Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

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Women's 400 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Centennial Olympic Stadium
Dates28 July 1996 (heats)
29 July 1996 (semi-finals)
31 July 1996 (final)
Competitors29 from 22 nations
Winning time52.82 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Deon Hemmings
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Silver medal icon.svg Kim Batten
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Tonja Buford-Bailey
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1992
2000  

These are the official results of the Women's 400m Hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 30 competitors. [1]

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Final

RANKNAME ATHLETETIMELANE
Med 1.png Flag of Jamaica.svg  Deon Hemmings  (JAM)52.825
Med 2.png Flag of the United States.svg  Kim Batten  (USA)53.082
Med 3.png Flag of the United States.svg  Tonja Buford-Bailey  (USA)53.224
4.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Debbie Parris  (JAM)53.972
5.Flag of Germany.svg  Heike Meissner  (GER)54.031
6.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Rosey Edeh  (CAN)54.397
7.Flag of Romania.svg  Ionela Târlea  (ROU)54.408
8.Flag of Germany.svg  Silvia Rieger  (GER)54.573

Semi finals

RANKNAME ATHLETETIMELANE
1.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Deon Hemmings  (JAM)52.993
2.Flag of the United States.svg  Tonja Buford-Bailey  (USA)53.386
3.Flag of Germany.svg  Heike Meissner  (GER)54.274
4.Flag of Romania.svg  Ionela Târlea  (ROU)54.412
5.Flag of Ireland.svg  Susan Smith  (IRL)54.938
6.Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Ann Mercken  (BEL)54.951
7.Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Tatyana Ledovskaya  (BLR)54.997
8.Flag of Ukraine.svg  Tetyana Tereshchuk  (UKR)55.345
RANKNAME ATHLETETIMELANE
1.Flag of the United States.svg  Kim Batten  (USA)53.656
2.Flag of Germany.svg  Silvia Rieger  (GER)54.277
3.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Rosey Edeh  (CAN)54.492
4.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Debbie Parris  (JAM)54.721
5.Flag of the United States.svg  Sandra Farmer-Patrick  (USA)54.735
6.Flag of Iceland.svg  Gudrun Arnardottir  (ISL)54.814
7.Flag of Switzerland.svg  Michèle Schenk  (SUI)55.968
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Sally Gunnell  (GBR)DNF3

Non-qualifiers

RANKNAME ATHLETETIME
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Natalya Torshina  (KAZ)55.94
Flag of Latvia.svg  Lana Jēkabsone  (LAT)56.18
Flag of Russia.svg  Anna Knoroz  (RUS)56.21
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Catherine Scott-Pomales  (JAM)56.21
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Martina Stoop  (SUI)56.32
Flag of Spain.svg  Miriam Alonso  (ESP)56.53
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Lade Akinremi  (NGR)56.83
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Nelli Voronkova  (BLR)56.97
Flag of South Africa.svg  Karen van der Veen  (RSA)57.00
Flag of Italy.svg  Virna de Angeli  (ITA)57.12
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Tanya Kurochkina  (BLR)57.28
Flag of Spain.svg  Eva Paniagua  (ESP)58.10
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Mary-Estelle Kapalu  (VAN)58.68
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Hsu Pei-Chin  (TPE)58.80

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References

  1. "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2017.