Athletics 2024/Women's 400 metre

The women's 400 metre of Athletics 2024 during the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 5–9 August 2024 in the Stade de France. With 47 athletes competing, the event was won by Marileidy Paulino from Dominican Republic, with Salwa Eid Naser from Bahrain taking the silver medal and Natalia Kaczmarek from Poland taking bronze.

Format[]

The competition exists out of four rounds, each with races of up to eight athletes. In the opening round, the top two with the fastest time advance to the semifinal. The rest of the athletes have another chance for the remaining spots through the new repechage round. In the semifinal round, the top two with the fastest time advance to the final, together with a number of fastest non-qualifiers. The fastest competitor in the final is the winner of the event.

Preview[]

Forty-seven athletes qualified for the event with plenty of medal contenders in the field. Defending silver medalist Marileidy Paulino seemed to become a top favorite for the title as she topped the qualified world rankings.

Athlete	Nationality
Gabby Scott	Puerto Rico
Salwa Eid Naser	Bahrain
Andrea Miklos	Romania
Kendall Ellis	United States
Sophie Becker	Ireland
Modesta Juste Morauskaite	Lithuania
Stacey Ann Williams	Jamaica
Tereza Petrzilkova	Czech Republic
Henrietta Jaeger	Norway
Zoe Sherar	Canada
Justyna Swiety-Ersetic	Poland
Lina Esther Licona Torres	Colombia
Ellie Beer	Australia
Laviai Nielsen	Great Britain
Nickisha Pryce	Jamaica
Lieke Klaver	Netherlands
Ella Onojuvwevwo	Nigeria
Tiffani Marinho	Brazil
Catia Azevedo	Portugal
Paola Moran	Mexico
Alice Mangione	Italy
Amber Anning	Great Britain
Martina Weil	Chile
Helena Ponette	Belgium
Gunta Vaicule	Latvia
Natalia Kaczmarek	Poland
Sada Williams	Barbados
Victoria Ohuruogu	Great Britain
Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas
Esther Elo Joseph	Nigeria
Roxana Gomez	Cuba
Pahal Kiran	India
Cynthia Bolingo	Belgium
Aliyah Abrams	Guyana
Marileidy Paulino	Dominican Republic
Susanne Gogl-Walli	Austria
Aaliyah Butler	United States
Sharlene Mawdsley	Ireland
Lurdes Gloria Manuel	Czech Republic
Miranda Charlene Coetzee	South Africa
Lauren Gale	Canada
Evelis Aguilar	Colombia
Rhasidat Adeleke	Ireland
Lada Vondrova	Czech Republic
Alexis Holmes	United States
Junelle Bromfield	Jamaica
Nicole Caicedo	Ecuador

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		Salwa Eid Naser	49.91	Q
2		Stacey Ann Williams	50.16	Q
3		Andrea Miklos	50.54	Q, PR
4		Gabby Scott	50.74	NR
5		Kendall Ellis	51.16
6		Sophie Becker	51.84
7		Tereza Petrzilkova	51.92
8		Modesta Juste Morauskaite	52.00

Heat 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Nickisha Pryce	50.02	Q
2		Laviai Nielsen	50.36	Q
3		Henriette Jaeger	50.39	Q
4		Justyna Swiety-Ersetic	50.95
5		Ellie Beer	51.47	PR
6		Lina Esther Licona Torres	51.85
7		Zoe Sherar	51.97

Heat 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Amber Anning	49.68	Q
2		Lieke Klaver	49.96	Q
3		Paola Moran	51.04	Q
4		Martina Weil	51.15
5		Alice Mangione	51.60
6		Ella Onojuvwevwo	51.65
7		Tiffani Marinho	52.62
8		Catia Azevedo	52.73

Heat 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Natalia Kaczmarek	49.98	Q
2		Roxana Gomez	50.38	Q
3		Sada Williams	50.45	Q
4		Victoria Ohuruogu	50.93
5		Gunta Vaicule	51.13
6		Helena Ponette	51.75
7		Shaunae Miller-Uibo	2:29.29
—		Esther Joseph	DQ

Heat 5 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Marileidy Paulino	49.42	Q
2		Aaliyah Butler	50.52	Q
3		Susanne Gogl-Walli	50.67	Q, PR
4		Sharlene Mawdsley	50.71	PR
5		Aliyah Abrams	51.55
6		Lurdes Gloria Manuel	52.20
7		Pahal Kiran	52.51
8		Cynthia Bolingo	52.77

Heat 6 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Rhasidat Adeleke	50.09	Q
2		Alexis Holmes	50.35	Q
3		Junelle Bromfield	51.36	Q
4		Miranda Charlene Coetzee	51.58
5		Lada Vondrova	51.80
6		Lauren Gale	53.13
7		Evelis Aguilar	53.36
—		Nicole Caicedo	DQ

Repechages[]

Repechage 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Ella Onojuvwevwo	50.59	Q
2		Justyna Swiety-Ersetic	50.89
3		Sharlene Mawdsley	51.18
4		Tereza Petrzilkova	51.46
5		Aliyah Abrams	51.84
6		Pahal Kiran	52.59

Repechage 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Gabby Scott	50.52	Q, NR
2		Miranda Charlene Coetzee	50.66	q, PR
3		Lurdes Gloria Manuel	50.81	q
4		Modesta Juste Morauskaite	51.33	PR
5		Helena Ponette	51.46	PR
6		Martina Weil	51.79
7		Shaunae Miller-Uibo	53.50

Repechage 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Victoria Ohuruogu	50.59	Q
2		Gunta Vaicule	50.93
3		Alice Mangione	51.07	PR
4		Ellie Beer	51.65
5		Catia Azevedo	52.04
6		Lauren Gale	52.68
7		Evelis Aguilar	52.86

Repechage 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Kendall Ellis	50.44	Q
2		Sophie Becker	51.28
3		Zoe Sherar	51.43
4		Lina Esther Licona Torres	51.90
5		Lada Vondrova	52.15
6		Tiffani Marinho	52.32
—		Cynthia Bolingo	DNS

Semifinals[]

Semifinal 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Salwa Eid Naser	49.08	Q
2		Rhasidat Adeleke	49.95	Q
3		Henriette Jaeger	50.17	q
4		Lieke Klaver	50.44
5		Victoria Ohuruogu	51.14
6		Aaliyah Butler	51.18
7		Gabby Scott	51.22
8		Junelle Bromfield	51.93

Semifinal 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Marileidy Paulino	49.21	Q
2		Alexis Holmes	50.00	Q
3		Laviai Nielsen	50.69
4		Nickisha Pryce	50.77
5		Andrea Miklos	50.78
6		Ella Onojuvwevwo	51.05
7		Susanne Gogl-Walli	51.17
8		Lurdes Gloria Manuel	51.42

Semifinal 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Natalia Kaczmarek	49.45	Q
2		Amber Anning	49.47	Q, PR
3		Sada Williams	49.89	q
4		Kendall Ellis	50.40
5		Roxana Gomez	50.48
6		Paola Moran	50.73
7		Stacey Ann Williams	50.79
8		Miranda Charlene Coetzee	51.60

Final[]

Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Marileidy Paulino	48.17	OR
2		Salwa Eid Naser	48.53
3		Natalia Kaczmarek	48.98
4		Rhasidat Adeleke	49.28
5		Amber Anning	49.29	NR
6		Alexis Holmes	49.77	PR
7		Sada Williams	49.83
8		Henriette Jaeger	49.96

Results[]

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Marileidy Paulino	Dominican Republic
	Salwa Eid Naser	Bahrain
	Natalia Kaczmarek	Poland
4	Rhasidat Adeleke	Ireland
5	Amber Anning	Great Britain
6	Alexis Holmes	United States
7	Sada Williams	Barbados
8	Henriette Jaeger	Norway
9	Kendall Ellis	United States
10	Lieke Klaver	Netherlands
11	Roxana Gomez	Cuba
12	Laviai Nielsen	Great Britain
13	Paola Moran	Mexico
14	Nickisha Pryce	Jamaica
15	Andrea Miklos	Romania
16	Stacey Ann Williams	Jamaica
17	Ella Onojuvwevwo	Nigeria
18	Victoria Ohuruogu	Great Britain
19	Susanne Gogl-Walli	Austria
20	Aaliyah Butler	United States
21	Gabby Scott	Puerto Rico
22	Lurdes Gloria Manuel	Czech Republic
23	Miranda Charlene Coetzee	South Africa
24	Junelle Bromfield	Jamaica
25	Justyna Swiety-Ersetic	Poland
26	Gunta Vaicule	Latvia
27	Alice Mangione	Italy
28	Sharlene Mawdsley	Ireland
29	Sophie Becker	Ireland
30	Modesta Juste Morauskaite	Lithuania
31	Zoe Sherar	Canada
32	Helena Ponette	Belgium
33	Tereza Petrzilkova	Czech Republic
34	Ellie Beer	Australia
35	Martina Weil	Chile
36	Aliyah Abrams	Guyana
37	Lina Esther Licona Torres	Colombia
38	Catia Azevedo	Portugal
39	Lada Vondrova	Czech Republic
40	Tiffani Marinho	Brazil
41	Pahal Kiran	India
42	Lauren Gale	Canada
43	Evelis Aguilar	Colombia
44	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas
45	Cynthia Bolingo	Belgium
—	Esther Joseph	Nigeria
—	Nicole Caicedo	Ecuador

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Track
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200 m	400 m hurdles
400 m	3000 m steeplechase
800 m	4x100 m relay
1500 m	4x400 m relay
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200 m	400 m hurdles
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800 m	4x100 m relay
1500 m	4x400 m relay
5000 m	20 km walk
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High jump	Shot put
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4x400 m relay	Team race walk