# 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 18 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Claudia Bartl East Germany |
| Silver | Kellie Roberts United States |
| Bronze | Svetlana Lukashevich Soviet Union |

## Results
### Final

18 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Claudia Bartl | East Germany | 56.76 |
| | Kellie Roberts | United States | 56.80 |
| | Svetlana Lukashevich | Soviet Union | 57.92 |
| 4 | Jill McDermid | Canada | 58.00 |
| 5 | Ana Maria Draghia | Romania | 58.74 |
| 6 | Shawn Moore | United States | 58.80 |
| 7 | Zdravka Georgieva | Bulgaria | 60.32 |
| 8 | Marina Matyakina | Soviet Union | 61.14 |

### Semifinals

17 July

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kellie Roberts | United States | 57.86 | Q |
| 2 | Jill McDermid | Canada | 58.27 | Q |
| 3 | Marina Matyakina | Soviet Union | 59.25 | Q |
| 4 | Ana Maria Draghia | Romania | 59.60 | Q |
| 5 | Marie Womplou | Côte d'Ivoire | 60.29 | |
| 6 | Dejana Rakita | Yugoslavia | 61.40 | |
| 7 | Jacinta Kimwetich | Kenya | 63.13 | |
| 8 | Ana María Núñez | Uruguay | 63.85 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Claudia Bartl | East Germany | 58.23 | Q |
| 2 | Svetlana Lukashevich | Soviet Union | 59.06 | Q |
| 3 | Shawn Moore | United States | 59.84 | Q |
| 4 | Zdravka Georgieva | Bulgaria | 61.19 | Q |
| 5 | Francesca Lanzara | Italy | 61.97 | |
| 6 | Miriam Alonso | Spain | 62.21 | |
| 7 | Adriana Martínez | Ecuador | 62.38 | |
| | Irena Dominc | Yugoslavia | DNS | |

### Heats

16 July

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Claudia Bartl | East Germany | 57.90 | Q |
| 2 | Svetlana Lukashevich | Soviet Union | 58.50 | Q |
| 3 | Shawn Moore | United States | 60.75 | Q |
| 4 | Dejana Rakita | Yugoslavia | 61.53 | Q |
| 5 | Jacinta Kimwetich | Kenya | 62.40 | q |
| 6 | Adriana Martínez | Ecuador | 62.94 | q |
| 7 | Rajwant Kaur | India | 66.82 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ana Maria Draghia | Romania | 60.12 | Q |
| 2 | Irena Dominc | Yugoslavia | 60.64 | Q |
| 3 | Marina Matyakina | Soviet Union | 60.86 | Q |
| 4 | Marie Womplou | Côte d'Ivoire | 60.89 | Q |
| 5 | Ana María Núñez | Uruguay | 64.86 | q |
| 6 | Marie-France Pare | Canada | 66.03 | |
| 7 | Niusha Mansilla | Bolivia | 66.88 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kellie Roberts | United States | 57.54 | Q |
| 2 | Jill McDermid | Canada | 58.94 | Q |
| 3 | Zdravka Georgieva | Bulgaria | 61.20 | Q |
| 4 | Francesca Lanzara | Italy | 61.36 | Q |
| 5 | Miriam Alonso | Spain | 63.84 | q |
| 6 | María Belehrí | Greece | 66.00 | |
| 7 | Alma Leticia Jiménez | Guatemala | 66.80 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
* Bolivia (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (2)
* Côte d'Ivoire (1)
* East Germany (1)
* Ecuador (1)
* Greece (1)
* Guatemala (1)
* India (1)
* Italy (1)
* Kenya (1)
* Romania (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Spain (1)
* United States (2)
* Uruguay (1)
* Yugoslavia (2)