Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres

Women's 400 metres
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueStade de France, Paris, France[1]
Dates
  • 5 August 2024 (heats)
  • 6 August 2024 (repechage round)
  • 7 August 2024 (semi-finals)
  • 9 August 2024 (final)
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The women's 400 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held in four rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, between 5 and 9 August 2024. This will be the sixteenth time that the women's 400 metres is contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 48 athletes will be able to qualify for the event by entry standard or ranking.

Background

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The women's 400 metres has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1964. Reigning Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo will not be able to defend her Olympic titles from 2016 and 2020, as an injury forced her to withdraw from the Bahamian Olympic trials, thus not allowing her to qualify individually for these games.[2]

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (Nation) Time (s) Location Date
World record  Marita Koch (GDR) 47.60[3] Canberra, Australia 6 October 1985
Olympic record  Marie-José Pérec (FRA) 48.25 Atlanta, United States 29 July 1996
World leading  Nickisha Pryce (JAM) 48.57[4] London, United Kingdom 20 July 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[5]
Area Record Athlete (Nation) Time (s)
Africa (records)  Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR) 49.10
Asia (records)  Salwa Eid Naser (BHR) 48.14
Europe (records)  Marita Koch (GDR) 47.60 WR
North, Central America

and Caribbean (records)

 Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH) 48.36
Oceania (records)  Cathy Freeman (AUS) 48.63
South America (records)  Ximena Restrepo (COL) 49.64

Qualification

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For the women's 400 metres event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.[6] 48 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 50.95 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[6]

Rounds

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Heats

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The heats are scheduled to be held on 5 August, starting at 11:55 (UTC+2) in the morning. 48 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification time or world ranking.[1][7]

Rank Heat Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
Marileidy Paulino  Dominican Republic
Nickisha Pryce  Jamaica
Natalia Kaczmarek  Poland
Rhasidat Adeleke  Ireland
Alexis Holmes  United States
Kendall Ellis  United States
Amber Anning  Great Britain
Sada Williams  Barbados
Aaliyah Butler  United States
Lieke Klaver  Netherlands
Cynthia Bolingo  Belgium
Salwa Eid Naser  Bahrain
Lauren Gale  Canada
Victoria Ohuruogu  Great Britain
Lurdes Gloria Manuel  Czech Republic
Stacey-Ann Williams  Jamaica
Ella Onojuvwevwo  Nigeria
Paola Morán  Mexico
Roxana Gómez  Cuba
Andrea Miklós  Romania
Laviai Nielsen  Great Britain
Sharlene Mawdsley  Ireland
Junelle Bromfield  Jamaica
Zoe Sherar  Canada
Henriette Jæger  Norway
Lina Licona  Colombia
Gunta Vaičule  Latvia
Susanne Gogl-Walli  Austria
Miranda Coetzee  South Africa
Lada Vondrová  Czech Republic
Kiran Pahal  India
Martina Weil  Chile
Evelis Aguilar  Colombia
Ellie Beer  Australia
Aliyah Abrams  Guyana
Esther Joseph  Nigeria
Nicole Caicedo  Ecuador
Gabby Scott  Puerto Rico
Helena Ponette  Belgium
Shaunae Miller-Uibo  Bahamas
Cátia Azevedo  Portugal
Tereza Petržilková  Czech Republic
Alice Mangione  Italy
Justyna Święty-Ersetic  Poland
Tiffani Marinho  Brazil
Sophie Becker  Ireland
Marika Popowicz-Drapała  Poland
Modesta Justė Morauskaitė  Lithuania

Repechage round

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The repechage round is scheduled to be held on 6 August, starting at 11:20 (UTC+2) in the morning.[1]

Semi-finals

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The semi-finals are scheduled to be held on 7 August, starting at 20:45 (UTC+2) in the evening.[1]

Final

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The final is scheduled to be held on 9 August, starting at 21:40 (UTC+2) in the evening.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. ^ Rathore, Abhishek (29 June 2024). "Reigning 400m Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo to not defend her Olympic title at the Paris Olympics 2024 after injury at trials". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  3. ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – 400 Metres women", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – 400 Metres women", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Records – 400 Metres women". World Athletics. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  6. ^ a b Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Road To | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 7 July 2024.