2025 World Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

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Women's 400 metres hurdles
at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
Venue National Stadium
Location Tokyo, Japan
Dates15 September (heats)
17 September (semi-finals)
19 September (final)
←  2023
2027  →

The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 World Athletics Championships will be held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 15, 17 and 19 September 2025. [1]

Contents

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [2]

RecordAthlete & Nat.Perf.LocationDate
World record Flag of the United States.svg  Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone  (USA)50.37 Paris, France8 August 2024
Championship record 50.68 Eugene, United States24 July 2022
2025 World LeadingFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Femke Bol  (NED)51.91 Chorzów, Poland16 August 2025
African Record Flag of Morocco.svg  Nezha Bidouane  (MAR)52.90 Sevilla, Spain25 August 1999
Asian Record Flag of Bahrain.svg  Kemi Adekoya  (BHR)53.09 Budapest, Hungary24 August 2023
European Record Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Femke Bol  (NED)50.95 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland14 July 2024
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone  (USA)50.37 Paris, France8 August 2024
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Debbie Flintoff-King  (AUS)53.17 Seoul, South Korea28 September 1988
South American Record Flag of Panama.svg  Gianna Woodruff  (PAN)53.69 Eugene, United States20 July 2022

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 54.65. [3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), is as follows: [1]

DateTimeRound
15 September11:20 Heats
17 September21:03 Semi-finals
19 September21:27 Final

Results

Heats

The heats took place on 15 September. The first four athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next four fastest ( q ) qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
17 Femke Bol Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 53.75 Q
22 Ayomide Folorunso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 54.67 Q
34 Naomi Van den Broeck Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 54.70 Q
43 Kemi Adekoya Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 55.15 Q
59 Hilla Uusimäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 55.52
61 Michelle Smith Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands 56.00
75 Rogail Joseph Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 56.20
78 Alanah Yukich Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 56.68
86 Robyn Brown Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 57.03
[4]

Heat 2

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
16 Anna Cockrell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.63 Q
27 Andrenette Knight Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 53.74 Q
34 Fatoumata Binta Diallo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 54.54 Q
45 Daniela Ledecká Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 54.86 Q
58 Eileen Demes Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 55.03 q
63 Tia-Adana Belle Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 55.27 q
79 Grace Claxton Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 56.14
82 Moa Granat Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 56.32
[4]

Heat 3

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
15 Jasmine Jones Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.18 Q, =SB
29 Emma Zapletalová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 54.15 Q
34 Amalie Iuel Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 54.65 Q
43 Elena Kelety Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 54.74 Q
56 Paulien Couckuyt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 55.08 q
67 Kristiina Halonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 55.42
72 Sára Mátó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 56.11
88 Daniela Fra Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 56.88
[4]

Heat 4

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
14 Dalilah Muhammad Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.80 Q
23 Shiann Salmon Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 54.21 Q, SB
35 Gianna Woodruff Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 54.60 Q
49 Rebecca Sartori Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 55.11 Q
57 Sarah Carli Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 55.24 q
66 Lina Nielsen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 55.82
78 Daniela Rojas Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 56.08
82 Ashley Miller Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 56.35
[4]

Heat 5

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
13 Alice Muraro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 54.36 Q, PB
27 Emily Newnham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 54.59 Q
38 Jiadie Mo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 54.63 Q, PB
49 Zenéy van der Walt Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 55.32 Q
54 Savannah Sutherland Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 55.68
65 Anna Gryc Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 55.73
72 Louise Maraval Flag of France.svg  France 55.84
86 Yanique Haye-Smith Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg  Turks and Caicos Islands 58.48
[4]

Semi-finals

The semi-finals took place on 17 September. The first two athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final.

Heat 1

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
16 Gianna Woodruff Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 52.66 Q, AR
28 Jasmine Jones Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.01 Q, SB
35 Emma Zapletalová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 53.22 q
42 Kemi Adekoya Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 54.04 SB
57 Andrenette Knight Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 54.35
63 Paulien Couckuyt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 54.69
79 Jiadie Mo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 55.11
84 Rebecca Sartori Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 55.34
[5]

Heat 2

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
16 Femke Bol Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 52.31 Q
27 Dalilah Muhammad Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.14 Q
34 Naomi Van den Broeck Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 53.65 q, NR
45 Ayomide Folorunso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 54.37
59 Elena Kelety Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 54.61 PB
68 Emily Newnham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 54.64
73 Sarah Carli Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 55.02
82 Tia-Adana Belle Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 55.83
[5]

Heat 3

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
18 Anna Cockrell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.28 Q
27 Shiann Salmon Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 54.03 Q, SB
39 Amalie Iuel Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 54.28 PB
45 Fatoumata Binta Diallo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 54.45 NR
56 Alice Muraro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 54.50
64 Daniela Ledecká Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 54.94
73 Zenéy van der Walt Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 55.06
82 Eileen Demes Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 55.98
[5]

Final

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
2 Emma Zapletalová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
3 Naomi Van den Broeck Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
4 Shiann Salmon Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
5 Femke Bol Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
6 Anna Cockrell Flag of the United States.svg  United States
7 Jasmine Jones Flag of the United States.svg  United States
8 Gianna Woodruff Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
9 Dalilah Muhammad Flag of the United States.svg  United States

References

  1. 1 2 "Women's 400 metres hurdles - Schedule". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "Women's 400 metres hurdles - Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Women's 400 metres hurdles - Heat results" (PDF). World Athletics. 15 September 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "Women's 400 metres hurdles - Semi-finals results" (PDF). World Athletics. 17 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
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