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

Event:	Women's 400 metres hurdles
Games:	2019
Venue:	Athletics Stadium
Dates:	August 6–8
Competitors:	15
Nations:	13
Win Value:	55.16
Gold:	Sage Watson
Goldnoc:	CAN
Silver:	Anna Cockrell
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Rushell Clayton
Bronzenoc:	JAM
Prev:	2015
Next:	2023

The women's 400 metres hurdles competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games will take place between the 6 and 8 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Shamier Little from the United States.

Summary

Running unobtrusively on the outside, Anna Cockrell pushed out to an early lead down the backstretch. Through the final turn Zurian Hechaverría asserted herself, pulling ahead, with Sage Watson the closes competitor over a stride behind. Watson pulled even as they cleared the 9th hurdle, but upon landing Watson exploded ahead as Hechaverría was swimming in mud. Rushell Clayton was the closest chaser as they ran for home, but she wasn't making up any ground on Watson's lead. Watson went on to an easy victory in 55.16. Cockrell made a late rush to nip Clayton at the line for silver.

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

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 6, 2019	16:15	Semifinal
August 8, 2019	17:55	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	1			55.00	Q, PB
2	1			55.93	Q
3	1			56.04	Q
4	2			56.30	Q, SB
5	2			56.37	Q
6	2			56.47	Q
7	2			56.53	q
8	2			56.70	q
9	2			56.78
10	1			56.88
11	1			57.04
12	1			58.04	NR
13	2			59.42
14	1
15	1

Final

The results were as follows:^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6			55.16	SB
	8			55.50
	4			55.53
4	5			55.85
5	3			55.93
6	7			56.04	SB
7	2			57.20
8	9			57.42

Notes and References

1. Web site: Women's 400 metres hurdles − Semifinal − Results. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 16 Aug 2019.
2. Web site: Women's 400 metres hurdles − Final − Results. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 16 Aug 2019.