title: 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
text: # 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
  
  The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 17 and 19 July.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Lashinda Demus United States |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Melaine Walker Jamaica |
  | Bronze | Camille Robinson Jamaica |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  19 July
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Lashinda Demus | United States | 54.70 |
  | | Melaine Walker | Jamaica | 56.03 |
  | | Camille Robinson | Jamaica | 56.14 |
  | 4 | Tiffany Ross | United States | 56.52 |
  | 5 | Zuzana Hejnová | Czech Republic | 58.42 |
  | 6 | Yusmelys García | Venezuela | 58.46 |
  | 7 | Monique Balsamo | South Africa | 58.60 |
  | 8 | Olga Nikolayeva | Russia | 59.97 |
  
  ### Heats
  
  17 July
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Lashinda Demus | United States | 57.38 | Q |
  | 2 | Camille Robinson | Jamaica | 57.71 | Q |
  | 3 | Yusmelys García | Venezuela | 59.07 | q |
  | 4 | Monique Balsamo | South Africa | 59.25 | q |
  | 5 | Amanda Dias | Brazil | 60.74 | |
  | 6 | Céline Landmann | France | 60.85 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Tiffany Ross | United States | 59.54 | Q |
  | 2 | Olga Nikolayeva | Russia | 59.83 | Q |
  | 3 | Raquel da Costa | Brazil | 59.93 | |
  | 4 | Sara Jander | Germany | 60.53 | |
  | 5 | Gabriela Plocka | Poland | 61.11 | |
  | 6 | Chisa Nishio | Japan | 61.80 | |
  | 7 | Géraldine Lécefel | France | 63.15 | |
  
  **Heat 3**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Melaine Walker | Jamaica | 57.39 | Q |
  | 2 | Zuzana Hejnová | Czech Republic | 59.31 | Q |
  | 3 | Sachiko Eguchi | Japan | 59.43 | |
  | 4 | Chantelle Terblanche | South Africa | 59.98 | |
  | 5 | Katharina Gröb | Germany | 61.27 | |
  | 6 | Lucy Jaramillo | Ecuador | 62.97 | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Brazil (2)
  * Czech Republic (1)
  * Ecuador (1)
  * France (2)
  * Germany (2)
  * Jamaica (2)
  * Japan (2)
  * Poland (1)
  * Russia (1)
  * South Africa (2)
  * United States (2)
  * Venezuela (1)
  