2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 26, 27 and 29 August.

Medalists[edit]

Gold Silver Bronze
Christine Ohuruogu
 Great Britain
Nicola Sanders
 Great Britain
Novlene Williams
 Jamaica

Schedule[edit]

Date Time Round
August 26, 2007 10:50 Heats
August 27, 2007 21:10 Semifinals
August 29, 2007 21:50 Final

Results[edit]

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified WR World record AR Area record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats[edit]

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Novlene Williams  Jamaica 50.21 Q
2 5 Christine Ohuruogu  Great Britain 50.46 Q, SB
3 5 Ilona Usovich  Belarus 50.53 Q, NR
4 4 Ana Guevara  Mexico 50.85 Q
5 1 Natalya Antyukh  Russia 50.88 Q
6 5 Natasha Hastings  United States 51.07 Q
7 1 Mary Wineberg  United States 51.25 Q
8 2 DeeDee Trotter  United States 51.27 Q
9 1 Shereefa Lloyd  Jamaica 51.42 Q
10 1 Lee McConnell  Great Britain 51.44 Q, SB
11 2 Nicola Sanders  Great Britain 51.45 Q
12 2 Joanne Cuddihy  Ireland 51.55 Q, SB
12 2 Christine Amertil  Bahamas 51.55 Q
14 4 Ionela Târlea-Manolache  Romania 51.59 Q
15 3 Tatyana Veshkurova  Russia 51.67 Q
16 3 Shericka Williams  Jamaica 51.72 Q
17 4 Aymée Martínez  Cuba 51.74 Q, PB
18 5 Indira Terrero  Cuba 51.76 Q
19 3 Barbara Petráhn  Hungary 51.86 Q, SB
20 3 Amantle Montsho  Botswana 51.87 Q
21 4 Aliann Pompey  Guyana 51.95 q
22 5 Daniela Reina  Italy 52.02 q, SB
23 4 Christy Ekpukhon Ihunaegbo  Nigeria 52.05 q
24 5 Asami Tanno  Japan 52.13 q, SB
25 2 Zuzanna Radecka  Poland 52.19
26 4 Makelesi Bulikiobo  Fiji 52.23 SB
27 1 Oksana Shcherbak  Ukraine 52.39
28 3 Kineke Alexander  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 52.51
29 2 Folashade Abugan  Nigeria 52.58
30 5 Gabriela Medina  Mexico 53.16
31 1 Justine Bayigga  Uganda 53.25
32 2 Maria Laura Almirão  Brazil 53.68
33 1 Joy Eze  Nigeria 53.83
34 3 Ginou Etienne  Haiti 53.89
35 4 Solen Désert  France 54.03
36 1 Olga Tereshkova  Kazakhstan 54.09
37 5 Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni  Togo 54.11
38 3 Amy Mbacké Thiam  Senegal 54.31
39 2 Hazel-Ann Regis  Grenada 54.78 SB
40 3 Nawal El Jack  Sudan 55.29
41 5 Temalangeni Dlamini  Swaziland 58.27 PB
42 2 Vera Barbosa  Cape Verde 58.56

Semifinals[edit]

First 2 in each semifinal(Q) and the next 2 fastest(q) advance to the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Novlene Williams  Jamaica 49.66 Q, SB
2 2 Nicola Sanders  Great Britain 49.77 Q, PB
3 2 Natalya Antyukh  Russia 49.93 Q, SB
4 3 Christine Ohuruogu  Great Britain 50.16 Q, PB
5 1 Ana Guevara  Mexico 50.19 Q, SB
6 3 Mary Wineberg  United States 50.27 Q
7 2 DeeDee Trotter  United States 50.31 q
7 1 Ilona Usovich  Belarus 50.31 q, NR
9 2 Shericka Williams  Jamaica 50.37 SB
10 3 Tatyana Veshkurova  Russia 50.71
11 1 Joanne Cuddihy  Ireland 50.73 NR
12 3 Amantle Montsho  Botswana 50.90 NR
13 3 Shereefa Lloyd  Jamaica 51.00 PB
14 1 Lee McConnell  Great Britain 51.07 SB
15 1 Indira Terrero  Cuba 51.08
16 2 Christine Amertil  Bahamas 51.18
17 1 Natasha Hastings  United States 51.45
18 3 Christy Ekpukhon Ihunaegbo  Nigeria 51.60
19 3 Ionela Târlea-Manolache  Romania 51.62
20 1 Asami Tanno  Japan 51.81 SB
21 2 Daniela Reina  Italy 51.99 SB
22 2 Barbara Petráhn  Hungary 52.12
23 2 Aliann Pompey  Guyana 53.58
24 3 Aymée Martínez  Cuba 57.77

Final[edit]

The final
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Christine Ohuruogu  Great Britain 49.61 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Nicola Sanders  Great Britain 49.65 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Novlene Williams  Jamaica 49.66 SB
4 9 Ana Guevara  Mexico 50.16 SB
5 8 DeeDee Trotter  United States 50.17
6 5 Natalya Antyukh  Russia 50.33
7 3 Ilona Usovich  Belarus 50.54
8 2 Mary Wineberg  United States 50.96

References[edit]