# 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9, 10 and 11 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Takecia Jameson United States |
| Silver | Janeil Bellille Trinidad and Tobago |
| Bronze | Meghan Beesley United Kingdom |

## Results
### Final

11 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Takecia Jameson | United States | 56.29 |
| | Janeil Bellille | Trinidad and Tobago | 56.84 |
| | Meghan Beesley | United Kingdom | 57.08 |
| 4 | Hanna Titimets | Ukraine | 57.22 |
| 5 | Laura Hansen | Germany | 57.46 |
| 6 | Hanna Yaroshchuk | Ukraine | 58.43 |
| 7 | Frida Persson | Sweden | 58.62 |
| 8 | Nikita Tracey | Jamaica | 59.05 |

### Semifinals

10 July

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Meghan Beesley | United Kingdom | 57.24 | Q |
| 2 | Janeil Bellille | Trinidad and Tobago | 57.54 | Q |
| 3 | Nikita Tracey | Jamaica | 57.84 | Q |
| 4 | Hanna Yaroshchuk | Ukraine | 58.00 | q |
| 5 | Andreea Ionescu | Romania | 58.21 | |
| 6 | Fayza Omer Jomaa | Sudan | 58.22 | |
| 7 | Benedikte Hauge | Norway | 59.16 | |
| 8 | Christiane Klopsch | Germany | 60.39 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Takecia Jameson | United States | 57.31 | Q |
| 2 | Laura Hansen | Germany | 57.73 | Q |
| 3 | Hanna Titimets | Ukraine | 57.86 | Q |
| 4 | Frida Persson | Sweden | 58.04 | q |
| 5 | Sarah Wells | Canada | 58.58 | |
| 6 | Monika Kopycka | Poland | 59.34 | |
| 7 | Brittney McGlone | Australia | 60.05 | |
| | Shana-Gaye Tracey | Jamaica | DNF | |

### Heats

9 July

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andreea Ionescu | Romania | 59.05 | Q |
| 2 | Fayza Omer Jomaa | Sudan | 59.51 | Q |
| 3 | Meghan Beesley | United Kingdom | 59.83 | Q |
| 4 | Kalyn Sheehan | Ireland | 59.88 | |
| 5 | Emilia Granqvist | Sweden | 60.59 | |
| 6 | Taissa Makhmayeva | Kazakhstan | 62.16 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sarah Wells | Canada | 58.89 | Q |
| 2 | Shana-Gaye Tracey | Jamaica | 58.95 | Q |
| 3 | Hanna Titimets | Ukraine | 59.16 | Q |
| 4 | Monika Kopycka | Poland | 59.41 | q |
| 5 | Amélie Fosse | France | 59.97 | |
| 6 | Emma Millard | Finland | 60.13 | |
| 7 | Kori Carter | United States | 61.20 | |
| 8 | Mila Andrić | Serbia | 61.40 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Frida Persson | Sweden | 58.81 | Q |
| 2 | Takecia Jameson | United States | 59.16 | Q |
| 3 | Laura Hansen | Germany | 59.20 | Q |
| 4 | Olesya Tsaranok | Russia | 59.97 | |
| 5 | Jessie Barr | Ireland | 60.00 | |
| 6 | Latoya Griffith | Barbados | 60.61 | |
| 7 | Evelin Farsang | Hungary | 61.57 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nikita Tracey | Jamaica | 57.58 | Q |
| 2 | Janeil Bellille | Trinidad and Tobago | 58.40 | Q |
| 3 | Hanna Yaroshchuk | Ukraine | 58.58 | Q |
| 4 | Benedikte Hauge | Norway | 58.89 | q |
| 5 | Brittney McGlone | Australia | 59.39 | q |
| 6 | Christiane Klopsch | Germany | 59.50 | q |
| 7 | Gorana Cvijetic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 60.67 | |
| 8 | Elif Yıldırım | Turkey | 61.06 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (1)
* Barbados (1)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Canada (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (1)
* Germany (2)
* Hungary (1)
* Ireland (2)
* Jamaica (2)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (1)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (1)
* Serbia (1)
* Sudan (1)
* Sweden (2)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Turkey (1)
* Ukraine (2)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)