# 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 2, 3 and 4 August 2022.

## Records

U20 standing records prior to the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows:
Standing records prior to the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships :
| World U20 Record | Sydney McLaughlin (USA) | 53.60 | Fayetteville, United States | 27 April 2018 |
| Championship Record | Lashinda Demus (USA) | 54.70 | Kingston, Jamaica | 19 July 2002 |
| World U20 Leading | Moa Granat (SWE) | 57.12 | Söderhamn, Sweden | 26 July 2022 |

## Results
### Round 1

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 6 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 6 | 8 | Ludovica Cavo | Italy | 57.77 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | Michelle Smith | United States Virgin Islands | 58.35 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Akala Garrett | United States | 58.40 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Michaela Rose | United States | 58.44 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 5 | Anje Nel | South Africa | 58.52 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Klara Koščak | Croatia | 58.84 | Q, NU20R |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Isabella Guthrie | Australia | 58.89 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Moe Matsuoka | Japan | 58.90 [.898] | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 8 | Wiktoria Oko | Poland | 58.90 [.900] | Q |
| 10 | 6 | 6 | Lara-Noelle Steinbrecher | Germany | 58.95 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 4 | Alessia Seramondi | Italy | 59.03 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Ophelia Pye | Great Britain | 59.04 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Antonia Sánchez | Mexico | 59.35 | q, PB |
| 14 | 5 | 3 | Hanna Karlsson | Sweden | 59.38 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 7 | Aleksandra Wołczak | Poland | 59.39 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | 6 | Oneika McAnnuff | Jamaica | 59.45 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 2 | Vivienne Morgenstern | Germany | 59.57 | Q |
| 18 | 1 | 6 | Amanda Henriques | Denmark | 59.62 | Q, PB |
| 19 | 5 | 5 | Marin Stray Gautadottir | Norway | 59.74 | q, PB |
| 20 | 4 | 3 | Sofia Lavreshina | Portugal | 59.88 | q, PB |
| 21 | 2 | 8 | Andrea Švecová | Slovakia | 1:00.07 | q, PB |
| 22 | 1 | 4 | Vasiliki-Paraskevi Mitsiouli | Greece | 1:00.20 | q |
| 23 | 2 | 6 | Yaroslava Yalysovetska | Ukraine | 1:00.29 | q |
| 24 | 6 | 2 | Lucy Mcglynn | Ireland | 1:00.30 | |
| 25 | 3 | 8 | Simone De Wet | South Africa | 1:00.35 | Q |
| 26 | 6 | 4 | Ester Bendová | Czech Republic | 1:00.40 | |
| 27 | 5 | 1 | Neža Dolenc | Slovenia | 1:00.44 | |
| 28 | 3 | 7 | Esther Joseph | Nigeria | 1:00.51 | |
| 29 | 6 | 7 | Juliana Demeštšenko | Estonia | 1:00.71 | |
| 30 | 3 | 5 | Liliet Cabrera | Cuba | 1:00.73 | |
| 31 | 4 | 6 | Leticia Quingostas | Brazil | 1:00.80 | |
| 32 | 3 | 3 | Safhia Hinds | Jamaica | 1:00.97 | |
| 33 | 5 | 8 | Jenna James | Canada | 1:00.99 | |
| 34 | 4 | 5 | Gerda Kirkytė | Lithuania | 1:01.00 | |
| 35 | 6 | 3 | Anna Haberthür | Switzerland | 1:01.72 | |
| 36 | 5 | 2 | Amesha Piumanthi Hettirachchi Hettiarachchilage | Sri Lanka | 1:02.11 | |
| 37 | 2 | 7 | Anja Ramić | Croatia | 1:02.28 | |
| 38 | 2 | 3 | Simmy | India | 1:02.58 | |
| 39 | 1 | 8 | Ema Sarafinaitė | Lithuania | 1:02.71 | |
| 40 | 3 | 6 | Sita Sibiri | Burkina Faso | 1:03.52 | |
| 41 | 5 | 4 | Juliana Katerine Garces | Colombia | 1:04.20 | |
| 42 | 1 | 2 | Savannah Sutherland | Canada | 1:04.46 | |
| 43 | 1 | 7 | Camille Cristina De Oliveira | Brazil | 1:10.73 | |
| | 4 | 7 | Aada Aho | Finland | DQ | TR22.6.1 |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | Akala Garrett | United States | 57.28 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 1 | 6 | Hanna Karlsson | Sweden | 57.34 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Anje Nel | South Africa | 57.76 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Ludovica Cavo | Italy | 57.78 | q |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Michaela Rose | United States | 57.83 [.821] | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Michelle Smith | United States Virgin Islands | 57.83 [.826] | Q, NU20R |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Alessia Seramondi | Italy | 58.07 | q |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Wiktoria Oko | Poland | 58.28 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Moe Matsuoka | Japan | 58.30 [.294] | |
| 10 | 1 | 5 | Aleksandra Wołczak | Poland | 59.39 [.299] | |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Klara Koščak | Croatia | 58.40 | NU20R |
| 12 | 2 | 8 | Ophelia Pye | Great Britain | 58.49 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Antonia Sánchez | Mexico | 58.74 | PB |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Lara-Noelle Steinbrecher | Germany | 58.77 | |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Vivienne Morgenstern | Germany | 59.23 | |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Marin Stray Gautadottir | Norway | 59.62 | PB |
| 17 | 3 | 8 | Oneika McAnnuff | Jamaica | 59.74 | |
| 18 | 1 | 7 | Simone De Wet | South Africa | 59.85 | |
| 19 | 2 | 2 | Vasiliki-Paraskevi Mitsiouli | Greece | 59.97 | |
| 20 | 2 | 7 | Amanda Henriques | Denmark | 1:00.47 | |
| 21 | 1 | 2 | Yaroslava Yalysovetska | Ukraine | 1:00.71 | |
| 22 | 3 | 2 | Sofia Lavreshina | Portugal | 1:00.85 | |
| 23 | 3 | 1 | Andrea Švecová | Slovakia | 1:01.11 | |
| | 2 | 5 | Isabella Guthrie | Australia | DQ | TR22.6.1 |

### Final

The final was held on 4 August at 17:14
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 6 | Akala Garrett | United States | 56.16 | WU20L |
| | 3 | Hanna Karlsson | Sweden | 56.71 | PB |
| | 4 | Michaela Rose | United States | 56.86 | PB |
| 4 | 5 | Anje Nel | South Africa | 57.47 | PB |
| 5 | 7 | Michelle Smith | United States Virgin Islands | 57.48 | NU20R |
| 6 | 8 | Wiktoria Oko | Poland | 58.56 | |
| 7 | 1 | Ludovica Cavo | Italy | 58.72 | |
| 8 | 2 | Alessia Seramondi | Italy | 1:01.78 | |