Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
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| Women's 400 metres hurdles at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |
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| Venue | Beijing National Stadium | |||||||||
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| Dates | August 17–20 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 27 from 21 nations | |||||||||
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| Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics  |
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| 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 | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The Women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 17–20 August at the Beijing National Stadium.[1]
The qualifying standards were 55.60 s (A standard) and 56.50 s (B standard).[2]
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[edit] Schedule
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)
| Date | Time | Round |
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| Sunday, August 17, 2008 | 20:10-20:42 |
Round 1 |
| Monday, August 18, 2008 | 20:45-21:00 |
Semifinals |
| Wednesday, August 20, 2008 | 22:35-22:40 | Final |
[edit] Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record |  Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS) |
52.34 | Tula, Russia | 8 August 2003 |
| Olympic record |  Fani Halkia (GRE) |
52.77 | Athens, Greece | 22 August 2004 |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | OR | WR |
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| 20 August | Final | Melaine Walker |  Jamaica |
52.64 | OR |
[edit] Results
[edit] Round 1
The first three runners of each heat (Q) plus the next four overall fastest runners (q) qualified for the Semifinals.
[edit] Semifinals
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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| 1 | 1 | Sheena Tosta |  United States |
54.07 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Melaine Walker | Jamaica |
54.20 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Tasha Danvers |  Great Britain |
54.31 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | Anna Jesień |  Poland |
54.36 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Ekaterina Bikert | Russia |
54.38 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Anastasiya Rabchenyuk |  Ukraine |
54.60 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 1 | Nickiesha Wilson | Jamaica |
54.67 | |
| 8 | 1 | Anastasiya Ott | Russia |
54.74 | PB |
| 9 | 2 | Tiffany Ross-Williams | United States |
54.99 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Zuzana Hejnová |  Czech Republic |
55.17 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Aïssata Soulama |  Burkina Faso |
55.69 | SB |
| 12 | 2 | Irina Obedina | Russia |
55.69 | |
| 13 | 2 | Queen Harrison | United States |
55.88 | |
| 14 | 2 | Tsvetelina Kirilova |  Bulgaria |
55.97 | |
| 15 | 1 | Satomi Kubokura |  Japan |
56.69 | |
| 16 | 1 | Angela Morosanu |  Romania |
57.67 |
[edit] Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes[4] |
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6 | Melaine Walker | Jamaica |
0.236 | 52.64 | OR, NR |
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5 | Sheena Tosta | United States |
0.191 | 53.40 | |
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7 | Tasha Danvers | Great Britain |
0.189 | 53.54 | PB |
| 4 | 4 | Anastasiya Rabchenyuk | Ukraine |
0.248 | 53.66 | PB |
| 5 | 9 | Anna Jesień | Poland |
0.206 | 53.99 | SB |
| 6 | 2 | Ekaterina Bikert | Russia |
0.193 | 54.66 | |
| 7 | 3 | Zuzana Hejnová | Czech Republic |
0.195 | 54.67 | |
| 8 | 8 | Tiffany Ross-Williams | United States |
0.184 | 57.25 |
(OR = Olympic record; NR = National Record; PB = Personal Best; SB = Season Best.)
[edit] References
- ^ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/results/eventCode=3659/bydiscipline/index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ^ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/standards/index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ^ "XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China:400 Metres Hurdles Women's Heats". IAAF. August 17, 2008. http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode=3659/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=400H/combCode=hash/roundCode=h/results.html#det. Retrieved August 17, 2008.
- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode=3659/racedate=08-20-2008/sex=W/discCode=400H/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#det Retrieved 2008-08-20.
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