2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles explained

The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 27, 28 and 30 August.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Jana Rawlinson	Yuliya Pechenkina	Anna Jesień

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 27, 2007	10:50	Heats
August 28, 2007	21:40	Semifinals
August 30, 2007	20:25	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2			54.24	Q
	1			54.50	Q
	3			54.74	Q, SB
	4			54.77	Q
	2			55.01	Q
	1			55.15	Q
	3			55.40	Q
	4			55.52	Q
	5			55.64	Q
10	3			55.66	Q, SB
11	1			55.67	Q
12	4			55.80	Q
13	3			55.87	Q, SB
14	4			55.90	Q, SB
15	2			55.93	Q
15	4			55.93	q
17	1			55.95	Q
18	5			56.02	Q
19	3			56.19	q, PB
20	3			56.23	q
21	5			56.30	Q
22	1			56.37	q
23	3			56.44
24	3			56.76
25	2			56.77	Q
26	1			57.01
27	2			57.06
28	3			57.10
29	5			57.28	Q
30	2			57.31
31	2			57.40
32	1			57.64
33	5			57.70
34	5			57.81
35	5			58.32
36	4			59.05
37	1				PB

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1			53.57	Q
	2			53.82	Q
	3			53.86	Q, NR
	3			53.97	Q, PB
	2			54.00	Q, PB
	1			54.08	Q, SB
	1			54.11	q, SB
	3			54.15	q
	1			54.38	SB
10	2			54.54
11	1			54.55
12	3			54.88
13	1			55.04	NR
14	3			55.41	SB
15	3			55.65
16	2			55.74
17	3			56.03	PB
18	2			56.05
19	2			56.10
20	3			56.35
21	1			56.46
22	2			56.58
23	1			56.69
24	2

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			53.31	SB
			53.50	SB
			53.92
			54.10
			54.15
			54.50
			54.63
			54.94

References

• Results