Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place between July 22nd and 23rd at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Jennifer Padilla of Colombia.

Women's 400 metres at the 2015 Pan American Games
Venue	CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium
Dates	July 22 – July 23
Competitors	15 from 10 nations
Winning time	51.27
Medalists
Kendall Baisden   United States   Shakima Wimbley   United States   Kineke Alexander   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record	Marita Koch (GDR)	47.60	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
Pan American Games record	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	49.61	Havana, Cuba	August 5, 1991

Qualification

Main article: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (52.94) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
July 22, 2015	10:30	Semifinals
July 23, 2015	19:10	Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Kendall Baisden	United States	51.81	Q
2	2	Kineke Alexander	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	52.24	Q
3	1	Shakima Wimbley	United States	52.28	Q
4	1	Geisa Coutinho	Brazil	52.46	Q
5	2	Chrisann Gordon	Jamaica	52.47	Q
6	1	Daisurami Bonne	Cuba	52.90	Q, SB
7	1	Anastasia Le-Roy	Jamaica	53.13	q
8	2	Lisneidy Veitia	Cuba	53.59	q
9	2	Taylor Sharpe	Canada	53.82
10	2	Nercely Soto	Venezuela	54.24	SB
11	1	Audrey Jean-Baptiste	Canada	54.27
12	1	Lanece Clarke	Bahamas	54.33
13	1	Janeil Bellille	Trinidad and Tobago	54.41
	2	Joelma Sousa	Brazil	DNF
	1	Marlena Wesh	Haiti	DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kendall Baisden	United States	51.27
	Shakima Wimbley	United States	51.36
	Kineke Alexander	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	51.50
4	Chrisann Gordon	Jamaica	51.75
5	Anastasia Le-Roy	Jamaica	52.05
6	Geisa Coutinho	Brazil	52.05
7	Daisurami Bonne	Cuba	52.28	SB
8	Lisneidy Veitia	Cuba	52.44	SB

References

1. (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
2. (PDF). americasathletics.org. TO2015. 11 January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.