2000 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m (women)
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sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 400 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 56 athletes from 42 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Stadium Australia | ||||||||
Competition phase | September 22, 2000 (preliminary round) September 23, 2000 (quarter-finals) September 24, 2000 (semi-finals) September 25, 2000 (final) |
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The women's 400-meter run at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney was held on September 22, 23, 24 and 25, 2000 at Stadium Australia . 56 athletes took part.
The Australian Cathy Freeman was Olympic champion . She won ahead of the Jamaican Lorraine Fenton and Katharine Merry from Great Britain.
Athletes from Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.
Current titleholders
Olympic champion 1996 |
Marie-José Pérec ( France )
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48.25 s | Atlanta 1996 |
World Champion 1999 |
Cathy Freeman ( Australia )
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49.67 s | Seville 1999 |
European Champion 1998 |
Grit Breuer ( Germany )
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49.93 s | Budapest 1998 |
Pan American Champion 1999 |
Ana Guevara ( Mexico )
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50.91 s | Winnipeg 1999 |
Central America and Caribbean champion 1999 | Vernetta Lesforis ( St. Lucia )
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52.21 s | Bridgetown 1999 |
South America Champion 1999 | Norfalia Carabalí ( Colombia )
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52.92 s | Bogotá 1999 |
Asian Champion 2000 | Damayanthi Dharsha ( Sri Lanka )
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51.05 s | Jakarta 2000 |
African champion 2000 | Claudine Komgang ( Cameroon )
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51.35 s | Algiers 2000 |
Oceania Champion 2000 | Mary Estelle Kapalu ( Vanuatu )
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55.37 s | Adelaide 2000 |
Existing records
World record | 47.80 s |
Marita Koch ( GDR )
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Canberra , Australia | October 6, 1985 |
Olympic record | 48.25 s |
Marie-José Pérec ( France )
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Atlanta Final , USA | July 29, 1996 |
Note: All times are based on Sydney local time ( UTC + 10 ).
Preliminary round
A total of eight preliminary runs were completed. The first three athletes per run qualified for the quarter-finals. In addition, the eight fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified runners are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.
Forward 1
September 22, 2000, 7:24 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | LaTasha Colander |
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51.75 | |
2 | Mireille Nguimgo |
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51.88 | |
3 | Heide Seyerling |
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51.92 | |
4th | Foy Williams |
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52.94 | |
5 | Christine Amertil |
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53.12 | |
6th | Oksana Lunewa |
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54.98 | |
7th | Hazel-Ann Regis |
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55.11 |
Forward 2
September 22, 2000, 7:30 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Charity Opara |
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51.77 | |
2 | Natalia Nazarova |
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52.05 | |
3 | Damayanthi darsha |
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52.13 | |
4th | Kaltouma Nadjina |
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52.34 | |
5 | Lee Naylor |
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53.10 | |
6th | Svetlana Bodritskaya |
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53.91 | |
7th | Lilian Bwalya |
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54.77 | |
8th | Maritza Figueroa |
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58.82 |
Forward 3
September 22, 2000, 7:36 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Amy Mbacké Thiam |
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51.79 | |
2 | Ana Guevara |
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52.34 | |
3 | Otilia Ruicu-Eşanu |
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52.65 | |
4th | Karen Shinkins |
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53.27 | |
5 | Norma González |
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53.34 | |
6th | Safia Abukar Hussein |
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73.25 |
Forward 4
September 22nd, 2000,
7:24 pm Norfalia Carabalí, who had become South American champion starting for Colombia in 1999, took on Spanish citizenship in 2000 and has competed for Spain ever since.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Cathy Freeman |
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51.63 | |
2 | Monique Hennagan |
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51.73 | |
3 | Claudine Komgang |
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51.74 | |
4th | Norfalia Carabalí |
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52.36 | |
5 | Olena Rurak |
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53.45 | |
6th | Kristina Perica |
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53.72 | |
7th | Awatef Ben Hassine |
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54.50 |
Forward 5
September 22, 2000, 7:48 p.m.
The French Olympic champion from 1996 Marie-José Pérec , who was registered for the run , did not take part. She left early because she felt harassed and persecuted by the Australian press. The background here was also the special importance of this competition for the Australians due to the favorite position of the domestic double world champion Cathy Freeman and a rivalry with Marie-José Pérec, which the media hyped up.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Katharine Merry |
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51.61 | |
2 | Sandie Richards |
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51.86 | |
3 | Nova Peris |
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52.51 | |
4th | Hana Benešová |
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52.85 | |
5 | Aliann Pompey |
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53.09 | |
6th | Verneta Lesforis |
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54.67 | |
7th | Klodiana Shala |
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56.41 | |
DNS | Marie-José Pérec |
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Forward 6
September 22, 2000, 7:54 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Jitka Burianová |
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51.59 | |
2 | Olabisi Afolabi |
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51.62 | |
3 | Lorraine Fenton |
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51.65 | |
4th | Allison Curbishley |
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52.20 | |
5 | Barbara Petráhn |
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52.86 | |
6th | Tonique Williams-Darling |
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53.43 | |
7th | Marcia Daniel |
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58.20 | |
8th | Haissa Ali Garba |
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67.49 |
Forward 7
September 22, 2000, 8:00 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Kalayathumkuzhi Beenamol |
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51.51 | |
2 | Olga Kotlyarova |
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51.99 | |
3 | Žana Minina |
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52.38 | |
4th | Michelle Collins |
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53.66 | |
5 | Tanya Oxley |
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54.22 | |
6th | Daniela Georgiewa |
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54.46 | |
7th | Dijana Kojić |
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55.61 | |
8th | Awmima Mohamed |
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62.94 |
Forward 8
September 22, 2000, 8:06 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | LaDonna Antoine-Watkins |
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51.78 | |
2 | Falilat Ogunkoya |
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51.88 | |
3 | Donna Fraser |
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52.33 | |
4th | Svetlana Pospelova |
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53.34 | |
5 | Elena Piskunova |
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55.40 | |
6th | Ann Mooney |
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55.55 | |
DNS | Brigita Langerholc |
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Quarter finals
In each of the four quarter-finals, the first four athletes qualified for the semi-finals (highlighted in light blue).
Run 1
September 23, 2000, 7:30 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Jitka Burianová |
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50.85 | |
2 | LaDonna Antoine-Watkins |
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50.92 | |
3 | Nova Peris |
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51.28 | |
4th | Natalia Nazarova |
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51.44 | |
5 | Claudine Komgang |
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51.57 | |
6th | Monique Hennagan |
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51.85 | |
7th | Kaltouma Nadjina |
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52.60 | |
8th | Aliann Pompey |
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53.42 |
Run 2
September 23, 2000, 7:37 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Katharine Merry |
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50.50 | |
2 | Heide Seyerling |
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50.87 | |
3 | Olga Kotlyarova |
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50.97 | |
4th | Sandie Richards |
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51.00 | |
5 | Charity Opara |
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51.04 | |
6th | Žana Minina |
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52.53 | |
7th | Norfalia Carabalí |
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52.63 | |
8th | Foy Williams |
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52.68 |
Run 3
September 23, 2000, 7:44 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Lorraine Fenton |
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50.66 | |
2 | Ana Guevara |
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51.19 | |
3 | Amy Mbacké Thiam |
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51.64 | |
4th | Kalayathumkuzhi Beenamol |
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51.81 | |
5 | Olabisi Afolabi |
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51.87 | |
6th | Otilia Ruicu-Eşanu |
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52.28 | |
7th | Allison Curbishley |
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52.50 | |
8th | Lee Naylor |
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53.83 |
Run 4
September 23, 2000, 7:51 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Cathy Freeman |
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50.31 | |
2 | Falilat Ogunkoya |
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50.49 | |
3 | Donna Fraser |
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50.77 | |
4th | Mireille Nguimgo |
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51.08 | |
5 | LaTasha Colander |
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53.45 | |
6th | Damayanthi darsha |
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52.35 | |
7th | Hana Benešová |
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52.70 | |
8th | Barbara Petráhn |
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52.72 |
Semifinals
The first four runners in each of the two races (highlighted in light blue) qualified for the final.
Run 1
September 24, 2000, 8:00 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Lorraine Fenton |
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50.28 | |
2 | Katharine Merry |
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50.32 | |
3 | Heide Seyerling |
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51.06 | |
4th | Olga Kotlyarova |
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51.21 | |
5 | LaDonna Antoine-Watkins |
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51.26 | |
6th | Natalia Nazarova |
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51.83 | |
7th | Mireille Nguimgo |
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52.03 | |
8th | Nova Peris |
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52.49 |
Run 2
September 24, 2000, 8:07 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Cathy Freeman |
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50.01 | |
2 | Ana Guevara |
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50.11 | |
3 | Falilat Ogunkoya |
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50.18 | |
4th | Donna Fraser |
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50.21 | |
5 | Sandie Richards |
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50.42 | |
6th | Jitka Burianová |
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51.15 | |
7th | Amy Mbacké Thiam |
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51.60 | |
8th | Kalayathumkuzhi Beenamol |
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52.04 |
final
September 25, 2000, 8:10 p.m.
Two athletes from Great Britain and one runner each from Australia, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia and South Africa qualified for the final.
The favorite was the Australian 1999 and 1997 world champion Cathy Freeman, who faced the pressure of great expectations from her compatriots. Her stated goal was to win the Olympics. She also played a special role as a spokesperson for the emancipation of the Australian aborigines, which included her ancestors and herself. But she had strong opponents, including the Jamaican World Cup third Lorraine Fenton - who started under her name Lorraine Graham until 1999, the World Cup fourth Falilat Ogunkoya from Nigeria and the British World Cup fifth Katharine Merry.
The race was close and it wasn't made easy for Freeman. At the exit of the target curve she was in third place with a narrow gap to the leading Fenton and Merry, who was second at this point. With fifty yards to go, Freeman and Fenton were tied. Cathy Freeman clearly had the best stamina and took the gold medal with 47 hundredths of a second ahead of Lorraine Fenton. Katharine Merry held her third place fourteen hundredths of a second behind Fenton and won the bronze medal with just under seven hundredths of a second ahead of her compatriot Donna Fraser. The Mexican Ana Guevara, who crossed the finish line in fifth place, also stayed below the 50-second mark with 49.96 seconds.
Lorraine Fenton was the first Jamaican medalist in the discipline.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Cathy Freeman |
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49.11 | |
2 | Lorraine Fenton |
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49.58 | |
3 | Katharine Merry |
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49.72 | |
4th | Donna Fraser |
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49.79 | |
5 | Ana Guevara |
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49.96 | |
6th | Heide Seyerling |
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50.05 | NO |
7th | Falilat Ogunkoya |
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50.12 | |
8th | Olga Kotlyarova |
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51.04 |
literature
- Rudi Cerne (Ed.), Sydney 2000, The Games of the XXVII. Olympiad with contributions by Rudi Cerne, Birgit Fischer , Willi Phillip Knecht , Willi Leissl and Jan Ullrich , MOHN Media Mohndruck GmbH, Gütersloh, p. 62f
Web links
- SportsReference 400m , accessed April 4, 2018
- Results on the IAAF website , accessed April 4, 2018
- Official Report of the XXVIIth Olympiad, Results , English / French (PDF, 17,708 MB), accessed on April 4, 2018
Video
- Cathy Freeman wins 400m gold - On This Day September 25 , published September 25, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed April 4, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 794 , accessed on April 4, 2018
- ↑ Report in Spiegel dated September 22, 2000 , accessed on April 4, 2018