Women's 400 metres at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Stade de France, Paris, France [1] |
Dates |
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Athletics at the 2024 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 | mixed | women |
Road events | |||
Marathon | men | women | |
20 km walk | men | women | |
Marathon walk relay | mixed | ||
Field events | |||
High jump | men | women | |
Pole vault | men | women | |
Long jump | men | women | |
Triple jump | men | women | |
Shot put | men | women | |
Discus throw | men | women | |
Hammer throw | men | women | |
Javelin throw | men | women | |
Combined events | |||
Heptathlon | women | ||
Decathlon | men | ||
The women's 400 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held in four rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, between 5 and 9 August 2024. This will be the sixteenth time that the women's 400 metres is contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 48 athletes will be able to qualify for the event by entry standard or ranking.
The women's 400 metres has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1964. Reigning Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo will not be able to defend her Olympic titles from 2016 and 2020, as an injury forced her to withdraw from the Bahamian Olympic trials, thus not allowing her to qualify individually for these games. [2]
Record | Athlete (Nation) | Time (s) | Location | Date |
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World record | ![]() | 47.60 [3] | Canberra, Australia | 6 October 1985 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 48.25 | Atlanta, United States | 29 July 1996 |
World leading | ![]() | 48.57 [4] | London, United Kingdom | 20 July 2024 |
Area Record | Athlete (Nation) | Time (s) |
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Africa ( records ) | ![]() | 49.10 |
Asia ( records ) | ![]() | 48.14 |
Europe ( records ) | ![]() | 47.60 WR |
North, Central America and Caribbean ( records ) | ![]() | 48.36 |
Oceania ( records ) | ![]() | 48.63 |
South America ( records ) | ![]() | 49.64 |
For the women's 400 metres event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. [6] 48 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 50.95 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event. [6]
The heats are scheduled to be held on 5 August, starting at 11:55 (UTC+2) in the morning. 48 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification time or world ranking. [1] [7]
The repechage round is scheduled to be held on 6 August, starting at 11:20 (UTC+2) in the morning. [1]
The semi-finals are scheduled to be held on 7 August, starting at 20:45 (UTC+2) in the evening. [1]
The final is scheduled to be held on 9 August, starting at 21:40 (UTC+2) in the evening. [1]
Shaunae Miller-Uibo is a Bahamian track and field sprinter who competes in the 200 and 400 metres. She is a two-time Olympic champion after winning the women's 400 metres at the 2016 Rio Olympics and again at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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The women's 400 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 3 to 6 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. 45 athletes from 34 nations competed. Shaunae Miller-Uibo won the gold medal by 0.84 seconds in a personal best of 48.36 secs, a time which ranks her sixth on the world all-time list. In successfully defending her title, Miller-Uibo joined Marie-Jose Perec as the only women to win two Olympic 400 metres titles.
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