# 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 400 metres

The girls' 400 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 6, 7 and 8 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Shaunae Miller Bahamas | Christian Brennan Canada | Olivia James Jamaica |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Li Jing (CHN) | 50.01 | Shanghai, China | 18 October 1997 |
| Championship Record | Nawal El Jack (SUD) | 51.19 | Marrakesh, Morocco | 15 July 2005 |
| World Youth Leading | Chrisann Gordon (JAM) | 51.62 | Kingston, Jamaica | 2 April 2011 |
No new records were set during the competition.

## Heats

Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified.

### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bianca Răzor | Romania | 54.15 | Q |
| 2 | Ella Räsänen | Finland | 54.43 | Q |
| 3 | Bárbara Camblor | Spain | 55.64 | Q |
| 4 | Dorotea Rebernik | Slovenia | 55.95 | q, PB |
| 5 | Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo | Italy | 56.19 | q |
| 6 | Ines Futterknecht | Austria | 56.49 | |
| 7 | Ingrid Yahoska Narvaez | Nicaragua | 58.74 | PB |
| 8 | Tahlie Cablayan | Philippines | 59.58 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Shaunae Miller | Bahamas | 54.39 | Q |
| 2 | Brigitte Ntiamoah | France | 57.06 | Q |
| 3 | Anna Parfenova | Russia | 57.07 | Q |
| 4 | Stephanie Wicksell | South Africa | 57.19 | |
| 5 | Selam Abrhaley | Ethiopia | 57.52 | PB |
| 6 | Elvira Vázquez | Spain | 57.98 | |
| 7 | Bojana Kalicanin | Serbia | 58.97 | |
| 8 | Park Seong-myun | South Korea | 59.28 | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Chrisann Gordon | Jamaica | 53.52 | Q |
| 2 | Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz | Poland | 53.71 | Q, PB |
| 3 | Modesta Morauskaitė | Lithuania | 55.81 | Q, PB |
| 4 | Kristina Dudek | Croatia | 55.89 | q, PB |
| 5 | Anastasiya Aslanidi | Russia | 56.38 | |
| 6 | Lourdes Dallazem | Brazil | 57.21 | |
| 7 | Tiguida Diarouma | France | 58.14 | |

### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Robin Reynolds | United States | 54.59 | Q |
| 2 | Florence Uwakwe | Nigeria | 54.72 | Q |
| 3 | Blanka Kuta | Poland | 56.86 | Q |
| 4 | Ayaka Nagura | Japan | 57.01 | |
| 5 | Frédérique Hansen | Luxembourg | 57.13 | SB |
| 6 | Christine Botlogetswe | Botswana | 59.13 | |
| 7 | Naomi Blaz | Guam | 1:03.18 | |
| – | Glenda Davis | Costa Rica | DNF | |

### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Olivia James | Jamaica | 54.78 | Q |
| 2 | Kendall Baisden | United States | 55.58 | Q |
| 3 | Anja Benko | Slovenia | 55.97 | Q |
| 4 | Bianka Kéri | Hungary | 56.26 | q |
| 5 | Oksana Ralko | Ukraine | 56.41 | |
| 6 | Mareike Wolhüter | South Africa | 58.92 | |
| 7 | Elina Mikhina | Kazakhstan | 1:00.44 | SB |
| 8 | Loth Toni | Benin | 1:01.37 | |

### Heat 6

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Christian Brennan | Canada | 53.83 | Q |
| 2 | Rita Ossai | Nigeria | 55.11 | Q |
| 3 | Ylenia Vitale | Italy | 55.63 | Q, PB |
| 4 | Kateryna Klymyuk | Ukraine | 55.91 | q |
| 5 | Priyanka Mondal | India | 56.27 | q, PB |
| 6 | Neviah Mongina Michira | Kenya | 57.46 | PB |
| 7 | Lorayna Lima | Brazil | 57.55 | |
| 8 | Asli Arik | Turkey | 57.64 | |

## Semifinal

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Chrisann Gordon | Jamaica | 52.79 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Robin Reynolds | United States | 53.21 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz | Poland | 53.97 | |
| 4 | 8 | Ylenia Vitale | Italy | 55.29 | PB |
| 5 | 7 | Anna Parfenova | Russia | 55.40 | |
| 6 | 2 | Kristina Dudek | Croatia | 56.49 | |
| 7 | 1 | Priyanka Mondal | India | 57.16 | |
| 8 | 4 | Brigitte Ntiamoah | France | 57.38 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Shaunae Miller | Bahamas | 52.92 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Kendall Baisden | United States | 53.32 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Bianca Răzor | Romania | 53.51 | q |
| 4 | 3 | Florence Uwakwe | Nigeria | 54.11 | |
| 5 | 8 | Modesta Morauskaité | Lithuania | 55.55 | PB |
| 6 | 7 | Anja Benko | Slovenia | 55.89 | |
| 7 | 1 | Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo | Italy | 56.46 | |
| 8 | 2 | Bianka Kéri | Hungary | 56.97 | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Christian Brennan | Canada | 53.15 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Olivia James | Jamaica | 53.51 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Ella Räsänen | Finland | 53.92 | q |
| 4 | 6 | Rita Ossai | Nigeria | 54.02 | |
| 5 | 1 | Kateryna Klymyuk | Ukraine | 56.15 | |
| 6 | 8 | Bárbara Camblor | Spain | 56.25 | |
| 7 | 2 | Dorotea Rebernik | Slovenia | 57.05 | |
| 8 | 7 | Blanka Kuta | Poland | 58.35 | |

## Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 6 | Shaunae Miller | Bahamas | 51.84 |
| | 5 | Christian Brennan | Canada | 52.12 |
| | 7 | Olivia James | Jamaica | 52.14 |
| 4 | 3 | Robin Reynolds | United States | 52.72 |
| 5 | 1 | Bianca Răzor | Romania | 52.82 |
| 6 | 8 | Kendall Baisden | United States | 53.01 |
| 7 | 4 | Chrisann Gordon | Jamaica | 53.31 |
| 8 | 2 | Ella Räsänen | Finland | 54.55 |