Women's 400 metres hurdles at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 5–8 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 43 from 35 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 52.77 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
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 competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5–8 August. [1]
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]
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]
Prior to the competition [update] , the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Yuliya Pechenkina (RUS) | 52.34 | Tula, Russia | 8 August 2003 |
Olympic record | Melaine Walker (JAM) | 52.64 | Beijing, China | 20 August 2008 |
2012 World leading | Natalya Antyukh (RUS) | 53.40 | Cheboksary, Russia | 4 July 2012 |
Broken records during the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||||
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2012 World leading | Lashinda Demus (USA) | 52.77 | London, United Kingdom | 8 August 2012 |
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Date | Time | Round |
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Sunday, 5 August 2012 | 19:00 | Round 1 |
Monday, 6 August 2012 | 20:15 | Semifinals |
Wednesday, 8 August 2012 | 20:45 | Finals |
Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Zuzana Hejnová | Czech Republic | 53.96 | Q, SB |
2 | T'erea Brown | United States | 54.72 | Q, PB |
3 | Eilidh Child | Great Britain | 56.14 | Q |
4 | Sarah Wells | Canada | 56.47 | Q |
5 | Eglė Staišiūnaitė | Lithuania | 57.79 | |
6 | Tatyana Azarova | Kazakhstan | 58.53 | |
7 | Maureen Jelagat Maiyo | Kenya | 1:02.16 | |
– | Vania Stambolova | Bulgaria | DNF |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Kaliese Spencer | Jamaica | 54.02 | Q |
2 | Muizat Ajoke Odumosu | Nigeria | 54.93 | Q |
3 | Anna Jesień | Poland | 55.44 | Q, SB |
4 | Lauren Boden | Australia | 56.27 | q |
5 | Raasin McIntosh | Liberia | 57.39 | |
6 | Natalya Asanova | Uzbekistan | 58.05 | |
7 | Noraseela Mohd Khalid | Malaysia | 1:00.16 | |
- | Natalya Antyukh | Russia | DQ (53.90) | Doping |
– | Ghfran Almouhamad | Syria | DQ (58.09) | Doping |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lashinda Demus | United States | 54.60 | Q |
2 | Hanna Titimets | Ukraine | 55.08 | Q |
3 | Vera Barbosa | Portugal | 55.22 | Q, NR |
4 | Elena Churakova | Russia | 55.26 | Q |
5 | Denisa Rosolová | Czech Republic | 55.42 | q |
6 | Sara Petersen | Denmark | 56.01 | q |
7 | Lucy Jaramillo | Ecuador | 57.74 | |
8 | Princesa Oliveros | Colombia | 58.95 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Georganne Moline | United States | 54.31 | Q, PB |
2 | Nickiesha Wilson | Jamaica | 55.53 | Q |
3 | Irina Davydova | Russia | 55.55 | Q |
4 | Elodie Ouédraogo | Belgium | 55.89 | Q |
5 | Angela Moroșanu | Romania | 56.64 | |
6 | Sharolyn Scott | Costa Rica | 57.03 | |
7 | Janeil Bellille | Trinidad and Tobago | 57.27 | |
8 | Nikolina Horvat | Croatia | 58.49 | |
– | Nagihan Karadere | Turkey | DQ | R 162.7 [10] |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Perri Shakes-Drayton | Great Britain | 54.62 | Q |
2 | Melaine Walker | Jamaica | 54.78 | Q |
3 | Hanna Yaroshchuk | Ukraine | 54.81 | Q |
4 | Hayat Lambarki | Morocco | 55.58 | Q |
5 | Satomi Kubokura | Japan | 55.85 | q, SB |
6 | Huang Xiaoxiao | China | 56.29 | |
7 | Déborah Rodríguez | Uruguay | 57.04 | NR |
8 | Jailma de Lima | Brazil | 57.05 | |
9 | Christine Sonali Merrill | Sri Lanka | 57.15 | SB |
Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Zuzana Hejnová | Czech Republic | 53.62 | Q, SB |
2 | T'erea Brown | United States | 54.21 | q, PB |
3 | Elodie Ouedraogo | Belgium | 55.20 | PB |
4 | Nickiesha Wilson | Jamaica | 55.77 | |
5 | Hayat Lambarki | Morocco | 56.18 | |
6 | Vera Barbosa | Portugal | 56.27 | |
7 | Lauren Boden | Australia | 56.66 | |
- | Natalya Antyukh | Russia | DQ (53.30) | Doping |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lashinda Demus | United States | 54.08 | Q |
2 | Kaliese Spencer | Jamaica | 54.20 | Q |
3 | Perri Shakes-Drayton | Great Britain | 55.19 | |
4 | Hanna Yaroshchuk | Ukraine | 55.51 | |
5 | Irina Davydova | Russia | 55.86 | |
6 | Sara Petersen | Denmark | 56.21 | |
7 | Anna Jesień | Poland | 56.28 | |
8 | Sarah Wells | Canada | 56.71 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Muizat Ajoke Odumosu | Nigeria | 54.40 | Q, NR |
2 | Georganne Moline | United States | 54.74 | Q |
3 | Denisa Rosolová | Czech Republic | 54.87 | q |
4 | Hanna Titimets | Ukraine | 55.10 | |
5 | Elena Churakova | Russia | 55.70 | |
6 | Melaine Walker | Jamaica | 55.74 | |
7 | Eilidh Child | Great Britain | 56.03 | |
8 | Satomi Kubokura | Japan | 56.25 |
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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7 | Lashinda Demus | United States | 52.77 | SB WL | |
4 | Zuzana Hejnová | Czech Republic | 53.38 | SB | |
9 | Kaliese Spencer | Jamaica | 53.66 | SB | |
4 | 8 | Georganne Moline | United States | 53.92 | PB |
5 | 2 | T'erea Brown | United States | 55.07 | |
6 | 3 | Denisa Rosolová | Czech Republic | 55.27 | |
7 | 6 | Muizat Ajoke Odumosu | Nigeria | 55.31 | |
— | 5 | Natalya Antyukh | Russia | DQ (52.70) | Doping |
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