World Athletics Championships 1999/400 m hurdles for women
7th World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 400 meter hurdles | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 28 athletes from 23 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 22nd (preliminary) August 23rd (semi-finals) August 25th (final) |
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The women's 400-meter hurdles at the 1999 World Athletics Championships took place from 23 to 25 August 1999 in the Olympic Stadium in the Spanish city of Seville .
The Cuban Daimí Pernía became world champion . Moroccan defending champion Nezha Bidouane won the silver medal, just a hundredth of a second behind . Bronze went to 1996 Olympic champion Deon Hemmings from Jamaica , who won silver at the 1997 World Championships and bronze in 1995 . As a member of the Jamaican 4 x 400 meter relay , she was also a 1997 World Cup bronze medalist.
Existing records
World record | 52.61 s |
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World Cup 1995 in Gothenburg , Sweden | August 11, 1995 |
World championship record |
The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships.
The Cuban world champion Daimí Pernía set a new world high of the year in the final on August 25 with 52.89 s.
In addition, a continental record and three other national records were set:
- Continental record:
- 52.90 s (African record) - Nezha Bidouane ( Morocco ), final on August 25th
- National records:
- 59.34 s - Delfina Joaquim ( Angola ), 1st lead on August 22nd
- 55.10 s - Monika Niederstätter ( Italy ), 3rd preliminary on August 22nd
- 53.36s - Andrea Blackett ( Barbados ), final on August 25th
Preliminary round
The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.
Forward 1
August 22, 1999, 10:55 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | time |
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1 | Andrea Blackett |
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54.74 s |
2 | Daimí Pernía |
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54.88 s |
3 | Judit Szekeres |
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55.04 s |
4th | Mame Tacko Diouf |
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55.30 s |
5 | Ann Mercken |
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55.84 s |
6th | Tasha Danvers |
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56.22 s |
7th | Delfina Joaquim |
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59.34 s NO |
Forward 2
August 22, 1999, 11:11 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | time |
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1 | Nezha Bidouane |
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54.64 s |
2 | Debbie-Ann Parris |
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55.35 s |
3 | Sinead Dudgeon |
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55.38 s |
4th | Joanna Hayes |
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55.38 s |
5 | Guðrún Arnardóttir |
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55.45 s |
6th | Frida Svensson |
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55.59 s |
7th | Olga Dor |
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57.23 s |
Forward 3
August 22, 1999, 11:19 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | time |
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1 | Sandra Glover |
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54.47 s |
2 | Tetiana Tereshchuk |
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54.61 s |
3 | Ekaterina Bachvalov |
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54.65 s |
4th | Ulrike Urbansky |
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54.67 s |
5 | Monika Niederstätter |
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55.10 s NO |
6th | Mary-Estelle Kapalu |
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1: 01.86 min |
DSQ | Karlene Haughton |
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IAAF Rule 163.3 - Crossing the Track |
Forward 4
August 22, 1999, 11:19 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | time |
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1 | Deon Hemmings |
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54.27 s |
2 | Michelle Johnson |
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54.79 s |
3 | Natalija Torzina |
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54.95 s |
4th | Susan Smith-Walsh |
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55.06 s |
5 | Keri Maddox |
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55.33 s |
6th | Petra Söderström |
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56.93 s |
7th | Ieva Zunda |
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57.90 s |
Semifinals
From the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Semi-final run 1
August 23, 1999, 7:55 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Deon Hemmings |
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54.00 |
2 | Andrea Blackett |
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54.18 |
3 | Tetiana Tereshchuk |
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54.55 |
4th | Michelle Johnson |
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54.67 |
5 | Mame Tacko Diouf |
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55.17 |
6th | Sinead Dudgeon |
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55.69 |
7th | Ekaterina Bachvalov |
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55.76 |
8th | Ulrike Urbansky |
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55.81 |
Semi-final run 2
August 23, 1999, 8:02 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Nezha Bidouane |
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53.95 |
2 | Daimí Pernía |
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53.96 |
3 | Sandra Glover |
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54.17 |
4th | Debbie-Ann Parris |
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54.81 |
5 | Judit Szekeres |
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54.86 |
6th | Susan Smith-Walsh |
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55.20 |
7th | Natalija Torzina |
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55.26 |
8th | Monika Niederstätter |
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55.57 |
final
August 25, 1999, 8:45 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Daimí Pernía |
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52.89 WL |
2 | Nezha Bidouane |
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52.90 AF |
3 | Deon Hemmings |
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53.16 |
4th | Andrea Blackett |
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53.36 NO |
5 | Sandra Glover |
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53.65 |
6th | Michelle Johnson |
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54.23 |
7th | Tetiana Tereshchuk |
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54.33 |
8th | Debbie-Ann Parris |
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56.24 |
As at the previous World Championships, Andrea Blackett ran a new national record and this time finished fourth
Video
- 1999 IAAF World Athletics Championships - Women's 400m Hurdles Final , Video posted January 5, 2014 on youtube.com, accessed July 27, 2020
Web links
- 7th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed July 27, 2020
- Women 400m Hurdles Athletics VII World Championship 1999 Sevilla (ESP) on todor66.com (English), accessed July 27, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 400 m Hurdles, Seville 1999, p. 307 (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on July 27, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 400 m hurdles women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on July 27, 2020
- ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 91 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on July 27, 2020