World Athletics Championships 1999/400 m for women
| 7th World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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| discipline | 400 meter run | ||||||||
| gender | Women | ||||||||
| Attendees | 51 athletes from 37 countries | ||||||||
| venue |
 Seville
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| Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 22 (preliminary) August 23 (quarter-finals) August 24 (semi-finals) August 26 (final) |
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The women's 400-meter run at the 1999 World Athletics Championships was held from August 22nd to 26th, 1999 in the Olympic Stadium in the Spanish city of Seville .
The world champion was the Australian defending champion and Olympic runner-up in 1996, Cathy Freeman , who had also won bronze at the 1995 World Championships with her country's 4 x 100 meter relay . Second place went to the German Anja Rücker , who had previously won several medals with her 4 x 400 meter relay : World Cup 1997 : gold / OS 1996 : bronze / EM 1994 : bronze. Here in Seville, too, there was another relay bronze for Anja Rücker on the final day. Lorraine Graham from Jamaica came third . She had won bronze at the 1997 World Championships as a member of the Jamaican 4 x 400 meter relay.
Existing records
| World record | 47.60 s |
 Marita Koch
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Canberra , Australia | October 6, 1985 |
| World Cup record | 47.99 s |
 Jarmila Kratochvílová
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1983 World Cup in Helsinki , Finland | August 10, 1983 |
The world championship record, which has existed since the first world championships in 1983, was missed here in Seville by 1.68 seconds. Only the three medal winners Cathy Freeman , Anja Rücker and Lorraine Graham stayed below the fifty second mark.
Four national records were set:
- 51.68 s - Claudine Komgang ( Comoros ), 4th advance on August 22nd
- 51.90 s - Kaltouma Nadjina ( Chad ), 5th advance on August 22nd
- 53.25 s - Grace Dinkins ( Liberia ), 7th advance on August 22nd
- 50.77s - Amy Mbacké Thiam ( Senegal ), 2nd semi-final on August 24th
Preliminary round
The preliminary round was carried out in seven runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the quarter-finals.
Forward 1
August 22, 1999, 8:05 pm
| space | Surname | nation | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grit Breuer |
 Germany
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51.13 s |
| 2 | Michelle Collins |
 United States
|
51.14 s |
| 3 | Ana Guevara |
 Mexico
|
51.23 s |
| 4th | Virna De Angeli |
 Italy
|
52.60 s |
| 5 | Leanie Van Der Walt |
 South Africa
|
53.53 s |
| 6th | Zoila Stewart |
 Costa Rica
|
54.55 s |
| 7th | Yelena Piskunova |
 Uzbekistan
|
55.44 s |
Forward 2
August 22, 1999, 8:12 pm
| space | Surname | nation | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maicel Malone-Wallace |
United States
|
51.13 s |
| 2 | Lorraine Graham |
 Jamaica
|
51.32 s |
| 3 | Uta Rohländer |
Germany
|
51.87 s |
| 4th | Francine Landre |
 France
|
52.07 s |
| 5 | Tonique Williams |
 Bahamas
|
52.95 s |
| 6th | Svetlana Bodritskaya |
 Kazakhstan
|
53.74 s |
| 7th | Ann Mooney |
 Papua New Guinea
|
57.30 s |
Forward 3
August 22, 1999, 8:19 pm
| space | Surname | nation | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charity Opara |
 Nigeria
|
51.42 s |
| 2 | Natalia Nazarova |
 Russia
|
52.25 s |
| 3 | Jitka Burianová |
 Czech Republic
|
52.49 s |
| 4th | Damayanthi darsha |
 Sri Lanka
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52.68 s |
| 5 | Tracey Barnes |
Jamaica
|
53.41 s |
| 6th | Kristina Perica |
 Croatia
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53.52 s |
| 7th | Diala El Chab |
 Lebanon
|
57.22 s |
| 8th | Donata Mutegwamaso |
 Rwanda
|
1: 00.04 min |
Forward 4
August 22, 1999, 8:26 pm
| space | Surname | nation | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falilat Ogunkoya |
Nigeria
|
51.43 s |
| 2 | Amy Mbacké Thiam |
 Senegal
|
51.59 s |
| 3 | Claudine Komgang |
.svg){kind=small} Comoros
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51.68 s NO |
| 4th | Karen Shinkins |
 Ireland
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52.12 s |
| 5 | Carmo Tavares |
 Portugal
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52.74 s |
| 6th | Louise Ayétotché |
 Ivory Coast
|
55.44 s |
| 7th | Hazel-Ann Regis |
 Grenada
|
57.64 s |
Forward 5
August 22, 1999, 8:33 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katharine Merry |
 Great Britain
|
51.48 s |
| 2 | Helena Fuchsová |
Czech Republic
|
51.71 s |
| 3 | Kaltouma Nadjina |
 Chad
|
51.90 s NO |
| 4th | Susan Andrews |
 Australia
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51.99 s |
| 5 | Otilia Ruicu |
 Romania
|
52.04 s |
| 6th | Chen Yuxiang |
 People's Republic of China
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52.76 s |
| 7th | Maritza Figueroa |
 Nicaragua
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57.64 s |
| DNS | Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy |
 Madagascar
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Forward 6
August 22, 1999, 8:40 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cathy Freeman |
Australia
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51.49 s |
| 2 | Olabisi Afolabi |
Nigeria
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51.50 s |
| 3 | Olga Kotlyarova |
Russia
|
51.70 s |
| 4th | Mireille Nguimgo |
 Cameroon
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51.89 s |
| 5 | Donna Fraser |
Great Britain
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52.38 s |
| 6th | Lisette Ferri |
Spain
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54.50 s |
| 7th | Dijana Kojic |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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56.08 s |
Forward 7
August 22, 1999, 8:47 pm
| space | Surname | nation | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anja Rücker |
Germany
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51.09 s |
| 2 | Suziann Reid |
United States
|
51.94 s |
| 3 | Claudine Williams |
Jamaica
|
52.01 s |
| 4th | Foy Williams |
 Canada
|
52.07 s |
| 5 | Grace Dinkins |
 Liberia
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53.25 s NO |
| 6th | Melissa Straker |
 Barbados
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53.97 s |
| DSQ | Lee Naylor |
Australia
|
IAAF Rule 163.3 - Crossing the Track |
| Haoulatta Ahmed |
Comoros
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IAAF Rule 162.8 - false start |
Quarter finals
August 5, 1999, 5:35 p.m.
From the four quarter-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the semi-finals.
Quarter-finals 1
August 23, 1999, 8:15 pm
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charity Opara |
Nigeria
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50.82 |
| 2 | Katharine Merry |
Great Britain
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50.86 |
| 3 | Helena Fuchsová |
Czech Republic
|
51.18 |
| 4th | Suziann Reid |
United States
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51.19 |
| 5 | Claudine Williams |
Jamaica
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51.40 |
| 6th | Otilia Ruicu |
Romania
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51.86 |
| 7th | Mireille Nguimgo |
Cameroon
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51.98 |
| 8th | Foy Williams |
Canada
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54.34 |
Quarter-finals 2
August 23, 1999, 8:21 pm
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anja Rücker |
Germany
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50.62 |
| 2 | Michelle Collins |
United States
|
50.75 |
| 3 | Lorraine Graham |
Jamaica
|
51.02 |
| 4th | Olga Kotlyarova |
Russia
|
51.21 |
| 5 | Claudine Komgang |
Comoros
|
51.73 |
| 6th | Susan Andrews |
Australia
|
52.05 |
| 7th | Karen Shinkins |
Ireland
|
52.08 |
| 8th | Chen Yuxiang |
People's Republic of China
|
52.93 |
Quarter-finals 3
August 23, 1999, 8:27 pm
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grit Breuer |
Germany
|
50.41 |
| 2 | Olabisi Afolabi |
Nigeria
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50.47 |
| 3 | Cathy Freeman |
Australia
|
50.49 |
| 4th | Ana Guevara |
Mexico
|
51.08 |
| 5 | Francine Landre |
France
|
52.07 |
| 6th | Kaltouma Nadjina |
Chad
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52.57 |
| 7th | Virna De Angeli |
Italy
|
52.78 |
| 8th | Carmo Tavares |
Portugal
|
52.86 |
Quarter-finals 4
August 23, 1999, 8:33 pm
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falilat Ogunkoya |
Nigeria
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50.59 |
| 2 | Natalia Nazarova |
Russia
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50.77 |
| 3 | Maicel Malone-Wallace |
United States
|
50.82 |
| 4th | Amy Mbacké Thiam |
Senegal
|
51.05 |
| 5 | Uta Rohländer |
Germany
|
51.45 |
| 6th | Donna Fraser |
Great Britain
|
52.01 |
| 7th | Jitka Burianová |
Czech Republic
|
52.52 |
| 8th | Damayanthi darsha |
Sri Lanka
|
53.33 |
Semifinals
From the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Semi-final run 1
Ana Guevara (front, white jersey) did not yet have the performance of the coming years and was eliminated in the semifinals with 50.70 seconds
August 24, 1999, 8:05 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falilat Ogunkoya |
Nigeria
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49.96 |
| 2 | Lorraine Graham |
Jamaica
|
50.05 |
| 3 | Anja Rücker |
Germany
|
50.09 |
| 4th | Natalia Nazarova |
Russia
|
50.48 |
| 5 | Michelle Collins |
United States
|
50.67 |
| 6th | Ana Guevara |
Mexico
|
50.70 |
| 7th | Helena Fuchsová |
Czech Republic
|
50.84 |
| 8th | Suziann Reid |
United States
|
50.90 |
Semi-final run 2
Amy Mbacké Thiam failed in the semifinals with a Senegalese record of 50.77 s - in the years to come she grew into the top of the world
August 24, 1999, 8:12 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cathy Freeman |
Australia
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49.76 |
| 2 | Grit Breuer |
Germany
|
50.16 |
| 3 | Katharine Merry |
Great Britain
|
50.21 |
| 4th | Olga Kotlyarova |
Russia
|
50.32 |
| 5 | Olabisi Afolabi |
Nigeria
|
50.40 |
| 6th | Charity Opara |
Nigeria
|
50.52 |
| 7th | Amy Mbacké Thiam |
Senegal
|
50.77 NO |
| 8th | Maicel Malone-Wallace |
United States
|
50.93 |
final
Cathy Freeman, second in the 1996 Olympics, was world champion like two years earlier
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August 26, 1999, 8:30 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cathy Freeman |
Australia
|
49.67 |
| 2 | Anja Rücker |
Germany
|
49.74 |
| 3 | Lorraine Graham |
Jamaica
|
49.92 |
| 4th | Falilat Ogunkoya |
Nigeria
|
50.03 |
| 5 | Katharine Merry |
Great Britain
|
50.52 |
| 6th | Natalia Nazarova |
Russia
|
50.61 |
| 7th | Grit Breuer |
Germany
|
50.67 |
| 8th | Olga Kotlyarova |
Russia
|
50.72 |
Katharine Merry (here as an interviewer in 2013) came in fifth
Sixth placed Natalja Nasarowa
Co-favorite Grit Breuer (here at the GDR championships in 1989) came in seventh place
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Video
- 1999 IAAF World Athletics Championships - Women's 400m Final , Video posted April 19, 2011 on youtube.com, accessed July 22, 2020
Web links
- 7th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed July 22, 2020
- Women 400m Athletics VII World Championship 1999 Sevilla (ESP) at todor66.com, accessed July 22, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 400 m, Seville 1999, p. 263 (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on July 22, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 400 m women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on July 22, 2020
- ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 91 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on July 22, 2020
- ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 86f (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on July 22, 2020