Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

Women's 400 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Muhammad running to victory in the women's 400m hurdles final
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates15 August 2016 (heats)
16 August 2016 (semifinals)
18 August 2016 (final)
Competitors48 from 33 nations
Winning time53.13
Medalists
   United States
   Denmark
   United States
Athletics at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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110 m hurdles men
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3000 m
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20 km walk men women
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Long jump men women
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Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's 400 metres hurdles competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was held at the Olympic Stadium between 15–18 August.[1]

Summary

Muhammad celebrating

The 2012 Olympic champion Natalya Antyukh could not have entered due to Russia's team doping ban. Of the medallists from the 2012 Olympics and 2015 World Championships only Czech athlete Zuzana Hejnová was present, though her form had been lacking that season. The three American medallists of that period did not qualify at the American trials, which were headed by Dalilah Muhammad in a world-leading 52.88 seconds. Top-four ranked Shamier Little and Georganne Moline were beaten by Ashley Spencer and 16-year-old Sydney McLaughlin there. Janieve Russell of Jamaica ranked third for the season but had fitness issues in preparation. Eilidh Doyle, Sara Slott Petersen and Wenda Nel were the only other entrants with times under 54.5 seconds that year.[2][3]

In the final, Dalilah Muhammad went out aggressively, with a clear lead over the first hurdle. She made up the stagger on Sara Petersen to her outside before the end of the first turn. When they hit the backstretch the positions revealed Peterson was clearly out second best. She continued to lead own the backstretch and through the turn, with Peterson trying to keep pace from behind with further to run around the turn. Its an all or nothing strategy, the only question is if she would tie up in the last 100. Muhammad had to stretch her strides to get over the eighth hurdle, a tip to Petersen that Muhammad might come back. Petersen made a run at Muhammad, perhaps achieving a slight gain between the ninth and tenth hurdle. But Muhammad didn't tie up, the gap didn't shrink and Muhammad had a clear victory. At the eight hurdle, two time world champion and the only returning medalist from 2012 Zuzana Hejnová and Janieve Russel were in a battle for bronze. Ashley Spencer and Eilidh Doyle were in a battle for dead last place, 3 metres behind the bronze medal battle. Over the last two hurdles, Russel faded, while Hejnová stayed about the same distance behind Petersen. But Spencer was in a different gear, running the last hundred like a 100 metre hurdler, passing three Jamaicans and Hejnová then continuing her rush, making a run at Petersen.

Petersen broke her own Danish National Record while winning silver.

The following evening the medals were presented by Nita Ambani, IOC member, India and Nawal El Moutawakel, Council Member of the IAAF.

Competition format

The women's 400 m hurdles competition had three rounds: a heats round with six races, three semi-finals, and a single final. The top three from each heat and the six fastest non-qualifiers progress to the semi-final stage. The top two of each semi-final and the two fastest non-qualifiers of that round compete in the final.

Records

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

World record  Yuliya Pechenkina (RUS) 52.34 Tula, Russia 8 August 2003
Olympic record  Melaine Walker (JAM) 52.64 Beijing, China 20 August 2008
2016 World leading  Dalilah Muhammad (USA) 52.88 Eugene, United States 10 July 2016

The following national record was established during the competition:

Country Athlete Round Time Notes
Denmark  Sara Petersen (DEN) Final 53.55 s

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-3)

Date Time Round
Monday, 15 August 2016 21:30Heats
Tuesday, 16 August 2016 21:10Semifinals
Thursday, 18 August 201622:15Finals

Results

Heats

Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Tracey, RistanannaRistananna Tracey Jamaica 54.88 Q
2 4 Hejnová, ZuzanaZuzana Hejnová Czech Republic 55.54 Q
3 1 Folorunso, AyomideAyomide Folorunso Italy 55.78 Q
4 6 Troest, StinaStina Troest Denmark 56.06 q
5 2 McLaughlin, SydneySydney McLaughlin United States 56.32 q
6 3 Fontanive, PetraPetra Fontanive Switzerland 56.80
7 8 Hechavarría, ZurianZurian Hechavarría Cuba 57.28
8 5 Maiyo, Maureen JelagatMaureen Jelagat Maiyo Kenya 57.97

Heat 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Linkiewicz, JoannaJoanna Linkiewicz Poland 56.07 Q
2 3 Russel, JanieveJanieve Russel Jamaica 56.13 Q
3 6 Claxton, GraceGrace Claxton Puerto Rico 56.40 Q
4 8 Belle, Tia-AdanaTia-Adana Belle Barbados 56.68
5 2 McKnight, SparkleSparkle McKnight Trinidad and Tobago 56.80
6 4 Baumann, JackieJackie Baumann Germany 59.04
7 5 Islami, DritaDrita Islami Macedonia 1:01.18
8 1 Chase-Taylor, ChaniceChanice Chase-Taylor Canada 1:02.83

Heat 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Spencer, AshleyAshley Spencer United States 55.12 Q
2 7 Nugent, LeahLeah Nugent Jamaica 55.66 Q
2 6 Tkachuk, ViktoriyaViktoriya Tkachuk Ukraine 56.14 Q
3 8 Rosolova, DenisaDenisa Rosolova Czech Republic 56.36 q
4 1 Sprunger, LeaLea Sprunger Switzerland 56.58
5 3 Iuel, AmalieAmalie Iuel Norway 56.75
6 4 Lambarki, HayatHayat Lambarki Morocco 1:00.83
7 2 Harutyunyan, LilitLilit Harutyunyan Armenia 1:03.13

Heat 4

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Petersen, SaraSara Petersen Denmark 55.20 Q
2 1 Nel, WendaWenda Nel South Africa 55.55 Q
3 4 Ankiewicz, EmiliaEmilia Ankiewicz Poland 55.89 Q
4 7 Pedroso, YadisleidyYadisleidy Pedroso Italy 55.91 q
5 3 Bellille, JaneilJaneil Bellille Trinidad and Tobago 56.25 q
6 2 Belanovich, KatsiarynaKatsiaryna Belanovich Belarus 56.55
7 8 Dauwens, AxelleAxelle Dauwens Belgium 57.68
8 6 Almouhamad, GhfranGhfran Almouhamad Syria 58.85

Heat 5

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Muhammad, DalilahDalilah Muhammad United States 55.33 Q
2 7 Montcalm, NoelleNoelle Montcalm Canada 56.07 Q
3 6 Titimets, HannaHanna Titimets Ukraine 56.24 Q
4 1 Wells, LaurenLauren Wells Australia 56.26 q
5 2 Anacharsis, PharaPhara Anacharsis France 56.64
6 4 Barbosa, VeraVera Barbosa Portugal 57.28
7 5 Nguyễn, Thị HuyềnThị Huyền Nguyễn Vietnam 57.87
8 8 Asanova, NatalyaNatalya Asanova Uzbekistan 1:02.37

Heat 6

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Doyle, EilidhEilidh Doyle Great Britain 55.46 Q
2 1 Watson, SageSage Watson Canada 55.93 Q
3 3 Kolesnychenko, OlenaOlena Kolesnychenko Ukraine 56.61 Q
4 2 Ogoegbunam, AmakaAmaka Ogoegbunam Nigeria 56.96
5 5 Kubokura, SatomiSatomi Kubokura Japan 57.34
6 8 Caravelli, MarziaMarzia Caravelli Italy 57.77
7 7 Scott, SharolynSharolyn Scott Costa Rica 58.27
8 4 Romanova, AleksandraAleksandra Romanova Kazakhstan 59.36

Semifinals

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Hejnová, ZuzanaZuzana Hejnová Czech Republic 54.55 Q, SB
2 5 Tracey, RistanannaRistananna Tracey Jamaica 54.80 Q
3 6 Linkiewicz, JoannaJoanna Linkiewicz Poland 55.35
4 1 Troest, StinaStina Troest Denmark 56.00 SB
5 2 McLaughlin, SydneySydney McLaughlin United States 56.22
6 3 Montcalm, NoelleNoelle Montcalm Canada 56.28
7 7 Folorunso, AyomideAyomide Folorunso Italy 56.37
8 8 Kolesnychenko, OlenaOlena Kolesnychenko Ukraine 56.77

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Spencer, AshleyAshley Spencer United States 54.87 Q
2 4 Russel, JanieveJanieve Russel Jamaica 54.92 Q
3 3 Doyle, EilidhEilidh Doyle Great Britain 54.99 q
4 7 Titimets, HannaHanna Titimets Ukraine 55.27
5 1 Pedroso, YadisleidyYadisleidy Pedroso Italy 55.78 SB
6 6 Nel, WendaWenda Nel South Africa 55.83
7 8 Ankiewicz, EmiliaEmilia Ankiewicz Poland 56.99
8 2 Rosolová, DenisaDenisa Rosolová Czech Republic 57.39

Semifinal 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Muhammad, DalilahDalilah Muhammad United States 53.89 Q
2 5 Petersen, SaraSara Petersen Denmark 54.55 Q
3 6 Nugent, LeahLeah Nugent Jamaica 54.98 q, PB
4 4 Watson, SageSage Watson Canada 55.44
5 7 Claxton, GraceGrace Claxton Puerto Rico 55.85 PB
6 2 Bellille, JaneilJaneil Bellille Trinidad and Tobago 56.06 SB
7 1 Wells, LaurenLauren Wells Australia 56.83
8 8 Tkachuk, ViktoriyaViktoriya Tkachuk Ukraine 56.87

Final

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 3 Muhammad, DalilahDalilah Muhammad United States 53.13
2nd, silver medalist(s) 4 Petersen, SaraSara Petersen Denmark 53.55 NR
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 5 Spencer, AshleyAshley Spencer United States 53.72 PB
4 6 Hejnová, ZuzanaZuzana Hejnová Czech Republic 53.92 SB
5 7 Tracey, RistanannaRistananna Tracey Jamaica 54.15 PB
6 2 Nugent, LeahLeah Nugent Jamaica 54.45 PB
7 8 Russel, JanieveJanieve Russel Jamaica 54.56
8 1 Doyle, EilidhEilidh Doyle Great Britain 54.61

References

  1. Women's 400m Hurdles - Standings. Rio2016. Retrieved on 2016-08-14.
  2. Mulkeen, Jon (2016-08-10). Preview: women's 400m hurdles – Rio 2016 Olympic Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-14.
  3. Senior outdoor 2016 400 Metres Hurdles women. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-14.
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