The Women's 400 metre Hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme were held at Stadium Australia on Sunday 24 September, Monday 25 September and Wednesday 27 September 2000.

The top two runners in each of the initial five heats automatically qualified for the semifinals. The next six fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 16 runners competed in 2 heats in the semifinals, with the top three runners from each heat qualifying for the finals. The next two fastest runners from across the heats also qualified.

Records + World and Olympic records prior to the Games World Record 52.61 Kim Batten USA Gothenburg, Sweden 11 August 1995 Olympic Record 52.82 Deon Hemmings JAM Atlanta, Georgia, United States 31 July 1996

Medalists Gold: Silver: Bronze: Irina Privalova, Deon Hemmings, Nouzha Bidouane,

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. AR denotes area/continental record. OR denotes Olympic record. WR denotes world record. PB denotes personal best. SB denotes season best.

Qualifying heats

Round 1 Heat 1 of 5 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 1 Nouzha Bidouane 4 0.162 s 55.38 s Q 2 12 Kim Batten 6 0.162 s 56.28 s Q 3 14 Andrea Blackett 2 0.174 s 56.31 s q 4 24 Sinead Dudgeon 5 0.201 s 57.82 s 5 32 Mary-Estelle Kapalu 3 0.437 s 1:02.68 Nataliya Chulkova 8 0.343 s DNF Karlene Haughton 7 DNS

Heat 2 of 5 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 3 Daimí Pernía 7 0.256 s 55.53 s Q 2 4 Heike Meissner 8 0.224 s 55.58 s Q 3 5 Natasha Danvers 3 0.160 s 55.68 s q 4 9 Yulia Nosova 6 0.293 s 56.11 s q 5 10 Catherine Scott-Pomales 5 0.187 s 56.17 s q 6 20 Tetiana Debela 4 0.164 s 57.33 s 7 30 Cherry 2 0.218 s 1:00.81 s Heat 3 of 5 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 2 Deon Hemmings 6 0.219 s 55.44 s Q 2 11 Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova 2 0.329 s 56.27 s Q 3 17 Jana Pittman 4 0.196 s 56.76 s 4 21 Anna Olichwierczuk 5 0.229 s 57.36 s 5 25 Monika Niederstatter 3 0.268 s 58.02 s 6 27 Tacko Diouf 7 0.173 s 58.65 s

Heat 4 of 5 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 6 Sandra Glover 6 0.207 s 55.76 s Q 2 8 Ulrike Urbansky 8 0.297 s 55.93 s Q 3 15 Natalya Torshina 7 0.289 s 56.38 s q 4 19 Susan Smith-Walsh 4 0.152 s 57.08 s 5 23 Irēna Žauna 3 0.229 s 57.79 s 6 26 Lauren Poetschka 5 0.183 s 58.06 s 7 31 Chrysoula Gountunoudi 2 0.223 s 1:01.59

Heat 5 of 5 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 7 Irina Privalova 3 0.204 s 55.89 s Q 2 13 Guðrún Arnardóttir 6 0.201 s 56.30 s Q 3 16 Ionela Târlea 2 0.246 s 56.40 s q 4 18 Tonja Buford-Bailey 8 0.206 s 57.02 s 5 22 Keri Maddox 4 0.220 s 57.44 s 6 28 Stephanie Price 5 58.81 s 7 29 Patrina Allen 7 0.328 s 59.36 s

Overall Round 1 Overall ResultsPlace Athlete NationHeatLanePlaceTimeQual.Record 1 Nouzha Bidouane 1 4 1 55.38 s Q 2 Deon Hemmings 3 6 1 55.44 s Q 3 Daimí Pernía 2 7 1 55.53 s Q 4 Heike Meissner 2 8 2 55.58 s Q 5 Natasha Danvers 2 3 3 55.68 s q 6 Sandra Glover 4 6 1 55.76 s Q 7 Irina Privalova 5 3 1 55.89 s Q 8 Ulrike Urbansky 4 8 2 55.93 s Q 9 Yulia Nosova 2 6 4 56.11 s q 10 Catherine Scott-Pomales 2 5 5 56.17 s q 11 Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova 3 2 2 56.27 s Q 12 Kim Batten 1 6 2 56.28 s Q 13 Guðrún Arnardóttir 5 6 2 56.30 s Q 14 Andrea Blackett 1 2 3 56.31 s q 15 Natalya Torshina 4 7 3 56.38 s q 16 Ionela Târlea 5 2 3 56.40 s q 17 Jana Pittman 3 4 3 56.76 s 18 Tonja Buford-Bailey 5 8 4 57.02 s 19 Susan Smith-Walsh 4 4 4 57.08 s 20 Tetyana Debela 2 4 6 57.33 s 21 Anna Olichwierczuk 3 5 4 57.36 s 22 Keri Maddox 5 4 5 57.44 s 23 Irena Zauna 4 3 5 57.79 s 24 Sinead Dudgeon 1 5 4 57.82 s 25 Monika Niederstatter 3 3 5 58.02 s 26 Lauren Poetschka 4 5 6 58.06 s 27 Tacko Diouf 3 7 6 58.65 s 28 Stephanie Price 5 5 6 58.81 s 29 Patrina Allen 5 7 7 59.36 s 30 Cherry 2 2 7 1:00.81 31 Chrysoula Gountunoudi 4 2 7 1:01.59 s 32 Mary-Estelle Kapalu 1 3 5 1:02.68 Natalia Chulkova 1 8 DNF Karlene Haughton 1 8 DNS

Semi-finals Heat 1 of 2 Date: Monday 25 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Position Overall 1 1 Deon Hemmings 3 0.288 s 54.00 s Q SB 2 7 Daimí Pernía 5 0.448 s 54.92 s Q 3 8 Natasha Danvers 8 0.156 s 54.95 s Q PB 4 10 Ulrike Urbansky 4 0.185 s 55.23 s 5 12T Heike Meissner 6 0.399 s 55.73 s 6 12T Kim Batten 2 0.207 s 55.73 s 7 15 Natalya Torshina 1 0.222 s 56.22 s 8 16 Yulia Nosova 7 56.58 s

Heat 2 of 2 Date: Monday 25 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Position Overall 1 2 Irina Privalova 5 0.203 s 54.02 s Q PB 2 3 Nouzha Bidouane 3 0.190 s 54.19 s Q 3 4 Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova 6 0.394 s 54.25 s Q 4 5 Ionela Târlea 8 0.219 s 54.70 s q 5 6 Guðrún Arnardóttir 7 0.171 s 54.82 s q SB 6 9 Sandra Glover 4 0.473 s 54.98 s 7 11 Andrea Blackett 1 0.194 s 55.30 s 8 14 Catherine Scott-Pomales 2 0.219 s 55.78 s

Semi-finals- Overall

Semi-finals Overall resultsPlace Athlete NationHeatLanePlaceTimeQual.Record 1 Deon Hemmings 1 3 1 54.00 s Q SB 2 Irina Privalova 2 5 1 54.02 s Q PB 3 Nouzha Bidouane 2 3 2 54.19 s Q 4 Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova 2 6 3 54.25 s Q 5 Ionela Târlea 2 8 4 54.70 s q SB 6 Guðrún Arnardóttir 2 7 5 54.82 s q 7 Daimí Pernía 1 5 2 54.92 s Q 8 Natasha Danvers 1 8 3 54.95 s Q PB 9 Sandra Glover 2 4 6 54.98 s 10 Ulrike Urbansky 1 4 4 55.30 s 11 Andrea Blackett 2 1 7 55.30 s 12 Kim Batten 1 2 6 55.73 s 12 Heike Meissner 1 6 5 55.73 s 14 Catherine Scott-Pomales 2 2 8 55.78 s 15 Natalya Torshina 1 1 7 56.22 s 16 Yulia Nosova 1 7 8 56.58 s

Final Heat 1 of 1 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Record Irina Privalova 3 0.178 s 53.02 s PB Deon Hemmings 6 0.446 s 53.45 s SB Nouza Bidouane 4 0.169 s 53.57 s 4 Daimí Pernía 5 0.447 s 53.68 s SB 5 Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova 8 0.326 s 53.98 s SB 6 Ionela Târlea 7 0.281 s 54.35 s SB 7 Gudrun Arnardottir 2 0.238 s 54.63 s 8 Natasha Danvers 1 0.174 s 55.00 s

References

External links Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics