Women's 400 metres hurdles at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Athens Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 21–25 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 34 from 25 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 52.82 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
5000 m | men | women |
10,000 m | men | women |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4×100 m relay | men | women |
4×400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km walk | men | women |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | women |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | women |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
Wheelchair races | ||
The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 21 to 25. [1]
The first round had split a full roster of runners into five heats with the first two gaining a direct qualification and then the next six fastest across all heats advancing to the semifinals. The top four runners in both of the semifinal heats moved on directly to the final.
The final was expected to witness four early-season favorites, U.S. top runner Sheena Johnson, 2003 world champion Jana Pittman, current world record holder Yuliya Pechenkina, and two-time European champion Ionela Târlea-Manolache, challenging each other for the Olympic title. Inside the stadium, however, the raucous Greek crowd turned their attention on home favorite Faní Halkiá, who had previously lowered the Olympic record by 0.05 of a second in the second semifinal. All three medalists came from that semi, fifth place equalling 3rd place in the first semi.
From the start in lane four, Halkia drew level with Pittman outside her at the halfway turn, until she quickly pulled away from the field on the last hundred metres and cleared the final hurdle. With none of the pre-race favorites willing to chase her on the home stretch, Halkia raced comfortably to an Olympic gold. [2] [3] Behind her, Târlea-Manolache and Ukraine's Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova came through on the inside to take the silver and bronze medals respectively. [4] Running bravely against a tore knee injury, Pittman managed to finish the race in fifth place, while Pechenkina stumbled behind on a wretched run to round out the field in last. [2]
Halkia's triumph proved to be a redemption for the host nation Greece in track and field, after the anti-doping scandal and suspicious affair on 2000 Olympic medalists and sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou that tainted the start of the Games. [4]
Prior to the competition [update] , the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Yuliya Pechenkina (RUS) | 52.34 s | Tula, Russia | 8 August 2003 |
Olympic record | Deon Hemmings (JAM) | 52.82 s | Atlanta, United States | 31 July 1996 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Result | Record |
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22 August | Semifinal 2 | Faní Halkiá | Greece | 52.77 | OR |
The qualification period for Athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the women's 400 metres hurdles, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 55.60 seconds or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 56.25 seconds or faster could be entered.
All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)
Date | Time | Round |
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Saturday, 21 August 2004 | 09:05 | Round 1 |
Sunday, 22 August 2004 | 21:20 | Semifinals |
Wednesday, 25 August 2004 | 21:55 | Final |
Qualification rule: The first two finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next six fastest overall runners (q) advanced to the semifinals. [5]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Yuliya Pechenkina | Russia | 53.57 | Q, SB |
2 | 7 | Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova | Ukraine | 54.63 | Q |
3 | 8 | Ulrike Urbansky | Germany | 55.15 | q, SB |
4 | 4 | Monika Niederstätter | Italy | 55.57 | |
5 | 6 | Cora Olivero | Spain | 56.19 | |
6 | 5 | Patrina Allen | Jamaica | 56.40 | |
7 | 3 | Aïssata Soulama | Burkina Faso | 57.60 | PB |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Jana Pittman | Australia | 54.83 | Q |
2 | 3 | Yekaterina Bikert | Russia | 54.95 | Q |
3 | 5 | Natalya Torshina-Alimzhanova | Kazakhstan | 55.22 | q, SB |
4 | 4 | Ieva Zunda | Latvia | 56.21 | |
5 | 7 | Benedetta Ceccarelli | Italy | 56.28 | |
6 | 6 | Surita Febbraio | South Africa | 56.49 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Ionela Târlea-Manolache | Romania | 54.41 | Q |
2 | 4 | Brenda Taylor | United States | 54.72 | Q |
3 | 2 | Nezha Bidouane | Morocco | 55.69 | |
4 | 8 | Anna Jesień | Poland | 56.03 | |
5 | 6 | Shevon Stoddart | Jamaica | 56.61 | |
6 | 3 | Klodiana Shala | Albania | 1:00.00 | |
7 | Stephanie Kampf | Germany | DNS |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Faní Halkiá | Greece | 53.85 | Q, NR |
2 | 7 | Lashinda Demus | United States | 54.66 | Q |
3 | 2 | Yekaterina Bakhvalova | Russia | 55.16 | q |
4 | 8 | Debbie-Ann Parris-Thymes | Jamaica | 55.21 | q, SB |
5 | 4 | Yvonne Harrison | Puerto Rico | 55.84 | |
6 | 3 | Mame Tacko Diouf | Senegal | 57.25 | |
7 | 6 | Salhate Djamalidine | Comoros | 59.72 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Małgorzata Pskit | Poland | 54.75 | Q, PB |
2 | 3 | Sheena Johnson | United States | 54.81 | Q |
3 | 8 | Huang Xiaoxiao | China | 54.81 | q, PB |
4 | 5 | Androula Sialou | Cyprus | 55.02 | q |
5 | 2 | Daimí Pernía | Cuba | 55.91 | |
6 | 6 | Andrea Blackett | Barbados | 56.49 | |
7 | 7 | Galina Pedan | Kyrgyzstan | 59.02 |
Qualification rule: The first four finishers in each heat (Q) moved on to the final. [6]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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1 | 6 | Yuliya Pechenkina | Russia | 53.31 | Q, SB |
2 | 3 | Jana Pittman | Australia | 54.05 | Q |
3 | 1 | Sheena Johnson | United States | 54.32 | Q |
4 | 4 | Brenda Taylor | United States | 55.02 | Q |
5 | 8 | Natalya Torshina-Alimzhanova | Kazakhstan | 55.08 | SB |
6 | 5 | Małgorzata Pskit | Poland | 55.24 | |
7 | 7 | Ulrike Urbansky | Germany | 56.44 | |
8 | 2 | Androula Sialou | Cyprus | 1:05.72 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Faní Halkiá | Greece | 52.77 | Q, OR |
2 | 3 | Ionela Târlea-Manolache | Romania | 53.32 | Q, SB |
3 | 6 | Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova | Ukraine | 53.37 | Q, NR |
4 | 8 | Yekaterina Bikert | Russia | 53.79 | Q |
5 | 5 | Lashinda Demus | United States | 54.32 | |
6 | 7 | Yekaterina Bakhvalova | Russia | 54.98 | |
7 | 2 | Debbie-Ann Parris-Thymes | Jamaica | 54.99 | SB |
8 | 1 | Huang Xiaoxiao | China | 55.53 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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4 | Faní Halkiá | Greece | 52.82 | ||
3 | Ionela Târlea-Manolache | Romania | 53.38 | ||
1 | Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova | Ukraine | 53.44 | ||
4 | 8 | Sheena Johnson | United States | 53.83 | |
5 | 5 | Jana Pittman | Australia | 53.92 | |
6 | 7 | Yekaterina Bikert | Russia | 54.18 | |
7 | 2 | Brenda Taylor | United States | 54.97 | |
8 | 6 | Yuliya Pechenkina | Russia | 55.79 |
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