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

The women's 400 metres event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 17, 18 and 20 October.

Medalists

Gold	Jana Pittman Australia
Silver	Aneta Lemiesz Poland
Bronze	Norma González Colombia

Results

Final

20 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jana Pittman	Australia	52.45
	Aneta Lemiesz	Poland	52.78
	Norma González	Colombia	53.30
4	Maria Rus	Romania	53.46
5	Natalya Ivanova	Russia	53.58
6	Natalya Pygyda	Ukraine	53.69
7	Kareen Gayle	Jamaica	53.95
8	Martina McCarthy	Ireland	54.32

Semifinals

18 October

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jana Pittman	Australia	53.00	Q
2	Aneta Lemiesz	Poland	53.09	Q
3	Maria Rus	Romania	53.38	Q
4	Martina McCarthy	Ireland	53.61	Q
5	Sheryl Morgan	Jamaica	53.64
6	Lisa Miller	United Kingdom	53.86
7	Antonina Yefremova	Ukraine	54.29
8	Rosibel García	Colombia	56.09

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Norma González	Colombia	53.42	Q
2	Kareen Gayle	Jamaica	53.69	Q
3	Natalya Ivanova	Russia	53.79	Q
4	Natalya Pygyda	Ukraine	54.02	Q
5	Jenny Meadows	United Kingdom	54.27
6	Adela Marchis	Romania	54.73
7	Katerina Dressler	Australia	54.78
8	Eileen Müller	Germany	55.07

Heats

17 October

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jana Pittman	Australia	54.01	Q
2	Martina McCarthy	Ireland	54.14	Q
3	Sheryl Morgan	Jamaica	54.38	Q
4	Eileen Müller	Germany	54.72	q
5	Sapinder Kaur	India	56.52
6	Tiandra Ponteen	Saint Kitts and Nevis	57.09

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Norma González	Colombia	53.79	Q
2	Kareen Gayle	Jamaica	53.82	Q
3	Jenny Meadows	United Kingdom	53.85	Q
4	Antonina Yefremova	Ukraine	53.88	q
5	Daniela Reina	Italy	55.12
6	Silja Ulfarsdóttir	Iceland	55.40
7	Evodie Lydie Saramandji	Central African Republic	61.21
	Joanne Cuddihy	Ireland	DQ

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lisa Miller	United Kingdom	53.91	Q
2	Aneta Lemiesz	Poland	54.02	Q
3	Maria Rus	Romania	54.20	Q
4	Katerina Dressler	Australia	54.25	q
5	Hazel-Ann Regis	Grenada	56.33

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Natalya Pygyda	Ukraine	54.27	Q
2	Adela Marchis	Romania	54.36	Q
3	Natalya Ivanova	Russia	54.63	Q
4	Rosibel García	Colombia	54.82	q
5	Maren Schulze	Germany	55.49
6	Tatjana Lojanica	Yugoslavia	56.51
7	Mereoni Raluve	Fiji	57.73

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

• Australia (2)
• Central African Republic (1)
• Colombia (2)
• Fiji (1)
• Germany (2)
• Grenada (1)
• Iceland (1)
• India (1)
• Ireland (2)
• Italy (1)
• Jamaica (2)
• Poland (1)
• Romania (2)
• Russia (1)
• Saint Kitts and Nevis (1)
• Ukraine (2)
• United Kingdom (2)
• Yugoslavia (1)