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

Event:	Women's 400 metres hurdles
Games:	2000 Summer
Venue:	Stadium Australia
Date:	24 September 2000 (heats) 25 September 2000 (semi-finals) 27 September 2000 (final)
Competitors:	33
Nations:	21
Win Value:	53.02
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Irina Privalova
Goldnoc:	RUS
Silver:	Deon Hemmings
Silvernoc:	JAM
Bronze:	Nezha Bidouane
Bronzenoc:	MAR
Prev:	1996
Next:	2004

The Women's 400 metre Hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme were held at Stadium Australia on Sunday 24 September, Monday 25 September and Wednesday 27 September 2000.^[1]

The top two runners in each of the initial five heats automatically qualified for the semifinals. The next six fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 16 runners competed in 2 heats in the semifinals, with the top three runners from each heat qualifying for the finals. The next two fastest runners from across the heats also qualified.

Records

World and Olympic records prior to the Games
World Record	52.61	Kim Batten	USA	Gothenburg, Sweden	11 August 1995
Olympic Record	52.82	Deon Hemmings	JAM	Atlanta, Georgia, United States	31 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.
AR denotes area/continental record.
OR denotes Olympic record.
WR denotes world record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes season best.

Qualifying heats

Round 1

Heat 1 of 5 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
1	1	Nouzha Bidouane		4	0.162 s	55.38 s	Q
2	12	Kim Batten		6	0.162 s	56.28 s	Q
3	14	Andrea Blackett		2	0.174 s	56.31 s	q
4	24	Sinead Dudgeon		5	0.201 s	57.82 s
5	32	Mary-Estelle Kapalu		3	0.437 s	1:02.68
		Nataliya Chulkova		8	0.343 s	DNF
		Karlene Haughton		7	DNS

Heat 2 of 5 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
1	3	Daimí Pernía		7	0.256 s	55.53 s	Q
2	4	Heike Meissner		8	0.224 s	55.58 s	Q
3	5	Natasha Danvers		3	0.160 s	55.68 s	q
4	9	Yulia Nosova		6	0.293 s	56.11 s	q
5	10	Catherine Scott-Pomales		5	0.187 s	56.17 s	q
6	20	Tetiana Debela		4	0.164 s	57.33 s
7	30	Cherry		2	0.218 s	1:00.81 s

Heat 3 of 5 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
1	2	Deon Hemmings		6	0.219 s	55.44 s	Q
2	11	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova		2	0.329 s	56.27 s	Q
3	17	Jana Pittman		4	0.196 s	56.76 s
4	21	Anna Olichwierczuk		5	0.229 s	57.36 s
5	25	Monika Niederstatter		3	0.268 s	58.02 s
6	27	Tacko Diouf		7	0.173 s	58.65 s

Heat 4 of 5 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
1	6	Sandra Glover		6	0.207 s	55.76 s	Q
2	8	Ulrike Urbansky		8	0.297 s	55.93 s	Q
3	15	Natalya Torshina		7	0.289 s	56.38 s	q
4	19	Susan Smith-Walsh		4	0.152 s	57.08 s
5	23	Irēna Žauna		3	0.229 s	57.79 s
6	26	Lauren Poetschka		5	0.183 s	58.06 s
7	31	Chrysoula Gountunoudi		2	0.223 s	1:01.59

Heat 5 of 5 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
1	7	Irina Privalova		3	0.204 s	55.89 s	Q
2	13	Guðrún Arnardóttir		6	0.201 s	56.30 s	Q
3	16	Ionela Târlea		2	0.246 s	56.40 s	q
4	18	Tonja Buford-Bailey		8	0.206 s	57.02 s
5	22	Keri Maddox		4	0.220 s	57.44 s
6	28	Stephanie Price		5		58.81 s
7	29	Patrina Allen		7	0.328 s	59.36 s

Overall

Round 1 Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Nouzha Bidouane		1	4	1	55.38 s	Q
2	Deon Hemmings		3	6	1	55.44 s	Q
3	Daimí Pernía		2	7	1	55.53 s	Q
4	Heike Meissner		2	8	2	55.58 s	Q
5	Natasha Danvers		2	3	3	55.68 s	q
6	Sandra Glover		4	6	1	55.76 s	Q
7	Irina Privalova		5	3	1	55.89 s	Q
8	Ulrike Urbansky		4	8	2	55.93 s	Q
9	Yulia Nosova		2	6	4	56.11 s	q
10	Catherine Scott-Pomales		2	5	5	56.17 s	q
11	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova		3	2	2	56.27 s	Q
12	Kim Batten		1	6	2	56.28 s	Q
13	Guðrún Arnardóttir		5	6	2	56.30 s	Q
14	Andrea Blackett		1	2	3	56.31 s	q
15	Natalya Torshina		4	7	3	56.38 s	q
16	Ionela Târlea		5	2	3	56.40 s	q
17	Jana Pittman		3	4	3	56.76 s
18	Tonja Buford-Bailey		5	8	4	57.02 s
19	Susan Smith-Walsh		4	4	4	57.08 s
20	Tetyana Debela		2	4	6	57.33 s
21	Anna Olichwierczuk		3	5	4	57.36 s
22	Keri Maddox		5	4	5	57.44 s
23	Irena Zauna		4	3	5	57.79 s
24	Sinead Dudgeon		1	5	4	57.82 s
25	Monika Niederstatter		3	3	5	58.02 s
26	Lauren Poetschka		4	5	6	58.06 s
27	Tacko Diouf		3	7	6	58.65 s
28	Stephanie Price		5	5	6	58.81 s
29	Patrina Allen		5	7	7	59.36 s
30	Cherry		2	2	7	1:00.81
31	Chrysoula Gountunoudi		4	2	7	1:01.59 s
32	Mary-Estelle Kapalu		1	3	5	1:02.68
	Natalia Chulkova		1	8		DNF
	Karlene Haughton		1	8		DNS

Semi-finals

Heat 1 of 2 Date: Monday 25 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Position	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
1	1	Deon Hemmings		3	0.288 s	54.00 s	Q	SB
2	7	Daimí Pernía		5	0.448 s	54.92 s	Q
3	8	Natasha Danvers		8	0.156 s	54.95 s	Q	PB
4	10	Ulrike Urbansky		4	0.185 s	55.23 s
5	12T	Heike Meissner		6	0.399 s	55.73 s
6	12T	Kim Batten		2	0.207 s	55.73 s
7	15	Natalya Torshina		1	0.222 s	56.22 s
8	16	Yulia Nosova		7		56.58 s

Heat 2 of 2 Date: Monday 25 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Position	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
1	2	Irina Privalova		5	0.203 s	54.02 s	Q	PB
2	3	Nouzha Bidouane		3	0.190 s	54.19 s	Q
3	4	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova		6	0.394 s	54.25 s	Q
4	5	Ionela Târlea		8	0.219 s	54.70 s	q
5	6	Guðrún Arnardóttir		7	0.171 s	54.82 s	q	SB
6	9			4	0.473 s	54.98 s
7	11	Andrea Blackett		1	0.194 s	55.30 s
8	14	Catherine Scott-Pomales		2	0.219 s	55.78 s

Semi-finals- Overall

Semi-finals Overall results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1			1	3	1	54.00 s	Q	SB
2	Irina Privalova		2	5	1	54.02 s	Q	PB
3	Nouzha Bidouane		2	3	2	54.19 s	Q
4	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova		2	6	3	54.25 s	Q
5	Ionela Târlea		2	8	4	54.70 s	q	SB
6	Guðrún Arnardóttir		2	7	5	54.82 s	q
7	Daimí Pernía		1	5	2	54.92 s	Q
8	Natasha Danvers		1	8	3	54.95 s	Q	PB
9	Sandra Glover		2	4	6	54.98 s
10	Ulrike Urbansky		1	4	4	55.30 s
11	Andrea Blackett		2	1	7	55.30 s
12	Kim Batten		1	2	6	55.73 s
12	Heike Meissner		1	6	5	55.73 s
14	Catherine Scott-Pomales		2	2	8	55.78 s
15	Natalya Torshina		1	1	7	56.22 s
16	Yulia Nosova		1	7	8	56.58 s

Final

Heat 1 of 1 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Record
	Irina Privalova		3	0.178 s	53.02 s	PB
	Deon Hemmings		6	0.446 s	53.45 s	SB
	Nouza Bidouane		4	0.169 s	53.57 s
4	Daimí Pernía		5	0.447 s	53.68 s	SB
5	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova		8	0.326 s	53.98 s	SB
6	Ionela Târlea		7	0.281 s	54.35 s	SB
7	Gudrun Arnardottir		2	0.238 s	54.63 s
8	Natasha Danvers		1	0.174 s	55.00 s

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 Hurdles . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174332/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/womens-400-metres-hurdles.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 8 October 2017 . sports-reference.com.