2016 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m (women)

sport	athletics
discipline	400 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	57 athletes from 38 countries
Competition location	Estádio Nilton Santos
Competition phase	August 13, 2016 (preliminary round) August 14, 2016 (semi-finals) August 15, 2016 (final)
Medalists Shaunae Miller ( BAH )   Allyson Felix ( USA )   Shericka Jackson ( JAM )

The women's 400-meter run at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 13, 14 and 15, 2016 at the Estádio Nilton Santos . 57 athletes took part.

Olympic champion was Shaunae Miller from the Bahamas. The US-American Allyson Felix won the silver medal, bronze went to the Jamaican Shericka Jackson .

Ruth Spelmeyer started for Germany and was eliminated in the semifinals.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current titleholders

Olympic Champion	Sanya Richards-Ross ( USA )	49.55 s	London 2012
world champion	Allyson Felix ( USA )	49.26 s	Beijing 2015
European champion	Libania Grenot ( Italy )	50.73 s	Amsterdam 2016
North / Central America / Caribbean Champion	Courtney Okolo ( USA )	51.57 s	San José 2015
South America Champion	Geisa Aparecida Coutinho ( Brazil )	53.07 s	Lima 2015
Asian champion	Yang Huizhen ( People's Republic of China )	52.37 s	Wuhan 2015
African champion	Kabange Mupopo ( Zambia )	51.56 s	Durban 2016
Oceania champion	Betty Burua ( Papua New Guinea )	54.32 s	Cairns 2015

Existing records

World record	Marita Koch ( GDR )	47.60 s	Canberra , Australia	October 6, 1985
Olympic record	Marie-José Pérec ( France )	48.25 s	Atlanta Final , USA	July 29, 1996

Note All times are based on Rio local time ( UTC-3 ).

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was carried out in eight runs. The first two athletes of each run qualified for the semifinals. In addition, the eight fastest drivers, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified sprinters are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Run 1

August 13, 2016, 11:00 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Stephenie Ann McPherson	Jamaica	51.36
2	Patience Okon George	Nigeria	51.83
3	Anneliese Rubie	Australia	51.92
4th	Julija Olischewska	Ukraine	52.45
5	Djénébou Dante	Mali	52.85
6th	Nirmala Sheoran	India	53.03
7th	Gunta Latiševa-Čudare	Latvia	53.08

Run 2

August 13, 2016, 11:07 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Allyson Felix	United States	51.24
2	Olha Semljak	Ukraine	51.40
3	Tamara Salaški	Serbia	52.70
4th	Tsholofelo Thipe	South Africa	52.80
5	Iveta Putalová	Slovakia	52.82
6th	Aauri Bokesa	Spain	53.51
7th	Seren Bundy-Davies	Great Britain	53.63

Run 3

August 13, 2016, 11:14 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Phyllis Francis	United States	50.58
2	Kemi Adekoya	Bahrain	50.72	NO
3	Margaret Bamgbose	Nigeria	51.43
4th	Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz	Poland	52.02
5	Alicia Brown	Canada	52.27
6th	Jaílma de Lima	Brazil	52.65
7th	Justine Palframan	South Africa	53.96

Run 4

August 13, 2016, 11:21 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Natasha Hastings	United States	51.31
2	Christine Ohuruogu	Great Britain	51.40
3	Maria Benedicta Chigbolu	Italy	52.06
4th	Lydia Jele	Botswana	52.24
5	Olha Bibik	Ukraine	52.33
6th	Kendra Clarke	Canada	53.61
7th	Vijona Kryeziu	Kosovo	54.30	NO

Run 5

August 13, 2016, 11:28 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Shaunae Miller	Bahamas	51.16
2	Morgan Mitchell	Australia	51.30
3	Ruth Spelmeyer	Germany	51.43
4th	Emily Diamond	Great Britain	51.76
5	Kanika Beckles	Grenada	52.41
6th	Bianca Răzor	Romania	52.42
7th	Kineke Alexander	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	52.45

Run 6

August 13, 2016, 11:35 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Salwa Eid Naser	Bahrain	51.06
2	Libania Grenot	Italy	51.17
3	Floria Gueï	France	51.29
4th	Cátia Azevedo	Portugal	52.38
5	Miriam Kromah	Liberia	52.79
6th	Nguyễn Thị Huyền	Vietnam	52.97
7th	Irini Vasiliou	Greece	54.37
8th	Maryan Nuh Muse	Somalia	60.14

Run 7

August 12, 2016, 11:42 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	51.73
2	Kabange Mupopo	Zambia	51.76
3	Justyna Święty	Poland	51.82
4th	Christine Botlogetswe	Botswana	52.37
5	Omolara Omotosho	Nigeria	53.22
6th	Elina Michina	Kazakhstan	53.83
7th	Dalal Mesfar Al-Harith	Qatar	67.12

Run 8

August 13, 2016, 11:49 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Christine Day	Jamaica	51.54
2	Carline Muir	Canada	51.57
3	Małgorzata Hołub	Poland	51.80
4th	Geisa Aparecida Coutinho	Brazil	52.05
5	Aliyah Abrams	Guyana	52.79
6th	Mariama Mamoudou Ittatou	Niger	54.32	NO
7th	Anastassija Kudinova	Kazakhstan	56.03

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  The Slovak Iveta Putalová finished fifth in the second heat and was eliminated

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  Her sixth place in the third heat was not enough for the Brazilian Jaílma de Lima to advance

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  With fifth place in her preliminary round, the Ukrainian Olha Bibik failed in the preliminary round

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  The Romanian Bianca Răzor was sixth of her preliminary and was eliminated

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  With her fourth place in the sixth heat, the Portuguese Cátia Azevedo did not make it to the semi-finals

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  The Nigerian Omolara Omotosho came in seventh place in her lead and was eliminated

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  Fourth place in her preliminary run was not enough for the Brazilian Geisa Coutinho to reach the semi-finals

Semifinals

The semifinals consisted of three runs. The first two athletes of each run qualified for the final. In addition, the two 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.

Run 1

The 2013 British World Champion Christine Ohuruogu did not reach the final here as fifth in her semi-final run

August 14, 2016, 8:35 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Phyllis Francis	United States	50.31
2	Stephenie Ann McPherson	Jamaica	50.69
3	Olha Semljak	Ukraine	50.75
4th	Kemi Adekoya	Bahrain	50.88
5	Christine Ohuruogu	Great Britain	51.22
6th	Ruth Spelmeyer	Germany	51.61
7th	Margaret Bamgbose	Nigeria	51.92
8th	Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz	Poland	52.51

Run 2

The French Floria Gueï was fourth in her semi-final race, which was not enough for the final

August 14, 2016, 8:42 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	49.83
2	Natasha Hastings	United States	49.90
3	Salwa Eid Naser	Bahrain	50.88
4th	Floria Gueï	France	51.08
5	Carline Muir	Canada	51.11
6th	Emily Diamond	Great Britain	51.49
7th	Małgorzata Hołub	Poland	51.93
8th	Morgan Mitchell	Australia	52.68

Run 3

The Jamaican Christine Day failed in fourth of her run in the semifinals

August 14, 2016, 8:49 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Allyson Felix	United States	49.67
2	Shaunae Miller	Bahamas	49.91
3	Libania Grenot	Italy	50.60
4th	Christine Day	Jamaica	51.53
5	Justyna Święty	Poland	51.62
6th	Anneliese Rubie	Australia	51.96
7th	Kabange Mupopo	Zambia	52.04
8th	Patience Okon George	Nigeria	52.52

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  The German Ruth Spelmeyer came in sixth place in the first semifinal race and was eliminated

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  The Australian Morgan Mitchell was eliminated in eighth place in the second semifinal run

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  A fifth place in the third semifinals was not enough for Polish Justyna Święty to reach the final

final

August 15, 2016, 11:05 pm

All three Americans and two Jamaicans had qualified for the final. The field was completed by one starter each from the Bahamas, Italy and the Ukraine.

The American world and Olympic champion of 2012 Allyson Felix was considered the favorite . She wanted to be the first female athlete with five Olympic victories. In 2008 in Beijing and 2012 in London , she had won the 4 x 100 meter relay . In London, she was also Olympic champion with the 4 x 400 meter relay and over 200 meters . Her strongest opponent was Vice World Champion Shaunae Miller from the Bahamas. The Jamaican World Cup third Shericka Jackson was also rated highly.

Felix started on lane 4, Miller on lane 7. After the start, US runner Natasha Hastings caught up with Miller, but Miller managed to get a lead on the back straight. At the start of the home straight she was three meters ahead of Hastings, followed by Felix. On the home stretch Felix caught up with Hastings and then pulled past her. She also got closer and closer to the leading Miller. Felix and Miller were almost tied shortly before the finish. Shaunae Miller secured the gold medal in front of Allyson Felix with a jump over the finish line. Shericka Jackson had meanwhile taken bronze with a strong final straight. Natasha Hastings came fourth ahead of Phyllis Francis from the USA, Stephenie Ann McPherson from Jamaica and Olha Semljak from Ukraine. The reigning European champion Libania Grenot from Italy was Olympic eight.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Shaunae Miller	Bahamas	49.44
2	Allyson Felix	United States	49.51
3	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	49.85
4th	Natasha Hastings	United States	50.34
5	Phyllis Francis	United States	50.41
6th	Stephenie Ann McPherson	Jamaica	50.97
7th	Olha Semljak	Ukraine	51.24
8th	Libania Grenot	Italy	51.25

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  Olympic Champion:
  Shaunae Miller, Bahamas

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  Silver medalist:
  Allyson Felix, USA

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  Bronze medalist:
  Shericka Jackson Felix - here a little unhappy at a meeting in Paris 2018 - from Jamaica

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  The American Natasha Hastings took fourth place in the final

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  Phyllis Francis from the United States reached number five

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  Jamaican Stephenie Ann McPherson came in sixth place

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  The reigning European champion Libania Grenot from Italy was Olympic eight

Web links

• Results Book Rio 2016, Official Report at library.olympic.org, accessed October 10, 2018
• Results on the website of the World Athletics Federation IAAF 400 m women (English), accessed on October 10, 2018
• Sports reference, result of 400 m women (English), accessed on October 10, 2018

Video

• Rio Replay: Triple Jump Final on youtube.com, published August 21, 2016, accessed October 10, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 794 , accessed on October 10, 2018