The first round had split a full roster of runners into eight heats with the first three gaining a direct qualification and then the next six fastest across all heats advancing to the semifinals. The top two runners in each of the three semifinal heats moved on directly to the final, and they are immediately joined by the next two fastest from any of the semifinals.
Coming into the final, the fastest qualifiers were Monique Hennagan and Natalya Antyukh challenging each other in their semi final, Tonique Williams-Darling racing DeeDee Trotter in theirs, with world champion Ana Guevara cruising her semi final just staying ahead of Christine Amertil. In the final, Hennagan again went for the lead with Amertil and Natalya Nazarova each taking their shot at her in the first 200, only to fade after. Starting slightly slower, Williams came on strongly on the backstretch, marked by Guevara around the second turn. Coming off the turn Guevara had Williams where she wanted her, and Sanya Richards about even with Hennigan a couple of steps behind, with Antyukh and Trotter another step behind. Less than 50 meters from the finish, Guevara moved into the lead, but Williams kicked it into a different gear and pulled away to finish with gold.[2][3] On the inside, Trotter rocketed past Richards and was gaining on Hennagan. Hennagan tried to fight, long striding with a slowing cadence to the finish, losing ground to a fast closing Antyukh. Defeated, Guevara gave up the fight and glided across the finish line with silver. 3 meters back, Antyukh clearly beat a wilting Hennagan, who still managed to hold off the fast closing Trotter.
The qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's 400 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 51.50 seconds or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 52.30 seconds or faster could be entered.
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The women s 400 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 21 to 24 1 Women s 400 metresat the Games of the XXVIII OlympiadVenueAthens Olympic StadiumDates21 24 AugustCompetitors42 from 31 nationsWinning time49 42MedalistsTonique Williams Darling BahamasAna Guevara MexicoNatalya Antyukh Russia 20002008 The first round had split a full roster of runners into eight heats with the first three gaining a direct qualification and then the next six fastest across all heats advancing to the semifinals The top two runners in each of the three semifinal heats moved on directly to the final and they are immediately joined by the next two fastest from any of the semifinals Coming into the final the fastest qualifiers were Monique Hennagan and Natalya Antyukh challenging each other in their semi final Tonique Williams Darling racing DeeDee Trotter in theirs with world champion Ana Guevara cruising her semi final just staying ahead of Christine Amertil In the final Hennagan again went for the lead with Amertil and Natalya Nazarova each taking their shot at her in the first 200 only to fade after Starting slightly slower Williams came on strongly on the backstretch marked by Guevara around the second turn Coming off the turn Guevara had Williams where she wanted her and Sanya Richards about even with Hennigan a couple of steps behind with Antyukh and Trotter another step behind Less than 50 meters from the finish Guevara moved into the lead but Williams kicked it into a different gear and pulled away to finish with gold 2 3 On the inside Trotter rocketed past Richards and was gaining on Hennagan Hennagan tried to fight long striding with a slowing cadence to the finish losing ground to a fast closing Antyukh Defeated Guevara gave up the fight and glided across the finish line with silver 3 meters back Antyukh clearly beat a wilting Hennagan who still managed to hold off the fast closing Trotter Contents 1 Records 2 Qualification 3 Schedule 4 Results 4 1 Round 1 4 1 1 Heat 1 4 1 2 Heat 2 4 1 3 Heat 3 4 1 4 Heat 4 4 1 5 Heat 5 4 1 6 Heat 6 4 2 Semifinals 4 2 1 Semifinal 1 4 2 2 Semifinal 2 4 2 3 Semifinal 3 4 3 Final 5 References 6 External linksRecords EditPrior to the competition update the existing World and Olympic records were as follows World record Marita Koch GDR 47 60 s Canberra Australia 6 October 1985Olympic record Marie Jose Perec FRA 48 25 s Atlanta United States 29 July 1996No new records were set during the competition Qualification EditThe qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004 For the men s 400 metres each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 51 50 seconds or faster during the qualification period If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard one athlete that had run the race in 52 30 seconds or faster could be entered Schedule EditAll times are Eastern European Summer Time UTC 3 Date Time RoundSaturday 21 August 2004 09 50 Round 1Sunday 22 August 2004 22 20 SemifinalsTuesday 24 August 2004 22 50 FinalResults EditRound 1 Edit Qualification rule The first three finishers in each heat Q plus the next six fastest overall runners q advanced to the semifinals 4 Heat 1 Edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 8 Ana Guevara Mexico 50 93 Q2 5 Lee McConnell Great Britain 51 19 Q3 4 Grazyna Prokopek Poland 51 29 Q PB4 7 Fatou Bintou Fall Senegal 51 87 q5 2 Hortense Bewouda Cameroon 52 116 6 Oksana Luneva Kyrgyzstan 52 947 3 Ruwida El Hubti Libya 1 03 57 NRHeat 2 Edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 4 Monique Hennagan United States 51 02 Q2 8 Mariyana Dimitrova Bulgaria 51 29 Q3 7 Kaltouma Nadjina Chad 51 50 Q4 3 Nadia Davy Jamaica 52 045 2 Maria Laura Almirao Brazil 52 106 6 Kirsi Mykkanen Finland 52 537 5 Bo Fanfang China 56 01Heat 3 Edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 3 Natalya Nazarova Russia 50 82 Q2 7 Donna Fraser Great Britain 51 19 Q3 2 Hazel Ann Regis Grenada 51 66 Q4 5 Estie Wittstock South Africa 51 89 q5 6 Amy Mbacke Thiam Senegal 52 446 8 Amantle Montsho Botswana 53 77 NR7 4 Zamira Amirova Uzbekistan 54 43Heat 4 Edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 7 Natalya Antyukh Russia 50 54 Q2 5 DeeDee Trotter United States 50 56 Q3 6 Novlene Williams Jamaica 50 59 Q PB4 3 Aliann Pompey Guyana 51 33 q5 8 Egle Uljas Estonia 51 91 q NR6 2 Svetlana Bodritskaya Kazakhstan 53 357 4 Shifana Ali Maldives 1 00 92 NRHeat 5 Edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 8 Tonique Williams Darling Bahamas 51 20 Q2 5 Sviatlana Usovich Belarus 51 37 Q3 3 Antonina Yefremova Ukraine 51 53 Q4 2 Mireille Nguimgo Cameroon 51 90 q5 4 Allison Beckford Jamaica 52 856 7 Sandrine Thiebaud Kangni Togo 52 877 6 Damayanthi Dharsha Sri Lanka 54 58Heat 6 Edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 2 Sanya Richards United States 50 11 Q2 3 Christine Amertil Bahamas 50 23 Q PB3 7 Christine Ohuruogu Great Britain 50 50 Q PB4 8 Tiandra Ponteen Saint Kitts and Nevis 51 17 q5 4 Geisa Coutinho Brazil 52 186 5 Makelesi Bulikiobo Fiji 53 587 6 Salamtou Hassane Niger 1 03 28 NRSemifinals Edit Qualification rule The first two finishers in each heat Q plus the next two fastest overall runners q moved on to the final 5 Semifinal 1 Edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 4 Ana Guevara Mexico 50 15 Q2 3 Christine Amertil Bahamas 50 17 Q PB3 5 Sanya Richards United States 50 54 q4 1 Christine Ohuruogu Great Britain 51 005 2 Tiandra Ponteen Saint Kitts and Nevis 51 336 6 Sviatlana Usovich Belarus 51 427 7 Hazel Ann Regis Grenada 51 478 8 Egle Uljas Estonia 53 13Semifinal 2 Edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 4 Tonique Williams Darling Bahamas 50 00 Q2 5 DeeDee Trotter United States 50 14 Q PB3 3 Natalya Nazarova Russia 50 63 q4 1 Fatou Bintou Fall Senegal 51 215 8 Kaltouma Nadjina Chad 51 576 2 Estie Wittstock South Africa 51 777 6 Donna Fraser Great Britain 51 948 7 Grazyna Prokopek Poland 51 96Semifinal 3 Edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes1 5 Monique Hennagan United States 49 88 Q2 4 Natalya Antyukh Russia 50 04 Q3 1 Novlene Williams Jamaica 50 854 6 Mariyana Dimitrova Bulgaria 51 20 PB5 7 Aliann Pompey Guyana 51 616 2 Antonina Yefremova Ukraine 51 907 8 Mireille Nguimgo Cameroon 52 218 3 Lee McConnell Great Britain 52 63Final Edit 6 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 4 Tonique Williams Darling Bahamas 49 42 3 Ana Guevara Mexico 49 56 SB 6 Natalya Antyukh Russia 49 894 5 Monique Hennagan United States 49 975 1 DeeDee Trotter United States 50 00 PB6 2 Sanya Richards United States 50 197 8 Christine Amertil Bahamas 50 378 7 Natalya Nazarova Russia 50 65References Edit Athletics at the 2004 Athens Summer Games Women s 400 metres sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 8 August 2017 Tonique Williams Darling Wins Gold Medal The Bahamas Post 24 August 2004 Archived from the original on 26 April 2014 Retrieved 9 October 2015 Williams claims 400m gold BBC Sport 24 August 2004 Retrieved 13 October 2015 IAAF Athens 2004 Women s 400m Heats Athens 2004 IAAF Retrieved 12 October 2015 IAAF Athens 2004 Women s 400m Semifinals Athens 2004 IAAF Retrieved 12 October 2015 IAAF Athens 2004 Women s 400m Final Athens 2004 IAAF Retrieved 12 October 2015 External links EditIAAF Athens 2004 Olympic Coverage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics Women 27s 400 metres amp oldid 1126641799, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
