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Women's 400 metres
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueAthens Olympic Stadium
Dates21–24 August
Competitors42 from 31 nations
Winning time49.42
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tonique Williams-Darling  Bahamas
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ana Guevara  Mexico
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Natalya Antyukh  Russia
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The women's 400 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 21 to 24.[1]

The first round had split a full roster of runners into eight heats with the first three gaining a direct qualification and then the next six fastest across all heats advancing to the semifinals. The top two runners in each of the three semifinal heats moved on directly to the final, and they are immediately joined by the next two fastest from any of the semifinals.

Coming into the final, the fastest qualifiers were Monique Hennagan and Natalya Antyukh challenging each other in their semi final, Tonique Williams-Darling racing DeeDee Trotter in theirs, with world champion Ana Guevara cruising her semi final just staying ahead of Christine Amertil. In the final, Hennagan again went for the lead with Amertil and Natalya Nazarova each taking their shot at her in the first 200, only to fade after. Starting slightly slower, Williams came on strongly on the backstretch, marked by Guevara around the second turn. Coming off the turn Guevara had Williams where she wanted her, and Sanya Richards about even with Hennigan a couple of steps behind, with Antyukh and Trotter another step behind. Less than 50 meters from the finish, Guevara moved into the lead, but Williams kicked it into a different gear and pulled away to finish with gold.[2][3] On the inside, Trotter rocketed past Richards and was gaining on Hennagan. Hennagan tried to fight, long striding with a slowing cadence to the finish, losing ground to a fast closing Antyukh. Defeated, Guevara gave up the fight and glided across the finish line with silver. 3 meters back, Antyukh clearly beat a wilting Hennagan, who still managed to hold off the fast closing Trotter.

Records

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

World record  Marita Koch (GDR) 47.60 s Canberra, Australia 6 October 1985
Olympic record  Marie-José Pérec (FRA) 48.25 s Atlanta, United States 29 July 1996

No new records were set during the competition.

Qualification

The qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's 400 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 51.50 seconds or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 52.30 seconds or faster could be entered.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 21 August 2004 09:50 Round 1
Sunday, 22 August 2004 22:20 Semifinals
Tuesday, 24 August 2004 22:50 Final

Results

Round 1

Qualification rule: The first three finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next six fastest overall runners (q) advanced to the semifinals.[4]

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Result Notes
1 8 Ana Guevara  Mexico 50.93 Q
2 5 Lee McConnell  Great Britain 51.19 Q
3 4 Grażyna Prokopek  Poland 51.29 Q, PB
4 7 Fatou Bintou Fall  Senegal 51.87 q
5 2 Hortense Bewouda  Cameroon 52.11
6 6 Oksana Luneva  Kyrgyzstan 52.94
7 3 Ruwida El-Hubti  Libya 1:03.57 NR

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Result Notes
1 4 Monique Hennagan  United States 51.02 Q
2 8 Mariyana Dimitrova  Bulgaria 51.29 Q
3 7 Kaltouma Nadjina  Chad 51.50 Q
4 3 Nadia Davy  Jamaica 52.04
5 2 Maria Laura Almirão  Brazil 52.10
6 6 Kirsi Mykkänen  Finland 52.53
7 5 Bo Fanfang  China 56.01

Heat 3

Rank Lane Name Nationality Result Notes
1 3 Natalya Nazarova  Russia 50.82 Q
2 7 Donna Fraser  Great Britain 51.19 Q
3 2 Hazel-Ann Regis  Grenada 51.66 Q
4 5 Estie Wittstock  South Africa 51.89 q
5 6 Amy Mbacke Thiam  Senegal 52.44
6 8 Amantle Montsho  Botswana 53.77 NR
7 4 Zamira Amirova  Uzbekistan 54.43

Heat 4

Rank Lane Name Nationality Result Notes
1 7 Natalya Antyukh  Russia 50.54 Q
2 5 DeeDee Trotter  United States 50.56 Q
3 6 Novlene Williams  Jamaica 50.59 Q, PB
4 3 Aliann Pompey  Guyana 51.33 q
5 8 Egle Uljas  Estonia 51.91 q, NR
6 2 Svetlana Bodritskaya  Kazakhstan 53.35
7 4 Shifana Ali  Maldives 1:00.92 NR

Heat 5

Rank Lane Name Nationality Result Notes
1 8 Tonique Williams-Darling  Bahamas 51.20 Q
2 5 Sviatlana Usovich  Belarus 51.37 Q
3 3 Antonina Yefremova  Ukraine 51.53 Q
4 2 Mireille Nguimgo  Cameroon 51.90 q
5 4 Allison Beckford  Jamaica 52.85
6 7 Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni  Togo 52.87
7 6 Damayanthi Dharsha  Sri Lanka 54.58

Heat 6

Rank Lane Name Nationality Result Notes
1 2 Sanya Richards  United States 50.11 Q
2 3 Christine Amertil  Bahamas 50.23 Q, PB
3 7 Christine Ohuruogu  Great Britain 50.50 Q, PB
4 8 Tiandra Ponteen  Saint Kitts and Nevis 51.17 q
5 4 Geisa Coutinho  Brazil 52.18
6 5 Makelesi Bulikiobo  Fiji 53.58
7 6 Salamtou Hassane  Niger 1:03.28 NR

Semifinals

Qualification rule: The first two finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next two fastest overall runners (q) moved on to the final.[5]

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Result Notes
1 4 Ana Guevara  Mexico 50.15 Q
2 3 Christine Amertil  Bahamas 50.17 Q, PB
3 5 Sanya Richards  United States 50.54 q
4 1 Christine Ohuruogu  Great Britain 51.00
5 2 Tiandra Ponteen  Saint Kitts and Nevis 51.33
6 6 Sviatlana Usovich  Belarus 51.42
7 7 Hazel-Ann Regis  Grenada 51.47
8 8 Egle Uljas  Estonia 53.13

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Result Notes
1 4 Tonique Williams-Darling  Bahamas 50.00 Q
2 5 DeeDee Trotter  United States 50.14 Q, PB
3 3 Natalya Nazarova  Russia 50.63 q
4 1 Fatou Bintou Fall  Senegal 51.21
5 8 Kaltouma Nadjina  Chad 51.57
6 2 Estie Wittstock  South Africa 51.77
7 6 Donna Fraser  Great Britain 51.94
8 7 Grażyna Prokopek  Poland 51.96

Semifinal 3

Rank Lane Name Nationality Result Notes
1 5 Monique Hennagan  United States 49.88 Q
2 4 Natalya Antyukh  Russia 50.04 Q
3 1 Novlene Williams  Jamaica 50.85
4 6 Mariyana Dimitrova  Bulgaria 51.20 PB
5 7 Aliann Pompey  Guyana 51.61
6 2 Antonina Yefremova  Ukraine 51.90
7 8 Mireille Nguimgo  Cameroon 52.21
8 3 Lee McConnell  Great Britain 52.63

Final

[6]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Tonique Williams-Darling  Bahamas 49.42
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Ana Guevara  Mexico 49.56 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Natalya Antyukh  Russia 49.89
4 5 Monique Hennagan  United States 49.97
5 1 DeeDee Trotter  United States 50.00 PB
6 2 Sanya Richards  United States 50.19
7 8 Christine Amertil  Bahamas 50.37
8 7 Natalya Nazarova  Russia 50.65

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Women's 400 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Tonique Williams-Darling Wins Gold Medal". The Bahamas Post. 24 August 2004. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Williams claims 400m gold". BBC Sport. 24 August 2004. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  4. ^ "IAAF Athens 2004: Women's 400m Heats". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  5. ^ "IAAF Athens 2004: Women's 400m Semifinals". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  6. ^ "IAAF Athens 2004: Women's 400m Final". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
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