2025 World Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

Women's 400 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
Venue	National Stadium
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Dates	14 September (heats) 16 September (semi-finals) 18 September (final)
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The women's 400 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships will be held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 14, 16 and 18 September 2025. ^[1]

Records

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

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	Marita Koch  (GDR)	47.60	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
Championship record	Jarmila Kratochvílová  (TCH)	47.99	Helsinki, Finland	10 August 1983
World Leading	Salwa Eid Naser  (BHR)	48.67	Kingston, Jamaica	5 April 2025
African Record	Falilat Ogunkoya  (NGR)	49.10	Atlanta, United States	29 July 1996
Asian Record	Salwa Eid Naser  (BHR)	48.14	Doha, Qatar	3 October 2019
European Record	Marita Koch  (GDR)	47.60	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Marileidy Paulino  (DOM)	48.17	Paris, France	9 August 2024
Oceanian record	Cathy Freeman  (AUS)	48.63	Atlanta, United States	29 July 1996
South American Record	Ximena Restrepo  (COL)	49.64	Barcelona, Spain	5 August 1992

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 50.75. ^[3]

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Round
14 September	19:25	Heats
16 September	21:07	Semi-finals
18 September	22:24	Final

Results

Heats

The heats will take place on 14 September. The first three athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the six fastest ( q ) qualify for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Lieke Klaver	Netherlands  (NED)	50.32	Q
2	8	Isabella Whittaker	United States  (USA)	50.82	Q
3	6	Dejanea Oakley	Jamaica  (JAM)	51.07	Q
4	4	Lauren Gale	Canada  (CAN)	51.56
5	9	Alice Mangione	Italy  (ITA)	51.70
6	2	Mette Baas	Finland  (FIN)	51.92
7	7	Vimbayi Maisvorewa	Zimbabwe  (ZIM)	52.28
8	3	Ellie Beer	Australia  (AUS)	52.31

Heat 2

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	8	Wadeline Venlogh	Haiti  (HAI)	49.91	Q, NR
2	5	Natalia Bukowiecka	Poland  (POL)	50.16	Q
3	6	Aaliyah Butler	United States  (USA)	50.44	Q
4	7	Sada Williams	Barbados  (BAR)	50.93	q
5	4	Leni Shida	Uganda  (UGA)	51.61
6	2	Zoe Sherar	Canada  (CAN)	52.19
7	3	Myrte van der Schoot	Netherlands  (NED)	52.19
8	9	Miranda Coetzee	South Africa  (RSA)	57.78

Heat 3

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone	United States  (USA)	49.41	Q
2	7	Martina Weil	Chile  (CHI)	50.61	Q
3	8	Mercy Oketch	Kenya  (KEN)	50.76	Q
4	9	Sharlene Mawdsley	Ireland  (IRL)	51.04	q
5	4	Caitlyn Bobb	Bermuda  (BER)	51.72
6	3	Eveline Saalberg	Netherlands  (NED)	51.73
7	5	Javonya Valcourt	Bahamas  (BAH)	52.00
8	2	Tiffani Marinho	Brazil  (BRA)	53.34
9	1	Esther Mayadjim Mingueyam	Chad  (CHA)	56.35	PB

Heat 4

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	Nickisha Pryce	Jamaica  (JAM)	49.91	Q
2	7	Henriette Jæger	Norway  (NOR)	50.12	Q
3	5	Roxana Gómez	Cuba  (CUB)	50.35	Q, SB
4	9	Printassia Johnson	Bahamas  (BAH)	50.53	q, PB
5	8	Yemi Mary John	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	50.71	q
6	2	Lada Vondrová	Czech Republic  (CZE)	51.90
7	3	Dianna Proctor	Canada  (CAN)	51.98
8	4	Gabby Scott	Puerto Rico  (PUR)	52.55

Heat 5

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Salwa Eid Naser	Bahrain  (BHR)	49.13	Q
2	7	Stacey-Ann Williams	Jamaica  (JAM)	49.59	Q, PB
3	4	Andrea Miklós	Romania  (ROM)	50.96	Q, SB
4	9	Victoria Ohuruogu	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	51.37	q
5	6	Anna Polinari	Italy  (ITA)	51.55
6	3	Shirley Nekhubui	South Africa  (RSA)	51.82
7	1	Nanako Matsumoto	Japan  (JPN)	52.41
8	2	Nadeesha Ramanayake	Sri Lanka  (SRI)	53.63
9	8	Evelis Aguilar	Colombia  (COL)	53.82

Heat 6

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	Marileidy Paulino	Dominican Republic  (DOM)	49.85	Q
2	5	Amber Anning	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	49.96	Q
3	8	Bassant Hemida	Egypt  (EGY)	50.36	Q, NR
4	7	Paula Sevilla	Spain  (ESP)	50.69	q, PB
5	3	Justyna Święty-Ersetic	Poland  (POL)	51.80
6	2	Sophie Becker	Ireland  (IRL)	52.19
7	9	Veronika Drljačić	Croatia  (CRO)	52.67
8	4	Susanne Gogl-Walli	Austria  (AUT)	52.92
9	1	Samira Awali Boubacar	Niger  (NIG)	52.99	SB

Semi-finals

The heats will take place on 16 September. The first two athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the two fastest ( q ) qualify for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	2	Yemi Mary John	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)
	3	Sada Williams	Barbados  (BAR)
	4	Aaliyah Butler	United States  (USA)
	5	Natalia Bukowiecka	Poland  (POL)
	6	Marileidy Paulino	Dominican Republic  (DOM)
	7	Henriette Jæger	Norway  (NOR)
	8	Wadeline Venlogh	Haiti  (HAI)
	9	Dejanea Oakley	Jamaica  (JAM)

Heat 2

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	2	Victoria Ohuruogu	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)
	3	Printassia Johnson	Bahamas  (BAH)
	4	Mercy Oketch	Kenya  (KEN)
	5	Salwa Eid Naser	Bahrain  (BHR)
	6	Isabella Whittaker	United States  (USA)
	7	Stacey-Ann Williams	Jamaica  (JAM)
	8	Lieke Klaver	Netherlands  (NED)
	9	Roxana Gómez	Cuba  (CUB)

Heat 3

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	2	Paula Sevilla	Spain  (ESP)
	3	Sharlene Mawdsley	Ireland  (IRL)
	4	Andrea Miklós	Romania  (ROM)
	5	Martina Weil	Chile  (CHI)
	6	Amber Anning	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)
	7	Nickisha Pryce	Jamaica  (JAM)
	8	Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone	United States  (USA)
	9	Bassant Hemida	Egypt  (EGY)

References

1. "Timetable - Tokyo 25 - World Athletics Championship - Women 400 Metres". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
2. "400 Metres Women − 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.