The Women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme was held at Stadium Australia on Friday 22 September, Saturday 23 September, Sunday 24 September, and Monday 25 September 2000. The winning margin was 0.47 seconds.

The top three runners in each of the initial seven heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next eight fastest runners from across the heats also qualified for the second round. The top four runners in each of the four second round heats automatically qualified for the semi-final.

The top four runners in each semi-final automatically qualified for the final.

There were a total number of 59 participating athletes.

Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.

World Record 47.60 Marita Koch East Germany Canberra, Australia 6 October 1985 Olympic Record 48.25 Marie-José Pérec France Atlanta, United States 29 July 1996

Medals Gold: Silver: Bronze: Cathy Freeman, Lorraine Graham, Katharine Merry,

Results All times shown are in seconds. Q denotes qualification by place in heat. q denotes qualification by overall place. DNS denotes did not start. DNF denotes did not finish. DQ denotes disqualification. NR denotes national record. OR denotes Olympic record. WR denotes world record. PB denotes personal best. SB denotes season best.

Qualifying heats

Round 1 Heat 1 of 8 Date: Friday 22 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 9 La Tasha Colander-Richardson 5 0.212 51.75 Q 2 T14 Mireille Nguimgo 6 0.242 51.88 Q 3 16 Heide Seyerling 3 0.428 51.92 Q 4 30 Foy Williams 2 0.343 52.94 q 5 33 Christine Amertil 4 0.254 53.12 6 47 Oksana Luneva 8 0.403 54.98 7 48 Hazel-Ann Regis 7 55.11

Heat 2 of 8 Date: Friday 22 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 10 Charity Opara 4 0.204 51.77 Q 2 18 Natalya Nazarova 2 0.297 52.05 Q 3 19 Damayanthi Darsha 6 0.242 52.13 Q 4 T22 Nadjina Kaltouma 2 0.202 52.34 q 5 32 Lee Naylor 1 53.10 q 6 41 Svetlana Bodritskaya 5 0.199 53.91 7 46 Lilian Bwalya 8 0.403 54.77 8 54 Maritza Figueroa 7 58.82

Heat 3 of 8 Date: Friday 22 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 12 Amy Mbacké Thiam 8 0.217 51.79 Q 2 22 Ana Guevara 5 0.315 52.34 Q 3 27 Otilia Silvia Ruicu 4 52.65 Q 4 34 Karen Shinkins 2 0.258 53.27 5 T35 Norma Gonzalez 6 0.220 53.34 6 57 Safia Abukar Hussein 3 1:13.25

Heat 4 of 8 Date: Friday 22 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 5 Cathy Freeman 3 0.258 51.63 Q 2 7 Monique Hennagan 4 0.320 51.73 Q 3 8 Claudine Komgang 8 0.551 51.74 Q 4 24 Norfalia Carabalí 7 52.36 q 5 38 Olena Rurak 2 0.202 53.45 6 40 Kristina Perica 6 0.523 53.72 7 44 Awatef Ben Hassine 5 0.308 54.50

Heat 5 of 8 Date: Friday 22 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 T3 Katharine Merry 7 0.336 51.61 Q 2 13 Sandie Richards 4 0.294 51.86 Q 3 26 Nova Peris-Kneebone 8 0.191 52.51 Q 4 28 Hana Benešová 6 52.85 q 5 31 Aliann Pompey 2 0.226 53.09 q 6 45 Verneta Lesforis 5 0.520 54.67 7 52 Klodiana Shala 1 56.41 8 Marie-José Pérec 3 DNS

Heat 6 of 8 Date: Friday 22 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 2 Jitka Burianová 4 0.302 51.59 Q 2 3T Olabisi Afolabi 2 0.221 51.62 Q 3 6 Lorraine Graham 5 51.65 Q 4 20 Allison Curbishley 6 0.209 52.20 q 5 29 Barbara Petráhn 2 0.189 52.86 q 6 37 Tonique Williams 7 0.174 53.43 7 53 Marcia Fernanda Daniel 8 0.222 58.20 8 56 Haissa Ali Garba 1 1:07.49

Heat 7 of 8 Date: Friday 22 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 1 K. M. Beenamol 8 51.51 Q 2 17 Olga Kotlyarova 6 0.190 51.99 Q 3 25 Žana Minina 7 0.201 52.38 Q 4 39 Michelle Collins 4 0.295 53.66 5 42 Tanya Oxley 2 54.22 6 43 Daniela Georgieva 1 54.46 7 51 Dijana Kojić 2 55.61 8 55 Awmima Mohamed 5 1:02.94

Heat 8 of 8 Date: Friday 22 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 11 Ladonna Antoine 5 51.78 Q 2 T14 Falilat Ogunkoya 6 0.187 51.88 Q 3 21 Donna Fraser 8 0.209 52.33 Q 4 T35 Svetlana Pospelova 3 53.34 5 49 Yelena Piskunova 2 0.285 55.40 6 50 Ann Mooney 4 0.378 55.55 7 Brigita Langerholc 7 DNS

Overall Results Round 1 Round 1 Overall ResultsPlace Athlete NationHeatLanePlaceTimeQual.Record 1 K. M. Beenamol 7 8 1 51.51 Q 2 Jitka Burianová 6 4 1 51.59 Q 3 Olabisi Afolabi 6 3 2 51.61 Q Katharine Merry 5 7 1 51.61 Q 5 Cathy Freeman 4 3 1 51.63 Q 6 Lorraine Graham 6 5 3 51.65 Q 7 Monique Hennagan 4 4 2 51.73 Q 8 Claudine Komgang 4 8 3 51.74 Q 9 La Tasha Colander-Richardson 1 5 1 51.75 Q 10 Charity Opara 2 4 1 51.77 Q 11 Ladonna Antoine 8 5 1 51.78 Q 12 Amy Mbacké Thiam 3 8 1 51.71 Q 13 Sandie Richards 5 4 2 51.86 Q 14 Mireille Nguimgo 1 6 2 51.88 Q Falilat Ogunkoya 8 6 2 51.88 Q 16 Heide Seyerling 1 3 3 51.92 Q 17 Olga Kotlyarova 7 6 2 51.99 Q 18 Natalya Nazarova 2 2 2 52.05 Q 19 Damayanthi Darsha 2 6 3 52.13 Q 20 Allison Curbishley 6 6 4 52.20 q 21 Donna Fraser 8 8 3 52.33 Q 22 Ana Guevara 3 5 2 52.34 Q Nadjina Kaltouma 2 3 4 52.34 q 24 Norfalia Carabalí 4 7 4 52.36 q 25 Zana Minina 7 7 3 52.38 Q 26 Nova Peris-Kneebone 5 8 3 52.51 Q 27 Otilia Silvia Ruicu 3 4 3 52.65 Q 28 Hana Benešová 5 6 4 52.85 q 29 Barbara Petráhn 6 2 5 52.86 q 30 Foy Williams 1 2 4 52.94 q 31 Aliann Pompey 5 2 5 53.09 q 32 Lee Naylor 2 1 5 53.10 q 33 Christine Amertil 1 4 5 53.12 34 Karen Shinkins 3 2 4 53.27 35 Norma Gonzalez 3 6 5 53.34 Svetlana Pospelova 8 3 4 53.34 37 Tonique Williams 6 7 6 53.43 38 Olena Rurak 4 2 5 53.45 39 Michelle Collins 7 4 4 53.66 40 Kristina Perica 4 6 6 53.72 41 Svetlana Bodritskaya 2 5 6 53.91 42 Tanya Oxley 7 3 5 54.22 43 Daniela Georgieva 7 1 6 54.46 44 Awatef Ben Hassine 4 5 7 54.50 45 Verneta Lesforis 5 5 6 54.67 46 Lilian Bwalya 2 8 7 54.77 47 Oksana Luneva 1 8 6 54.98 48 Hazel-Ann Regis 1 7 7 55.11 49 Elena Piskunova 8 2 5 54.40 50 Ann Mooney 8 4 6 55.55 51 Dijana Kojic 7 2 7 55.61 52 Klodiana Shala 5 1 7 56.41 53 Marcia Fernanda Daniel 6 8 7 58.20 54 Maritza Figueroa 2 7 8 58.82 55 Awmima Mohamed 7 5 8 1:02.94 56 Haissa Ali Garba 6 1 8 1:07.49 57 Safia Abukar Hussein 3 3 6 1:13.25 Brigita Langerholc 3 7 DNS Marie-José Pérec 5 3 DNS

Round 2 Heat 1 of 4 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 6 Jitka Burianová 3 0.274 50.85 Q PB 2 8 Ladonna Antoine 5 0.179 50.92 Q PB 3 14 Nova Peris-Kneebone 2 0.196 51.28 Q PB 4 15 Natalya Nazarova 6 0.198 51.44 Q 5 16 Claudine Komgang 7 51.57 6 19 Monique Hennagan 4 0.478 51.85 7 26 Nadjina Kaltouma 1 0.215 52.60 8 31 Aliann Pompey 8 0.212 53.42

Heat 2 of 4 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 3 Katharine Merry 2 0.270 50.50 Q 2 7 Heide Seyerling 7 0.163 50.87 Q PB 3 9 Olga Kotlyarova 6 0.182 50.97 Q 4 10 Sandie Richards 5 0.209 51.00 Q 5 11 Charity Opara 4 0.206 51.04 6 25 Zana Minina 8 0.300 52.53 7 27 Norfalia Carabalí 1 52.63 8 28 Foy Williams 2 0.337 52.68

Heat 3 of 4 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 4 Lorraine Graham 8 0.216 50.66 Q 2 13 Ana Guevara 5 51.19 Q 3 17 Amy Mbacké Thiam 6 0.217 51.64 Q 4 18 K. M. Beenamol 4 51.81 Q 5 20 Olabisi Afolabi 3 0.263 51.87 6 22 Otilia Silvia Ruicu 1 52.28 7 24 Allison Curbishley 1 0.193 52.50 8 32 Lee Naylor 7 53.83

Heat 4 of 4 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 1 Cathy Freeman 4 0.464 50.31 Q 2 2 Falilat Ogunkoya 6 0.196 50.49 Q 3 5 Donna Fraser 8 0.194 50.77 Q PB 4 12 Mireille Nguimgo 5 0.200 51.08 Q 5 21 La Tasha Colander-Richardson 2 0.202 53.45 6 23 Damayanthi Darsha 1 0.234 52.35 7 29 Hana Benešová 2 0.209 52.70 8 30 Barbara Petráhn 7 0.224 52.72

Overall Results Round 2 Round 2 Overall ResultsPlace Athlete NationHeatLanePlaceTimeQual.Record 1 Cathy Freeman 4 4 1 50.31 Q 2 Falilat Ogunkoya 4 6 2 50.49 Q 3 Katharine Merry 2 3 1 50.50 Q 4 Lorraine Graham 3 8 1 50.66 Q 5 Donna Fraser 4 8 3 50.77 Q PB 6 Jitka Burianová 1 3 1 50.85 Q PB 7 Heide Seyerling 2 7 2 50.87 Q PB 8 Ladonna Antoine 1 5 2 50.92 Q PB 9 Olga Kotlyarova 2 6 3 50.97 Q 10 Sandie Richards 2 5 4 51.00 Q 11 Charity Opara 2 4 5 51.04 12 Mireille Nguimgo 4 5 4 51.08 Q 13 Ana Guevara 3 5 2 51.19 Q 14 Nova Peris-Kneebone 1 2 3 51.28 Q 15 Natalya Nazarova 1 6 4 51.44 Q 16 Claudine Komgang 1 7 5 51.57 17 Amy Mbacké Thiam 3 6 3 51.64 Q 18 K. M. Beenamol 3 4 4 51.81 Q 19 Monique Hennagan 1 4 6 51.85 20 Olabisi Afolabi 3 3 5 51.87 21 La Tasha Colander-Richardson 4 3 5 52.07 22 Otilia Silvia Ruicu 3 1 6 52.28 23 Damayanthi Darsha 4 1 6 52.35 24 Allison Curbishley 3 2 7 52.50 25 Zana Minina 2 8 6 52.53 26 Nadjina Kaltouma 1 1 7 52.60 27 Norfalia Carabalí 2 1 7 52.63 28 Foy Williams 2 2 8 52:68 29 Hana Benešová 4 2 7 52.70 30 Barbara Petráhn 4 7 8 52.72 31 Aliann Pompey 1 8 8 53.42 32 Lee Naylor 3 7 8 53.83

Semi-finals Heat 1 of 2 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 5 Lorraine Graham 4 0.444 50.28 Q 2 6 Katharine Merry 3 0.301 50.32 Q 3 8 Heide Seyerling 5 51.06 Q 4 10 Olga Kotlyarova 7 0.243 51.21 Q 5 11 Ladonna Antoine 6 0.273 51.26 6 13 Natalya Nazarova 2 0.191 51.83 7 14 Mireille Nguimgo 1 0.213 52.03 8 16 Nova Peris-Kneebone 8 0.263 52.49

Heat 2 of 2 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 1 Cathy Freeman 3 0.261 50.01 Q 2 2 Ana Guevara 5 0.370 50.11 Q 3 3 Falilat Ogunkoya 4 0.416 50.18 Q 4 4 Donna Fraser 7 0.188 50.21 Q PB 5 7 Sandie Richards 2 0.253 50.42 SB 6 9 Jitka Burianová 6 0.255 51.15 7 12 Amy Mbacké Thiam 1 0.238 51.60 8 15 K. M. Beenamol 8 52.04

Overall results: Semi-finals Semi-finals Overall resultsPlace Athlete NationHeatLanePlaceTimeQual.Record 1 Cathy Freeman 2 3 1 50.01 Q 2 Ana Guevara 2 5 2 50.11 Q 3 Falilat Ogunkoya 2 4 3 50.18 Q 4 Donna Fraser 2 7 4 50.21 Q PB 5 Lorraine Graham 1 4 1 50.28 Q 6 Katharine Merry 1 3 2 50.32 Q 7 Sandie Richards 2 2 5 50.42 SB 8 Heide Seyerling 1 5 3 51.06 Q 9 Jitka Burianová 2 6 6 51.15 10 Olga Kotlyarova 1 7 4 51.21 Q 11 Ladonna Antoine 1 6 5 51.26 12 Amy Mbacké Thiam 2 1 7 51.60 13 Natalya Nazarova 1 2 6 51.83 14 Mireille Nguimgo 1 1 7 52.03 15 K. M. Beenamol 2 8 8 52.04 16 Nova Peris-Kneebone 1 8 8 52.49

Final

Date: Monday 25 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Record Cathy Freeman 6 0.227 49.11 SB Lorraine Graham 4 0.452 49.58 PB Katharine Merry 3 0.270 49.72 PB 4 Donna Fraser 2 0.174 49.79 PB 5 Ana Guevara 5 0.261 49.96 6 Heide Seyerling 7 0.175 50.05 NR 7 Falilat Ogunkoya 8 0.254 50.12 8 Olga Kotlyarova 1 0.254 51.04

References

External links Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics