.32 | PB |
| 5 | 13 | 9 | Lyubov Ushakova (KAZ) | 55.43 | PB |
| 6 | 14 | 6 | Shaquania Dorsett (BAH) | 55.52 | |
| 7 | 15 | 3 | Astrid Balanta (COL) | 55.90 | |

**Final C**

| Rank | Final Placing | Lane | Athlete | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 16 | 4 | Paula de Brito (CPV) | 57.91 | PB |
| 2 | 17 | 5 | Mariette Agbety (BEN) | 58.74 | PB |
| 3 | 18 | 6 | Albenzinia soares (STP) | 1:00.96 | |
| 4 | 19 | 7 | Margret Hassan (IOA) | 1:01.72 | |
| 5 | 20 | 8 | Hannah May Jamal Hasim (BRU) | 1:03.98 | PB |
| | | 3 | Eve Burns (MHL) | DNS | |
