2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 6−7 and 9 August.[1]

Women's 400 metres at the 2017 World Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	6 August (heats) 7 August (semifinal) 9 August (final)
Competitors	49 from 32 nations
Medalists
Phyllis Francis    United States   Salwa Eid Naser    Bahrain   Allyson Felix    United States

Summary

In wet conditions, Shaunae Miller-Uibo took an early lead, which she maintained coming onto the home stretch, with Allyson Felix in second and Phyllis Francis and Salwa Eid Naser gaining on both of them.[2] Miller-Uibo stumbled and slowed to a jog, being passed by Francis, Felix, and Nasser. Francis continued on to win while Nasser, breaking her own national record, dipped past Felix on the line.[3][4]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[5]

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Location
World	47.60	Marita Koch	GDR	6 Oct 1985	Canberra, Australia
Championship	47.99	Jarmila Kratochvílová	TCH	10 Aug 1983	Helsinki, Finland
World leading	49.65	Allyson Felix	USA	9 Jul 2017	London, Great Britain
African	49.10	Falilat Ogunkoya	NGR	29 Jul 1996	Atlanta, United States
Asian	49.81	Ma Yuqin	CHN	11 Sep 1993	Beijing, China
NACAC	48.70	Sanya Richards-Ross	USA	16 Sep 2006	Athens, Greece
South American	49.64	Ximena Restrepo	COL	5 Aug 1992	Barcelona, Spain
European	47.60	Marita Koch	GDR	6 Oct 1985	Canberra, Australia
Oceanian	48.63	Cathy Freeman	AUS	29 Jul 1996	Atlanta, United States

The following records were set at the competition:[6]

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date
Sierra Leonean	53.20	Maggie Barrie	SLE	6 Aug 2017
Bahraini	50.57	Salwa Eid Naser	BHR	6 Aug 2017
	50.08			7 Aug 2017
	50.06			9 Aug 2017

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 52.10.[7]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:[8]

Date	Time	Round
6 August	11:55	Heats
7 August	20:55	Semifinals
9 August	21:50	Final

Results

Heats

The first round took place on 6 August in six heats as follows:[9]

Heat	1	2	3	4	5	6
Start time	11:54	12:03	12:12	12:21	12:30	12:39
Photo finish	​	​	​	​	​	​

The first three in each heat ( Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:[10]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	3	Salwa Eid Naser	Bahrain (BHR)	50.57	Q, NR
2	4	9	Phyllis Francis	United States (USA)	50.94	Q
3	2	3	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas (BAH)	50.97	Q
4	4	4	Novlene Williams-Mills	Jamaica (JAM)	51.00	Q
5	3	2	Kabange Mupopo	Zambia (ZAM)	51.09	Q, SB
6	6	4	Chrisann Gordon	Jamaica (JAM)	51.14	Q
7	3	4	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica (JAM)	51.26	Q
8	2	7	Stephenie Ann McPherson	Jamaica (JAM)	51.27	Q
9	6	2	Amantle Montsho	Botswana (BOT)	51.37	Q, SB
10	3	6	Gunta Latiševa-Čudare	Latvia (LAT)	51.37	Q, PB
11	3	8	Lydia Jele	Botswana (BOT)	51.41	q
12	5	8	Quanera Hayes	United States (USA)	51.43	Q
13	6	3	Margaret Bamgbose	Nigeria (NGR)	51.57	Q, SB
14	2	9	Yinka Ajayi	Nigeria (NGR)	51.58	Q
15	2	6	Bianca Răzor	Romania (ROM)	51.64	q
16	3	3	Ruth Spelmeyer	Germany (GER)	51.72	q, SB
17	5	9	Patience Okon George	Nigeria (NGR)	51.83	Q
18	5	4	Zoey Clark	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	51.88	Q
19	6	7	Iga Baumgart	Poland (POL)	51.88	q
20	3	5	Roxana Gomez	Cuba (CUB)	51.98	q
21	5	2	Nirmala Sheoran	India (IND)	52.01	q
22	3	7	Elea-Mariama Diarra	France (FRA)	52.06
23	6	6	Tamara Salaški	Serbia (SRB)	52.13
24	6	5	Kendall Ellis	United States (USA)	52.18
25	2	4	Emily Diamond	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	52.20
26	5	7	Morgan Mitchell	Australia (AUS)	52.22
27	5	5	Anastasiia Bryzgina	Ukraine (UKR)	52.26
28	4	8	Małgorzata Hołub	Poland (POL)	52.26
29	1	1	Allyson Felix	United States (USA)	52.44	Q
30	4	5	Lisanne de Witte	Netherlands (NED)	52.48
31	6	9	Déborah Sananes	France (FRA)	52.50
32	2	5	Aiyanna Stiverne	Canada (CAN)	52.55
33	4	6	Amalie Iuel	Norway (NOR)	52.55
34	6	8	Anyika Onuora	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	52.58
35	1	2	Irini Vasiliou	Greece (GRE)	52.61	Q
36	5	6	Carline Muir	Canada (CAN)	52.70
37	1	6	Ashley Kelly	British Virgin Islands (IVB)	52.70	Q
38	3	9	Anita Horvat	Slovenia (SLO)	52.78
39	2	2	Cátia Azevedo	Portugal (POR)	52.79
40	1	9	Maria Benedicta Chigbolu	Italy (ITA)	53.00
41	1	4	Maggie Barrie	Sierra Leone (SLE)	53.20	NR
42	4	2	Eleni Artymata	Cyprus (CYP)	53.26
43	2	8	Christine Botlogetswe	Botswana (BOT)	53.50
44	1	8	Justyna Święty	Poland (POL)	53.62
45	4	7	Domonique Williams	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	53.72
46	1	5	Maximila Imali	Kenya (KEN)	53.97
47	1	7	Travia Jones	Canada (CAN)	54.02
48	5	3	Djénébou Danté	Mali (MLI)	54.04
49	1	3	Samantha Dirks	Belize (BIZ)	54.74

Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 7 August in three heats as follows:[11]

Heat	1	2	3
Start time	20:55	21:03	21:11
Photo finish	​	​	​

The first two in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:[12]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	7	Salwa Eid Naser	Bahrain (BHR)	50.08	Q, NR
2	2	4	Allyson Felix	United States (USA)	50.12	Q
3	1	5	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas (BAH)	50.36	Q
4	3	5	Phyllis Francis	United States (USA)	50.37	Q
5	1	7	Stephenie Ann McPherson	Jamaica (JAM)	50.56	Q, SB
6	3	4	Kabange Mupopo	Zambia (ZAM)	50.60	Q, SB
7	2	9	Novlene Williams-Mills	Jamaica (JAM)	50.67	q
8	2	5	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica (JAM)	50.70	q
9	1	6	Quanera Hayes	United States (USA)	50.71
10	3	7	Chrisann Gordon	Jamaica (JAM)	50.87
11	3	6	Amantle Montsho	Botswana (BOT)	51.28	SB
12	1	8	Gunta Latiševa-Čudare	Latvia (LAT)	51.57
13	2	2	Lydia Jele	Botswana (BOT)	51.57
14	3	3	Ruth Spelmeyer	Germany (GER)	51.77
15	3	2	Iga Baumgart	Poland (POL)	51.81
16	3	8	Zoey Clark	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	51.81	PB
17	1	3	Roxana Gomez	Cuba (CUB)	52.01
18	1	2	Bianca Răzor	Romania (ROM)	52.09
19	2	8	Yinka Ajayi	Nigeria (NGR)	52.10
20	3	9	Margaret Bamgbose	Nigeria (NGR)	52.23
21	1	4	Patience Okon George	Nigeria (NGR)	52.60
22	2	3	Nirmala Sheoran	India (IND)	53.07
23	2	6	Irini Vasiliou	Greece (GRE)	53.27
24	1	9	Ashley Kelly	British Virgin Islands (IVB)	54.50

Final

The final took place on 9 August at 21:50. The results were as follows: (photo finish)[13]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Phyllis Francis	United States (USA)	49.92	PB
	4	Salwa Eid Naser	Bahrain (BHR)	50.06	NR
	5	Allyson Felix	United States (USA)	50.08
4	7	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas (BAH)	50.49
5	2	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica (JAM)	50.76
6	8	Stephenie Ann McPherson	Jamaica (JAM)	50.86
7	9	Kabange Mupopo	Zambia (ZAM)	51.15
8	3	Novlene Williams-Mills	Jamaica (JAM)	51.48

References

External video
Women's 400m Final: IAAF World Championships London 2017 on YouTube

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