Women's 400 metres hurdles at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 17 August 2008 (heats) 18 August 2008 (semi-finals) 20 August 2008 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 27 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 52.64 s OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 2008 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 | women |
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 | |
The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 17–20 August at the Beijing National Stadium. [1]
The qualifying standards were 55.60 s (A standard) and 56.50 s (B standard). [2]
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)
Date | Time | Round |
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Sunday, August 17, 2008 | 20:10-20:42 | Round 1 |
Monday, August 18, 2008 | 20:45-21:00 | Semifinals |
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 | 22:35-22:40 | Final |
Prior to this competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading time were as follows:
World record | ![]() | 52.34 s | Tula, Russia | 8 August 2003 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 52.77 s | Athens, Greece | 22 August 2004 |
World Leading | ![]() | 53.48 s | Fontvieille, Monaco | 29 July 2008 |
The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | OR | WR |
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20 August | Final | Melaine Walker | ![]() | 52.64 | OR |
The first three runners of each heat (Q) plus the next four overall fastest runners (q) qualified for the Semifinals.
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Sheena Tosta | ![]() | 54.07 | Q |
2 | 2 | Melaine Walker | ![]() | 54.20 | Q |
3 | 1 | Tasha Danvers | ![]() | 54.31 | Q, SB |
4 | 1 | Anna Jesień | ![]() | 54.36 | Q |
5 | 1 | Ekaterina Bikert | ![]() | 54.38 | Q |
6 | 2 | Anastasiya Rabchenyuk | ![]() | 54.60 | Q, PB |
7 | 1 | Nickiesha Wilson | ![]() | 54.67 | |
8 | 1 | Anastasiya Ott | ![]() | 54.74 | PB |
9 | 2 | Tiffany Ross-Williams | ![]() | 54.99 | Q |
10 | 2 | Zuzana Hejnová | ![]() | 55.17 | Q |
11 | 2 | Aïssata Soulama | ![]() | 55.69 | SB |
12 | 2 | Irina Obedina | ![]() | 55.69 | |
13 | 2 | Queen Harrison | ![]() | 55.88 | |
14 | 2 | Tsvetelina Kirilova | ![]() | 55.97 | |
15 | 1 | Satomi Kubokura | ![]() | 56.69 | |
16 | 1 | Angela Moroșanu | ![]() | 57.67 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes [4] |
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![]() | 6 | Melaine Walker | ![]() | 0.236 | 52.64 | OR , NR |
![]() | 5 | Sheena Tosta | ![]() | 0.191 | 53.70 | |
![]() | 7 | Tasha Danvers | ![]() | 0.189 | 53.84 | PB |
4 | 4 | Anastasiya Rabchenyuk | ![]() | 0.248 | 53.96 | PB |
5 | 9 | Anna Jesień | ![]() | 0.206 | 54.29 | SB |
6 | 2 | Ekaterina Bikert | ![]() | 0.193 | 54.96 | |
7 | 3 | Zuzana Hejnová | ![]() | 0.195 | 54.97 | |
8 | 8 | Tiffany Ross-Williams | ![]() | 0.184 | 57.55 |
(OR = Olympic record; NR = National Record; PB = Personal Best; SB = Season Best.)