Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metres explained

Event:	Women's 400 metres
Games:	2019
Venue:	Athletics Stadium
Dates:	August 7 – August 8
Competitors:	17
Nations:	13
Win Value:	50.73
Gold:	Shericka Jackson
Goldnoc:	JAM
Silver:	Paola Morán
Silvernoc:	MEX
Bronze:	Courtney Okolo
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2015
Next:	2023

The women's 400 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games will take place between the 7 and 8 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Kendall Baisden from the United States.

Summary

Right out of the blocks, Shericka Jackson was moving ahead of the stagger. Just inside of her, Paola Morán was trying to key off of her. Down the backstretch the center lanes of the track, including Courtney Okolo were moving ahead. The separation continued all the way to the finish.

Records

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

World record		47.60	Canberra, Australia	October 6, 1985
Pan American Games record		49.61	Havana, Cuba	August 5, 1991

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 7, 2019	15:20	Semifinal
August 8, 2019	17:10	Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:

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Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Semifinal

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final. The results were as follows:^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			51.58	Q
2	1			51.99	Q
3	1			52.04	Q
4	1			52.17	Q
5	2			52.31	Q
6	2			52.39	Q
7	1			52.92	q
8	1			52.95	q
9	2			53.15
10	1			53.20
11	2			53.53
12	1			53.96
13	2			54.11
14	2			54.18
15	2			54.42
16	1			54.64
17	1			54.66

Final

The results were as follows:^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			50.73
	4			51.02	PB
	6			51.22
4	7			51.65	SB
5	3			51.99
6	9			52.25
7	2			52.63
	8

Notes and References

1. Web site: Women's 400 metres − Semifinal − Results. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 16 Aug 2019.
2. Web site: Women's 400 metres − Final − Results. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 16 Aug 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811073832/https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/ATH/PAG2019_ATH_C73A_ATHW400M--------------FNL-000100--.pdf. 11 August 2019. dead.