2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

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Women's 400 metres
at the 2013 World Championships
2013 World Championships in Athletics (August, 12) - Christine Ohuruogu.JPG
Gold medalist Christine Ohuruogu
Venue Luzhniki Stadium
Dates10 August (heats)
11 August (semifinals)
12 August (final)
Competitors36 from 28 nations
Winning time49.41
Medalists
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The women's 400 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–12 August. [1]

Contents

Heats started with Christine Ohuruogu leading 6 others under 51 with an exceptionally fast 50.20. 50 seconds was the order of the semifinal day. Six finalists dipped under 50, and Kseniya Ryzhova was lucky Amantle Montsho had gapped the first semi with the leading qualifier of 49.56. Ryzhova cruised in with a 50.48 to be the second automatic qualifier. Five others ran personal bests attempting to qualify.

The fast semifinals slowed the majority of the field. Only the medalists improved their times. From the gun Natasha Hastings and defending champion Amantle Montsho took it out, Hastings in lane 3 making up the stagger on Christine Ohuruogu in 4. Francena McCorory held her own and came off the final turn with Montsho but as Montsho aimed at the finish, the others went backward. With 50 metres to go, Christine Ohuruogu had worked her way from several metres down in the turn and had pulled even, looking like a good bet for silver. But she had other ideas. A steady stretch run put both a diving Ohuruogu and Montsho on the line at the same time. And that was what was posted 49.41, the same time for both. [2] It took a look at the photo finish to determine that Ohuruogu had won by 4 thousandths of a second. [3] Running a more even pace Russian Antonina Krivoshapka came off the turn even with Ohuruogu and made a stretch run of her own, overtaking the Americans and Stephanie McPherson to get a bronze medal [4] that she later lost following a doping violation. [5]

In the process of running a personal best to win the championship, Ohuruogu also got Kathy Smallwood-Cook's 29-year-old British national record (from the 1984 Olympics) that had so far evaded her through her career, a career that had included two Olympic medals, including the gold in 2008, and a previous World Championship. [6]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: [7]

World record Flag of East Germany.svg  Marita Koch  (GDR)47.60 Canberra, Australia6 October 1985
Championship record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jarmila Kratochvílová  (TCH)47.99 Helsinki, Finland10 August 1983
World LeadingFlag of Botswana.svg  Amantle Montsho  (BOT)49.33 Monaco 19 July 2013
African Record Flag of Nigeria.svg  Falilat Ogunkoya  (NGR)49.10 Atlanta, GA, United States29 July 1996
Asian Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ma Yuqin  (CHN)49.81Beijing, China11 September 1993
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Sanya Richards-Ross  (USA)48.70 Athens, Greece16 September 2006
South American record Flag of Colombia.svg  Ximena Restrepo  (COL)49.64 Barcelona, Spain5 August 1992
European Record Flag of East Germany.svg  Marita Koch  (GDR)47.60Canberra, Australia6 October 1985
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Cathy Freeman  (AUS)48.63Atlanta, GA, United States29 July 1996

Qualification standards

A time [8] B time
51.5552.35

Schedule

DateTimeRound
10 August 201318:05 Heats
11 August 201320:05 Semifinals
12 August 201321:15 Final

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Results

KEY:QQualifiedqFastest non-qualifiersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals. [9]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
126 Christine Ohuruogu Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)50.20Q
237 Francena McCorory Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)50.56Q
323 Natasha Hastings Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)50.64Q
445 Kseniya Ryzhova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)50.69Q
555 Amantle Montsho Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana  (BOT)50.75Q
642 Novlene Williams-Mills Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)50.83Q
734 Stephanie McPherson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)50.98Q
852 Regina George Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR)51.01Q
943 Nataliya Pyhyda Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)51.17Q, SB
1013 Antonina Krivoshapka Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)51.27Q
1132 Libania Grenot Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)51.43Q, SB
1215 Ashley Spencer Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)51.48Q
1346 Bianca Răzor Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)51.51Q, PB
1414 Kineke Alexander Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  (VIN)51.62Q, SB
1538 Floria Gueï Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)51.75Q
1621 Marie Gayot Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)51.83Q
1716 Omolara Omotoso Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR)51.98Q
1844 Tjipekapora Herunga Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia  (NAM)52.01q, SB
1948 Chiara Bazzoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)52.14q
2047 Esther Cremer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)52.17q
2156 Patricia Hall Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)52.20Q
2222 Amy Mbacké Thiam Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal  (SEN)52.24Q
2318 Agne Šerkšnienė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)52.28q, PB
2424 Moa Hjelmer Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)52.39
2557 Aauri Bokesa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)52.44Q
2617 Olesea Cojuhari Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova  (MDA)52.45
2754 Jennifer Carey Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)52.62
2858 Caitlin Sargent Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)52.63
2928 Joelma Sousa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)53.01
3035 Alicia Brown Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)53.26
3112 Kadecia Baird Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana  (GUY)53.73
3236 Zhao Yanmin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)54.03
3327 Gretta Taslakian Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon  (LIB)54.56
3433 Sade Sealy Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados  (BAR)55.45
3525 Phumlile Ndzinisa Flag of Swaziland.svg  Swaziland  (SWZ)56.36
53 Maureen Jelagat Maiyo Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)DQ163.3 [10]

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final. [11]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
115 Amantle Montsho Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana  (BOT)49.56Q
224 Christine Ohuruogu Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)49.75Q, SB
335 Francena McCorory Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)49.86Q, PB
425 Natasha Hastings Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)49.94Q, SB
534 Antonina Krivoshapka Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)49.99Q
533 Stephanie McPherson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)49.99q
726 Novlene Williams-Mills Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)50.34q
823 Libania Grenot Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)50.47SB
913 Kseniya Ryzhova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)50.48Q
1016 Regina George Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR)50.84PB
1136 Nataliya Pyhyda Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)51.02PB
1227 Floria Gueï Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)51.42PB
1317 Bianca Răzor Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)51.49PB
1437 Marie Gayot Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)51.54PB
1528 Kineke Alexander Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  (VIN)51.64
1614 Ashley Spencer Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)51.80
1731 Aauri Bokesa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)51.94
1812 Chiara Bazzoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)52.11
1911 Tjipekapora Herunga Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia  (NAM)52.28
2021 Amy Mbacké Thiam Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal  (SEN)52.37
2138 Omolara Omotoso Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR)52.38
2232 Esther Cremer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)52.42
2322 Agne Šerkšnienė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)52.48
2418 Patricia Hall Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)52.62

Final

The final was held at 21:15. [12]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Christine Ohuruogu Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)49.41 NR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Amantle Montsho Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana  (BOT)49.41
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Stephanie McPherson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)49.99
43 Natasha Hastings Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)50.30
56 Francena McCorory Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)50.68
67 Kseniya Ryzhova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)50.98
71 Novlene Williams-Mills Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)51.49
DQ 8 Antonina Krivoshapka Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)49.78

References

  1. Start list
  2. "Christine Ohuruogu wins 400m gold in epic race". ESPN. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  3. "Christine Ohuruogu wins 400m World Championship gold in stunning style". Guardian. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  4. "Russia outrun U.S. To take women's 4x400 relay". Reuters. 17 August 2013. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020.
  5. "5 Russians banned for doping at Olympics, track and field world champinships [sic]". Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  6. "Ohuruogu relishes 'special' victory". BBC Sport.
  7. "Records & Lists – 400 meters". IAAF . Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  8. IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 – Standards, All Russia Athletic Federation, 2012, archived from the original on 16 August 2013, retrieved 8 August 2013
  9. Heats Results
  10. Lane infringement
  11. Semifinals Results
  12. Final Results