These are the official results of the Women's 400m Hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There were 30 competitors.
Results Heats Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified to the semifinals.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Deon Hemmings 54.70 Q 2 1 Guðrún Arnardóttir 54.88 Q 3 4 Heike Meissner 55.05 Q 4 4 Susan Smith 55.22 Q 5 2 Tonja Buford-Bailey 55.23 Q 6 2 Sally Gunnell 55.29 Q 7 2 Silvia Rieger 55.33 Q 8 1 Sandra Farmer-Patrick 55.55 Q 9 1 Debbie Parris 55.64 Q 9 2 Rosey Edeh 55.64 q 11 1 Michèle Schenk 55.70 q 12 1 Tatyana Ledovskaya 55.82 q 13 3 Kim Batten 54.92 Q 14 4 Ionela Târlea 55.42 q 15 3 Tetyana Tereshchuk 55.82 Q 16 3 Ann Mercken 55.88 Q 17 2 Natalya Torshina 55.94 18 4 Lana Jēkabsone 56.18 19 3 Anna Knoroz 56.21 20 3 Catherine Scott-Pomales 56.21 21 2 Martina Stoop 56.32 22 2 Miriam Alonso 56.53 23 2 Lade Akinremi 56.83 24 4 Nelli Voronkova 56.97 25 3 Karen van der Veen 57.00 26 1 Virna De Angeli 57.12 27 3 Tanya Kurochkina 57.28 28 4 Eva Paniagua 58.10 29 1 Mary-Estelle Kapalu 58.68 30 1 Hsu Pei-chin 58.80
Semifinals Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly to the final.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 3 Deon Hemmings 52.99 Q 2 1 6 Tonja Buford-Bailey 53.38 Q 3 2 6 Kim Batten 53.65 Q 4 1 4 Heike Meissner 54.27 Q 4 2 7 Silvia Rieger 54.27 Q 6 1 2 Ionela Târlea 54.41 Q 7 2 2 Rosey Edeh 54.49 Q 8 2 1 Debbie Parris 54.72 Q 9 2 5 Sandra Farmer-Patrick 54.73 10 2 4 Guðrún Arnardóttir 54.81 11 1 8 Susan Smith 54.93 12 1 1 Ann Mercken 54.95 13 1 7 Tatyana Ledovskaya 54.99 41 1 5 Tetyana Tereshchuk 55.34 15 2 8 Michèle Schenk 55.96 2 3 Sally Gunnell
Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Deon Hemmings 52.82 OR 6 Kim Batten 53.08 4 Tonja Buford-Bailey 53.22 4 2 Debbie Parris 53.97 5 1 Heike Meissner 54.03 6 7 Rosey Edeh 54.39 7 8 Ionela Târlea 54.40 8 3 Silvia Rieger 54.57
See also Men's 400m hurdles Women's 100m hurdles
References
External links Official Report Results