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Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres

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Women's 400 metres
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
The podium of the final
VenueStade de France, Paris, France[1]
Dates
  • 5 August 2024 (heats)
  • 6 August 2024 (repechage round)
  • 7 August 2024 (semi-finals)
  • 9 August 2024 (final)
Winning time48.17 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marileidy Paulino  Dominican Republic
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Salwa Eid Naser  Bahrain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Natalia Kaczmarek  Poland
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The women's 400 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in four rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, between 5 and 9 August 2024. This was the sixteenth time that the women's 400 metres was contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 48 athletes were able to qualify for the event by entry standard or ranking.

Summary

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Tokyo champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo was back to defend her championship, but she didn't have any recent results to look competitive a year and a half after giving birth. Returning silver medalist Marileidy Paulino was back as the 2023 World Champion. Those same two finished in the same order in 2022. The bronze medalist Allyson Felix retired with the most medals in history. Silver in 2023 Natalia Kaczmarek had several top times of the year. Sada Williams was 2022 and 2023 bronze medalist. Going further back, Salwa Eid Naser #3 of all time set while winning the 2019 World Championship, also the 2017 silver medalist, was back after a "whereabouts" drug suspension. Nickisha Pryce came in as the World Leader, part of the remarkable University of Arkansas program that also included Amber Anning. The 21-year-old Irish prodigy, recent European silver medalist and former NCAA champion, Rhasidat Adeleke was also in the reckoning

Miller-Uibo did not get out of the heats. After a long college season, Pryce did not make through the semi-final round.

In the final, Naser got off to the fastest start, Alexis Holmes and Anning slightly behind. Onto the backstretch, rocking her head, Paulino moved closer to Naser, getting even to the stagger and ahead by 200 metres. Through the turn Rhasidat Adeleke asserted herself into third. Coming onto the home stretch, Paulino had a big lead over Nasser, holding it until letting off the gas 10 meters before the finish. Adeleke had vanquished everyone else except Kaczmarek. With 50 meters to go, Kaczmarek accelerated and Adeleke struggled. Anning sensed blood and accelerated to try to nip Adeleke at the line, but she ran out of track.[2]

Paulino's 48.17 broke Marie-José Pérec's 28 year old Olympic record and her own National Record. Anning also set a new British Record. All eight finalists finished under 50 seconds for the first time ever.[3]

Background

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The women's 400 metres has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1964.[4]

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (nation) Time (s) Location Date
World record  Marita Koch (GDR) 47.60[5] Canberra, Australia 6 October 1985
Olympic record  Marie-José Pérec (FRA) 48.25[2] Atlanta, United States 29 July 1996
World leading  Nickisha Pryce (JAM) 48.57[6] London, United Kingdom 20 July 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[7]
Area record Athlete (nation) Time (s)
Africa (records)  Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR) 49.10
Asia (records)  Salwa Eid Naser (BHR) 48.14
Europe (records)  Marita Koch (GDR) 47.60 WR
North, Central America
and Caribbean
(records)
 Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH) 48.36
Oceania (records)  Cathy Freeman (AUS) 48.63
South America (records)  Ximena Restrepo (COL) 49.64

Qualification

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For the women's 400 metres event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.[8] 48 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 50.95 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[8]

Results

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Heats

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The heats are scheduled to be held on 5 August, starting at 11:55 (UTC+2) in the morning. 48 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification time or world ranking.[1][9] Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) advance to the semi-finals, all others (Re) advance to the repechage round (except DNS, DNF, DQ)

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Salwa Eid Naser  Bahrain 49.91 Q
2 8 Stacey-Ann Williams  Jamaica 50.16 Q, SB
3 4 Andrea Miklós  Romania 50.54 Q, PB
4 2 Gabby Scott  Puerto Rico 50.74 NR
5 5 Kendall Ellis  United States 51.16
6 6 Sophie Becker  Ireland 51.84
7 9 Tereza Petržilková  Czech Republic 51.92
8 7 Modesta Justė Morauskaitė  Lithuania 52.00 SB

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Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 8 Nickisha Pryce  Jamaica 50.02 Q
2 7 Laviai Nielsen  Great Britain 50.36 Q
3 2 Henriette Jæger  Norway 50.39 Q
4 4 Justyna Święty-Ersetic  Poland 50.95 SB
5 6 Ellie Beer  Australia 51.47 PB
6 5 Lina Licona  Colombia 51.85
7 3 Zoe Sherar  Canada 51.97

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Heat 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 8 Amber Anning  Great Britain 49.68 Q
2 2 Lieke Klaver  Netherlands 49.96 Q
3 6 Paola Morán  Mexico 51.04 Q
4 9 Martina Weil  Chile 51.15
5 7 Alice Mangione  Italy 51.60
6 3 Ella Onojuvwevwo  Nigeria 51.65
7 4 Tiffani Marinho  Brazil 52.62
8 5 Cátia Azevedo  Portugal 52.73

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Heat 4

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Natalia Kaczmarek  Poland 49.98 Q
2 9 Roxana Gómez  Cuba 50.38 Q, SB
3 5 Sada Williams  Barbados 50.45 Q
4 6 Victoria Ohuruogu  Great Britain 50.93
5 3 Gunta Vaičule  Latvia 51.13
6 2 Helena Ponette  Belgium 51.75
7 7 Shaunae Miller-Uibo  Bahamas 2:29.29
8 Esther Joseph  Nigeria DQ TR17.2.3

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Heat 5

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Marileidy Paulino  Dominican Republic 49.42 Q
2 7 Aaliyah Butler  United States 50.52 Q
3 6 Susanne Gogl-Walli  Austria 50.67 Q, PB
4 8 Sharlene Mawdsley  Ireland 50.71 PB
5 4 Aliyah Abrams  Guyana 51.55 SB
6 9 Lurdes Gloria Manuel  Czech Republic 52.20
7 2 Kiran Pahal  India 52.51
8 3 Cynthia Bolingo  Belgium 52.77 SB

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Heat 6

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Rhasidat Adeleke  Ireland 50.09 Q
2 7 Alexis Holmes  United States 50.35 Q
3 8 Junelle Bromfield  Jamaica 51.36 Q
4 2 Miranda Coetzee  South Africa 51.58
5 6 Lada Vondrová  Czech Republic 51.80
6 3 Lauren Gale  Canada 53.13
7 4 Evelis Aguilar  Colombia 53.36
9 Nicole Caicedo  Ecuador DQ TR16.8

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Repechage round

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The repechage round was held on 6 August, starting at 11:20 (UTC+2).[1]

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1 5 Ella Onojuvwevwo  Nigeria 50.59 Q
2 4 Justyna Święty-Ersetic  Poland 50.89 SB
3 3 Sharlene Mawdsley  Ireland 51.18
4 7 Tereza Petržilková  Czech Republic 51.46 SB
5 8 Aliyah Abrams  Guyana 51.84
6 6 Kiran Pahal  India 52.59

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Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1 4 Gabby Scott  Puerto Rico 50.52 Q, NR
2 8 Miranda Coetzee  South Africa 50.66 q, PB
3 5 Lurdes Gloria Manuel  Czech Republic 50.81 q
4 6 Modesta Justė Morauskaitė  Lithuania 51.33 PB
5 7 Helena Ponette  Belgium 51.46 PB
6 3 Martina Weil  Chile 51.79
7 2 Shaunae Miller-Uibo  Bahamas 53.50

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Heat 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1 8 Victoria Ohuruogu  Great Britain 50.59 Q, SB
2 2 Gunta Vaičule  Latvia 50.93
3 6 Alice Mangione  Italy 51.07 PB
4 4 Ellie Beer  Australia 51.65
5 5 Cátia Azevedo  Portugal 52.04 SB
6 3 Lauren Gale  Canada 52.68
7 7 Evelis Aguilar  Colombia 52.86 SB

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Heat 4

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1 8 Kendall Ellis  United States 50.44 Q
2 6 Sophie Becker  Ireland 51.28
3 7 Zoe Sherar  Canada 51.43
4 4 Lina Licona  Colombia 51.90
5 5 Lada Vondrová  Czech Republic 52.15
6 2 Tiffani Marinho  Brazil 52.32
3 Cynthia Bolingo  Belgium DNS

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Semi-finals

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The semi-finals are scheduled to be held on 7 August, starting at 20:45 (UTC+2) in the evening.[1]

Semi-final 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 7 Salwa Eid Naser  Bahrain 49.08 Q, SB
2 8 Rhasidat Adeleke  Ireland 49.95 Q
3 4 Henriette Jæger  Norway 50.17 q
4 6 Lieke Klaver  Netherlands 50.44
5 3 Victoria Ohuruogu  Great Britain 51.14
6 5 Aaliyah Butler  United States 51.18
7 2 Gabby Scott  Puerto Rico 51.22
8 9 Junelle Bromfield  Jamaica 51.93

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Semi-final 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Marileidy Paulino  Dominican Republic 49.21 Q
2 5 Alexis Holmes  United States 50.00 Q
3 7 Laviai Nielsen  Great Britain 50.69
4 8 Nickisha Pryce  Jamaica 50.77
5 9 Andrea Miklós  Romania 50.78
6 3 Ella Onojuvwevwo  Nigeria 51.05
7 4 Susanne Gogl-Walli  Austria 51.17
8 2 Lurdes Gloria Manuel  Czech Republic 51.42

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Semi-final 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 7 Natalia Kaczmarek  Poland 49.45 Q
2 6 Amber Anning  Great Britain 49.47 Q, PB
3 4 Sada Williams  Barbados 49.89 q
4 2 Kendall Ellis  United States 50.40
5 5 Roxana Gómez  Cuba 50.48
6 9 Paola Morán  Mexico 50.73
7 8 Stacey-Ann Williams  Jamaica 50.79
8 3 Miranda Coetzee  South Africa 51.60

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Final

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The final is scheduled to be held on 9 August, starting at 21:40 (UTC+2) in the evening.[1]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Marileidy Paulino  Dominican Republic 48.17 OR, AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 Salwa Eid Naser  Bahrain 48.53 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Natalia Kaczmarek  Poland 48.98
4 4 Rhasidat Adeleke  Ireland 49.28
5 5 Amber Anning  Great Britain 49.29 NR
6 9 Alexis Holmes  United States 49.77 PB
7 2 Sada Williams  Barbados 49.83
8 3 Henriette Jæger  Norway 49.96

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References

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