Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

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Women's 400 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
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Venue Olympic Stadium
Date5–8 August
Competitors43 from 35 nations
Winning time52.77
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Lashinda Demus Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Zuzana Hejnová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Bronze medal icon.svg Kaliese Spencer Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
  2008
2016  
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The women's 400 metres hurdles competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5–8 August. [1]

Summary

The opening round went largely to form, except 2012 world #7 Vania Stambolova took herself out crashing the first hurdle. Vera Barbosa set the national record for Portugal in advancing.

The first semi final loaded up Natalya Antyukh and Zuzana Hejnová who pushed each other to the finish and the top two qualifying times, plus taking T'erea Brown to the top time qualifier. In the second semi Lashinda Demus had a clear lead, slowing on the way home to just exert enough effort to finish first. The final semi was the slowest led by Muizat Ajoke Odumosu's Nigerian national record, Georganne Moline and Denisa Rosolova battled for second, with Rosolova taking the other time qualifier in the process.

In the final, Demus was first over the first two hurdles, then Antyukh steadily built her lead to a full stride at hurdle 9, with Demus the closest challenger. Antyukh stuttered the tenth hurdle, opening the door for Demus to chase her to the finish line, but Antyukh held on for gold, Demus disappointed with silver and Hejnová clearly in the bronze medal position. [2]

Antyukh's time brought her to the number 6 athlete of all time, defeating Demus who already held number 3. [3]

In 2020, Antyukh was among four Russian track and field athletes charged with doping offences, facing charges of using a prohibited substance or method. The Athletics Integrity Unit said the cases were based on an investigation into Russian doping for the World Anti-Doping Agency presented in 2016 by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren. [4] Her ban was confirmed on 7 April 2021 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport when she was banned from athletics for 4 years with all her results from 30 June 2013 onwards disqualified. Initially, her Olympic gold was not in danger. [5] However, in October 2022, over 10 years and two months after the medals were awarded, her results from July 2012 to June 2013 were disqualified for a doping violation, stripping her of the gold medal. American silver medalist Lashinda Demus could potentially receive the gold medal, which was pending reallocation by the International Olympic Committee as of 24 October 2022. [6] On 21 December 2022, World Athletics upgraded Demus to first place, while the IOC had not yet done so. [7]

Competition format

The women's 400 m hurdles competition consisted of heats (Round 1), semifinals and a final. [8] The fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the semifinals along with the fastest overall competitors not already qualified that were required to fill the available spaces in the semifinals. 24 competitors qualified from the heats for the semifinals. A total of eight competitors qualified for the final from the semifinals. [9]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading time were as follows:

World recordFlag of Russia.svg  Yuliya Pechonkina  (RUS)52.34 s Tula, Russia8 August 2003
Olympic recordFlag of Jamaica.svg  Melaine Walker  (JAM)52.64 s Beijing, China20 August 2008
World LeadingFlag of Russia.svg  Natalya Antyukh  (RUS)53.40 s Cheboksary, Russia4 July 2012

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Sunday, 5 August 201219:00Round 1
Monday, 6 August 201220:15Semifinals
Wednesday, 8 August 201220:45Finals

Results

Heats

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Official video of First Round

Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Zuzana Hejnová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 53.96Q, SB
2 T'erea Brown Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.72Q, PB
3 Eilidh Child Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 56.14Q
4 Sarah Wells Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.47Q
5 Eglė Staišiūnaitė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 57.79
6 Tatyana Azarova Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 58.53
7 Maureen Jelagat Maiyo Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:02.16
Vania Stambolova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria DNF

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Kaliese Spencer Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 54.02Q
2 Muizat Ajoke Odumosu Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 54.93Q
3 Anna Jesień Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 55.44Q, SB
4 Lauren Boden Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 56.27q
5 Raasin McIntosh Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 57.39
6 Natalya Asanova Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 58.05
7 Noraseela Mohd Khalid Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1:00.16
- Natalya Antyukh Flag of Russia.svg  Russia DQ (53.90)Doping
Ghfran Almouhamad Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg  Syria DQ (58.09)Doping
  • Ghfran Almouhamad originally finished in eighth place with a time of 58.09, but was later disqualified for testing positive for methylhexaneamine.
  • Raasin McIntosh was originally disqualified for unknown reasons. It was later overturned.

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Lashinda Demus Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.60Q
2 Hanna Titimets Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 55.08Q
3 Vera Barbosa Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 55.22Q, NR
4 Elena Churakova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 55.26Q
5 Denisa Rosolová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 55.42q
6 Sara Petersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 56.01q
7 Lucy Jaramillo Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 57.74
8 Princesa Oliveros Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 58.95

Heat 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Georganne Moline Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.31Q, PB
2 Nickiesha Wilson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 55.53Q
3 Irina Davydova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 55.55Q
4 Elodie Ouédraogo Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 55.89Q
5 Angela Moroșanu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 56.64
6 Sharolyn Scott Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 57.03
7 Janeil Bellille Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 57.27
8 Nikolina Horvat Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 58.49
Nagihan Karadere Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey DQR 162.7 [10]
  • Nagihan Karadere was disqualified for false starting.

Heat 5

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Perri Shakes-Drayton Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 54.62Q
2 Melaine Walker Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 54.78Q
3 Hanna Yaroshchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 54.81Q
4 Hayat Lambarki Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 55.58Q
5 Satomi Kubokura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 55.85q, SB
6 Huang Xiaoxiao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 56.29
7 Déborah Rodríguez Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 57.04 NR
8 Jailma de Lima Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 57.05
9 Christine Sonali Merrill Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 57.15SB

Semifinals

Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Zuzana Hejnová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 53.62Q, SB
2 T'erea Brown Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.21q, PB
3 Elodie Ouedraogo Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 55.20PB
4 Nickiesha Wilson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 55.77
5 Hayat Lambarki Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 56.18
6 Vera Barbosa Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 56.27
7 Lauren Boden Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 56.66
- Natalya Antyukh Flag of Russia.svg  Russia DQ (53.30)Doping
  • Lauren Boden was originally disqualified for unknown reasons, but it was later overturned.

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Lashinda Demus Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.08Q
2 Kaliese Spencer Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 54.20Q
3 Perri Shakes-Drayton Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 55.19
4 Hanna Yaroshchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 55.51
5 Irina Davydova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 55.86
6 Sara Petersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 56.21
7 Anna Jesień Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 56.28
8 Sarah Wells Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56.71

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Muizat Ajoke Odumosu Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 54.40Q, NR
2 Georganne Moline Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.74Q
3 Denisa Rosolová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 54.87q
4 Hanna Titimets Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 55.10
5 Elena Churakova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 55.70
6 Melaine Walker Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 55.74
7 Eilidh Child Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 56.03
8 Satomi Kubokura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 56.25
  • Denisa Rosolová and Hanna Titimets were originally disqualified for unknown reasons, but they were overturned. Denisa Rosolová therefore qualified for the final.

Final

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg7 Lashinda Demus Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52.77SB WL
Silver medal icon.svg4 Zuzana Hejnová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 53.38SB
Bronze medal icon.svg9 Kaliese Spencer Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 53.66SB
48 Georganne Moline Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.92PB
52 T'erea Brown Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.07
63 Denisa Rosolová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 55.27
76 Muizat Ajoke Odumosu Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 55.31
5 Natalya Antyukh Flag of Russia.svg  Russia DQ (52.70)Doping

References

  1. "Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
  2. "World Athletics".
  3. "100 Metres - women - senior - outdoor - 2021".
  4. Two Olympic champions among four Russians with new doping charges from Associated Press, via Sky Sports.
  5. CAS Media Release (tas-cas.org)
  6. "Lashinda Demus in line for 2012 Olympics gold after Russian DQ'd". ESPN . 24 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  7. "Lashinda Demus upgraded to Olympic champ by World Athletics, 10 years after race". NBC Sports. 21 Dec 2022. Retrieved 25 Dec 2022.
  8. "Women's 400m Hurdles". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  9. "Women's 400m competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  10. False start