Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres

Women's 400 metres
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
The podium of the final
VenueStade de France, Paris, France[1]
Dates
  • 5 August 2024 (heats)
  • 6 August 2024 (repechage round)
  • 7 August 2024 (semi-finals)
  • 9 August 2024 (final)
Winning time48.17 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marileidy Paulino  Dominican Republic
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Salwa Eid Naser  Bahrain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Natalia Kaczmarek  Poland
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The women's 400 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in four rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, between 5 and 9 August 2024. This was the sixteenth time that the women's 400 metres was contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 48 athletes were able to qualify for the event by entry standard or ranking.

Summary

Tokyo champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo returned to defend her title, despite having given birth in 2023 and withdrawing from the Bahamian Championships due to injury.[2] Marileidy Paulino, the silver medalist from Tokyo, was viewed as one of the favourites before the Games after her 48.76 s clocking to win the 2023 World Championships. NCAA champion Nickisha Pryce had run 48.57 s to win the London Diamond League, to be the world leader going into the Games. Other athletes seen as contenders for medals included 2019 World Champion Salwa Eid Naser, reigning European Champion Natalia Kaczmarek, 2023 NCAA Champion Rhasidat Adeleke and U.S Champion Kendall Ellis.[2]

In the final, Naser started fastest, reaching the 100 m mark first in 11.73 s.[3] Paulino followed in second with Amber Anning third. At the 200 m point, Paulino led, having overtaken Naser to reach 200 m in 22.81 s. Kaczmarek made up ground to be third at the 200 m mark. Over the next 100 m, Adeleke passed Kaczmarek to be in bronze medal position. In the final straight, Paulino extended her lead over Naser and Kaczmarek was able to accelerate and pass Adeleke for the bronze medal.

Paulino's time of 48.17 broke Marie-José Pérec's 28 year old Olympic record and her own National Record. Anning also set a new British National Record in fourth. All eight finalists finished under 50 seconds for the first time ever.[4]

Background

The women's 400 metres has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1964.[5]

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (nation) Time (s) Location Date
World record  Marita Koch (GDR) 47.60[6] Canberra, Australia 6 October 1985
Olympic record  Marie-José Pérec (FRA) 48.25[3] Atlanta, United States 29 July 1996
World leading  Nickisha Pryce (JAM) 48.57[7] London, United Kingdom 20 July 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[8]
Area record Athlete (nation) Time (s)
Africa (records)  Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR) 49.10
Asia (records)  Salwa Eid Naser (BHR) 48.14
Europe (records)  Marita Koch (GDR) 47.60 WR
North, Central America
and Caribbean (records) 		 Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH) 48.36
Oceania (records)  Cathy Freeman (AUS) 48.63
South America (records)  Ximena Restrepo (COL) 49.64

Qualification

Main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification § Women's 400 m

For the women's 400 metres event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.[9] 48 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 50.95 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[9]

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 5 August, starting at 11:55 (UTC+2) in the morning. 48 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification time or world ranking.[1][10] Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) advance to the semi-finals, all others (Re) advance to the repechage round (except DNS, DNF, DQ)

Heat 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Salwa Eid Naser  Bahrain 49.91 Q
2 8 Stacey-Ann Williams  Jamaica 50.16 Q, SB
3 4 Andrea Miklós  Romania 50.54 Q, PB
4 2 Gabby Scott  Puerto Rico 50.74 NR
5 5 Kendall Ellis  United States 51.16
6 6 Sophie Becker  Ireland 51.84
7 9 Tereza Petržilková  Czech Republic 51.92
8 7 Modesta Justė Morauskaitė  Lithuania 52.00 SB

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Heat 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 8 Nickisha Pryce  Jamaica 50.02 Q
2 7 Laviai Nielsen  Great Britain 50.36 Q
3 2 Henriette Jæger  Norway 50.39 Q
4 4 Justyna Święty-Ersetic  Poland 50.95 SB
5 6 Ellie Beer  Australia 51.47 PB
6 5 Lina Licona  Colombia 51.85
7 3 Zoe Sherar  Canada 51.97

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Heat 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 8 Amber Anning  Great Britain 49.68 Q
2 2 Lieke Klaver  Netherlands 49.96 Q
3 6 Paola Morán  Mexico 51.04 Q
4 9 Martina Weil  Chile 51.15
5 7 Alice Mangione  Italy 51.60
6 3 Ella Onojuvwevwo  Nigeria 51.65
7 4 Tiffani Marinho  Brazil 52.62
8 5 Cátia Azevedo  Portugal 52.73

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Heat 4

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Natalia Kaczmarek  Poland 49.98 Q
2 9 Roxana Gómez  Cuba 50.38 Q, SB
3 5 Sada Williams  Barbados 50.45 Q
4 6 Victoria Ohuruogu  Great Britain 50.93
5 3 Gunta Vaičule  Latvia 51.13
6 2 Helena Ponette  Belgium 51.75
7 7 Shaunae Miller-Uibo  Bahamas 2:29.29
8 Esther Joseph  Nigeria DQ TR17.2.3

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Heat 5

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Marileidy Paulino  Dominican Republic 49.42 Q
2 7 Aaliyah Butler  United States 50.52 Q
3 6 Susanne Gogl-Walli  Austria 50.67 Q, PB
4 8 Sharlene Mawdsley  Ireland 50.71 PB
5 4 Aliyah Abrams  Guyana 51.55 SB
6 9 Lurdes Gloria Manuel  Czech Republic 52.20
7 2 Kiran Pahal  India 52.51
8 3 Cynthia Bolingo  Belgium 52.77 SB

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Heat 6

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Rhasidat Adeleke  Ireland 50.09 Q
2 7 Alexis Holmes  United States 50.35 Q
3 8 Junelle Bromfield  Jamaica 51.36 Q
4 2 Miranda Coetzee  South Africa 51.58
5 6 Lada Vondrová  Czech Republic 51.80
6 3 Lauren Gale  Canada 53.13
7 4 Evelis Aguilar  Colombia 53.36
9 Nicole Caicedo  Ecuador DQ TR16.8

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Repechage round

The repechage round was held on 6 August, starting at 11:20 (UTC+2).[1]

Heat 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1 5 Ella Onojuvwevwo  Nigeria 50.59 Q
2 4 Justyna Święty-Ersetic  Poland 50.89 SB
3 3 Sharlene Mawdsley  Ireland 51.18
4 7 Tereza Petržilková  Czech Republic 51.46 SB
5 8 Aliyah Abrams  Guyana 51.84
6 6 Kiran Pahal  India 52.59

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Heat 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1 4 Gabby Scott  Puerto Rico 50.52 Q, NR
2 8 Miranda Coetzee  South Africa 50.66 q, PB
3 5 Lurdes Gloria Manuel  Czech Republic 50.81 q
4 6 Modesta Justė Morauskaitė  Lithuania 51.33 PB
5 7 Helena Ponette  Belgium 51.46 PB
6 3 Martina Weil  Chile 51.79
7 2 Shaunae Miller-Uibo  Bahamas 53.50

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Heat 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1 8 Victoria Ohuruogu  Great Britain 50.59 Q, SB
2 2 Gunta Vaičule  Latvia 50.93
3 6 Alice Mangione  Italy 51.07 PB
4 4 Ellie Beer  Australia 51.65
5 5 Cátia Azevedo  Portugal 52.04 SB
6 3 Lauren Gale  Canada 52.68
7 7 Evelis Aguilar  Colombia 52.86 SB

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Heat 4

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1 8 Kendall Ellis  United States 50.44 Q
2 6 Sophie Becker  Ireland 51.28
3 7 Zoe Sherar  Canada 51.43
4 4 Lina Licona  Colombia 51.90
5 5 Lada Vondrová  Czech Republic 52.15
6 2 Tiffani Marinho  Brazil 52.32
3 Cynthia Bolingo  Belgium DNS

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Semi-finals

The semi-finals were held on 7 August, starting at 20:45 (UTC+2) in the evening.[1]

Semi-final 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 7 Salwa Eid Naser  Bahrain 49.08 Q, SB
2 8 Rhasidat Adeleke  Ireland 49.95 Q
3 4 Henriette Jæger  Norway 50.17 q
4 6 Lieke Klaver  Netherlands 50.44
5 3 Victoria Ohuruogu  Great Britain 51.14
6 5 Aaliyah Butler  United States 51.18
7 2 Gabby Scott  Puerto Rico 51.22
8 9 Junelle Bromfield  Jamaica 51.93

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Semi-final 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Marileidy Paulino  Dominican Republic 49.21 Q
2 5 Alexis Holmes  United States 50.00 Q
3 7 Laviai Nielsen  Great Britain 50.69
4 8 Nickisha Pryce  Jamaica 50.77
5 9 Andrea Miklós  Romania 50.78
6 3 Ella Onojuvwevwo  Nigeria 51.05
7 4 Susanne Gogl-Walli  Austria 51.17
8 2 Lurdes Gloria Manuel  Czech Republic 51.42

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Semi-final 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 7 Natalia Kaczmarek  Poland 49.45 Q
2 6 Amber Anning  Great Britain 49.47 Q, PB
3 4 Sada Williams  Barbados 49.89 q
4 2 Kendall Ellis  United States 50.40
5 5 Roxana Gómez  Cuba 50.48
6 9 Paola Morán  Mexico 50.73
7 8 Stacey-Ann Williams  Jamaica 50.79
8 3 Miranda Coetzee  South Africa 51.60

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Final

The final was held on 9 August, starting at 21:40 (UTC+2) in the evening.[1]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Marileidy Paulino  Dominican Republic 48.17 OR, AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 Salwa Eid Naser  Bahrain 48.53 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Natalia Kaczmarek  Poland 48.98
4 4 Rhasidat Adeleke  Ireland 49.28
5 5 Amber Anning  Great Britain 49.29 NR
6 9 Alexis Holmes  United States 49.77 PB
7 2 Sada Williams  Barbados 49.83
8 3 Henriette Jæger  Norway 49.96

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