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

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]

Women's 400 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date5–8 August
Competitors43 from 35 nations
Winning time52.70
Medalists
Natalya Antyukh  Russia
Lashinda Demus  United States
Zuzana Hejnová  Czech Republic
Official Video
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Qualification
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
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Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

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]

Competition format

The women's 400 m hurdles competition consisted of heats (Round 1), semifinals and a final.[4] 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.[5]

Records

Prior to the competition, 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
2012 World leading  Natalya Antyukh (RUS) 52.70 London, United Kingdom 8 August 2012

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

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

Results

Heats
Official video of First Round

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

Heat 1
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Zuzana Hejnová Czech Republic53.96Q, SB
2T'erea Brown United States54.72Q, PB
3Eilidh Child Great Britain56.14Q
4Sarah Wells Canada56.47Q
5Eglė Staišiūnaitė Lithuania57.79
6Tatyana Azarova Kazakhstan58.53
7Maureen Jelagat Maiyo Kenya1:02.16
–Vania Stambolova BulgariaDNF

Heat 2
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Natalya Antyukh Russia53.90Q
2Kaliese Spencer Jamaica54.02Q
3Muizat Ajoke Odumosu Nigeria54.93Q
4Anna Jesień Poland55.44Q, SB
5Lauren Boden Australia56.27q
6Raasin McIntosh Liberia57.39
7Natalya Asanova Uzbekistan58.05
8Noraseela Mohd Khalid Malaysia1:00.16
–Ghfran Almouhamad SyriaDQDrugs
  • 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
1Lashinda Demus United States54.60Q
2Hanna Titimets Ukraine55.08Q
3Vera Barbosa Portugal55.22Q, NR
4Elena Churakova Russia55.26Q
5Denisa Rosolová Czech Republic55.42q
6Sara Petersen Denmark56.01q
7Lucy Jaramillo Ecuador57.74
8Princesa Oliveros Colombia58.95

Heat 4
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Georganne Moline United States54.31Q, PB
2Nickiesha Wilson Jamaica55.53Q
3Irina Davydova Russia55.55Q
4Elodie Ouédraogo Belgium55.89Q
5Angela Moroșanu Romania56.64
6Sharolyn Scott Costa Rica57.03
7Janeil Bellille Trinidad and Tobago57.27
8Nikolina Horvat Croatia58.49
–Nagihan Karadere TurkeyDQR 162.7[6]
  • Nagihan Karadere was disqualified for false starting.

Heat 5
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Perri Shakes-Drayton Great Britain54.62Q
2Melaine Walker Jamaica54.78Q
3Hanna Yaroshchuk Ukraine54.81Q
4Hayat Lambarki Morocco55.58Q
5Satomi Kubokura Japan55.85q, SB
6Huang Xiaoxiao China56.29
7Déborah Rodríguez Uruguay57.04NR
8Jailma de Lima Brazil57.05
9Christine Sonali Merrill Sri Lanka57.15SB

Semifinals

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

Heat 1
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Natalya Antyukh Russia53.33Q, SB
2Zuzana Hejnová Czech Republic53.62Q, SB
3T'erea Brown United States54.21q, PB
4Elodie Ouedraogo Belgium55.20PB
5Nickiesha Wilson Jamaica55.77
6Hayat Lambarki Morocco56.18
7Vera Barbosa Portugal56.27
8Lauren Boden Australia56.66
  • Lauren Boden was originally disqualified for unknown reasons, but it was later overturned.

Heat 2
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Lashinda Demus United States54.08Q
2Kaliese Spencer Jamaica54.20Q
3Perri Shakes-Drayton Great Britain55.19
4Hanna Yaroshchuk Ukraine55.51
5Irina Davydova Russia55.86
6Sara Petersen Denmark56.21
7Anna Jesień Poland56.28
8Sarah Wells Canada56.71

Heat 3
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Muizat Ajoke Odumosu Nigeria54.40Q, NR
2Georganne Moline United States54.74Q
3Denisa Rosolová Czech Republic54.87q
4Hanna Titimets Ukraine55.10
5Elena Churakova Russia55.70
6Melaine Walker Jamaica55.74
7Eilidh Child Great Britain56.03
8Satomi Kubokura Japan56.25
  • Denisa Rosolová and Hanna Titimets were originally disqualified for unknown reasons, but they were overturned. Denisa Rosolová therefore qualified for the final.

Final
RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
5Natalya Antyukh Russia52.70WL, PB
7Lashinda Demus United States52.77SB
4Zuzana Hejnová Czech Republic53.38SB
49Kaliese Spencer Jamaica53.66SB
58Georganne Moline United States53.92PB
62T'erea Brown United States55.07
73Denisa Rosolová Czech Republic55.27
86Muizat Ajoke Odumosu Nigeria55.31

References
  1. Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  2. http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/OLY12/Results/ResultsByDate.aspx?racedate=08-08-2012/sex=W/discCode=400H/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#detW_400H_hash_f
  3. http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=0/sex=W/all=y/legal=A/disc=400H/detail.html
  4. "Women's 400m Hurdles". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  5. "Women's 400m competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  6. False start
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