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

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Women's 400 metres
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date3–5 August
Competitors49 from 40 nations
Winning time49.55
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Sanya Richards-Ross Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Christine Ohuruogu Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg DeeDee Trotter Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The women's 400 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place between 3–5 August at the Olympic Stadium. [1]

London rains became a part of the qualifying round, where the favorites tried to make the final with minimum effort. 52.11 was the slowest time qualifier, though Tjipekapora Herunga managed a 52.31 for the slowest automatic qualifier.

In the semi-final, the weather was better. In the first semi, Sanya Richards-Ross was matched with the defending champion Christine Ohuruogu, with only two automatic qualifiers. At the gun, Richards-Ross took off, making up most of the stagger on Krivoshapka to her immediate outside. Relaxing the backstretch but exploding on the second turn, Richards-Ross had built up a huge lead, then slowed considerably on the home stretch letting Ohuruogu gain almost all the lead back. The second semi turned into a match race between Francena McCorory and world champion Amantle Montsho, running stride for stride together far ahead of the others until Montsho dipped to place first. The third semi was a much faster affair. 2012 World leader Antonina Krivoshapka took the race out as if it were the final, making up the stagger during the first turn and coming off the turn with a huge lead. She also slowed on the homestretch and looked to struggle to hold off DeeDee Trotter and Novlene Williams-Mills. Third place Williams-Mills became a time qualifier faster than the previous two heats.

In the final, unlike the memorable race four years earlier, where Richards-Ross burned herself out building a huge lead, this time Krivoshapka had the large lead through the halfway mark and held it to the home stretch, with the three Americans spread across the track a step behind. McCorory and Krivoshapka began to struggle as first Trotter, then Richards-Ross seized the lead which she would not relinquish, winning by 0.15 seconds. Before the home crowd, Ohuruogu approached the finish line with a trademark late surge, coming from several steps off the pace to catch Deedee Trotter for the silver medal, Trotter holding on for the bronze. [2]

Competition format

The women's 400m competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Semifinals and a Final. [3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Marita Koch  (GDR)47.60 Canberra, Australia6 October 1985
Olympic recordFlag of France.svg  Marie-José Pérec  (FRA)48.25 Atlanta, United States29 July 1996
2012 World leadingFlag of Russia.svg  Antonina Krivoshapka  (RUS)49.16 Cheboksary, Russia5 July 2012

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 3 August 201212:00Round 1
Saturday, 4 August 201220:05Semifinals
Sunday, 5 August 201221:10Finals

Heats

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Official video of First Round

Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Francena McCorory Flag of the United States.svg  United States 50.78Q
2 Christine Ohuruogu Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 50.80Q
3 Joy Nakhumicha Sakari Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 51.85Q, SB
4 Joanne Cuddihy Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 52.09q
5 Geisa Aparecida Coutinho Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 53.43
6 Marina Maslenko Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 53.66
7 Zamzam Mohamed Farah Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 1:20.48

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Amantle Montsho Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 50.40Q
2 Christine Day Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 51.05Q
3 Shana Cox Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 52.01Q
4 Aliann Pompey Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 52.10q, =SB
5 Afia Charles Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 54.25
6 Ingrid Yahoska Narvaez Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 59.55=SB
Shaunae Miller Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas DNF

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 DeeDee Trotter Flag of the United States.svg  United States 50.87Q
2 Rosemarie Whyte Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 50.90Q
3 Jenna Martin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 51.98Q
4 Omolara Omotosho Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 52.11q
5 Raysa Sánchez Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 52.47
6 Aauri Bokesa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 53.67
7 Zourah Ali Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 1:05.37

Heat 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Sanya Richards-Ross Flag of the United States.svg  United States 51.78Q
2 Carol Rodríguez Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 52.19Q
3 Tjipekapora Herunga Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 52.31Q
4 Pınar Saka Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 52.38
5 Sviatlana Usovich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 52.40
6 Phumlile Ndzinisa Flag of Swaziland.svg  Swaziland 53.95
7 Hristina Risteska Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 1:00.86

Heat 5

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
DSQ Antonina Krivoshapka Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 50.75Q
2 Alina Lohvynenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 52.08Q
3 Lee McConnell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 52.23Q
4 Moa Hjelmer Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 52.86
5 Ambwene Simukonda Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 54.20 NR
6 Danielle Alakija Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 56.77
Kanika Beckles Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada DNS

Heat 6

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Novlene Williams-Mills Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 50.88Q
2 Nataliya Pyhyda Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 51.09Q, PB
3 Libania Grenot Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 52.13Q
4 Joelma Sousa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 52.69
5 Bianca Răzor Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 52.83
6 Maziah Mahusin Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 59.28 NR
Kineke Alexander Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines DNF

Heat 7

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Regina George Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 51.24Q
2 Yuliya Gushchina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 51.54Q
3 Marlena Wesh Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 51.98Q
4 Amy Mbacké Thiam Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 53.23
5 Olesea Cojuhari Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 53.64
6 Graciela Martins Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau 58.30
Jennifer Padilla Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia DQ
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Official Video of Semifinal Round

Semi-finals

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

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Sanya Richards-Ross Flag of the United States.svg  United States 50.07Q
2 Christine Ohuruogu Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 50.22Q, SB
3 Rosemarie Whyte Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 50.98q
4 Yuliya Gushchina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 51.66
5 Joanne Cuddihy Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 51.88
6 Tjipekapora Herunga Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 52.53
7 Jenna Martin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 52.83
8 Joy Nakhumicha Sakari Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 52.95

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Amantle Montsho Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 50.15Q
2 Francena McCorory Flag of the United States.svg  United States 50.19Q
3 Libania Grenot Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 51.18
4 Christine Day Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 51.19
5 Regina George Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 51.35
6 Alina Lohvynenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 51.38
7 Aliann Pompey Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 52.58
8 Shana Cox Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 52.58

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
DSQ Antonina Krivoshapka Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 49.81Q
2 DeeDee Trotter Flag of the United States.svg  United States 49.87Q, SB
3 Novlene Williams-Mills Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 49.91q
4 Omolara Omotosho Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 51.41
5 Nataliya Pyhyda Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 51.41
6 Carol Rodríguez Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 52.08
7 Lee McConnell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 52.24
8 Marlena Wesh Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 52.49

Final

RankLanesAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg6 Sanya Richards-Ross Flag of the United States.svg  United States 49.55
Silver medal icon.svg8 Christine Ohuruogu Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 49.70SB
Bronze medal icon.svg4 DeeDee Trotter Flag of the United States.svg  United States 49.72SB
47 Amantle Montsho Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 49.75
52 Novlene Williams-Mills Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 50.11
69 Francena McCorory Flag of the United States.svg  United States 50.33
73 Rosemarie Whyte Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 50.79
N/A5 Antonina Krivoshapka Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 50.17 DSQ

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