Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres explained

Event:	Women's 400 metres
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Dates:	26 July 1996 (heats) 27 July 1996 (quarter-finals) 28 July 1996 (semi-finals) 29 July 1996 (final)
Competitors:	49
Nations:	35
Win Value:	48.25
Longnames:	yes
Goldnoc:	FRA
Silver:	Cathy Freeman
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Falilat Ogunkoya
Bronzenoc:	NGR
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 49 competitors.^[1] The winning margin was 0.38 seconds.

Pérec's winning time remains the #4 time in history. Freeman's second place time remains the #8 time in history. Ogunkoya and Davis also still rank on the all-time top 20. Places 3 through 6 are all the fastest times for those places in history and all of the top six, except Miles set their lifetime personal bests in this race.^[2]

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			51.00	Q
2	1			51.07	Q
3	2			51.28	Q
4	1			51.29	Q
5	1			51.55	Q
6	2			51.57	Q
7	4			51.68	Q
8	3			51.70	Q
9	3			51.71	Q
10	4			51.79	Q
11	7			51.80	Q
12	4			51.82	Q
13	2			51.83	Q
14	2			51.90	Q
15	5			51.96	Q
16	4			51.99	Q
16	7			51.99	Q
18	1			52.09	q
19	5			52.20	Q
20	5			52.20	Q
21	3			52.25	Q
22	2			52.28	q
23	7			52.39	Q
24	5			52.41	Q
25	7			52.45	Q
26	5			52.48	q
27	2			52.51	q
28	3			52.53	Q
29	6			52.54	Q
30	6			52.65	Q
31	7			52.66
32	6			52.78	Q
33	3			52.92
33	5			52.92
35	6			53.03	Q
36	3			53.10
37	1			53.12
38	6			53.24
39	2			53.40
40	7			53.69
41	6			53.95
42	4			54.12
43	3			54.37
44	4			54.92
45	5			55.42
46	7			55.74
47	6
48	1
	4

Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			50.43	Q
2	1			50.57	Q
3	3			50.65	Q
4	3			50.84	Q
5	1			50.96	Q
6	2			51.00	Q
7	1			51.07	Q
8	2			51.08	Q
9	4			51.16	Q
10	2			51.17	Q
11	3			51.22	Q
12	4			51.27	Q
13	1			51.30
14	3			51.33	Q
15	2			51.35	Q
16	1			51.36
17	4			51.53	Q
18	4			51.57	Q
19	1			51.58
20	4			51.70
21	3			51.77
22	2			51.98
23	2			52.03
24	3			52.14
25	4			52.16
26	3			52.24
27	1			52.26
28	2			52.53
29	4			52.78
30	2			52.82
31	3			53.21
32	4			53.75

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			49.19	Q
2	2			49.57	Q
3	2			49.85	Q
4	2			50.21	Q
5	1			50.32	Q
6	1			50.36	Q
7	1			50.74	Q
8	1			50.75	Q
9	2			50.84
10	1			51.13
11	1			51.16
12	1			51.18
13	1			51.40
14	2			51.42
15	2			51.49
16	2			51.65

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			48.25
	4			48.63
	5			49.10
4	2			49.28
5	8			49.55
6	6			49.77
7	7			50.45
8	1			50.71

See also

• Men's 400 metres

External links

• Official Report
• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 400 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174953/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/ATH/womens-400-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 7 August 2017 . sports-reference.com.
2. Web site: Women's 400m.