World Athletics Championships 2017/400 m hurdles for women

2017 World Athletics Championships
discipline	400 meter hurdles for women
city	London
place	Olympic Stadium London
Participants	39 athletes from 25 countries
Competition phase	August 7, 2017 (preliminary) August 8, 2017 (semi-finals) August 10, 2017 (final)
Medalists
gold	Kori Carter ( USA )
silver	Dalilah Muhammad ( USA )
bronze	Ristananna Tracey ( JAM )

Final over 400 m hurdles

The women's 400 meter hurdles at the 2017 World Athletics Championships took place in London , Great Britain , between 7-10 August 2017 .

There was a US double victory. Kori Carter became world champion . Dalilah Muhammad won the silver medal. Bronze went to Ristananna Tracey from Jamaica.

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

Prelims

After seventh place in her preliminary run, the British Jessica Turner was eliminated

Déborah Rodríguez from Uruguay did not reach the semi-finals with her seventh place in the preliminary run

The German Jackie Baumann was eliminated in seventh place in her run

A fifth place in the run-up was not enough for the Italian Marzia Caravalli to advance

The Norwegian Amalie Iuel was eliminated as seventh of her preliminary run

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

August 7, 2017, 7:30 p.m. local time (8:30 p.m. CEST )

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Dalilah Muhammad	United States	54.59
2	3	Say Watson	Canada	55.06
3	2	Denisa Rosolová	Czech Republic	55.41 SB
4th	4th	Sparkle McKnight	Trinidad and Tobago	55.46 SB
5	7th	Leah Nugent	Jamaica	56.16
6th	5	Zurian Hechavarría	Cuba	56.44
7th	8th	Lauren Wells	Australia	56.49

Run 2

August 7, 2017, 7:39 p.m. local time (8:39 p.m. CEST )

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	8th	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	55.05
2	4th	Sara Slott Petersen	Denmark	55.23
3	7th	Cassandra Tate	United States	55.48
4th	5	Ayomide Folorunso	Italy	55.65 SB
5	3	Joanna Linkiewicz	Poland	56.176
6th	2	Jessica Turner	Great Britain	56.98
7th	6th	Déborah Rodríguez	Uruguay	57.61 SB
8th	9	Yasmin Giger	Switzerland	57.72

Run 3

August 7, 2017, 7:48 p.m. local time (8:48 p.m. CEST )

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	2	Ristananna Tracey	Jamaica	54.92
2	7th	Petra Fontanive	Switzerland	56.13
3	6th	Shamier Little	United States	56.172
4th	5	Agata Zupine	Slovenia	56.54
5	3	Olena Kolesnychenko	Ukraine	56.88
6th	8th	Aminat Yusuf Jamal	Bahrain	57.41
7th	4th	Jackie Baumann	Germany	57.59
8th	9	Kristina Pronschenko	Tajikistan	63.44

Run 4

August 7, 2017, 7:57 p.m. local time (8:57 p.m. CEST )

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	3	Kori Carter	United States	54.99
2	8th	Wenda Nel	South Africa	55.47
3	9	Eilidh Doyle	Great Britain	55.49
4th	2	Gianna Woodruff	Panama	56.50
5	7th	Marzia Caravelli	Italy	56.92
6th	6th	Viktoria Tkachuk	Ukraine	57.05
7th	4th	Tia-Adana Belle	Barbados	58.82
8th	5	Drita Islami	North Macedonia	60.38

Run 5

August 7, 2017, 8:06 p.m. local time (9:06 p.m. CEST )

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	2	Léa Sprunger	Switzerland	55.14
2	7th	Ronda Whyte	Jamaica	55.18
3	3	Glory Onome Nathaniel	Nigeria	55.30 PB
4th	5	Grace Claxton	Puerto Rico	56.35
5	9	Yadisleidy Pedroso	Italy	56,401
6th	6th	Meghan Beesley	Great Britain	56,408
7th	8th	Amalie Iuel	Norway	56.42
8th	4th	Noelle Montcalm	Canada	57.45

Semifinals

Run 1

The South African Wend Nel was eliminated as third in her semi-final run

The Danish Sara Slott Petersen third place in her semifinal race was not enough for the final qualification

After her fourth place in the third semifinals, the Italian Yadisleidy Pedroso was eliminated

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 semi-finals. August 8, 2017, 8:35 p.m. local time (9:35 p.m. CEST )

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	54.59
2	7th	Kori Carter	United States	54.92
3	4th	Wenda Nel	South Africa	55.70
4th	9	Shamier Little	United States	55.76
5	5	Petra Fontanive	Switzerland	55.79
6th	2	Leah Nugent	Jamaica	56.19
7th	3	Joanna Linkiewicz	Poland	56.25
8th	8th	Sparkle McKnight	Trinidad and Tobago	56.59

Run 2

August 8, 2017, 8:45 p.m. local time (9:45 p.m. CEST )

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	4th	Ristananna Tracey	Jamaica	54.79
2	5	Léa Sprunger	Switzerland	54.82
3	9	Cassandra Tate	United States	55.31
4th	7th	Sara Slott Petersen	Denmark	55.45
5	8th	Ayomide Folorunso	Italy	56.47
6th	3	Meghan Beesley	Great Britain	56.61
7th	2	Agata Zupine	Slovenia	57.05
DSQ	6th	Glory Onome Nathaniel	Nigeria	IAAF Rule 163.3a - Rail violation

Run 3

August 8, 2017, 8:55 p.m. local time (9:55 p.m. CEST )

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	5	Dalilah Muhammad	United States	55.00
2	4th	Say Watson	Canada	55.05
3	9	Eilidh Doyle	Great Britain	55.33
4th	3	Yadisleidy Pedroso	Italy	55.95
5	8th	Grace Claxton	Puerto Rico	56.396
6th	7th	Denisa Rosolová	Czech Republic	56.398
7th	2	Gianna Woodruff	Panama	57.32
DSQ	6th	Ronda Whyte	Jamaica	IAAF Rule 163.3a - Rail violation

final

August 10, 2017, 9:35 p.m. local time (10:35 p.m. CEST )

The favorites for this race were primarily the 2013 and 2015 world champion Zuzana Hejnová, who also won the 2016 Olympic medal, and the 2016 US Olympic champion Dalilah Muhammad. Especially after the impressions from the semi-finals, Ristananna Tracey from Jamaica, the US-American Kori Carter and Léa Sprunger from Switzerland had good prospects for top positions in this competition.

After half of the course, the two Americans Muhammad and Carter led. They came out of the target curve almost evenly. Hejnová was in third place ahead of Tracey. These four runners had a clear lead over their opponents. At the last hurdle, the Olympic champion was just ahead of Carter, while Tracey had caught up with Hejnová. Kori Carter had the greatest stamina in the final meters and won her first world title. Dalilah Muhammad was second. Ristananna Tracey decided the battle for the bronze medal clearly before herself. Defending champion Zuzana Hejnová came out fourth this time without a medal. Léa Sprunger finished fifth ahead of the Canadian Sage Watson and the American Cassandra Tate. The British European Champion from 2014 Eilidh Doyle came in eighth place.

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
	9	Kori Carter	United States	53.07
	4th	Dalilah Muhammad	United States	53.50
	7th	Ristananna Tracey	Jamaica	53.74 PB
4th	6th	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	54.20 SB
5	5	Léa Sprunger	Switzerland	54.59
6th	8th	Say Watson	Canada	54.92
7th	3	Cassandra Tate	United States	55.43
8th	2	Eilidh Doyle	Great Britain	55.71

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  World Champion
  Kori Carter, USA

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  Vice World Champion
  Dalilah Muhammad, USA

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  Bronze medalist
  Ristananna Tracey, Jamaica

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  The Czech defending champion Zuzana Hejnová was fourth this time

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  The Swiss Léa Sprunger came in fifth

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  Sixth place for the Canadian Sage Watson

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  The American Cassandra Tate came in seventh

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  The British Eilidh Doyle came in eighth

Web links and sources

• Homepage for the 2017 World Championships, 400 m hurdles women on the IAAF website (English), accessed on December 12, 2018
• Results of the 2017 World Athletics Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on December 12, 2018
• Reports on the 2017 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on December 12, 2018

Video

• WCH London 2017 - 400m Hurdles - Women - Final on youtube.com, published August 13, 2017, accessed December 12, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} IAAF competition rules, page 73 (PDF), accessed on December 12, 2018