Athletics 2016/Women's 400 metre

The women's 400 metre of Athletics 2016 during the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 13-15 August 2016 in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Stadium. With 57 athletes competing, the event was won by Shaunae Miller from Bahamas, with Allyson Felix from United States taking the silver medal and Shericka Jackson from Jamaica taking bronze.

Format[]

The competition exists out of three rounds, each with races of up to eight athletes. In each round, the top two with the fastest time advance to the next round, together with a number of fastest non-qualifiers. The fastest competitor in the final is the winner of the event.

Preview[]

Fifty-seven athletes qualified for the event with American athletes having run seven of the ten fastest times of the year. Three-time Olympic champion Allyson Felix, Olympic gold medalist Natasha Hastings, and world championships finalist Phyllis Francis were selected for the American team, but none of them had come to the world-leading time of Shaunae Miller. The Jamaican team was also very strong with Christine Day, Shericka Jackson, and Shephenie Ann McPherson, with the field also featuring two-time European champion Libania Grenot, world indoor champion Oluwakemi Adekoya, and world youth champion Salwa Eid Naser.

Athlete	Nationality
Patience Okon George	Nigeria
Stephenie Ann McPherson	Jamaica
Anneliese Rubie	Australia
Iuliia Olishevska	Ukraine
Djenebou Dante	Mali
Nirmla	India
Gunta Latiseva-Cudare	Latvia
Seren Bundy-Davies	Great Britain
Allyson Felix	United States
Tamara Salaski	Serbia
Olha Zemlyak	Ukraine
Iveta Putalova	Slovakia
Tsholofelo Thipe	South Africa
Aauri Lorena Bokesa	Spain
Margaret Bamgbose	Nigeria
Phyllis Francis	United States
Jailma de Lima	Brazil
Oluwakemi Adekoya	Bahrain
Alicia Brown	Canada
Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz	Poland
Justine Palframan	South Africa
Mariabenedicta Chigbolu	Italy
Vijona Kryeziu	Kosovo
Kendra Clarke	Canada
Natasha Hastings	United States
Lydia Jele	Botswana
Olha Bibik	Ukraine
Christine Ohuruogu	Great Britain
Kineke Alexander	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer	Germany
Kanika Beckles	Grenada
Shaunae Miller	Bahamas
Emily Diamond	Great Britain
Morgan Mitchell	Australia
Bianca Razor	Romania
Catia Azevedo	Portugal
Thi Huyen Nguyen	Vietnam
Floria Guei	France
Libania Grenot	Italy
Irini Vasiliou	Greece
Salwa Eid Naser	Bahrain
Maryan Muse	Somalia
Mariam Kromah	Liberia
Justyne Swiety	Poland
Dalal Mesfer Al Harith	Qatar
Omolara Omotoso	Nigeria
Christine Botlogetswe	Botswana
Elina Mikhina	Kazakhstan
Kabange Mupopo	Zambia
Shericka Jackson	Jamaica
Christine Day	Jamaica
Anastassya Kudinova	Kazakhstan
Malgorzata Holub	Poland
Mariama Mamoudou	Niger
Geisa Aparecida Coutinho	Brazil
Aliyah Abrams	Guyana
Carline Muir	Canada

Current Records[]

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Time
WR	6 October 1985		Marita Koch	47.60
OR	29 July 1996		Marie-Jose Perec	48.25

Summary[]

Round 1[]

Heat 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Stephenie Ann McPherson	51.36	Q
2		Patience Okon George	51.83	Q
3		Anneliese Rubie	51.92	q
4		Iuliia Olishevska	52.45
5		Djenebou Dante	52.85
6		Nirmla	53.03
7		Gunta Latiseva-Cudare	53.08

Heat 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Allyson Felix	51.24	Q
2		Olha Zemlyak	51.40	Q
3		Tamara Salaski	52.70
4		Tsholofelo Thipe	52.80
5		Iveta Putalova	52.82
6		Aauri Lorena Bokesa	53.51
7		Seren Bundy-Davies	53.63

Heat 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Phyllis Francis	50.58	Q
2		Oluwakemi Adekoya	50.72	Q, NR
3		Margaret Bamgbose	51.43	q
4		Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz	52.02	q
5		Alicia Brown	52.27
6		Jailma de Lima	52.65
7		Justine Palframan	53.96

Heat 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Natasha Hastings	51.31	Q
2		Christine Ohuruogu	51.40	Q
3		Mariabenedicta Chigbolu	52.06
4		Lydia Jele	52.24
5		Olha Bibik	52.33
6		Kendra Clarke	53.61
7		Vijona Kryeziu	54.30	NR

Heat 5 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Shaunae Miller	51.16	Q
2		Morgan Mitchell	51.30	Q
3		Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer	51.43	q, PR
4		Emily Diamond	51.76	q
5		Kanika Beckles	52.41
6		Bianca Razor	52.42
7		Kineke Alexander	52.45

Heat 6 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Salwa Eid Naser	51.06	Q, PR
2		Libania Grenot	51.17	Q
3		Floria Guei	51.29	q
4		Catia Azevedo	52.38
5		Mariam Kromah	52.79
6		Thi Huyen Nguyen	52.97
7		Irini Vasiliou	54.37
8		Maryan Muse	1:10.14

Heat 7 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Shericka Jackson	51.73	Q
2		Kabange Mupopo	51.76	Q
3		Justyna Swiety	51.82	q
4		Christine Botlogetswe	52.37
5		Omolara Omotoso	53.22
6		Elina Mikhina	53.83
7		Dalal Mesfer Al Harith	1:07.12

Heat 8 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Christine Day	51.54	Q
2		Carline Muir	51.57	Q
3		Malgorzata Holub	51.80	q
4		Geisa Aparecida Coutinho	52.05
5		Aliyah Abrams	52.79
6		Mariama Mamoudou	54.32	NR
7		Anastassya Kudinova	56.03

Semifinals[]

Semifinal 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Phyllis Francis	50.31	Q
2		Stephenie Ann McPherson	50.69	Q
3		Olha Zemlyak	50.75	q, PR
4		Oluwakemi Adekoya	50.88
5		Christine Ohuruogu	51.22
6		Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer	51.61
7		Margaret Bamgbose	51.92
8		Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz	52.51

Semifinal 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Shericka Jackson	49.83	Q, PR
2		Natasha Hastings	49.90	Q
3		Salwa Eid Naser	50.88	PR
4		Floria Guei	51.08
5		Carline Muir	51.11
6		Emily Diamond	51.49
7		Malgorzata Holub	51.93
8		Morgan Mitchell	52.68

Semifinal 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Allyson Felix	49.67	Q
2		Shaunae Miller	49.91	Q
3		Libania Grenot	50.60	q
4		Christine Day	51.53
5		Justyne Swiety	51.62	PR
6		Anneliese Rubie	51.96
7		Kabange Mupopo	52.04
8		Patrience Okon George	52.52

Final[]

Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Shaunae Miller	49.44	PR
2		Allyson Felix	49.51
3		Shericka Jackson	49.85
4		Natasha Hastings	50.34
5		Phyllis Francis	50.41
6		Stephenie Ann McPherson	50.97
7		Olha Zemlyak	51.24
8		Libania Grenot	51.25

Results[]

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Shaunae Miller	Bahamas
	Allyson Felix	United States
	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica
4	Natasha Hastings	United States
5	Phyllis Francis	United States
6	Stephenie Ann McPherson	Jamaica
7	Olha Zemlyak	Ukraine
8	Libania Grenot	Italy
9	Oluwakemi Adekoya	Bahrain
9	Salwa Eid Naser	Bahrain
11	Floria Guei	France
12	Carline Muir	Canada
13	Christine Ohuruogu	Great Britain
14	Emily Diamond	Great Britain
15	Christine Day	Jamaica
16	Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer	Germany
17	Justyna Swiety	Poland
18	Margaret Bamgbose	Nigeria
19	Malgorzata Holub	Poland
20	Anneliese Rubie	Australia
21	Kabange Mupopo	Zambia
22	Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz	Poland
23	Patience Okon George	Nigeria
24	Morgan Mitchell	Australia
25	Geisa Aparecida Coutinho	Brazil
26	Mariabenedicta Chigbolu	Italy
27	Lydia Jele	Botswana
28	Alicia Brown	Canada
29	Olha Bibik	Ukraine
30	Christine Botlogetswe	Botswana
31	Catia Azevedo	Portugal
32	Kanika Beckles	Grenada
33	Bianca Razor	Romania
34	Kineke Alexander	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
34	Iuliia Olishevska	Ukraine
36	Jailma de Lima	Brazil
37	Tamara Salaski	Serbia
38	Aaliyah Abrams	Guyana
38	Mariam Kromah	Liberia
40	Tsholofelo Thipe	South Africa
41	Iveta Putalova	Slovakia
42	Djenebou Dante	Mali
43	Thi Huyen Nguyen	Vietnam
44	Nirmla	India
45	Gunta Latiseva-Cudare	Latvia
46	Omolara Omotoso	Nigeria
47	Aauri Lorena Bokesa	Spain
48	Kendra Clarke	Canada
49	Seren Bundy-Davies	Great Britain
50	Elina Mikhina	Kazakhstan
51	Justine Palframan	South Africa
52	Vijona Kryeziu	Kosovo
53	Mariama Mamoudou	Niger
54	Irini Vasiliou	Greece
55	Anastassya Kudinova	Kazakhstan
56	Dalal Mesfer Al Harith	Qatar
57	Maryan Muse	Somalia

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