Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

These are the official results of the Women's 400m Hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There were 30 competitors.[1]

Women's 400 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueCentennial Olympic Stadium
Dates28 July 1996 (heats)
29 July 1996 (semi-finals)
31 July 1996 (final)
Competitors29 from 22 nations
Winning time52.82 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Deon Hemmings
 Jamaica
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kim Batten
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tonja Buford-Bailey
 United States
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Results

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Heats

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Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified to the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Deon Hemmings   Jamaica 54.70 Q
2 1 Guðrún Arnardóttir   Iceland 54.88 Q
3 4 Heike Meissner   Germany 55.05 Q
4 4 Susan Smith   Ireland 55.22 Q
5 2 Tonja Buford-Bailey   United States 55.23 Q
6 2 Sally Gunnell   Great Britain 55.29 Q
7 2 Silvia Rieger   Germany 55.33 Q
8 1 Sandra Farmer-Patrick   United States 55.55 Q
9 1 Debbie Parris   Jamaica 55.64 Q
9 2 Rosey Edeh   Canada 55.64 q
11 1 Michèle Schenk   Switzerland 55.70 q
12 1 Tatyana Ledovskaya   Belarus 55.82 q
13 3 Kim Batten   United States 54.92 Q
14 4 Ionela Târlea   Romania 55.42 q
15 3 Tetyana Tereshchuk   Ukraine 55.82 Q
16 3 Ann Mercken   Belgium 55.88 Q
17 2 Natalya Torshina   Kazakhstan 55.94
18 4 Lana Jēkabsone   Latvia 56.18
19 3 Anna Knoroz   Russia 56.21
20 3 Catherine Scott-Pomales   Jamaica 56.21
21 2 Martina Stoop   Switzerland 56.32
22 2 Miriam Alonso   Spain 56.53
23 2 Lade Akinremi   Nigeria 56.83
24 4 Nelli Voronkova   Belarus 56.97
25 3 Karen van der Veen   South Africa 57.00
26 1 Virna De Angeli   Italy 57.12
27 3 Tanya Kurochkina   Belarus 57.28
28 4 Eva Paniagua   Spain 58.10
29 1 Mary-Estelle Kapalu   Vanuatu 58.68
30 1 Hsu Pei-chin   Chinese Taipei 58.80

Semifinals

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Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly to the final.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 3 Deon Hemmings   Jamaica 52.99 Q
2 1 6 Tonja Buford-Bailey   United States 53.38 Q
3 2 6 Kim Batten   United States 53.65 Q
4 1 4 Heike Meissner   Germany 54.27 Q
4 2 7 Silvia Rieger   Germany 54.27 Q
6 1 2 Ionela Târlea   Romania 54.41 Q
7 2 2 Rosey Edeh   Canada 54.49 Q
8 2 1 Debbie Parris   Jamaica 54.72 Q
9 2 5 Sandra Farmer-Patrick   United States 54.73
10 2 4 Guðrún Arnardóttir   Iceland 54.81
11 1 8 Susan Smith   Ireland 54.93
12 1 1 Ann Mercken   Belgium 54.95
13 1 7 Tatyana Ledovskaya   Belarus 54.99
41 1 5 Tetyana Tereshchuk   Ukraine 55.34
15 2 8 Michèle Schenk   Switzerland 55.96
2 3 Sally Gunnell   Great Britain DNF

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Deon Hemmings   Jamaica 52.82 OR
  2 Kim Batten   United States 53.08
  4 Tonja Buford-Bailey   United States 53.22
4 2 Debbie Parris   Jamaica 53.97
5 1 Heike Meissner   Germany 54.03
6 7 Rosey Edeh   Canada 54.39
7 8 Ionela Târlea   Romania 54.40
8 3 Silvia Rieger   Germany 54.57

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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