Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres
These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 49 competitors.[1]
| Women's 400 metres at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Centennial Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 26 July 1996 (heats) 27 July 1996 (quarter-finals) 28 July 1996 (semi-finals) 29 July 1996 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 49 from 35 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 48.25 OR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 10 km walk | women | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Wheelchair races | ||
Pérec's winning time remains the #4 time in history. Freeman's second place time remains the #8 time in history. Ogunkoya and Davis also still rank on the all-time top 20. Places 3 through 6 are all the fastest times for those places in history and all of the top six, except Miles set their lifetime personal bests in this race.[2]
Final classification
| Rank | ATHLETE | Nation | FINAL | LANE | SEMI | QUART | HEAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Marie-José Pérec |  France |
48.25 | 3 | 49.19 | 51.00 | 51.82 |
 |
Cathy Freeman |  Australia |
48.63 | 4 | 50.32 | 50.43 | 51.99 |
 |
Falilat Ogunkoya |  Nigeria |
49.10 | 5 | 49.57 | 50.65 | 52.65 |
| 4 | Pauline Davis |  Bahamas |
49.28 | 2 | 49.85 | 51.08 | 51.00 |
| 5 | Jearl Miles |  United States |
49.55 | 8 | 50.21 | 50.84 | 51.96 |
| 6 | Fatima Yusuf | Nigeria |
49.77 | 6 | 50.36 | 51.27 | 52.25 |
| 7 | Sandie Richards |  Jamaica |
50.45 | 7 | 50.74 | 51.22 | 51.79 |
| 8 | Grit Breuer |  Germany |
50.71 | 1 | 50.75 | 50.57 | 52.20 |
Non-qualifiers
Eliminated in Semifinals
| Rank | ATHLETE | Nation | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Svetlana Goncharenko |  Russia |
50.84 |
| — | Kim Graham | United States |
51.13 |
| — | Maicel Malone | United States |
51.16 |
| — | Merlene Frazer | Jamaica |
51.18 |
| — | Bisi Afolabi | Nigeria |
51.40 |
| — | Sandra Myers |  Spain |
51.42 |
| — | Renee Poetschka | Australia |
51.49 |
| — | Juliet Campbell | Jamaica |
51.65 |
Eliminated in Quarterfinals
| Rank | ATHLETE | Nation | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Hana Benešová |  Czech Republic |
51.30 |
| — | Olga Kotlyarova | Russia |
51.36 |
| — | Donna Fraser |  Great Britain |
51.58 |
| — | Helena Fuchsová | Czech Republic |
51.70 |
| — | Virna de Angeli |  Italy |
51.77 |
| — | Maria Magnolia Figueiredo |  Brazil |
51.98 |
| — | Ladonna Antoine |  Canada |
52.03 |
| — | Anna Kozak | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belarus |
52.14 |
| — | Phylis Smith | Great Britain |
52.16 |
| — | Diane Francis |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
52.24 |
| — | Dora Kyriakou | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Cyprus |
52.26 |
| — | Grace-Ann Dinkins |  Liberia |
52.53 |
| — | Patrizia Spuri | Italy |
52.78 |
| — | Yana Manuylova |  Ukraine |
52.82 |
| — | Naděžda Koštovalová | Czech Republic |
53.21 |
| — | Lee Naylor | Australia |
53.75 |
Eliminated in Heats
| Rank | ATHLETE | Nation | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Zoila Stewart |  Costa Rica |
52.66 |
| — | Olena Rurak | Ukraine |
52.92 |
| — | Melissa Straker |  Barbados |
52.92 |
| — | Marina Zivkovic | %253B_Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_(2003%E2%80%932006).svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia |
53.10 |
| — | Grace Birungi |  Uganda |
53.12 |
| — | Svetlana Bodritskaya |  Kazakhstan |
53.24 |
| — | Ameerah Bello |  Virgin Islands |
53.40 |
| — | Corinne Simasotchi |  Switzerland |
53.69 |
| — | Du Xiujie |  China |
53.95 |
| — | Ngozi Mwanamwambwa | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Zambia |
54.12 |
| — | Melrose Mansaray |  Sierra Leone |
54.37 |
| — | Mercy Addy |  Ghana |
54.92 |
| — | Guilhermina Cruz |  Angola |
55.42 |
| — | Denise Ouabangui |  Central African Republic |
55.74 |
| — | Arely Franco |  El Salvador |
1:01:38 |
| — | Ahamada Haoulata | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Comoros |
1:03.44 |
| — | Ximena Restrepo |  Colombia |
DNF |
See also
References
- "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 400 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- http://www.alltime-athletics.com/w_400ok.htm
External links
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