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. The winning margin was 0.38 seconds.

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.

Results Heats Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified to the quarterfinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Pauline Davis 51.00 Q 2 1 Svetlana Goncharenko 51.07 Q 3 2 Maicel Malone 51.28 Q 4 1 Phylis Smith 51.29 Q 5 1 Renee Poetschka 51.55 Q 6 2 Juliet Campbell 51.57 Q 7 4 Virna de Angeli 51.68 Q 8 3 Kim Graham 51.70 Q 9 3 Helena Fuchsová 51.71 Q 10 4 Sandie Richards 51.79 Q 11 7 Bisi Afolabi 51.80 Q 12 4 Marie-José Pérec 51.82 Q 13 2 Grace-Ann Dinkins 51.83 Q 14 2 Olga Kotlyarova 51.90 Q 15 5 Jearl Miles 51.96 Q 16 4 Ladonna Antoine 51.99 Q 16 7 Cathy Freeman 51.99 Q 18 1 Dora Kyriakou 52.09 q 19 5 Grit Breuer 52.20 Q 20 5 Merlene Frazer 52.20 Q 21 3 Fatima Yusuf 52.25 Q 22 2 Hana Benešová 52.28 q 23 7 Anna Kozak 52.39 Q 24 5 Maria Magnolia Figueiredo 52.41 Q 25 7 Patrizia Spuri 52.45 Q 26 5 Diane Francis 52.48 q 27 2 Yana Manuylova 52.51 q 28 3 Lee Naylor 52.53 Q 29 6 Sandra Myers 52.54 Q 30 6 Falilat Ogunkoya 52.65 Q 31 7 Zoila Stewart 52.66 32 6 Donna Fraser 52.78 Q 33 3 Olena Rurak 52.92 33 5 Melissa Straker 52.92 35 6 Naděžda Koštovalová 53.03 Q 36 3 Marina Živković 53.10 37 1 Grace Birungi 53.12 38 6 Svetlana Bodritskaya 53.24 39 2 Ameerah Bello 53.40 40 7 Corinne Simasotchi 53.69 41 6 Du Xiujie 53.95 42 4 Ngozi Mwanamwambwa 54.12 43 3 Melrose Mansaray 54.37 44 4 Mercy Addy 54.92 45 5 Guilhermina Cruz 55.42 46 7 Denise Ouabangui 55.74 47 6 Arely Franco 48 1 Ahamada Haoulata 4 Ximena Restrepo

Quarterfinals Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly to the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Cathy Freeman 50.43 Q 2 1 Grit Breuer 50.57 Q 3 3 Falilat Ogunkoya 50.65 Q 4 3 Jearl Miles 50.84 Q 5 1 Kim Graham 50.96 Q 6 2 Marie-José Pérec 51.00 Q 7 1 Bisi Afolabi 51.07 Q 8 2 Pauline Davis 51.08 Q 9 4 Maicel Malone 51.16 Q 10 2 Juliet Campbell 51.17 Q 11 3 Sandie Richards 51.22 Q 12 4 Fatima Yusuf 51.27 Q 13 1 Hana Benešová 51.30 14 3 Renee Poetschka 51.33 Q 15 2 Svetlana Goncharenko 51.35 Q 16 1 Olga Kotlyarova 51.36 17 4 Sandra Myers 51.53 Q 18 4 Merlene Frazer 51.57 Q 19 1 Donna Fraser 51.58 20 4 Helena Fuchsová 51.70 21 3 Virna de Angeli 51.77 22 2 Maria Magnolia Figueiredo 51.98 23 2 Ladonna Antoine 52.03 24 3 Anna Kozak 52.14 25 4 Phylis Smith 52.16 26 3 Diane Francis 52.24 27 1 Dora Kyriakou 52.26 28 2 Grace-Ann Dinkins 52.53 29 4 Patrizia Spuri 52.78 30 2 Yana Manuylova 52.82 31 3 Naděžda Koštovalová 53.21 32 4 Lee Naylor 53.75

Semifinals Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly to the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Marie-José Pérec 49.19 Q 2 2 Falilat Ogunkoya 49.57 Q 3 2 Pauline Davis 49.85 Q 4 2 Jearl Miles 50.21 Q 5 1 Cathy Freeman 50.32 Q 6 1 Fatima Yusuf 50.36 Q 7 1 Sandie Richards 50.74 Q 8 1 Grit Breuer 50.75 Q 9 2 Svetlana Goncharenko 50.84 10 1 Kim Graham 51.13 11 1 Maicel Malone 51.16 12 1 Merlene Frazer 51.18 13 1 Bisi Afolabi 51.40 14 2 Sandra Myers 51.42 15 2 Renee Poetschka 51.49 16 2 Juliet Campbell 51.65

Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Marie-José Pérec 48.25 4 Cathy Freeman 48.63 5 Falilat Ogunkoya 49.10 4 2 Pauline Davis 49.28 5 8 Jearl Miles 49.55 6 6 Fatima Yusuf 49.77 7 7 Sandie Richards 50.45 8 1 Grit Breuer 50.71

See also Men's 400 metres

References

External links Official Report Results