Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metres hurdles

Women's 400 metres hurdles at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue	CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium
Dates	July 21 - July 22
Competitors	16 from 12 nations
Winning time	55.50
Medalists
Shamier Little   United States   Sarah Wells   Canada   Déborah Rodríguez   Uruguay
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Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games
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
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 400 metres hurdles sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games will take place between July 21 and July 22 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Princesa Oliveros of Colombia.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record	Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS)	52.34	Tula, Russia	August 8, 2003
Pan American Games record	Daimi Pernia (CUB)	53.44	Winnipeg, Canada	July 28, 1999

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (59.56) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
July 21, 2015	12:05	Semifinals
July 22, 2015	19:15	Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualifed

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Shamier Little	United States	56.08	Q
2	1	Sparkle McKnight	Trinidad and Tobago	56.56	Q, SB
3	2	Sarah Wells	Canada	56.77	Q
4	2	Zurian Hechavarria	Cuba	56.82	Q, SB
5	2	Déborah Rodríguez	Uruguay	56.86	q
6	2	Jessica Gelibert	Haiti	57.58	q, SB
7	1	Zudikey Rodríguez	Mexico	57.64	Q, SB
8	1	Sharolyn Scott	Costa Rica	57.76	Q, SB
9	2	Samantha Elliott	Jamaica	58.30
10	1	Sage Watson	Canada	58.36
11	1	Ristananna Tracey	Jamaica	58.62
12	1	Jailma de Lima	Brazil	58.72
13	1	Magdalena Mendoza	Venezuela	58.95
14	2	Josanne Lucas	Trinidad and Tobago	1:00.30
15	2	Jenea McCammon	Guyana	1:03.21
16	1	Kori Carter	United States	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Shamier Little	United States	55.50
	3	Sarah Wells	Canada	56.17
	2	Déborah Rodríguez	Uruguay	56.41
4	8	Zurian Hechavarria	Cuba	56.72	SB
5	5	Sparkle McKnight	Trinidad and Tobago	57.30
6	6	Zudikey Rodríguez	Mexico	57.65
7	7	Sharolyn Scott	Costa Rica	58.65
8	1	Jessica Gelibert	Haiti	1:00.23

References

1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
2. "Athletics Technical Manual" (PDF). americasathletics.org. TO2015. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.