Women 400m Hurdles Athletics XXVI Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 1996 - Wednesday, 31st July - Gold Medal: Deon Hemmings, Jamaica
FinaltimeL
1. Deon HemmingsJAMJAM Jamaica52.82s5
2. Kim BattenUSAUSA United States53.08s6
3. Tonja Buford-BaileyUSAUSA United States53.22s4
4. Debbie ParrisJAMJAM Jamaica53.97s2
5. Heike MeissnerGERGER Germany54.03s1
6. Rosey EdehCANCAN Canada54.39s7
7. Ionela TirleaROUROU Romania54.40s8
8. Silvia RiegerGERGER Germany54.57s3

world Women 400m Hurdles History

Venue: Centennial Olympic Stadium.
29 competitors from 21 nations.
RoundHAthlDate
Semi-Finals216
Heats430
Four runners clocked times quicker than 55 seconds yet failed to make the final, the fastest and most surprising of whom was Sandra Farmer- Patrick. The American ran 54.72 but was hindered by hamstring problems, while defending champion Gunnell failed to finish in the same race. Farmer-Patrick was later disqualified after it was revealed she had failed a drugs test at the 1996 US Olympic Trials. Hemmings was fastest in both preliminary rounds with 54.70 followed by a lifetime best Olympic record of 52.99, but World Champion and record holder Batten remained the favourite.
Tîrlea started fastest in the final, reaching the first hurdle in 6.25 seconds, 0.07 ahead of Hemmings, but the Jamaican was ahead by the second hurdle. Buford-Bailey, in the lane inside Hemmings, quickly closed her down, then stayed ahead until the eighth hurdle. At that point the two were together, with Batten 2m behind, and Parris and Meisner a further 6m back. Hemmings’ lead at the last hurdle was 0.07 over Batten, but she easily beat her on the run-in to clock 52.82 – another Olympic record, and fifth-fastest ever.

Semi-Finals

First 4 from each of 2 Semis advanced to Final.
Semi 1timeL
1. Deon HemmingsJAMJAM52.99s3
2. Tonja Buford-BaileyUSAUSA53.38s6
3. Heike MeissnerGERGER54.27s4
4. Ionela TirleaROUROU54.41s2
5. Susan SmithIRLIRL54.93s8
6. Ann MerckenBELBEL54.95s1
7. Tanya LedovskayaBLRBLR54.99s7
8. Tetyana TereshchukUKRUKR55.34s5
Semi 2timeL
1. Kim BattenUSAUSA53.65s6
2. Silvia RiegerGERGER54.27s7
3. Rosey EdehCANCAN54.49s2
4. Debbie ParrisJAMJAM54.72s1
5. Sandra Farmer-PatrickUSAUSA54.73s5
6. Gudrun ArnardottirISLISL54.81s4
7. Michele SchenkSUISUI55.96s8
-. Sally GunnellGBRGBRDNF3

Heats

First 3 from each of 4 Heats and Best 4 times advanced to Semi-Finals.
Heat 1timeL
1. Gudrun ArnardottirISLISL54.88s1
2. Sandra Farmer-PatrickUSAUSA55.55s7
3. Debbie ParrisJAMJAM55.64s2
4. Michele SchenkSUISUI55.70s8
5. Tanya LedovskayaBLRBLR55.82s5
6. Virna de AngeliITAITA57.12s4
7. Mary Estelle KapaluVANVAN58.68s6
8. Pei-Chin HSUTPETPE58.80s3
Heat 2timeL
1. Tonja Buford-BaileyUSAUSA55.23s2
2. Sally GunnellGBRGBR55.29s8
3. Silvia RiegerGERGER55.33s3
4. Rosey EdehCANCAN55.64s7
5. Natalia TorchinaKAZKAZ55.94s4
6. Martina StoopSUISUI56.32s6
7. Miriam AlonsoESPESP56.53s5
8. Lade AkinremiNGRNGR56.83s1
Heat 3timeL
1. Kim BattenUSAUSA54.92s7
2. Tetyana TereshchukUKRUKR55.82s2
3. Ann MerckenBELBEL55.88s3
4. Anna KnorozRUSRUS56.21s4
5. Catherine Scott-PomalesJAMJAM56.21s8
6. Karen van der VeenRSARSA57.00s6
7. Tanya KurochkinaBLRBLR57.28s5
Heat 4timeL
1. Deon HemmingsJAMJAM54.70s8
2. Heike MeissnerGERGER55.05s5
3. Susan SmithIRLIRL55.22s2
4. Ionela TirleaROUROU55.42s3
5. Lana JekabsoneLATLAT56.18s4
6. Nelli VoronkovaBLRBLR56.97s7
7. Eva PaniaguaESPESP58.10s6
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