The women's 400 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, U.S. from 17 to 22 July 2022.Timetable

Summary

In the absence of defending champion, #3 all time Salwa Eid Naser due to a succession of missed drug tests, #7 and double Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Marileidy Paulino were among the handful of athletes who had broken 50 seconds in 2022. Those two were the only ones to achieve the feat in the semis, though all auto qualifiers were under 50.2.

Adorned with green hair, Miller-Uibo quickly shortened the stagger between herself and Fiordaliza Cofil and then Candice McLeod to her outside. On the far outside, Lieke Klaver, Sada Williams and Paulino were doing the best to hold their position against Miller-Uibo. Williams accelerated slightly through the final turn, coming off in second place, slightly ahead of Paulino. The final 100m is Paulino's territory. Se separated from Williams but was unable to make up any ground on Miller-Uibo.

Miller-Uibo's 49.11 became the new world leader for the year. Williams became the first female medalist for Barbados, improving on her own National Record.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record47.60Canberra, Australia6 October 1985Championship record47.99Helsinki, Finland10 August 1983World Leading49.49La Nucia, Spain21 May 2022African Record49.10Atlanta, United States29 July 1996Asian Record48.14Doha, Qatar3 October 2019North, Central American and Caribbean record48.36Tokyo, Japan6 August 2021South American Record49.64Barcelona, Spain5 August 1992European Record47.60Canberra, Australia6 October 1985Oceanian record48.63Atlanta, United States29 July 1996

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 51.35.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date Time Round17 July 12:00 Heats20 July 18:45 Semi-finals22 July 19:15 Final

Results

Heats The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the heats.Heats Summary

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Stephenie Ann McPherson 50.15 Q, 2 2 Natalia Kaczmarek 50.21 Q 3 2 Lieke Klaver 50.24 Q, 4 6 Anna Kiełbasińska 50.63 Q 5 4 Marileidy Paulino 50.76 Q 6 6 Candice McLeod 50.78 Q 7 3 Sada Williams 51.05 Q 8 6 Victoria Ohuruogu 51.07 Q 9 1 Shaunae Miller-Uibo 51.10 Q 10 2 Nicole Yeargin 51.17 q, 11 5 Fiordaliza Cofil 51.19 Q 12 3 Modesta Justė Morauskaitė 51.27 Q 13 3 Ama Pipi 51.32 Q 14 5 Talitha Diggs 51.54 Q 15 2 Cátia Azevedo 51.55 q 16 6 Lada Vondrová 51.55 q 17 4 Rhasidat Adeleke 51.59 Q 18 4 Lynna Irby 51.78 Q 19 3 Charokee Young 51.84 q 20 5 Roxana Gómez 51.85 Q 21 1 Aliyah Abrams 51.98 Q 22 1 Gabby Scott 52.05 Q 23 2 Tábata de Carvalho 52.17 q 24 1 Susanne Walli 52.18 q 25 4 Gunta Vaičule 52.21 26 3 Sophie Becker 52.24 27 1 Paola Morán 52.28 28 6 Natassha McDonald 52.41 29 4 Lauren Gale 52.46 30 1 Kendall Ellis 52.55 31 3 Camille Laus 52.56 32 3 Eveline Saalberg 52.59 33 4 Anita Horvat 52.67 34 5 Alice Mangione 52.72 35 6 Tiffani Marinho 52.80 36 4 Imaobong Nse Uko 52.80 37 2 Niddy Mingilishi 52.84 38 5 Silke Lemmens 52.86 39 5 Aiyanna Stiverne 53.07 40 5 Naomi Van den Broeck 53.16 41 1 Miranda Charlene Coetzee 53.30 42 6 Shereen Vallabouy 53.57 43 6 Rosie Elliott 54.92

Semi-finals

The semifinals started on 20 July at 18:45.400 Metres Women - Semi-Final Summary

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Shaunae Miller-Uibo 49.55 Q, 2 3 Marileidy Paulino 49.98 Q 3 1 Candice McLeod 50.05 Q, 4 3 Sada Williams 50.12 Q, 5 2 Fiordaliza Cofil 50.14 Q, 6 2 Lieke Klaver 50.18 Q, 7 2 Stephenie Ann McPherson 50.56 q 8 1 Anna Kiełbasińska 50.65 q 9 1 Rhasidat Adeleke 50.81 10 3 Talitha Diggs 50.84 11 1 Victoria Ohuruogu 50.99 12 1 Lynna Irby 51.00 13 3 Roxana Gómez 51.12 14 2 Nicole Yeargin 51.22 15 2 Natalia Kaczmarek 51.34 16 3 Charokee Young 51.41 17 3 Lada Vondrová 51.47 18 2 Aliyah Abrams 51.79 19 1 Cátia Azevedo 51.79 20 2 Gabby Scott 51.97 21 3 Modesta Justė Morauskaitė 52.19 22 3 Ama Pipi 52.28 23 2 Susanne Walli 52.37 24 1 Tábata de Carvalho 52.42

Final 400 Metres Women - Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Shaunae Miller-Uibo 49.11 Marileidy Paulino 49.60 Sada Williams 49.75 4 Lieke Klaver 50.33 5 Stephenie Ann McPherson 50.36 6 Fiordaliza Cofil 50.57 7 Candice McLeod 50.78 8 Anna Kiełbasińska 50.81

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