The girls’ 400 m competition at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held on 20–23 August 2014 in Nanjing Olympic Sports Center.
| Athletics – Girls' 400 metres at the II Summer Youth Olympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre | ||||||||||||
| Date | August 20–23 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 21 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Time | Round |
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| 20 August 2014 | 20:15 | Heats |
| 23 August 2014 | 20:35 | Final |
Results
editHeats
editEight fastest athletes advanced to Final A, the others advanced to Final B, or C according to their times.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Athlete | Result | Notes | Q |
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| 1 | 1 | 6 |  Jessica Thornton (AUS) |
52.78 | PB | FA |
| 2 | 1 | 5 |  Meleni Rodney (GRN) |
53.95 | PB | FA |
| 2 | 3 | 6 |  Salwa Naser (BRN) |
53.95 | PB | FA |
| 4 | 3 | 5 |  Brittny Ellis (USA) |
54.11 | FA | |
| 5 | 1 | 4 |  Ilaria Verderio (ITA) |
54.18 | FA | |
| 6 | 2 | 4 |  Kyra Constantine (CAN) |
54.24 | PB | FA |
| 7 | 1 | 8 |  Sada Williams (BAR) |
54.26 | FA | |
| 8 | 3 | 2 |  Iyndra-Sareena Carti (FRA) |
54.42 | FA | |
| 9 | 2 | 6 |  Tiffany James (JAM) |
54.54 | FB | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 |  Yana Kachur (UKR) |
54.97 | FB | |
| 11 | 2 | 5 |  Shaquania Dorsett (BAH) |
55.74 | FB | |
| 12 | 3 | 8 |  Zion Corrales-Nelson (PHI) |
56.22 | PB | FB |
| 13 | 1 | 3 |  Lyubov Ushakova (KAZ) |
56.30 | PB | FB |
| 14 | 2 | 8 |  María Simancas (VEN) |
56.63 | FB | |
| 15 | 3 | 7 |  Astrid Balanta (COL) |
57.23 | FB | |
| 16 | 3 | 4 |  Mariette Agbety (BEN) |
58.74 | FC | |
| 17 | 2 | 2 |  Paula de Brito (CPV) |
58.85 | PB | FC |
| 18 | 2 | 3 |  Albenzinia soares (STP) |
1:00.60 | PB | FC |
| 19 | 1 | 2 |  Margret Hassan (IOA) |
1:04.48 | FC | |
| 20 | 1 | 7 |  Hannah May Jamal Hasim (BRU) |
1:04.88 | PB | FC |
| 3 | 3 |  Eve Burns (MHL) |
DNF | FC |
Finals
editFinal A
edit| Rank | Final Placing | Lane | Athlete | Result | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Jessica Thornton (AUS) |
52.50 | PB |
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2 | 5 | Salwa Naser (BRN) |
52.74 | PB |
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3 | 6 | Meleni Rodney (GRN) |
53.33 | PB |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Iyndra-Sareena Carti (FRA) |
53.54 | PB |
| 5 | 5 | 8 | Kyra Constantine (CAN) |
53.70 | PB |
| 6 | 6 | 7 | Brittny Ellis (USA) |
53.82 | |
| 7 | 7 | 9 | Ilaria Verderio (ITA) |
54.43 | |
| 8 | 8 | 3 | Sada Williams (BAR) |
54.93 |
Final B
edit| Rank | Final Placing | Lane | Athlete | Result | Notes |
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| 1 | 9 | 5 | Yana Kachur (UKR) |
54.48 | |
| 2 | 10 | 4 | Tiffany James (JAM) |
54.54 | |
| 3 | 11 | 8 | María Simancas (VEN) |
54.92 | |
| 4 | 12 | 7 | Zion Corrales-Nelson (PHI) |
55.32 | PB |
| 5 | 13 | 9 | Lyubov Ushakova (KAZ) |
55.43 | PB |
| 6 | 14 | 6 | Shaquania Dorsett (BAH) |
55.52 | |
| 7 | 15 | 3 | Astrid Balanta (COL) |
55.90 |
Final C
edit| Rank | Final Placing | Lane | Athlete | Result | Notes |
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| 1 | 16 | 4 | Paula de Brito (CPV) |
57.91 | PB |
| 2 | 17 | 5 | Mariette Agbety (BEN) |
58.74 | PB |
| 3 | 18 | 6 | Albenzinia soares (STP) |
1:00.96 | |
| 4 | 19 | 7 | Margret Hassan (IOA) |
1:01.72 | |
| 5 | 20 | 8 | Hannah May Jamal Hasim (BRU) |
1:03.98 | PB |
| 3 | Eve Burns (MHL) |
DNS |