2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

Women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2019 World Championships
Dalilah Muhammad (gold) and Sydney McLaughlin (silver) at the finish line during the final.
Venue	Khalifa International Stadium
Dates	1 October (heats) 2 October (semi-final) 4 October (final)
Competitors	39 from 27 nations
Winning time	52.16 WR
Medalists
Dalilah Muhammad    United States   Sydney McLaughlin    United States   Rushell Clayton    Jamaica
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The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 1 to 4 October 2019. ^[1]

Summary

Throughout the 2019 season two names topped the 400 hurdles list. The same two topped the semi-final round. Dalilah Muhammad and Sydney McLaughlin, but which one would be the favorite? McLaughlin had more superior times and had beaten Muhammad 2 to 1. The 1, Muhammad had to set the world record to beat McLaughlin and win the USA Championships on a rain soaked track in Des Moines. And McLaughlin was still improving. She ran those fast times while still a teenager, turning 20 late in the season.

In the final, Muhammad did what she had to do, she went out hard. She was first over the first hurdle and continued to pull ahead, making up the stagger on Sage Watson to her outside before the end of the turn. But McLaughlin was not giving up too much ground, two lanes to the inside, passing Rushell Clayton between them just after entering the backstretch. Before the end of the backstretch, Muhammad had made up another stagger on two time World Champion Zuzana Hejnová. Through the final turn, both were well in front, Muhammad taking the hurdles about a full stride ahead of McLaughlin. When they hit the home straight, Muhammad had about a 3-metre lead. That gap stayed consistent over the final two barriers, but coming off the final hurdle, McLaughlin made up a meter in the first three steps and she was coming on fast. The gap was closing as the finish line neared. Both athletes leaned for the line with Muhammad holding on for a half metre victory. Clayton finished a second and a half back to take bronze.

Muhammad had beaten her own world record set just two months earlier by .04. She ran 52.16. McLaughlin had run the #3 time in history, 52.23. The only thing separating the two was Muhammad's previous world record run. Just as in the 1995 World Championships, two American hurdlers had pushed each other to be the #1 and 2 performers in history.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: ^[2]

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Location
World	52.20	Dalilah Muhammad	USA	28 Jul 2019	Des Moines, United States
Championship	52.42	Melaine Walker	JAM	20 Aug 2009	Berlin, Germany
World leading	52.20	Dalilah Muhammad	USA	28 Jul 2019	Des Moines, United States
African	52.90	Nezha Bidouane	MAR	25 Aug 1999	Sevilla, Spain
Asian	53.96	Han Qing	CHN	9 Sep 1993	Beijing, China
		Song Yinglan	CHN	17 Nov 2001	Guangzhou, China
NACAC	52.20	Dalilah Muhammad	USA	28 Jul 2019	Des Moines, United States
European	52.34	Yuliya Pechonkina	RUS	8 Aug 2003	Tula, Russia
Oceanian	53.17	Debbie Flintoff-King	AUS	27 Sep 1988	Seoul, South Korea

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
4 October	Final	Dalilah Muhammad	USA	52.16	WR CR

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows: ^[3]

Date	Time	Round
1 October	17:30	Heats
2 October	21:05	Semi-finals
4 October	21:30	Final

Results

Heats

The first four in each heat (Q) and the next four fastest (q) qualified for the semifinal. ^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	8	Sydney McLaughlin	United States  (USA)	54.45	Q
2	4	5	Amalie Iuel	Norway  (NOR)	54.72	Q, NR
3	3	5	Dalilah Muhammad	United States  (USA)	54.87	Q
4	1	4	Léa Sprunger	Switzerland  (SUI)	54.98	Q, SB
5	2	2	Anna Ryzhykova	Ukraine  (UKR)	55.11	Q
6	4	7	Aminat Yusuf Jamal	Bahrain  (BHR)	55.13	Q, PB
7	4	6	Ayomide Folorunso	Italy  (ITA)	55.20	Q
8	1	9	Shiann Salmon	Jamaica  (JAM)	55.20	Q, PB
9	5	7	Rushell Clayton	Jamaica  (JAM)	55.23	Q
10	4	8	Ashley Spencer	United States  (USA)	55.28	Q
11	4	3	Femke Bol	Netherlands  (NED)	55.32	q, PB
12	2	9	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic  (CZE)	55.33	Q
13	3	4	Zurian Hechavarría	Cuba  (CUB)	55.36	Q
14	1	5	Vera Rudakova	Authorised Neutral Athletes  (ANA)	55.51	Q, SB
15	5	9	Sage Watson	Canada  (CAN)	55.57	Q
16	4	9	Hanne Claes	Belgium  (BEL)	55.68	q
17	2	4	Jessica Turner	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	55.72	Q, PB
18	2	6	Yadisleidis Pedroso	Italy  (ITA)	55.78	Q, SB
19	2	3	Carolina Krafzik	Germany  (GER)	55.93	q
20	3	7	Joanna Linkiewicz	Poland  (POL)	55.97	Q
21	5	3	Meghan Beesley	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	55.97	Q
22	1	3	Lauren Boden	Australia  (AUS)	56.00	q
23	3	3	Gianna Woodruff	Panama  (PAN)	56.07	Q
24	2	8	Ronda Whyte	Jamaica  (JAM)	56.37
25	5	4	Sarah Carli	Australia  (AUS)	56.37	Q
26	2	5	Melissa Gonzalez	Colombia  (COL)	56.49
27	3	6	Valeriya Andreyeva	Authorised Neutral Athletes  (ANA)	56.79
28	5	6	Linda Olivieri	Italy  (ITA)	56.82
29	4	4	Sara Klein	Australia  (AUS)	56.97
30	4	2	Yanique Haye-Smith	Turks and Caicos Islands  (TKS)	56.98
31	5	8	Zenéy van der Walt	South Africa  (RSA)	57.11
32	3	8	Paulien Couckuyt	Belgium  (BEL)	57.15
33	1	2	Jessica Moreira	Brazil  (BRA)	57.37
34	5	5	Lamiae Lhabze	Morocco  (MAR)	57.66
35	5	2	Tia-Adana Belle	Barbados  (BAR)	58.44
36	1	7	Mariam Mamdouh Farid	Qatar  (QAT)	1:09.49	PB
	2	7	Kori Carter	United States  (USA)	DNF
	3	2	Sara Petersen	Denmark  (DEN)	DSQ	168.7(a)
	1	6	Portia Bing	New Zealand  (NZL)

Semi-finals

The first 2 in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final. ^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	5	Sydney McLaughlin	United States  (USA)	53.81	Q
2	1	5	Dalilah Muhammad	United States  (USA)	53.91	Q
3	2	7	Rushell Clayton	Jamaica  (JAM)	54.17	Q
4	1	4	Sage Watson	Canada  (CAN)	54.32	Q, NR
5	2	5	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic  (CZE)	54.41	Q
6	2	8	Ashley Spencer	United States  (USA)	54.42	q
7	1	6	Anna Ryzhykova	Ukraine  (UKR)	54.45	q, SB
8	3	6	Léa Sprunger	Switzerland  (SUI)	54.52	Q, SB
9	1	7	Zurian Hechavarría	Cuba  (CUB)	55.03
10	2	4	Amalie Iuel	Norway  (NOR)	55.03
11	3	7	Shiann Salmon	Jamaica  (JAM)	55.16	PB
12	1	3	Hanne Claes	Belgium  (BEL)	55.25	SB
13	2	6	Ayomide Folorunso	Italy  (ITA)	55.36
14	2	9	Joanna Linkiewicz	Poland  (POL)	55.38	SB
15	3	8	Yadisleidis Pedroso	Italy  (ITA)	55.40	SB
16	2	2	Sarah Carli	Australia  (AUS)	55.43	PB
17	3	4	Aminat Yusuf Jamal	Bahrain  (BHR)	55.54
18	1	8	Vera Rudakova	Authorised Neutral Athletes  (ANA)	55.57
19	3	2	Gianna Woodruff	Panama  (PAN)	55.61	SB
20	3	9	Jessica Turner	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	55.87
21	3	3	Lauren Boden	Australia  (AUS)	55.94
22	1	2	Femke Bol	Netherlands  (NED)	56.37
23	2	3	Carolina Krafzik	Germany  (GER)	56.41
24	1	9	Meghan Beesley	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	56.89

Final

The final was started on 4 October at 21:30. ^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Dalilah Muhammad	United States  (USA)	52.16	WR
	4	Sydney McLaughlin	United States  (USA)	52.23	PB
	5	Rushell Clayton	Jamaica  (JAM)	53.74	PB
4	9	Léa Sprunger	Switzerland  (SUI)	54.06	NR
5	8	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic  (CZE)	54.23
6	2	Ashley Spencer	United States  (USA)	54.45
7	3	Anna Ryzhykova	Ukraine  (UKR)	54.45	SB
8	7	Sage Watson	Canada  (CAN)	54.82

References

1. "400 Metres Hurdles Women − Round 1 − Start List" (PDF). IAAF. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
2. "400 metres hurdles Women − Records". IAAF . Retrieved 27 September 2019.
3. "Women's 400 metres hurdles − Timetable". IAAF . Retrieved 27 September 2019.
4. "Heats results" (PDF).
5. "Semi-finals results" (PDF).
6. "400 Metres Hurdles Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

External |Links

External videos
Women's 400m Hurdles Final - World Record, World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 on YouTube