Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres

Women's 400 metres
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Interior view of the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, where the Women's 400m took place.
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates13 August 2016 (heats)
14 August 2016 (semifinals)
15 August 2016 (final)
Competitors57 from 36 nations
Winning time49.44
Medalists
 Shaunae Miller  Bahamas
 Allyson Felix  United States
 Shericka Jackson  Jamaica
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The women's 400 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 13–15 August at the Olympic Stadium.[1]

Summary

Shaunae Miller of Bahamas was the world leading runner for 2016, followed by 2015 World Champion Allyson Felix. 2012 Olympic champion Sanya Richards-Ross had failed to make the American team due to a hamstring injury during the American trials.[2][3]

In qualifying, 2 athletes ran under 51 seconds, American Phyllis Francis and Oluwakemi Adekoya, who ran a Bahraini record. Another Bahraini, 18-year-old Salwa Eid Naser, won her heat in a personal best. [4]

In the final, Natasha Hastings made up most of the stagger on one of the favorites, Shaunae Miller and held the lead to the half way point. Miller made up the stagger on Stephenie Ann McPherson in lane 8 to her outside. Starting about 150 metres into the race, Miller accelerated, passing Hastings before the half way point in the far turn. In lane 4, Allyson Felix ran an even pace which saw her separate from the athletes inside of her and catching Shericka Jackson late in the second turn.[5] Coming off the turn, Miller held a clear 2 metre advantage over Hastings, with Felix gaining on Hastings and Jackson more than a metre behind Felix. Hastings was passed by Felix. In the last few metres as Felix gained on her, Miller started to lean forward trying to get to the finish line. As Felix looked to pass her in the final step, Miller made a last desperate headlong dive across the line. The photo finish revealed her shoulders had crossed the line seven hundredths of a second ahead of Felix. Jamaican Shericka Jackson finished 3 metres back for bronze.[6]

Felix's silver became her Olympic seventh medal. However, she would later earn two more Olympic gold medals as part of the winning 4x100 meters and 4x400 meters teams, tying her with Merlene Ottey as the most decorated woman in track and field history, with nine Olympic medals.

Records

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

World record  Marita Koch (GDR) 47.60 Canberra, Australia 6 October 1985
Olympic record  Marie-José Pérec (FRA) 48.25 Atlanta, Georgia, United States 29 July 1996
Area
Time (s) Athlete Nation
Africa (records) 49.10 Falilat Ogunkoya  Nigeria
Asia (records) 49.81 Ma Yuqin  China
Europe (records) 47.60 WR Marita Koch  East Germany
North, Central America
and Caribbean (records) 		48.70 Sanya Richards  United States
Oceania (records) 48.63 Cathy Freeman  Australia
South America (records) 49.64 Ximena Restrepo  Colombia

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-3)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 13 August 2016 11:00Round 1
Sunday, 14 August 2016 20:35Semifinals
Monday, 15 August 2016 22:45Finals

Results

Heats

Qualification rule: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Stephenie Ann McPherson Jamaica 51.36 Q
2 Patience Okon George Nigeria 51.83 Q
3 Anneliese Rubie Australia 51.92 q, SB
4 Yuliya Olishevska Ukraine 52.45
5 Djénébou Danté Mali 52.85
6 Nirmala Sheoran India 53.03
7 Gunta Latiševa-Čudare Latvia 53.08 SB

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Allyson Felix United States 51.24 Q
2 Olha Zemlyak Ukraine 51.40 Q
3 Tamara Salaški Serbia 52.70
4 Tsholofelo Thipe South Africa 52.80
5 Iveta Putálová Slovakia 52.82 SB
6 Aauri Bokesa Spain 53.51
7 Seren Bundy-Davies Great Britain 53.63

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Phyllis Francis United States 50.58 Q
2 Kemi Adekoya Bahrain 50.72 Q
3 Margaret Bamgbose Nigeria 51.43 q
4 Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz Poland 52.02 q, SB
5 Alicia Brown Canada 52.27
6 Jailma de Lima Brazil 52.65
7 Justine Palframan South Africa 53.96

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Natasha Hastings United States 51.31 Q
2 Christine Ohuruogu Great Britain 51.40 Q
3 Maria Benedicta Chigbolu Italy 52.06
4 Lydia Jele Botswana 52.24
5 Olha Bibik Ukraine 52.33
6 Kendra Clarke Canada 53.61
7 Vijona Kryeziu Kosovo 54.30

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Shaunae Miller Bahamas 51.16 Q
2 Morgan Mitchell Australia 51.30 Q
3 Ruth Spelmeyer Germany 51.43 q, PB
4 Emily Diamond Great Britain 51.76 q
5 Kanika Beckles Grenada 52.41 SB
6 Bianca Răzor Romania 52.42 SB
7 Kineke Alexander Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 52.45

Heat 6

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Salwa Eid Naser Bahrain 51.06 Q, PB
2 Libania Grenot Italy 51.17 Q
3 Floria Gueï France 51.29 q
4 Cátia Azevedo Portugal 52.38
5 Mariam Kromah Liberia 52.79
6 Nguyễn Thị Huyền Vietnam 52.97
7 Irini Vasiliou Greece 54.37
8 Maryan Nuh Muse Somalia 1:10.14

Heat 7

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Shericka Jackson Jamaica 51.73 Q
2 Kabange Mupopo Zambia 51.76 Q
3 Justyna Święty Poland 51.82 q
4 Christine Botlogetswe Botswana 52.37
5 Omolara Omotosho Nigeria 53.22
6 Elina Mikhina Kazakhstan 53.83
7 Dalal Mesfer Al-Harith Qatar 1:07.12

Heat 8

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Christine Day Jamaica 51.54 Q
2 Carline Muir Canada 51.57 Q
3 Małgorzata Hołub Poland 51.80 q
4 Geisa Coutinho Brazil 52.05
5 Aliyah Abrams Guyana 52.79
6 Mariama Mamoudou Ittatou Niger 54.32
DQ (7) Anastassya Kudinova Kazakhstan 56.03 DQ (Doping)[7]

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1 6 Phyllis Francis United States 0.189 50.31 Q
2 5 Stephenie Ann McPherson Jamaica 0.158 50.69 Q
3 4 Olha Zemlyak Ukraine 0.189 50.75 q, PB
4 3 Kemi Adekoya Bahrain 0.161 50.88
5 7 Christine Ohuruogu Great Britain 0.145 51.22
6 2 Ruth Spelmeyer Germany 0.155 51.61
7 8 Margaret Bamgbose Nigeria 0.212 51.92
8 1 Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz Poland 0.174 52.51

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1 6 Shericka Jackson Jamaica 0.184 49.83 Q, PB
2 5 Natasha Hastings United States 0.188 49.90 Q, SB
3 3 Salwa Eid Naser Bahrain 0.139 50.88 PB
4 8 Floria Gueï France 0.178 51.08
5 7 Carline Muir Canada 0.226 51.11
6 1 Emily Diamond Great Britain 0.178 51.49
7 2 Małgorzata Hołub Poland 0.136 51.93
8 4 Morgan Mitchell Australia 0.136 52.68

Semifinal 3

Rank Lane Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1 3 Allyson Felix United States 0.174 49.67 Q, SB
2 4 Shaunae Miller Bahamas 0.167 49.91 Q
3 6 Libania Grenot Italy 0.156 50.60 q
4 5 Christine Day Jamaica 0.186 51.53
5 1 Justyna Święty Poland 0.171 51.62
6 2 Anneliese Rubie Australia 0.172 51.96
7 8 Kabange Mupopo Zambia 0.155 52.04
8 7 Patience Okon George Nigeria 0.161 52.52

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 7 Shaunae Miller Bahamas 0.155 49.44
2nd, silver medalist(s) 4 Allyson Felix United States 0.177 49.51
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 5 Shericka Jackson Jamaica 0.176 49.85
4 6 Natasha Hastings United States 0.161 50.34
5 3 Phyllis Francis United States 0.219 50.41
6 8 Stephenie Ann McPherson Jamaica 0.133 50.97
7 1 Olha Zemlyak Ukraine 0.183 51.24
8 2 Libania Grenot Italy 0.149 51.25

References

  1. ↑ "Women's 400m". Rio 2016 Organisation. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Landells, Steve (10 August 2016). Preview: women's 400m – Rio 2016 Olympic Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 14 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Senior outdoor 2016 400 Metres women. IAAF. Retrieved on 14 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Landells, Steve (13 August 2016). Report: women's 400m heats – Rio 2016 Olympic Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 14 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Shaunae Miller's dive denies Allyson Felix 400m gold in dramatic final". The Guardian. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Shaunae Miller dives over line to win controversial Olympic gold in 400 metres". Daily Telegraph. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "IAAF News Issue 176, Positive cases in athletics Sanctioned according to information received by the IAAF as of 21 September 2016" (PDF). iaaf.org. IAAF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
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