The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 17–20 August at the Beijing National Stadium.

The qualifying standards were 55.60 s (A standard) and 56.50 s (B standard).

Schedule All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8) Date Time RoundSunday, August 17, 2008 20:10-20:42 Round 1Monday, August 18, 2008 20:45-21:00 SemifinalsWednesday, August 20, 2008 22:35-22:40 Final

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading time were as follows:

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time OR WR 20 August Final Melaine Walker 52.64 OR

Results

Round 1

The first three runners of each heat (Q) plus the next four overall fastest runners (q) qualified for the Semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Result Notes 1 3 Melaine Walker 54.46 Q 2 4 Ekaterina Bikert 55.15 Q 3 3 Anastasiya Rabchenyuk 55.18 Q 4 2 Tasha Danvers 55.19 Q, SB 5 3 Tsvetelina Kirilova 55.22 Q, PB 6 2 Anastasiya Ott 55.34 Q 7 4 Anna Jesień 55.35 Q 8 1 Tiffany Ross-Williams 55.51 Q 9 1 Irina Obedina 55.71 Q 10 2 Nickiesha Wilson 55.75 Q 11 1 Satomi Kubokura 55.82 Q, SB 12 4 Zuzana Hejnová 55.91 Q 13 3 Queen Harrison 55.96 q 14 2 Angela Moroșanu 56.07 q, SB 15 2 Sheena Tosta 56.12 q 16 3 Aïssata Soulama 56.37 q 17 1 Shevon Stoddart 56.52 18 2 Nikolina Horvat 56.65 19 4 Tatyana Azarova 56.88 20 4 Muna Jabir Adam 57.16 21 1 Ieva Zunda 57.43 22 1 Lucimar Teodoro 57.68 23 4 Josanne Lucas 57.76 24 3 Carole Kaboud Mebam 57.81 25 2 Michelle Carey 57.99 26 4 Laia Forcadell 58.64 27 3 Galina Pedan 1:00.31

Semifinals Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Result Notes 1 1 Sheena Tosta 54.07 Q 2 2 Melaine Walker 54.20 Q 3 1 Tasha Danvers 54.31 Q, SB 4 1 Anna Jesień 54.36 Q 5 1 Ekaterina Bikert 54.38 Q 6 2 Anastasiya Rabchenyuk 54.60 Q, PB 7 1 Nickiesha Wilson 54.67 8 1 Anastasiya Ott 54.74 PB 9 2 Tiffany Ross-Williams 54.99 Q 10 2 Zuzana Hejnová 55.17 Q 11 2 Aïssata Soulama 55.69 SB 12 2 Irina Obedina 55.69 13 2 Queen Harrison 55.88 14 2 Tsvetelina Kirilova 55.97 15 1 Satomi Kubokura 56.69 16 1 Angela Moroșanu 57.67

Final RankLaneName Nationality Reaction TimeNotes Retrieved 2008-08-20.6 Melaine Walker 0.236 52.64, NR5 Sheena Tosta 0.19153.70 7 Tasha Danvers 0.18953.84PB44 Anastasiya Rabchenyuk 0.24853.96PB59 Anna Jesień 0.20654.29SB62 Ekaterina Bikert 0.19354.9673 Zuzana Hejnová 0.19554.9788 Tiffany Ross-Williams 0.18457.55

(OR = Olympic record; NR = National Record; PB = Personal Best; SB = Season Best.)

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