2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

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The Women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 29, 30 and September 1.

Kaliese Spencer had the fastest time of the year before the competition and led in the Diamond League rankings. Fellow Jamaican Melaine Walker (the reigning world and Olympic champion) was also present, as was Lashinda Demus, the runner-up in 2009. Czech athlete Zuzana Hejnová was the second fastest entrant and was second in the rankings in the Diamond League. The three medallists from the 2010 European Championships – Natalya Antyukh, Vania Stambolova, and Perri Shakes-Drayton – were the other athletes in contention for a medal.

Lashinda Demus in lane 3, broke quickly from the start, quickly making up the stagger on lane 4 Zuzana Hejnová. In lane 8, defending champion Melaine Walker was also out fast. Demus maintained her advantage as Kaliese Spencer made a run at her, but Spencer faltered. The stretch run was the top two finishers from the previous championship, but the medals were reversed as Demus set a new National Record for the United States and the number three all time mark in the event.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lashinda Demus  United States (USA)	Melaine Walker  Jamaica (JAM)	Natalya Antyukh  Russia (RUS)

Records

World record	Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS)	52.34	Tula, Russia	8 August 2003
Championship record	Melaine Walker (JAM)	52.42	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
World leading	Kaliese Spencer (JAM)	52.79	London, Great Britain	5 August 2011
African record	Nezha Bidouane (MAR)	52.90	Sevilla, Spain	25 August 1999
Asian record	Qing Han (CHN)	53.96	Beijing, China	9 September 1993
	Yinglan Song (CHN)		Guangzhou, China	22 November 2001
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Melaine Walker (JAM)	52.42	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
South American record	Lucimar Teodoro (BRA)	55.84	Belém, Brazil	24 May 2009
European record	Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS)	52.34	Tula, Russia	8 August 2003
Oceanian record	Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS)	53.17	Seoul, South Korea	28 September 1988

Qualification standards

A time	B time
55.40	56.55

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 29, 2011	12:20	Heats
August 30, 2011	19:00	Semifinals
September 1, 2011	21:15	Final

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Melaine Walker	Jamaica (JAM)	54.86	Q
2	5	Natalya Antyukh	Russia (RUS)	54.88	Q
3	1	Kaliese Spencer	Jamaica (JAM)	54.93	Q
3	3	Lashinda Demus	United States (USA)	54.93	Q
5	1	Anastasiya Rabchenyuk	Ukraine (UKR)	55.08	Q
6	1	Queen Harrison	United States (USA)	55.11	Q
7	2	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic (CZE)	55.12	Q
8	4	Vania Stambolova	Bulgaria (BUL)	55.29	Q
9	2	Elena Churakova	Russia (RUS)	55.39	Q
10	2	Élodie Ouédraogo	Belgium (BEL)	55.40	Q, PB
10	2	Hanna Titimets	Ukraine (UKR)	55.40	Q
12	1	Lauren Boden	Australia (AUS)	55.78	Q, SB
13	3	Perri Shakes-Drayton	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	55.90	Q
14	4	Ristananna Tracey	Jamaica (JAM)	55.96	Q
15	3	Hanna Yaroshchuk	Ukraine (UKR)	55.99	Q
16	3	Nickiesha Wilson	Jamaica (JAM)	56.08	Q
17	5	Wenda Theron	South Africa (RSA)	56.13	Q, PB
18	4	Eilidh Child	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	56.18	Q
19	4	Muizat Ajoke Odumosu	Nigeria (NGR)	56.23	Q, SB
20	5	Jasmine Chaney	United States (USA)	56.28	Q
21	1	Vera Barbosa	Portugal (POR)	56.31	q
22	2	Sara Petersen	Denmark (DEN)	56.32	q, NR
23	2	Nikolina Horvat	Croatia (CRO)	56.60	q
24	5	Satomi Kubokura	Japan (JPN)	56.66	q
25	5	Manuela Gentili	Italy (ITA)	56.71
26	4	Nagihan Karadere	Turkey (TUR)	56.76
27	1	Christine Merrill	Sri Lanka (SRI)	57.05
28	3	Jailma de Lima	Brazil (BRA)	57.21
29	3	Birsen Engin	Turkey (TUR)	57.22
30	2	Hanitrasoa Olga Razanamalala	Madagascar (MAD)	57.25	PB
31	4	Stine Meland Tomb	Norway (NOR)	57.51
32	5	Amaliya Sharoyan	Armenia (ARM)	58.54	NR
33	3	Sharolyn Scott	Costa Rica (CRC)	58.78
34	1	Bimbo Miel Ayedou	Benin (BEN)	58.80
35	4	Déborah Rodríguez	Uruguay (URU)	59.52
36	5	Son Kyeong-mi	South Korea (KOR)	1:00.21
37	4	Jessica Aguilera	Nicaragua (NCA)	1:02.78
38	3	Fatima Sulaiman Dahman	Yemen (YEM)	1:11.49	PB

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Lashinda Demus	United States (USA)	53.82	Q
2	2	Natalya Antyukh	Russia (RUS)	54.51	Q
3	1	Vania Stambolova	Bulgaria (BUL)	54.72	Q
4	3	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic (CZE)	54.76	Q
5	2	Melaine Walker	Jamaica (JAM)	54.97	Q
6	1	Elena Churakova	Russia (RUS)	55.02	Q
6	1	Kaliese Spencer	Jamaica (JAM)	55.02	q
8	2	Anastasiya Rabchenyuk	Ukraine (UKR)	55.06	q
9	3	Perri Shakes-Drayton	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	55.07
10	1	Hanna Yaroshchuk	Ukraine (UKR)	55.09
11	1	Élodie Ouédraogo	Belgium (BEL)	55.29	PB
12	2	Queen Harrison	United States (USA)	55.44
13	3	Ristananna Tracey	Jamaica (JAM)	55.55
14	3	Hanna Titimets	Ukraine (UKR)	55.82
15	1	Eilidh Child	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	55.89
16	1	Jasmine Chaney	United States (USA)	55.97
17	2	Muizat Ajoke Odumosu	Nigeria (NGR)	56.41
18	3	Sara Petersen	Denmark (DEN)	56.49
19	2	Nickiesha Wilson	Jamaica (JAM)	56.58
20	3	Lauren Boden	Australia (AUS)	56.68
21	2	Satomi Kubokura	Japan (JPN)	56.87
22	1	Nikolina Horvat	Croatia (CRO)	57.02
23	2	Wenda Theron	South Africa (RSA)	57.06
24	3	Vera Barbosa	Portugal (POR)	57.70

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Lashinda Demus	United States (USA)	52.47	WL, NR
	8	Melaine Walker	Jamaica (JAM)	52.73	SB
	5	Natalya Antyukh	Russia (RUS)	53.85
4	2	Kaliese Spencer	Jamaica (JAM)	54.01
5	1	Anastasiya Rabchenyuk	Ukraine (UKR)	54.18	SB
6	6	Vania Stambolova	Bulgaria (BUL)	54.23
7	4	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic (CZE)	54.23
8	7	Elena Churakova	Russia (RUS)	55.17

External links

• 400 metres hurdles results at IAAF website