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

The girls' 400 metres hurdles at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 6, 7 and 9 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Nnenya Hailey United States | Sarah Carli Australia | Zurian Hechavarría Cuba |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Leslie Maxie (USA) | 55.20 | San Jose, United States | 9 June 1984 |
| Championship Record | Ebony Collins (USA) | 55.96 | Marrakech, Morocco | 15 July 2005 |
| World Youth Leading | Ann Nwogu (NGR) | 58.51 | Calabar, Nigeria | 25 June 2011 |

## Heats

Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.

### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Izelle Neuhoff | South Africa | 59.97 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Vilde Svortevik | Norway | 1:00.57 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Eva Trošt | Slovenia | 1:01.10 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Andreea Cojocaru | Romania | 1:01.73 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Elizaveta Anikienko | Russia | 1:02.15 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Salomé Pracht-Kautz | France | 1:02.22 | q |
| 7 | 7 | Zhilan Salah Mahmood | Iraq | 1:11.96 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Amber Bryant-Brock | United States | 1:01.13 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Zurian Hechavarría | Cuba | 1:01.85 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Marina Swanepoel | South Africa | 1:02.24 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Maruša Mišmaš | Slovenia | 1:02.26 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Chloe Jamieson | Australia | 1:02.31 | |
| 6 | 7 | Anastassiya Ovsekova | Kazakhstan | 1:03.73 | |
| 7 | 4 | María Cristina Martínez | Mexico | 1:04.20 | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Sarah Carli | Australia | 59.06 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 3 | Kernesha Spann | Trinidad and Tobago | 59.96 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Tasabih Mohamed El Sayed | Sudan | 59.98 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Minori Tanaka | Japan | 1:00.18 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Émeline Bauwe | France | 1:01.20 | q, PB |
| 6 | 2 | Nóra Zajovics | Hungary | 1:06.79 | |
| - | 5 | Christine Salterberg | Germany | DQ | |

### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Sage Watson | Canada | 1:00.19 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Katsiaryna Verameyenka | Belarus | 1:00.39 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Hayley McLean | Great Britain | 1:00.85 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Oona Hujanen | Finland | 1:01.32 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Yuke Wang | China | 1:03.43 | |
| 6 | 7 | Maryia Roshchyn | Spain | 1:03.52 | |
| 7 | 2 | Bettina Raffalt | Austria | 1:03.77 | |

### Heat 5

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Nnenya Hailey | United States | 58.71 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Aya Takizawa | Japan | 59.86 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Ashley Taylor | Canada | 1:00.38 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 1 | Karolina Pahlitzsch | Germany | 1:00.91 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Megan Kiely | Ireland | 1:01.76 | q |
| 6 | 6 | Dihia Haddar | Algeria | 1:02.69 | |
| 7 | 7 | Durdona Turabekova | Uzbekistan | 1:06.14 | |

## Semifinals

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 | Sage Watson | Canada | 59.98 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Zurian Hechavarría | Cuba | 1:00.18 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Minori Tanaka | Japan | 1:00.19 | |
| 4 | 3 | Izelle Neuhoff | South Africa | 1:00.37 | |
| 5 | 7 | Eva Trošt | Slovenia | 1:01.18 | |
| 6 | 4 | Vilde Svortevik | Norway | 1:02.16 | |
| 7 | 2 | Émeline Bauwe | France | 1:02.28 | |
| 8 | 1 | Megan Kiely | Ireland | 1:03.23 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Nnenya Hailey | United States | 58.44 | Q, WYL |
| 2 | 7 | Hayley McLean | Great Britain | 58.74 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 6 | Aya Takizawa | Japan | 59.18 | q, PB |
| 4 | 5 | Kernesha Spann | Trinidad and Tobago | 1:00.26 | |
| 5 | 4 | Ashley Taylor | Canada | 1:00.42 | |
| 6 | 8 | Oona Hujanen | Finland | 1:01.43 | |
| 7 | 1 | Andreea Cojocaru | Romania | 1:02.70 | |
| 8 | 2 | Salomé Pracht-Kautz | France | 1:03.13 | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Tasabih Mohamed El Sayed | Sudan | 59.64 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 4 | Sarah Carli | Australia | 59.67 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Katsiaryna Veremeyenka | Belarus | 59.97 | q |
| 4 | 3 | Amber Bryant-Brock | United States | 1:00.18 | |
| 5 | 1 | Elizaveta Anikienko | Russia | 1:00.51 | |
| 6 | 7 | Marina Swanepoel | South Africa | 1:02.11 | |
| 7 | 8 | Karolina Pahlitzsch | Germany | 1:02.32 | |
| 8 | 2 | Maruša Mišmaš | Slovenia | 1:02.45 | |

## Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Nnenya Hailey | United States | 57.93 | WYL |
| | 8 | Sarah Carli | Australia | 58.05 | PB |
| | 7 | Zurian Hechavarría | Cuba | 58.37 | PB |
| 4 | 1 | Aya Takizawa | Japan | 58.80 | PB |
| 5 | 3 | Tasabih Mohamed El Sayed | Sudan | 58.91 | PB |
| 6 | 6 | Hayley McLean | Great Britain | 58.94 | |
| 7 | 2 | Katsiaryna Veremeyenka | Belarus | 59.76 | PB |
| 8 | 4 | Sage Watson | Canada | 1:01.04 | |