Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres explained

Event:	Women's 400 metres
Games:	2000 Summer
Venue:	Stadium Australia
Date:	22 September 2000 (heats) 23 September 2000 (quarter-finals) 24 September 2000 (semi-finals) 25 September 2000 (final)
Competitors:	56
Nations:	42
Longnames:	yes
Win Value:	49.11
Gold:	Cathy Freeman
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Lorraine Fenton
Silvernoc:	JAM
Bronze:	Katharine Merry
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Prev:	1996
Next:	2004

The Women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme was held at Stadium Australia on Friday 22 September, Saturday 23 September, Sunday 24 September, and Monday 25 September 2000.^[1] The winning margin was 0.47 seconds.

The top three runners in each of the initial seven heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next eight fastest runners from across the heats also qualified for the second round. The top four runners in each of the four second round heats automatically qualified for the semi-final.

The top four runners in each semi-final automatically qualified for the final.

There were a total number of 59 participating athletes.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.

World Record	47.60	Marita Koch	East Germany	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
Olympic Record	48.25	Marie-José Pérec	France	Atlanta, United States	29 July 1996

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
q denotes qualification by overall place.
DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
DQ denotes disqualification.
NR denotes national record.
OR denotes Olympic record.
WR denotes world record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes season best.

Qualifying heats

Round 1

Heat 1 of 8 Date: Friday 22 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
1	9	La Tasha Colander-Richardson		5	0.212	51.75	Q
2	T14	Mireille Nguimgo		6	0.242	51.88	Q
3	16	Heide Seyerling		3	0.428	51.92	Q
4	30	Foy Williams		2	0.343	52.94	q
5	33	Christine Amertil		4	0.254	53.12
6	47	Oksana Luneva		8	0.403	54.98
7	48	Hazel-Ann Regis		7		55.11

Heat 2 of 8 Date: Friday 22 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
1	10	Charity Opara		4	0.204	51.77	Q
2	18	Natalya Nazarova		2	0.297	52.05	Q
3	19	Damayanthi Darsha		6	0.242	52.13	Q
4	T22	Nadjina Kaltouma		2	0.202	52.34	q
5	32	Lee Naylor		1		53.10	q
6	41	Svetlana Bodritskaya		5	0.199	53.91
7	46	Lilian Bwalya		8	0.403	54.77
8	54	Maritza Figueroa		7		58.82

Heat 3 of 8 Date: Friday 22 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
1	12	Amy Mbacké Thiam		8	0.217	51.79	Q
2	22	Ana Guevara		5	0.315	52.34	Q
3	27	Otilia Silvia Ruicu		4		52.65	Q
4	34	Karen Shinkins		2	0.258	53.27
5	T35	Norma Gonzalez		6	0.220	53.34
6	57	Safia Abukar Hussein		3		1:13.25

Heat 4 of 8 Date: Friday 22 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
1	5	Cathy Freeman		3	0.258	51.63	Q
2	7	Monique Hennagan		4	0.320	51.73	Q
3	8	Claudine Komgang		8	0.551	51.74	Q
4	24	Norfalia Carabalí		7		52.36	q
5	38	Olena Rurak		2	0.202	53.45
6	40	Kristina Perica		6	0.523	53.72
7	44	Awatef Ben Hassine		5	0.308	54.50

Heat 5 of 8 Date: Friday 22 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
1	T3	Katharine Merry		7	0.336	51.61	Q
2	13	Sandie Richards		4	0.294	51.86	Q
3	26	Nova Peris-Kneebone		8	0.191	52.51	Q
4	28	Hana Benešová		6		52.85	q
5	31	Aliann Pompey		2	0.226	53.09	q
6	45	Verneta Lesforis		5	0.520	54.67
7	52	Klodiana Shala		1		56.41
8		Marie-José Pérec		3		DNS

Heat 6 of 8 Date: Friday 22 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
1	2	Jitka Burianová		4	0.302	51.59	Q
2	3T	Olabisi Afolabi		2	0.221	51.62	Q
3	6	Lorraine Graham		5		51.65	Q
4	20	Allison Curbishley		6	0.209	52.20	q
5	29	Barbara Petráhn		2	0.189	52.86	q
6	37	Tonique Williams		7	0.174	53.43
7	53	Marcia Fernanda Daniel		8	0.222	58.20
8	56	Haissa Ali Garba		1		1:07.49

Heat 7 of 8 Date: Friday 22 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
1	1	K. M. Beenamol		8		51.51	Q
2	17	Olga Kotlyarova		6	0.190	51.99	Q
3	25	Žana Minina		7	0.201	52.38	Q
4	39	Michelle Collins		4	0.295	53.66
5	42	Tanya Oxley		2		54.22
6	43	Daniela Georgieva		1		54.46
7	51	Dijana Kojić		2		55.61
8	55	Awmima Mohamed		5		1:02.94

Heat 8 of 8 Date: Friday 22 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
1	11	Ladonna Antoine		5		51.78	Q
2	T14	Falilat Ogunkoya		6	0.187	51.88	Q
3	21	Donna Fraser		8	0.209	52.33	Q
4	T35	Svetlana Pospelova		3		53.34
5	49	Yelena Piskunova		2	0.285	55.40
6	50	Ann Mooney		4	0.378	55.55
7		Brigita Langerholc		7		DNS

Overall Results Round 1

Round 1 Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	K. M. Beenamol		7	8	1	51.51	Q
2	Jitka Burianová		6	4	1	51.59	Q
3	Olabisi Afolabi		6	3	2	51.61	Q
Katharine Merry		5	7	1	51.61	Q
5	Cathy Freeman		4	3	1	51.63	Q
6	Lorraine Graham		6	5	3	51.65	Q
7	Monique Hennagan		4	4	2	51.73	Q
8	Claudine Komgang		4	8	3	51.74	Q
9	La Tasha Colander-Richardson		1	5	1	51.75	Q
10	Charity Opara		2	4	1	51.77	Q
11	Ladonna Antoine		8	5	1	51.78	Q
12	Amy Mbacké Thiam		3	8	1	51.71	Q
13	Sandie Richards		5	4	2	51.86	Q
14	Mireille Nguimgo		1	6	2	51.88	Q
Falilat Ogunkoya		8	6	2	51.88	Q
16	Heide Seyerling		1	3	3	51.92	Q
17	Olga Kotlyarova		7	6	2	51.99	Q
18	Natalya Nazarova		2	2	2	52.05	Q
19	Damayanthi Darsha		2	6	3	52.13	Q
20	Allison Curbishley		6	6	4	52.20	q
21	Donna Fraser		8	8	3	52.33	Q
22	Ana Guevara		3	5	2	52.34	Q
Nadjina Kaltouma		2	3	4	52.34	q
24	Norfalia Carabalí		4	7	4	52.36	q
25	Zana Minina		7	7	3	52.38	Q
26	Nova Peris-Kneebone		5	8	3	52.51	Q
27	Otilia Silvia Ruicu		3	4	3	52.65	Q
28	Hana Benešová		5	6	4	52.85	q
29	Barbara Petráhn		6	2	5	52.86	q
30	Foy Williams		1	2	4	52.94	q
31	Aliann Pompey		5	2	5	53.09	q
32	Lee Naylor		2	1	5	53.10	q
33	Christine Amertil		1	4	5	53.12
34	Karen Shinkins		3	2	4	53.27
35	Norma Gonzalez		3	6	5	53.34
Svetlana Pospelova		8	3	4	53.34
37	Tonique Williams		6	7	6	53.43
38	Olena Rurak		4	2	5	53.45
39	Michelle Collins		7	4	4	53.66
40	Kristina Perica		4	6	6	53.72
41	Svetlana Bodritskaya		2	5	6	53.91
42	Tanya Oxley		7	3	5	54.22
43	Daniela Georgieva		7	1	6	54.46
44	Awatef Ben Hassine		4	5	7	54.50
45	Verneta Lesforis		5	5	6	54.67
46	Lilian Bwalya		2	8	7	54.77
47			1	8	6	54.98
48	Hazel-Ann Regis		1	7	7	55.11
49	Elena Piskunova		8	2	5	54.40
50	Ann Mooney		8	4	6	55.55
51	Dijana Kojic		7	2	7	55.61
52	Klodiana Shala		5	1	7	56.41
53	Marcia Fernanda Daniel		6	8	7	58.20
54	Maritza Figueroa		2	7	8	58.82
55	Awmima Mohamed		7	5	8	1:02.94
56	Haissa Ali Garba		6	1	8	1:07.49
57	Safia Abukar Hussein		3	3	6	1:13.25
	Brigita Langerholc		3	7		DNS
	Marie-José Pérec		5	3		DNS

Round 2

Heat 1 of 4 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
1	6	Jitka Burianová		3	0.274	50.85	Q	PB
2	8	Ladonna Antoine		5	0.179	50.92	Q	PB
3	14	Nova Peris-Kneebone		2	0.196	51.28	Q	PB
4	15	Natalya Nazarova		6	0.198	51.44	Q
5	16	Claudine Komgang		7		51.57
6	19	Monique Hennagan		4	0.478	51.85
7	26	Nadjina Kaltouma		1	0.215	52.60
8	31	Aliann Pompey		8	0.212	53.42

Heat 2 of 4 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
1	3	Katharine Merry		2	0.270	50.50	Q
2	7	Heide Seyerling		7	0.163	50.87	Q	PB
3	9	Olga Kotlyarova		6	0.182	50.97	Q
4	10	Sandie Richards		5	0.209	51.00	Q
5	11	Charity Opara		4	0.206	51.04
6	25	Zana Minina		8	0.300	52.53
7	27	Norfalia Carabalí		1		52.63
8	28	Foy Williams		2	0.337	52.68

Heat 3 of 4 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
1	4	Lorraine Graham		8	0.216	50.66	Q
2	13	Ana Guevara		5		51.19	Q
3	17	Amy Mbacké Thiam		6	0.217	51.64	Q
4	18	K. M. Beenamol		4		51.81	Q
5	20	Olabisi Afolabi		3	0.263	51.87
6	22	Otilia Silvia Ruicu		1		52.28
7	24	Allison Curbishley		1	0.193	52.50
8	32	Lee Naylor		7		53.83

Heat 4 of 4 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
1	1	Cathy Freeman		4	0.464	50.31	Q
2	2	Falilat Ogunkoya		6	0.196	50.49	Q
3	5	Donna Fraser		8	0.194	50.77	Q	PB
4	12	Mireille Nguimgo		5	0.200	51.08	Q
5	21	La Tasha Colander-Richardson		2	0.202	53.45
6	23	Damayanthi Darsha		1	0.234	52.35
7	29	Hana Benešová		2	0.209	52.70
8	30	Barbara Petráhn		7	0.224	52.72

Overall Results Round 2

Round 2 Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Cathy Freeman		4	4	1	50.31	Q
2	Falilat Ogunkoya		4	6	2	50.49	Q
3	Katharine Merry		2	3	1	50.50	Q
4	Lorraine Graham		3	8	1	50.66	Q
5	Donna Fraser		4	8	3	50.77	Q	PB
6	Jitka Burianová		1	3	1	50.85	Q	PB
7	Heide Seyerling		2	7	2	50.87	Q	PB
8	Ladonna Antoine		1	5	2	50.92	Q	PB
9	Olga Kotlyarova		2	6	3	50.97	Q
10	Sandie Richards		2	5	4	51.00	Q
11	Charity Opara		2	4	5	51.04
12	Mireille Nguimgo		4	5	4	51.08	Q
13	Ana Guevara		3	5	2	51.19	Q
14	Nova Peris-Kneebone		1	2	3	51.28	Q
15	Natalya Nazarova		1	6	4	51.44	Q
16	Claudine Komgang		1	7	5	51.57
17	Amy Mbacké Thiam		3	6	3	51.64	Q
18	K. M. Beenamol		3	4	4	51.81	Q
19	Monique Hennagan		1	4	6	51.85
20	Olabisi Afolabi		3	3	5	51.87
21	La Tasha Colander-Richardson		4	3	5	52.07
22	Otilia Silvia Ruicu		3	1	6	52.28
23	Damayanthi Darsha		4	1	6	52.35
24	Allison Curbishley		3	2	7	52.50
25	Zana Minina		2	8	6	52.53
26	Nadjina Kaltouma		1	1	7	52.60
27	Norfalia Carabalí		2	1	7	52.63
28	Foy Williams		2	2	8	52:68
29	Hana Benešová		4	2	7	52.70
30	Barbara Petráhn		4	7	8	52.72
31	Aliann Pompey		1	8	8	53.42
32	Lee Naylor		3	7	8	53.83

Semi-finals

Heat 1 of 2 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
1	5	Lorraine Graham		4	0.444	50.28	Q
2	6	Katharine Merry		3	0.301	50.32	Q
3	8	Heide Seyerling		5		51.06	Q
4	10	Olga Kotlyarova		7	0.243	51.21	Q
5	11	Ladonna Antoine		6	0.273	51.26
6	13	Natalya Nazarova		2	0.191	51.83
7	14	Mireille Nguimgo		1	0.213	52.03
8	16	Nova Peris-Kneebone		8	0.263	52.49

Heat 2 of 2 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
1	1	Cathy Freeman		3	0.261	50.01	Q
2	2	Ana Guevara		5	0.370	50.11	Q
3	3	Falilat Ogunkoya		4	0.416	50.18	Q
4	4	Donna Fraser		7	0.188	50.21	Q	PB
5	7	Sandie Richards		2	0.253	50.42		SB
6	9	Jitka Burianová		6	0.255	51.15
7	12	Amy Mbacké Thiam		1	0.238	51.60
8	15	K. M. Beenamol		8		52.04

Overall results: Semi-finals

Semi-finals Overall results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Cathy Freeman		2	3	1	50.01	Q
2	Ana Guevara		2	5	2	50.11	Q
3	Falilat Ogunkoya		2	4	3	50.18	Q
4	Donna Fraser		2	7	4	50.21	Q	PB
5	Lorraine Graham		1	4	1	50.28	Q
6	Katharine Merry		1	3	2	50.32	Q
7	Sandie Richards		2	2	5	50.42		SB
8	Heide Seyerling		1	5	3	51.06	Q
9	Jitka Burianová		2	6	6	51.15
10	Olga Kotlyarova		1	7	4	51.21	Q
11	Ladonna Antoine		1	6	5	51.26
12	Amy Mbacké Thiam		2	1	7	51.60
13	Natalya Nazarova		1	2	6	51.83
14	Mireille Nguimgo		1	1	7	52.03
15	K. M. Beenamol		2	8	8	52.04
16	Nova Peris-Kneebone		1	8	8	52.49

Final

Date: Monday 25 September 2000
Place	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Record
	Cathy Freeman		6	0.227	49.11	SB
	Lorraine Graham		4	0.452	49.58	PB
	Katharine Merry		3	0.270	49.72	PB
4	Donna Fraser		2	0.174	49.79	PB
5	Ana Guevara		5	0.261	49.96
6	Heide Seyerling		7	0.175	50.05	NR
7	Falilat Ogunkoya		8	0.254	50.12
8	Olga Kotlyarova		1	0.254	51.04

External links

Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics

Notes and References

Web site: Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's 400 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174951/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/womens-400-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 8 August 2017 . sports-reference.com.