# 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 400 metres

The girls' 400 metres at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held from 10 to 12 July.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Girls' 400 metres | Sabrina Bakare (GBR) | Olivia Baker (USA) | Tiffany James (JAM) |

## 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 | Marrakech, Morocco | 15 July 2005 |
| World Youth Leading | Olivia Baker (USA) | 52.71 | Edwardsville, IL, United States | 26 June 2013 |

## Heats

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

### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Tiffany James | Jamaica | 54.66 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Alanna Lally | Ireland | 55.15 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 6 | Ann-Kathrin Kopf | Germany | 55.34 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Zdenka Seidlová | Czech Republic | 55.65 | q |
| 5 | 7 | Sonia Nasarre | Spain | 57.54 | |
| 6 | 5 | Emilija Rudytė | Lithuania | 58.15 | |
| 7 | 3 | Livia Cristurean | Romania | 58.30 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Olivia Baker | United States | 54.41 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Liang Xiaojing | China | 55.19 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Susanne Walli | Austria | 55.33 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 6 | Abimbola Junaid | Nigeria | 55.62 | q |
| 5 | 7 | Maja Pogorevc | Slovenia | 55.80 | PB |
| 6 | 3 | Astrid Balanta | Colombia | 56.39 | PB |
| 7 | 4 | Anamarija Petters | Croatia | 57.40 | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Yanique McNeil | Jamaica | 54.69 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Huang Guifen | China | 54.92 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Anastasiya Kudryavtseva | Russia | 55.51 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Viktória Zahradníčková | Slovakia | 55.62 | q, PB |
| 5 | 8 | Liliya Manasipova | Uzbekistan | 57.35 | |
| 6 | 6 | Laurence Jones | Luxembourg | 57.60 | |
| | 2 | Büsra Yildirim | Turkey | DQ | |

### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | Edidiong Odiong | Nigeria | 55.18 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Emily Rose Norum | Norway | 56.24 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Mariam Abdul-Rashid | Canada | 56.80 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | María Simancas | Venezuela | 57.21 | |
| 5 | 3 | Eleonora Marchiando | Italy | 57.48 | |
| 6 | 7 | Kianeth Galván | Panama | 57.64 | |
| 7 | 4 | Fathin Faqihah Mohd Yusuf | Malaysia | 59.52 | |

### Heat 5

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Sabrina Bakare | Great Britain | 54.16 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Molly Blakey | Australia | 55.05 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Tarika Moses | British Virgin Islands | 55.87 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Yana Kachur | Ukraine | 56.00 | PB |
| 5 | 4 | Andreea Timofei | Romania | 56.48 | |
| 6 | 5 | Jimena Copara | Peru | 58.29 | |
| 7 | 8 | Nirmali M.P. Gamage | Sri Lanka | 59.24 | |

### Heat 6

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Nanako Matsumoto | Japan | 55.07 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Melissa Gomis | France | 55.34 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Shannon Gearey | New Zealand | 55.69 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Daniela Ledecká | Slovakia | 56.32 | PB |
| 5 | 6 | Jaydean Joseph | Grenada | 56.89 | PB |
| 6 | 4 | Mariana Perez | Dominican Republic | 57.23 | PB |
| 7 | 2 | Fanjalina | Madagascar | 59.99 | |
| | 8 | Galefele Moroko | Botswana | DQ | |

### Heat 7

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | Nguyen Thi Oanh | Vietnam | 54.64 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Kendra Clarke | Canada | 54.95 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Luca Palásti | Hungary | 55.67 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Alice Mangione | Italy | 56.76 | PB |
| 5 | 5 | Yvonne Vanhuvaone | Zimbabwe | 57.07 | |
| 6 | 6 | Kadeisha Hield | Bahamas | 57.63 | |
| | 3 | Kseniia Prokopeva | Kyrgyzstan | DQ | |

## 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 | 4 | Sabrina Bakare | Great Britain | 53.23 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 6 | Edidiong Odiong | Nigeria | 54.15 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 8 | Luca Palásti | Hungary | 54.47 | q, PB |
| 4 | 5 | Nanako Matsumoto | Japan | 54.64 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Zdeňka Seidlová | Czech Republic | 54.94 | |
| 6 | 3 | Liang Xiaojing | China | 55.46 | |
| 7 | 2 | Shannon Gearey | New Zealand | 55.77 | |
| 8 | 7 | Melissa Gomis | France | 56.03 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Tiffany James | Jamaica | 53.70 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Thi Oanh Nguyen | Vietnam | 54.25 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Molly Blakey | Australia | 54.95 | |
| 4 | 7 | Ann-Kathrin Kopf | Germany | 55.14 | |
| 5 | 8 | Susanne Walli | Austria | 55.29 | PB |
| 6 | 2 | Viktória Zahradníčková | Slovakia | 55.99 | |
| 7 | 4 | Kendra Clarke | Canada | 56.01 | |
| 8 | 1 | Abimbola Junaid | Nigeria | 56.33 | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Olivia Baker | United States | 53.63 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Anastasiya Kudryavtseva | Russia | 54.85 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 4 | Huang Guifen | China | 54.92 | |
| 4 | 8 | Emily Rose Norum | Norway | 55.17 | PB |
| 5 | 3 | Alanna Lally | Ireland | 55.40 | |
| 6 | 1 | Tarika Moses | British Virgin Islands | 56.65 | |
| 7 | 2 | Mariam Abdul-Rashid | Canada | 56.70 | |
| | 6 | Yanique McNeil | Jamaica | DQ | |

## Final

The final was won by Sabrika Bakare in 52.77 seconds.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Sabrina Bakare | Great Britain | 52.77 | PB |
| | 5 | Olivia Baker | United States | 53.38 | |
| | 4 | Tiffany James | Jamaica | 53.56 | |
| 4 | 7 | Thi Oanh Nyugen | Vietnam | 53.80 | PB |
| 5 | 3 | Edidiong Ofinome Odiong | Nigeria | 54.14 | PB |
| 6 | 2 | Nanako Matsumoto | Japan | 54.59 | |
| 7 | 8 | Anastasiya Kudryavtseva | Russia | 54.69 | PB |
| 8 | 1 | Luca Palásti | Hungary | 54.81 | |