2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres explained

Event:Women's 400 metres
Competition:2019 World Championships
Venue:Khalifa International Stadium
Dates:30 September (heats)
1 October (semi-final)
3 October (final)
Competitors:48
Nations:32
Win Value:48.14
Gold:Salwa Eid Naser
Goldnoc:BHR
Silver:Shaunae Miller-Uibo
Silvernoc:BAH
Bronze:Shericka Jackson
Bronzenoc:JAM
Prev:2017
Next:2022

The women's 400 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 30 September to 3 October 2019.[1]

Summary

The 2019 season saw only four women break 50 seconds. World leader Shaunae Miller-Uibo did it three times. Salwa Eid Naser broke it once, coming back against a challenge from Aminatou Seyni. Naser was consistently under 51, five times during the 2019 IAAF Diamond League season. Seyni was not allowed to compete in the 400 metres because of the new IAAF testosterone rule.[2] Shericka Jackson was the fourth to break 50 at the Jamaican championships.

Those athletes were the ones to watch in the final. With multi-toned hair, the tall Miller-Uibo started like she meant business, gaining on the stagger against defending champion Phyllis Francis to her outside and by the backstretch, Francis had already made up the stagger on Justyna Święty-Ersetic to her outside. In the center of the track, Naser had also already made up the stagger on Wadeline Jonathas to her outside. Miller-Uibo and Naser hit the 200 meter split marks virtually even. Through the final turn, Naser was moving faster, opening up 4 metres by the home straight. The first time Miller-Uibo was able to see Naser, she was already behind. That final straight is usually Miller-Uibo's territory. She began stretching out her long strides to reel Naser in. Miller-Uibo steadily gained on Naser, pulling in three metres, but it wasn't enough. Miller-Uibo set a new personal best, 48.37, which became the #6 400 metre race of all time. Naser beat her with 48.14, the #3 400 of all time. Jackson held off the American duo of Jonathas and Francis, all personal bests under 50 seconds. Like all previous top 10 women's races, there were two close competitors battling to the line.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

Record Athlete Date Location
World47.60Marita Koch6 Oct 1985Canberra, Australia
Championship47.99Jarmila Kratochvílová10 Aug 1983Helsinki, Finland
World Leading49.05Shaunae Miller-Uibo27 Apr 2019Gainesville, United States
African49.10Falilat Ogunkoya Nigeria29 Jul 1996Atlanta, United States
Asian49.08Salwa Eid Naser Bahrain20 Jul 2018Monaco
North, Central American and Caribbean48.70Sanya Richards-Ross United States16 Sep 2006Athens, Greece
South American49.64Ximena Restrepo Colombia5 August 1992Barcelona, Spain
European47.60Marita Koch6 Oct 1985Canberra, Australia
Oceanian48.63Cathy Freeman Australia29 Jul 1996Atlanta, United States

The following records were set at the competition:

Record Athlete Date
World Leading48.14Salwa Eid Naser Bahrain3 Oct 2019
Asian
Bahraini
North, Central American and Caribbean48.37Shaunae Miller-Uibo
Bahamian

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[4]

DateTimeRound
30 September 18:20 Heats
1 October 20:50 Semi-finals
3 October 23:50 Final

Results

Heats

The first three in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) qualified for the final.[5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 3 50.57 Q
2 4 2 50.59 Q,
3 6 2 50.74 Q
4 1 2 50.77 Q
5 2 8 51.13 Q
6 3 9 51.17 Q
7 2 6 51.21 Q,
8 4 3 51.21 Q
9 5 5 51.30 Q
10 2 7 51.31 q
11 3 8 51.34 Q
11 6 8 51.34 Q
13 4 5 51.51 Q,
14 3 2 51.52 Q
15 6 4 51.58 Q
16 2 9 51.66 q,
17 4 7 51.73 q
18 5 6 51.76 Q
19 2 5 51.77 q
20 4 8 51.82 q
21 4 9 51.85 q
22 5 8 51.85 Q
23 2 4 51.90
24 3 7 51.96
25 5 2 51.96
26 6 5 51.99
27 3 6 52.03
28 1 4 52.14 Q
29 2 2 52.15
30 4 6 52.16
31 3 3 52.22
32 1 3 52.23 Q
33 6 3 52.24
34 5 4 52.25
35 5 7 52.26
36 5 9 52.31
37 6 7 52.33
38 3 5 52.63
39 1 7 52.73
40 1 6 52.79
41 6 6 52.81
42 1 8 53.27
43 3 4 54.33
44 4 4 54.99
45 1 5 57.07
46 6 9 59.91
47 5 3 1:06.76
1 9

Semi-finals

The first two in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.[6]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 6 49.66 Q
2 1 7 49.79 Q
3 2 4 50.07 Q,
4 2 7 50.10 q
5 1 5 50.22 Q,
6 3 6 50.70 Q,
7 3 5 50.96 Q
8 1 6 51.02 q,
9 1 8 51.08
10 2 5 51.31
11 2 2 51.41
12 2 3 51.56
13 2 9 51.58
14 3 3 51.58
15 3 2 51.62
16 1 3 51.71
17 1 2 51.89
18 3 9 52.11
19 1 4 52.24
20 2 8 52.25
21 3 8 52.58
22 1 9 52.94
23 3 7
3 4

Final

The final was started on 3 October at 23:50.[7]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
5 48.14 ,
7 48.37
3 49.47
4 6 49.60
5 8 49.61
6 4 50.89
7 9 50.95
8 2 51.29

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Start list.
  2. Web site: Athletics world champs rocked by testosterone controversy. October 2019 .
  3. Web site: 400 Metres Women − Records. IAAF. 27 September 2019.
  4. Web site: Women's 400 Metres − Timetable. IAAF. 27 September 2019.
  5. Web site: Heats results.
  6. Web site: Semi-finals results.
  7. Web site: 400 Metres Women − Final − Results. IAAF. 3 October 2019. 4 October 2019.

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