title: 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 400 metres
text: # 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 400 metres
  
  The Girls' 400 metres at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 12–14 July.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  
  ## 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 | Arria Minor (USA) | 52.05 | Sacramento, California, United States | 24 June 2017 |
  
  ## Heats
  
  Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest qualified.
  
  | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Doneisha Anderson | Bahamas |
  | 1 | 3 | Bianca Georgiana Anton | Romania |
  | 1 | 4 | Maryam Mohebbi | Iran |
  | 1 | 5 | Hana Amsalu | Ethiopia |
  | 1 | 6 | Niddy Mingilishi | Zambia |
  | 1 | 7 | Elena Georgieva | Bulgaria |
  | 2 | 2 | Giovana Rosalia dos Santos | Brazil |
  | 2 | 3 | Mary Moraa | Kenya |
  | 2 | 4 | Wendira Moss | Bahamas |
  | 2 | 5 | Katarina Sekulic | Serbia |
  | 2 | 6 | Dandi Jyothika Sri | India |
  | 2 | 7 | Aliya Boshnak | Jordan |
  | 3 | 1 | Linda Philip Mamun | Athletes Refugee Team |
  | 3 | 2 | Knowledga Omovoh | Nigeria |
  | 3 | 3 | Milagros Durán | Dominican Republic |
  | 3 | 4 | Liang Yina | China |
  | 3 | 5 | Naledi Lopang | Botswana |
  | 3 | 6 | Maria Scrob | Romania |
  | 3 | 7 | Shaquena Foote | Jamaica |
  | 4 | 2 | Maryana Shostak | Ukraine |
  | 4 | 3 | Barbora Malíková | Czech Republic |
  | 4 | 4 | Sharon Jebet | Kenya |
  | 4 | 5 | Uwemedino Akpan Abasiono | Nigeria |
  | 4 | 6 | Valery Montenegro | Venezuela |
  | 4 | 7 | Laura Kaufmann | Germany |
  | 4 | 8 | Johanna Bangala Ikabu | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
  