Athletics World Championships 2019/400 m hurdles for women

Athletics World Championships 2019
discipline	400 meter hurdles
gender	Women
Attendees	39 athletes from 27 countries
venue	Doha
Competition location	Khalifa International Stadium
Competition phase	October 1st (preliminary) October 2nd (semifinals) October 4th (final)
Medalists Dalilah Muhammad ( USA )   Sydney McLaughlin ( USA )   Rushell Clayton ( JAM )

The winner Dalilah Muhammd (2016)

The women's 400 meter hurdles at the 2019 World Athletics Championships took place on October 1st, 2nd and 4th, 2019 in Doha , Qatar .

39 athletes from 27 countries took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by Dalilah Muhammad with a new world record of 52.16 s. Silver went to Sydney McLaughlin with 52.23 s and the bronze medal went to Rushell Clayton with 53.74 s.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Dalilah Muhammad	52.20 s	US Championships in Des Moines , United States	28th July 2019
Championship record	Melaine Walker	52.42 s	World Championships in Berlin , Germany	August 20, 2009

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

October 1, 2019, 5:30 p.m. local time (4:30 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	8th	Sydney McLaughlin	United States	54.45
2	4th	Léa Sprunger	Switzerland	54.98 SB
3	9	Shiann Salmon	Jamaica	55.20 PB
4th	5	Vera Rudakova	Authorized Neutral Athletes	55.51 SB
5	3	Lauren Boden	Australia	56.00
6th	2	Jessica Moreira	Brazil	57.66
7th	7th	Mariam Mamdouh Farid	Qatar	1: 09.49 min PB
	6th	Portia Bing	New Zealand	DSQ V1

^V1 Rule 168.7 (a): Foot or leg at the moment of crossing next to the hurdle

Run 2

October 1, 2019, 5:38 p.m. local time (4:38 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	2	Hanna Ryschykowa	Ukraine	55.11
2	9	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	55.33
3	4th	Jessica Turner	United Kingdom	55.72 PB
4th	6th	Yadisleidis Pedroso	Italy	55.78 SB
5	3	Carolina Krafzik	Germany	55.93
6th	8th	Ronda Whyte	Jamaica	56.37
7th	5	Melissa Gonzalez	Colombia	56.49
	7th	Kori Carter	United States	DNF

Run 3

October 1, 2019, 5:46 p.m. local time (4:46 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	5	Dalilah Muhammad	United States	54.87
2	4th	Zurian Hechavarría	Cuba	55.36
3	7th	Joanna Linkiewicz	Poland	55.97
4th	3	Gianna Woodruff	Panama	56.07
5	6th	Valery Andreyeva	Authorized Neutral Athletes	56.79
6th	8th	Paulien Couckuyt	Belgium	57.15
	2	Sara Slott Petersen	Denmark	DSQ V2

^V2 Rule 168.7 (a): Foot or leg at the moment of crossing next to the hurdle

Run 4

October 1, 2019, 5:54 p.m. local time (4:54 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	5	Amalie Iuel	Norway	54.72 NO
2	7th	Aminat Jamal	Bahrain	55.13 PB
3	6th	Ayomide Folorunso	Italy	55.20
4th	8th	Ashley Spencer	United States	55.28
5	3	Femke Bol	Netherlands	55.32 PB
6th	9	Hanne Claes	Belgium	55.68
7th	4th	Sara Klein	Australia	56.97
8th	2	Yanique Haye-Smith	Turks and Caicos Islands	56.98

Run 5

October 1, 2019, 6:02 p.m. local time (5:02 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	7th	Rushell Clayton	Jamaica	55.23
2	9	Say Watson	Canada	55.57
3	3	Meghan Beesley	United Kingdom	55.97
4th	4th	Sarah Carli	Australia	56.37
5	6th	Linda Olivieri	Italy	56.82
6th	8th	Zenéy van der Walt	South Africa	57.11
7th	2	Tia-Adana Belle	Barbados	57.37
8th	5	Lamiae Lhabz	Morocco	58.44

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

October 2, 2019, 9:05 p.m. local time (8:05 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	5	Dalilah Muhammad	United States	53.91
2	4th	Say Watson	Canada	54.32 NO
3	6th	Hanna Ryschykowa	Ukraine	54.45 SB
4th	7th	Zurian Hechavarría	Cuba	55.03
5	3	Hanne Claes	Belgium	55.25 SB
6th	8th	Vera Rudakova	Authorized Neutral Athletes	55.57
7th	2	Femke Bol	Netherlands	56.37
8th	9	Meghan Beesley	United Kingdom	56.89

Run 2

October 2, 2019, 9:15 p.m. local time (8:15 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	7th	Rushell Clayton	Jamaica	54.17
2	5	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	54.41
3	8th	Ashley Spencer	United States	54.42
4th	4th	Amalie Iuel	Norway	55.03
5	6th	Ayomide Folorunso	Italy	55.36
6th	9	Joanna Linkiewicz	Poland	55.38 SB
7th	2	Sarah Carli	Australia	55.43 PB
8th	3	Carolina Krafzik	Germany	56.41

Run 3

October 2, 2019, 9:25 p.m. local time (8:25 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	5	Sydney McLaughlin	United States	53.81
2	6th	Léa Sprunger	Switzerland	54.52 SB
3	7th	Shiann Salmon	Jamaica	55.16 PB
4th	8th	Yadisleidis Pedroso	Italy	55.40 SB
5	4th	Aminat Jamal	Bahrain	55.54
6th	2	Gianna Woodruff	Panama	55.61 SB
7th	9	Jessica Turner	United Kingdom	55.87
8th	3	Lauren Boden	Australia	55.94

final

Muhammad and McLaughlin crossed the finish line

October 4, 2019, 9:30 p.m. local time (8:30 p.m.  CEST )

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
	6th	Dalilah Muhammad	United States	52.16 WR
	4th	Sydney McLaughlin	United States	52.23 PB
	5	Rushell Clayton	Jamaica	53.74 PB
4th	9	Léa Sprunger	Switzerland	54.06 NO
5	8th	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	54.23
6th	2	Ashley Spencer	United States	54.45 444
7th	3	Hanna Ryschykowa	Ukraine	54.45 445 SB
8th	7th	Say Watson	Canada	54.82

Web links and sources

• Results on the website of the IAAF (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 400 Meters Hurdles Women - Round 1. (PDF) In: media.aws.iaaf.org. Retrieved October 1, 2019 .