1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
# 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 22 and 23 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Ulrike Urbansky Germany |
| - | - |
| Silver | Vicki Jamison United Kingdom |
| Bronze | Tanya Jarrett Jamaica |

## Results

### Final

23 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Ulrike Urbansky | Germany | 56.65 |
| | Vicki Jamison | United Kingdom | 57.57 |
| | Tanya Jarrett | Jamaica | 57.91 |
| 4 | Josephine Fowley | Australia | 58.52 |
| 5 | Svetlana Badrankova | Kazakhstan | 58.53 |
| 6 | Annika Kumlin | Finland | 58.80 |
| 7 | Medina Tudor | Romania | 58.90 |
| 8 | Yasnay Lescay | Cuba | 59.40 |

### Heats

22 August

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Josephine Fowley | Australia | 58.36 | Q |
| 2 | Annika Kumlin | Finland | 58.45 | Q |
| 3 | Svetlana Badrankova | Kazakhstan | 58.48 | q |
| 4 | Chou Ya-Chun | Chinese Taipei | 62.28 | |
| 5 | Yuko Iida | Japan | 63.56 | |
| | Astrid Joziasse | Netherlands | DNF | |
| | Yuliya Nosova | Russia | DNF | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ulrike Urbansky | Germany | 56.96 | Q |
| 2 | Vicki Jamison | United Kingdom | 57.49 | Q |
| 3 | Tanya Jarrett | Jamaica | 58.40 | q |
| 4 | Deniece Bell | Canada | 59.20 | |
| 5 | Char Foster | United States | 59.50 | |
| 6 | Florence Delaune | France | 60.35 | |
| 7 | Jennifer Marshall | Australia | 60.57 | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yasnay Lescay | Cuba | 59.01 | Q |
| 2 | Medina Tudor | Romania | 59.03 | Q |
| 3 | Wu Wei | China | 60.08 | |
| 4 | Elizabeth Ndubueze | Nigeria | 60.82 | |
| 5 | Ana Costa | Portugal | 62.00 | |
| 6 | Anika Ahrens | Germany | 62.48 | |
| 7 | Shontel Powell | United States | 62.56 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

* Australia (2)
* Canada (1)
* China (1)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (1)
* Germany (2)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (1)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Nigeria (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)
