Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

Women's 400 metres hurdles

at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad

Venue

Dates

17 August 2008 (heats)
18 August 2008 (semi-finals)
20 August 2008 (final)

Competitors

27 from 21 nations

Winning time

52.64 s OR

Medalists

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 17–20 August at the Beijing National Stadium.^[1]

The qualifying standards were 55.60 s (A standard) and 56.50 s (B standard).^[2]

Schedule

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record	Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS)	52.34	Tula, Russia	8 August 2003
Olympic record	Fani Halkia (GRE)	52.77	Athens, Greece	22 August 2004

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	OR	WR
20 August	Final	Melaine Walker	Jamaica	52.64	OR

The first three runners of each heat (Q) plus the next four overall fastest runners (q) qualified for the Semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes^[3]
1	3	Melaine Walker	Jamaica	54.46	Q
2	4	Ekaterina Bikert	Russia	55.15	Q
3	3	Anastasiya Rabchenyuk	Ukraine	55.18	Q
4	2	Tasha Danvers	Great Britain	55.19	Q, SB
5	3	Tsvetelina Kirilova	Bulgaria	55.22	Q, PB
6	2	Anastasiya Ott	Russia	55.34	Q
7	4	Anna Jesień	Poland	55.35	Q
8	1	Tiffany Ross-Williams	United States	55.51	Q
9	1	Irina Obedina	Russia	55.71	Q
10	2	Nickiesha Wilson	Jamaica	55.75	Q
11	1	Satomi Kubokura	Japan	55.82	Q, SB
12	4	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	55.91	Q
13	3	Queen Harrison	United States	55.96	q
14	2	Angela Morosanu	Romania	56.07	q, SB
15	2	Sheena Tosta	United States	56.12	q
16	3	Aïssata Soulama	Burkina Faso	56.37	q
17	1	Shevon Stoddart	Jamaica	56.52
18	2	Nikolina Horvat	Croatia	56.65
19	4	Tatyana Azarova	Kazakhstan	56.88
20	4	Muna Jabir Adam	Sudan	57.16
21	1	Ieva Zunda	Latvia	57.43
22	1	Lucimar Teodoro	Brazil	57.68
23	4	Josanne Lucas	Trinidad and Tobago	57.76
24	3	Carole Kaboud Mebam	Cameroon	57.81
25	2	Michelle Carey	Ireland	57.99
26	4	Laia Forcadell	Spain	58.64
27	3	Galina Pedan	Kyrgyzstan	1:00.31

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	1	Sheena Tosta	United States	54.07	Q
2	2	Melaine Walker	Jamaica	54.20	Q
3	1	Tasha Danvers	Great Britain	54.31	Q, SB
4	1	Anna Jesień	Poland	54.36	Q
5	1	Ekaterina Bikert	Russia	54.38	Q
6	2	Anastasiya Rabchenyuk	Ukraine	54.60	Q, PB
7	1	Nickiesha Wilson	Jamaica	54.67
8	1	Anastasiya Ott	Russia	54.74	PB
9	2	Tiffany Ross-Williams	United States	54.99	Q
10	2	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	55.17	Q
11	2	Aïssata Soulama	Burkina Faso	55.69	SB
12	2	Irina Obedina	Russia	55.69
13	2	Queen Harrison	United States	55.88
14	2	Tsvetelina Kirilova	Bulgaria	55.97
15	1	Satomi Kubokura	Japan	56.69
16	1	Angela Morosanu	Romania	57.67

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes^[4]
01 !	6	Melaine Walker	Jamaica	0.236	52.64	OR, NR
02 !	5	Sheena Tosta	United States	0.191	53.70
03 !	7	Tasha Danvers	Great Britain	0.189	53.84	PB
4	4	Anastasiya Rabchenyuk	Ukraine	0.248	53.96	PB
5	9	Anna Jesień	Poland	0.206	54.29	SB
6	2	Ekaterina Bikert	Russia	0.193	54.96
7	3	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	0.195	54.97
8	8	Tiffany Ross-Williams	United States	0.184	57.55

(OR = Olympic record; NR = National Record; PB = Personal Best; SB = Season Best.)

↑ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
↑ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
↑ "XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China:400 Metres Hurdles Women's Heats". IAAF. August 17, 2008. Archived from the original on 24 August 2008. Retrieved August 17, 2008.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2008-08-20.

400 metres hurdles at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men	1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women	1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

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