Athletics 2016/Women's 400 metre hurdles

The women's 400 metre hurdles of Athletics 2016 during the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 15-18 August 2016 in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Stadium. With 48 athletes competing, the event was won by Dalilah Muhammad from USA, with Sara Slott Petersen from Denmark taking the silver medal and Ashley Spencer from USA taking bronze.

Format[]

The competition exists out of three rounds, each with races of up to nine 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[]

Forty-eight athletes qualified for the event with defending bronze medalist Zuzana Hejnova as the reigning world champion. Dalilah Muhammad had recorded the two fastest times of the year, ahead of Janieve Russell and Ashley Spencer. Sara Slott Petersen finished just outside the medals at the most recent world championships, though Eilidh Doyle had finished fourth in 2013. Other potential medal contenders and outsiders also included Wenda Nel, Sydney McLaughlin, Ristananna Tracey, Leah Nugent, and Anna Ryzhykova.

Athlete	Nationality
Ayomide Folorunso	Italy
Sydney McLaughlin	United States
Petra Fontanive	Switzerland
Zuzana Hejnova	Czech Republic
Maureen Jelagat Maiyo	Kenya
Stina Troest	Denmark
Ristananna Tracey	Jamaica
Zurian Hechavarria	Cuba
Chanice Chase	Canada
Sparkle McKnight	Trinidad and Tobago
Janieve Russell	Jamaica
Jackie Baumann	Germany
Drita Islami	Macedonia
Grace Claxton	Puerto Rico
Joanna Linkiewicz	Poland
Tia-Adana Belle	Barbados
Lea Sprunger	Switzerland
Lilit Harutyunyan	Armenia
Amalie Iuel	Norway
Hayat Lambarki	Morocco
Ashley Spencer	United States
Viktoriya Tkachuk	Ukraine
Leah Nugent	Jamaica
Denisa Rosolova	Czech Republic
Wenda Nel	South Africa
Katsiaryna Belanovich	Belarus
Janeil Bellille	Trinidad and Tobago
Emilia Ankiewicz	Poland
Sara Slott Petersen	Denmark
Ghofrane Mohamed	Syria
Yadisleidis Pedroso	Italy
Axelle Dauwens	Belgium
Lauren Wells	Australia
Phara Anacharsis	France
Dalilah Muhammad	United States
Vera Barbosa	Portugal
Thi Huyen Nguyen	Vietnam
Anna Titimets	Ukraine
Noelle Montcalm	Canada
Natalya Asanova	Uzbekistan
Sage Watson	Canada
Amaka Ogoegbunam	Nigeria
Olena Kolesnychenko	Ukraine
Aleksandra Romanova	Kazakhstan
Satomi Kubokura	Japan
Eilidh Doyle	Great Britain
Sharolyn Scott	Costa Rica
Marzia Caravelli	Italy

Current Records[]

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Time
WR	8 August 2003		Yuliya Pechonkina	52.34
OR	20 August 2008		Melaine Walker	52.64

Summary[]

Round 1[]

Heat 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Ristananna Tracey	54.88	Q
2		Zuzana Hejnova	55.54	Q
3		Ayomide Folorunso	55.78	Q
4		Stina Troest	56.06	q
5		Sydney McLaughlin	56.32	q
6		Petra Fontanive	56.80
7		Zurian Hechavarria	57.28
8		Maureen Jelagat Maiyo	57.97

Heat 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Joanna Linkiewicz	56.07	Q
2		Janieve Russell	56.13	Q
3		Grace Claxton	56.40	Q
4		Tia-Adana Belle	56.68
5		Sparkle McKnight	56.80
6		Jackie Baumann	59.04
7		Drita Islami	1:01.18
8		Chanice Chase	1:02.83

Heat 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Ashley Spencer	55.12	Q
2		Leah Nugent	55.66	Q
3		Viktoriya Tkachuk	56.14	Q
4		Denisa Rosolova	56.36	q
5		Lea Sprunger	56.58
6		Amalie Iuel	56.75
7		Hayat Lambarki	1:00.83
8		Lilit Harutyunyan	1:03.13

Heat 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Sara Slott Petersen	55.20	Q
2		Wenda Nel	55.55	Q
3		Emilia Ankiewicz	55.89	Q, PR
4		Yadisleidis Pedroso	55.91	q
5		Janeil Bellille	56.25	q
6		Katsiaryna Belanovich	56.55
7		Axelle Dauwens	57.68
8		Ghofrane Mohamed	58.85

Heat 5 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Dalilah Muhammad	55.33	Q
2		Noelle Montcalm	56.07	Q
3		Anna Titimets	56.24	Q
4		Lauren Wells	56.26	q
5		Phara Anacharsis	56.64
6		Vera Barbosa	57.28
7		Thi Huyen Nguyen	57.87
8		Natalya Asanova	1:02.37

Heat 6 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Eilidh Doyle	55.46	Q
2		Sage Watson	55.93	Q
3		Olena Kolesnychenko	56.61	Q
4		Amaka Ogoegbunam	56.96
5		Satomi Kubokura	57.34
6		Marzia Caravelli	57.77
7		Sharolyn Scott	58.27
8		Aleksandra Romanova	59.36

Semifinals[]

Semifinal 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Zuzana Hejnova	54.55	Q
2		Ristananna Tracey	54.80	Q
3		Joanna Linkiewicz	55.35
4		Stina Troest	56.00
5		Sydney McLaughlin	56.22
6		Noelle Montcalm	56.28
7		Ayomide Folorunso	56.37
8		Olena Kolesnychenko	56.77

Semifinal 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Ashley Spencer	54.87	Q
2		Janieve Russell	54.92	Q
3		Eilidh Doyle	54.99	q
4		Anna Titimets	55.27
5		Yadisleidis Pedroso	55.78
6		Wanda Nel	55.83
7		Emilia Ankiewicz	56.99
8		Denisa Rosolova	57.39

Semifinal 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Dalilah Muhammad	53.89	Q
2		Sara Slott Petersen	54.55	Q
3		Leah Nugent	54.98	q, PR
4		Sage Watson	55.44
5		Grace Claxton	55.85	PR
6		Janeil Bellille	56.06
7		Lauren Wells	56.83
8		Viktoriya Tkachuk	56.87

Final[]

Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Dalilah Muhammad	53.13
2		Sara Slott Petersen	53.55	NR
3		Ashley Spencer	53.72	PR
4		Zuzana Hejnova	53.92
5		Ristananna Tracey	54.15	PR
6		Leah Nugent	54.45	PR
7		Janieve Russell	54.56
8		Eilidh Doyle	54.61

Results[]

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Dalilah Muhammad	United States
	Sara Slott Petersen	Denmark
	Ashley Spencer	United States
4	Zuzana Hejnova	Czech Republic
5	Ristananna Tracey	Jamaica
6	Leah Nugent	Jamaica
7	Janieve Russell	Jamaica
8	Eilidh Doyle	Great Britain
9	Anna Titimets	Ukraine
10	Joanna Linkiewicz	Poland
11	Sage Watson	Canada
12	Yadisleidis Pedroso	Italy
13	Wenda Nel	South Africa
14	Grace Claxton	Puerto Rico
15	Stine Troest	Denmark
16	Janeil Bellille	Trinidad and Tobago
17	Sydney McLaughlin	United States
18	Noelle Montcalm	Canada
19	Ayomide Folorunso	Italy
20	Olena Kolesnychenko	Ukraine
21	Lauren Wells	Australia
22	Viktoriya Tkachuk	Ukraine
23	Emilia Ankiewicz	Poland
24	Denisa Rosolova	Czech Republic
25	Katsiaryna Belanovich	Belarus
26	Lea Sprunger	Switzerland
27	Phara Anacharsis	France
28	Tia-Adana Belle	Barbados
29	Amalie Iuel	Norway
30	Petra Fontanive	Switzerland
30	Sparkle McKnight	Trinidad and Tobago
32	Amaka Ogoegbunam	Nigeria
33	Vera Barbosa	Portugal
33	Zurian Hechavarria	Cuba
35	Satomi Kubokura	Japan
36	Axelle Dauwens	Belgium
37	Marzia Caravelli	Italy
38	Thi Huyen Nguyen	Vietnam
39	Maureen Jelagat Maiyo	Kenya
40	Sharolyn Scott	Costa Rica
41	Ghofrane Mohamed	Syria
42	Jackie Baumann	Germany
43	Aleksandra Romanova	Kazakhstan
44	Hayat Lambarki	Morocco
45	Drita Islami	Macedonia
46	Natalya Asanova	Uzbekistan
47	Chanice Chase	Canada
48	Lilit Harutyunyan	Armenia

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