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Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres

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Women's 400 metres
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueCentennial Olympic Stadium
Dates26 July 1996 (heats)
27 July 1996 (quarter-finals)
28 July 1996 (semi-finals)
29 July 1996 (final)
Competitors49 from 35 nations
Winning time48.25 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marie-José Pérec
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cathy Freeman
 Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Falilat Ogunkoya
 Nigeria
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These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 49 competitors.[1] The winning margin was 0.38 seconds.

Pérec's winning time remains the #4 time in history. Freeman's second place time remains the #8 time in history. Ogunkoya and Davis also still rank on the all-time top 20. Places 3 through 6 are all the fastest times for those places in history and all of the top six, except Miles set their lifetime personal bests in this race.[2]

Results

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Heats

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Pauline Davis  Bahamas 51.00 Q
2 1 Svetlana Goncharenko  Russia 51.07 Q
3 2 Maicel Malone  United States 51.28 Q
4 1 Phylis Smith  Great Britain 51.29 Q
5 1 Renee Poetschka  Australia 51.55 Q
6 2 Juliet Campbell  Jamaica 51.57 Q
7 4 Virna de Angeli  Italy 51.68 Q
8 3 Kim Graham  United States 51.70 Q
9 3 Helena Fuchsová  Czech Republic 51.71 Q
10 4 Sandie Richards  Jamaica 51.79 Q
11 7 Bisi Afolabi  Nigeria 51.80 Q
12 4 Marie-José Pérec  France 51.82 Q
13 2 Grace-Ann Dinkins  Liberia 51.83 Q
14 2 Olga Kotlyarova  Russia 51.90 Q
15 5 Jearl Miles  United States 51.96 Q
16 4 Ladonna Antoine  Canada 51.99 Q
16 7 Cathy Freeman  Australia 51.99 Q
18 1 Dora Kyriakou  Cyprus 52.09 q
19 5 Grit Breuer  Germany 52.20 Q
20 5 Merlene Frazer  Jamaica 52.20 Q
21 3 Fatima Yusuf  Nigeria 52.25 Q
22 2 Hana Benešová  Czech Republic 52.28 q
23 7 Anna Kozak  Belarus 52.39 Q
24 5 Maria Magnolia Figueiredo  Brazil 52.41 Q
25 7 Patrizia Spuri  Italy 52.45 Q
26 5 Diane Francis  Saint Kitts and Nevis 52.48 q
27 2 Yana Manuylova  Ukraine 52.51 q
28 3 Lee Naylor  Australia 52.53 Q
29 6 Sandra Myers  Spain 52.54 Q
30 6 Falilat Ogunkoya  Nigeria 52.65 Q
31 7 Zoila Stewart  Costa Rica 52.66
32 6 Donna Fraser  Great Britain 52.78 Q
33 3 Olena Rurak  Ukraine 52.92
33 5 Melissa Straker  Barbados 52.92
35 6 Naděžda Koštovalová  Czech Republic 53.03 Q
36 3 Marina Živković  FR Yugoslavia 53.10
37 1 Grace Birungi  Uganda 53.12
38 6 Svetlana Bodritskaya  Kazakhstan 53.24
39 2 Ameerah Bello  Virgin Islands 53.40
40 7 Corinne Simasotchi  Switzerland 53.69
41 6 Du Xiujie  China 53.95
42 4 Ngozi Mwanamwambwa  Zambia 54.12
43 3 Melrose Mansaray  Sierra Leone 54.37
44 4 Mercy Addy  Ghana 54.92
45 5 Guilhermina Cruz  Angola 55.42
46 7 Denise Ouabangui  Central African Republic 55.74
47 6 Arely Franco  El Salvador 1:01:38
48 1 Ahamada Haoulata  Comoros 1:03.44
4 Ximena Restrepo  Colombia DNF

Quarterfinals

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Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly to the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Cathy Freeman  Australia 50.43 Q
2 1 Grit Breuer  Germany 50.57 Q
3 3 Falilat Ogunkoya  Nigeria 50.65 Q
4 3 Jearl Miles  United States 50.84 Q
5 1 Kim Graham  United States 50.96 Q
6 2 Marie-José Pérec  France 51.00 Q
7 1 Bisi Afolabi  Nigeria 51.07 Q
8 2 Pauline Davis  Bahamas 51.08 Q
9 4 Maicel Malone  United States 51.16 Q
10 2 Juliet Campbell  Jamaica 51.17 Q
11 3 Sandie Richards  Jamaica 51.22 Q
12 4 Fatima Yusuf  Nigeria 51.27 Q
13 1 Hana Benešová  Czech Republic 51.30
14 3 Renee Poetschka  Australia 51.33 Q
15 2 Svetlana Goncharenko  Russia 51.35 Q
16 1 Olga Kotlyarova  Russia 51.36
17 4 Sandra Myers  Spain 51.53 Q
18 4 Merlene Frazer  Jamaica 51.57 Q
19 1 Donna Fraser  Great Britain 51.58
20 4 Helena Fuchsová  Czech Republic 51.70
21 3 Virna de Angeli  Italy 51.77
22 2 Maria Magnolia Figueiredo  Brazil 51.98
23 2 Ladonna Antoine  Canada 52.03
24 3 Anna Kozak  Belarus 52.14
25 4 Phylis Smith  Great Britain 52.16
26 3 Diane Francis  Saint Kitts and Nevis 52.24
27 1 Dora Kyriakou  Cyprus 52.26
28 2 Grace-Ann Dinkins  Liberia 52.53
29 4 Patrizia Spuri  Italy 52.78
30 2 Yana Manuylova  Ukraine 52.82
31 3 Naděžda Koštovalová  Czech Republic 53.21
32 4 Lee Naylor  Australia 53.75

Semifinals

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Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly to the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Marie-José Pérec  France 49.19 Q
2 2 Falilat Ogunkoya  Nigeria 49.57 Q
3 2 Pauline Davis  Bahamas 49.85 Q
4 2 Jearl Miles  United States 50.21 Q
5 1 Cathy Freeman  Australia 50.32 Q
6 1 Fatima Yusuf  Nigeria 50.36 Q
7 1 Sandie Richards  Jamaica 50.74 Q
8 1 Grit Breuer  Germany 50.75 Q
9 2 Svetlana Goncharenko  Russia 50.84
10 1 Kim Graham  United States 51.13
11 1 Maicel Malone  United States 51.16
12 1 Merlene Frazer  Jamaica 51.18
13 1 Bisi Afolabi  Nigeria 51.40
14 2 Sandra Myers  Spain 51.42
15 2 Renee Poetschka  Australia 51.49
16 2 Juliet Campbell  Jamaica 51.65

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Marie-José Pérec  France 48.25
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Cathy Freeman  Australia 48.63
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Falilat Ogunkoya  Nigeria 49.10
4 2 Pauline Davis  Bahamas 49.28
5 8 Jearl Miles  United States 49.55
6 6 Fatima Yusuf  Nigeria 49.77
7 7 Sandie Richards  Jamaica 50.45
8 1 Grit Breuer  Germany 50.71

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 400 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Women's 400m".
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