Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metres hurdles explained

Event:	Women's 400 metres hurdles
Games:	2011
Venue:	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates:	October 24–26
Competitors:	13
Nations:	11
Win Label:	Winning score
Gold:	Princesa Oliveros
Goldnoc:	COL
Silver:	Lucy Jaramillo
Silvernoc:	ECU
Bronze:	Yolanda Osana
Bronzenoc:	DOM
Prev:	2007
Next:	2015

The women's 400 metres hurdles sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place between the 24 and 26 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Sheena Johnson of the United States.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record		52.34	Tula, Russia	August 8, 2003
Pan American Games record		53.44	Winnipeg, Canada	July 28, 1999

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter one athlete regardless if they had met the qualification standard. To enter two entrants both athletes had to have met the minimum standard (60.40) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 24, 2011	15:50	Semifinals
October 26, 2011	18:40	Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:

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q

Fastest non-qualifiers

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Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Semifinals

Held on October 24. The first three in each heat and the next two fastest advanced to the finals.^{[3] [4]}

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			57.23	Q, PB
2	1			57.55	Q, PB
3	2			57.82	Q
4	2			57.86	Q
5	2			58.29	q
6	1			58.54	Q, PB
7	1			58.68	Q
8	1			59.00	q
9	1			59.59
10	1			1:00.34
11	2			1:00.72
12	2			1:03.44
13	1			1:03.75

Final

Held on October 26.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time^[5]	Notes
			56.26	PB
			56.95	PB
			57.08	NR
4			57.40
5			57.71
6			57.89
7			58.08
8			58.57

Notes and References

1. Web site: Guadalajara 2011 Sessions . Guadalajara 2011 . 29 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110626223053/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/boletaje/lista-de-sesiones.pdf . 26 June 2011 .
2. Web site: Athlete's Qualification Manual . https://web.archive.org/web/20120327083541/http://www.mayaguez2010.com/results/pdf/odecabe/odecabe3.pdf . usurped . 27 March 2012 . Guadalajara 2011 . 29 October 2011 .
3. Web site: Women's 400m Hurdles Round 1 Heat 1/2 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111028070337/http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/AT/ATR173A_ATW04404410000001ENG.htm . dead . October 28, 2011 . Guadalajara 2011 . 29 October 2011 .
4. Web site: Women's 400m Hurdles Round 1 Heat 2/2 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111029053645/http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/AT/ATR173A_ATW04404410000002ENG.htm . dead . October 29, 2011 . Guadalajara 2011 . 29 October 2011 .
5. Web site: Women's 400m Hurdles Final . https://web.archive.org/web/20111030012806/http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/AT/ATR173A_ATW04404450000001ENG.htm . dead . October 30, 2011 . Guadalajara 2011 . 29 October 2011 .