World Athletics Championships 2015/400 m hurdles for women

World Athletics Championships 2015
discipline	400 meter hurdles for women
city	Beijing
place	Beijing National Stadium
Participants	37 athletes from 27 countries
Competition phase	August 23, 2015 (preliminary) August 24, 2015 (semi-finals) August 26, 2015 (final)
Medalists
gold	Zuzana Hejnová ( CZE )
silver	Shamier Little ( USA )
bronze	Cassandra Tate ( USA )

Zuzana Hejnová celebrates her new world championship title

The women's 400 meter hurdles at the 2015 World Athletics Championships took place on August 23, 24 and 26, 2015 in Beijing , People's Republic of China .

It was won by the Czech Zuzana Hejnová . The American Shamier Little became vice world champion . Cassandra Tate , also from the United States, won the bronze medal.

Records

World record	Julia Pechonkina	52.34 s	Tula , Russia	August 8, 2003
Championship record	Melaine Walker	52.42 s	World Cup in Berlin , Germany	August 20, 2009

doping

There was a doping case in this competition. The Kenyan Koki Manunga was suspended from the World Championships after a positive doping test by the IAAF .

Prelims

From the five preliminary runs, the four first in each run - highlighted in light blue - and the four fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.

Run 1

The Norwegian Amalie Iuel was sixth in her preliminary run and was eliminated

Ristanna Tracey from Jamaica did not reach the semi-finals as seventh of her preliminary run

The Moroccan Hayat Lambarki was eliminated as seventh in her preliminary run

The Polish Joanna Linkiewicz was fifth in her preliminary, which was not enough for the semi-final qualification

August 23, 2015, 10:25 am local time (4:25 am CEST )

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	3	Kaliese Spencer	Jamaica	55.03
2	8th	Sparkle McKnight	Trinidad and Tobago	55.77
3	2	Elise Malmberg	Sweden	55.97
4th	9	Eglė Staišiūnaitė	Lithuania	56.17 PB
5	5	Aurélie Chaboudez	France	56.19
6th	6th	Amalie Iuel	Norway	56.59
7th	7th	Xiao Xia	People's Republic of China	58.12
DSQ	4th	Oluwakemi Adekoya	Nigeria	IAAF Rule 168.7a - incorrect hurdle crossing

Run 2

August 23, 2015, 10:33 am local time (4:33 am CEST )

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	7th	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	54.55
2	5	Eilidh Child	Great Britain	54.74
3	4th	Hanna Ryschykowa	Ukraine	55.58 SB
4th	8th	Léa Sprunger	Switzerland	55.71
5	9	Say Watson	Canada	56.08
6th	6th	Yadisleidis Pedroso	Italy	85.15
DOP	3	Koki Manunga	Kenya

Run 3

August 23, 2015, 10:41 am local time (4:41 am CEST )

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	2	Cassandra Tate	United States	54.27
2	6th	Wenda Nel	South Africa	54.45
3	9	Meghan Beesley	Great Britain	54.52 PB
4th	7th	Stina Troest	Denmark	55.56 PB
5	8th	Axelle Dauwens	Belgium	55.84 SB
6th	4th	Déborah Rodríguez	Uruguay	56.30 NO
7th	3	Ristananna Tracey	Jamaica	57.60
8th	5	Ghofrane Mohamed	Syria	58.61 SB

Run 4

August 23, 2015, 10:49 am local time (4:49 am CEST )

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Sara Slott Petersen	Denmark	55.11
2	5	Lauren Wells	Australia	55.65 SB
3	4th	Vera Rudakova	Russia	55.76
4th	8th	Kori Carter	United States	56.22
5	7th	Shevon Stoddart	Jamaica	56.50
6th	9	Viktoria Tkachuk	Ukraine	57.38
7th	3	Hayat Lambarki	Morocco	58.05

Run 5

August 23, 2015, 10:57 am local time (4:57 am CEST )

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	8th	Janieve Russell	Jamaica	55.09
2	4th	Denisa Rosolová	Czech Republic	55.33
3	6th	Petra Fontanive	Switzerland	56.40
4th	5	Shamier Little	United States	56.47
5	9	Joanna Linkiewicz	Poland	56.51
6th	3	Nguyễn Thị Huyền	Vietnam	57.31
7th	7th	Amaka Ogoegbunam	Nigeria	58.16

Semifinals

From the three semi-finals, the first two of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Run 1

Fifth place in her semi-final run was not enough for Belgian Axelle Dauwens to take part in the final

The Czech Denisa Rosolová was eliminated in fourth in her semifinal run

The Danish Stina Troest did not reach the final as fifth in the third semi-final

August 24, 2015, 7:10 pm local time (1:10 p.m. CEST )

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	7th	Cassandra Tate	United States	54.33
2	6th	Wenda Nel	South Africa	54.63
3	5	Eilidh Child	Great Britain	54.80
4th	4th	Hanna Ryschykowa	Ukraine	55.16 SB
5	2	Axelle Dauwens	Belgium	55.82 SB
6th	8th	Léa Sprunger	Switzerland	55.83
7th	9	Vera Rudakova	Russia	56.41
8th	3	Déborah Rodríguez	Uruguay	56.47

Run 2

August 24, 2015, 7:18 pm local time (1:18 p.m. CEST )

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Sara Slott Petersen	Denmark	54.34
2	4th	Kaliese Spencer	Jamaica	54.45
3	2	Shamier Little	United States	54.86
4th	5	Denisa Rosolová	Czech Republic	55.73
5	7th	Sparkle McKnight	Trinidad and Tobago	56.21
6th	8th	Petra Fontanive	Switzerland	56.35
7th	3	Say Watson	Canada	56.38
8th	9	Eglė Staišiūnaitė	Lithuania	56.48

Run 3

August 24, 2015, 7:26 PM local time (1:26 PM CEST )

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	54.24
2	7th	Janieve Russell	Jamaica	54.78 SB
3	4th	Meghan Beesley	Great Britain	55.41
4th	5	Lauren Wells	Australia	56.04
5	8th	Stina Troest	Denmark	56.13
6th	2	Aurélie Chaboudez	France	56.13
7th	9	Elise Malmberg	Sweden	56.58
DNF	3	Kori Carter	United States

final

August 26, 2015, 8:10 pm local time (2:10 pm CEST )

The Czech defending champion and Olympic third party from 2012 Zuzana Hejnová had already set the fastest time in the semifinals and was one of the favorites for this competition. However, she had to pause due to an injury and nobody knew exactly what she was capable of. Other favorites included the reigning European champion Eilidh Child from Great Britain, the semi-finals strong runners Cassandra Tate from the United States, Sara Petersen from Denmark and Kaliese Spencer from Jamaica, also Olympic gold medalists in 2012.

In the final, the runners lay close together for a long time. Hejnová was the first to come out of the target curve. The two Americans Tate and Shamier Little followed closely behind. But the gaps to the runners-up were still close, nothing had been decided yet. On the home stretch, Zuzana Hejnová had the greatest stamina. She crossed the finish line with a lead of more than four tenths of a second and was world champion again. In the battle for second place, Shamier Little beat third-placed Cassandra Tate with eight hundredths of a second. Just under two tenths of a second behind, Sara Petersen crossed the finish line in fourth. Then the gaps got a bit bigger. Jamaican Janieve Russell finished fifth ahead of Eilidh Child and South African Wenda Nel. Kaliese Spencer finished eighth.

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
	5	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	53.50 WL
	2	Shamier Little	United States	53.94
	6th	Cassandra Tate	United States	54.02
4th	4th	Sara Slott Petersen	Denmark	54.20
5	9	Janieve Russell	Jamaica	54.64 PB
6th	3	Eilidh Child	Great Britain	54.78
7th	8th	Wenda Nel	South Africa	54.94
8th	7th	Kaliese Spencer	Jamaica	55.47

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  World champion Zuzana Hejnová, Czech Republic

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  Vice World Champion Shamier Little, USA

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  Bronze medalist Cassandra Tate from the United States

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  The Danish Sara Slott Petersen came fourth

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  The Jamaican Janieve Russell finished fifth

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  The British European Champion Eilidh Child came in sixth place

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  Seventh place for the South African Wenda Nel

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  Kaliese Spencer from Jamaica reached eighth place in the final

Web links and sources

• Homepage of the 2015 World Championships, women 400 m hurdles on the IAAF website , accessed on November 10, 2018
• Results of the 2015 World Championships on Leichtathletik.de, accessed on November 10, 2018
• Reports on the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on November 10, 2018

Video

• IAAF World Track And Field Championships-Women's 400 Meters Hurdles Final 2015 on youtube.com, published on August 27, 2015, accessed on November 10, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Two Kenyan athletes provisionally suspended after failing drug tests , theguardian.com August 26, 2015. Retrieved November 10, 2018
2. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 93 (PDF), accessed on November 10, 2018