These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres

400 metres

The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...

event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships

2001 World Championships in Athletics

The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between 3 August and 12 August and was the first time the event had visited North America...

in Edmonton

Edmonton

Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...

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Canada

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Medalists

Gold	Amy Mbacke Thiam Amy Mbacke Thiam Amy Mbacke Thiam is a Senegalese athlete competing in the 400 metres. She has won medals in two World Championships, but at the 2004 Olympics she was knocked out in the heats... Senegal Senegal Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...  (SEN)
Silver	Lorraine Fenton Lorraine Fenton Lorraine Fenton is a retired Jamaican athlete who specialized in the 400 metres.... Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...  (JAM)
Bronze	Ana Guevara Ana Guevara Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza is a now-retired Mexican track and field athlete, specialized in the 400 meters. Her career began in 1996 carrying out diverse tours, participating in her first international competences... Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...  (MEX)

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Grit Breuer Grit Breuer Grit Breuer is a former East German athlete, who competed in the women's 200m, 400m, 4x100m, and 4x400m events....		50.71	Q
	4	Ana Guevara Ana Guevara Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza is a now-retired Mexican track and field athlete, specialized in the 400 meters. Her career began in 1996 carrying out diverse tours, participating in her first international competences...		50.99	Q
	6	Amy Mbacke Thiam Amy Mbacke Thiam Amy Mbacke Thiam is a Senegalese athlete competing in the 400 metres. She has won medals in two World Championships, but at the 2004 Olympics she was knocked out in the heats...		50.99	Q
	6	Mireille Nguimgo Mireille Nguimgo Mireille Nguimgo is a Cameroonian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.She has not competed on top level since the 2004 season.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*200 metres - 23.64 s...		51.09	Q, SB
	4	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Anastasiya Alexandrovna Kapachinskaya is a sprint athlete.At the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 2004 she won the 200 m, but was stripped of the title after testing positive for the banned anabolic steroid stanozolol...		51.12	Q
	5	Monique Hennagan Monique Hennagan Monique Hennagan is an American athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 meters. She won her first relay medal at the 1999 World Indoor Championships and her second in 2003....		51.12	Q, SB
	1	Kaltouma Nadjina Kaltouma Nadjina Kaltouma Nadjina is a Chadian sprinter. Her specialities are the 200 and 400 metres.Born in Bol by a modest family, her sportif career began when she participated in 1993 at Moundou to the National Sport Week...		51.24	Q
	2	Michelle Collins		51.26	Q
	5	Karen Shinkins		51.37	Q, SB
10	1	Demetria Washington Demetria Washington Demetria Washington is an athlete who attended the University of South Carolina, graduating in 2003. She was a member of the US team that won at 2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 400 metres relay. She is known as a "sprinter" and was trained by Curtis Frye.- References :...		51.50	Q
11	3	Olesya Zykina Olesya Zykina Olesya Nikolaevna Zykina is a Russian athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.-Achievements:...		51.56	Q
12	1	Sandie Richards Sandie Richards Alexandra Richards is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....		51.71	Q
13	4	Florence Ekpo-Umoh Florence Ekpo-Umoh Florence Ekpo-Umoh is a Nigerian-German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.She last competed for her birth country Nigeria at the 1994 World Junior Championships. She defected to Germany in 1995 during a training camp there, married her German trainer in 1998 and received German...		51.77	Q
14	1	Natallia Solohub Natallia Solohub Natallia Solohub, sometimes spelt Sologub , is a Belarusian sprinter.She has won silver medals in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 and 2006 World Indoor Championships, and a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships.At the 2001 World Championships she failed a drugs test...		51.78	q
14	6	Heide Seyerling		51.78	Q
16	3	Falilat Ogunkoya Falilat Ogunkoya Falilat Ogunkoya is a Nigerian athlete.Ogunkoya has won a number of national championships, including a gold medal in 1996 in the 400 metres, gold in the 200 metres and 400 m in 1998, and gold again in 1999 and 2001 in the 400 m. At the 1987 All Africa Games in Kenya she won the silver medal in...		51.79	Q
17	2	Lorraine Fenton Lorraine Fenton Lorraine Fenton is a retired Jamaican athlete who specialized in the 400 metres....		51.80	Q
18	4	Grażyna Prokopek Grazyna Prokopek Grażyna Prokopek is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres and 4x400 m relay.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 11.67 s *200 metres - 23.22 s *400 metres - 51.29 s -External links:...		51.92	q, PB
19	5	Donna Fraser Donna Fraser Donna Karen Fraser in Thornton Heath, Croydon is an English athlete who mainly competed in the 200 and 400 metres.-Career:...	United Kingdom	52.02	q, SB
20	2	Claudia Marx Claudia Marx Claudia Marx, born September 16, 1978, in Berlin, is a German sprint athlete. She runs in the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles . She also competes in the German team in the 4 by 400 metres relay. She won the 400 metres at the national championships in 2003 in the and National Indoor...		52.03	Q
21	4	K. Mathews Beenamol		52.17	q, SB
22	5	Aliann Pompey Aliann Pompey Aliann Pompey is a Guyanese sprinter who specializes in the 400 meters.Aliann graduated from Cohoes High School and received her bachelor's degree from Manhattan College in 1999....		52.20	q
23	6	K.V.Damayanthi Dharsha		52.21	q
24	2	Otilia Ruicu		52.33
25	1	Anna Kozak Anna Kozak Anna Kozak is a Belarusian sprinter.Together with Natallia Solohub, Ilona Usovich and Svetlana Usovich she won a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships. For the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships, the Belarusian team had substituted Svetlana Usovich with...		52.35	Q
26	6	LaDonna Antoine		52.38
27	3	Catherine Murphy Catherine Murphy (athlete) Catherine Ann Murphy is a Welsh athlete who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece in the 4X400m relay.Born in Sheffield, she lives in London.Catherine announced her retirement from athletics on 28 April 2006....	United Kingdom	52.40
28	3	Francine Landre Francine Landre Francine Landre is a French athlete who specialises in the 400 meters. Landre competed in the women's 4 x 400 meter relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics.- References :...		52.57
28	5	Jane Arnott		52.57	SB
30	5	Natalya Antyukh Natalya Antyukh Natalya Nikolayevna Antyukh is a Russian athlete who primarily competed in the 400 metres and 400 metre hurdles.In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics....		52.71
31	2	Foy Williams		52.92
32	1	Zana Minina	Lithuania	52.98
33	3	Christine Amertil Christine Amertil Christine Amertil is a Bahamian athlete competing mainly in the 400 metres. She graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University.- Achievements :*2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships - bronze medal...		53.07
34	6	Allison Beckford Allison Beckford Allison J. Beckford Allison J. Beckford Allison J. Beckford (born May 8, 1979 in Westmorland is a Jamaican. She attended Manning's High school in Savanna-La-Mar, Westmoreland Jamaica. Where she was one of the star athletes coached by Howard Daugharty. She was also academically astute passing...		53.08
35	6	Jitka Burianova		53.29
36	4	Nova Peris		53.55
37	2	Mariado Carmo Tavares		54.08
38	3	Julia Alba Julia Alba Julia María Alba Alarcó is a retired Spanish sprinter.Alba was born in Seville. She finished ninth in the 200 metres in the 2002 IAAF World Cup, and competed at the 1999 World Championships without reaching the final...		54.73
39	4	Tsvetelina Kirilova Tsvetelina Kirilova Tsvetelina Kirilova is a Bulgarian athlete who competes in the 400 metres, the 800 metres and the 400m hurdles. Her personal bests are 51.63 in the 400 metres achieved at Ankara on May 22 1999, 1:59.63 in the 800 metres achieved at Luzern on June 27 2001 and the 55.22 in the 400 metres hurdles...		54.82
40	1	Greta Taslakian		57.06	PB
41	3	Mereoni Raluve		58.03
42	2	Gladys Mateyo		59.30

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Klodiana Shala

Klodiana Shala is one of Albania's most popular athletes. She is a track and field athlete, and competes in the 200m and 400m sprints, where her best times are 24.34s and 53.87s, respectively. She was the bearer of the Flag of Albania in the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics...

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Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Amy Mbacke Thiam Amy Mbacke Thiam Amy Mbacke Thiam is a Senegalese athlete competing in the 400 metres. She has won medals in two World Championships, but at the 2004 Olympics she was knocked out in the heats...		50.21	Q, NR Senegalese records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Senegal maintained by its national athletics federation: Fédération Sénégalaise d'Athlétisme .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:A = affected by altitudeht = hand timing-External links:* *...
	1	Grit Breuer Grit Breuer Grit Breuer is a former East German athlete, who competed in the women's 200m, 400m, 4x100m, and 4x400m events....		50.32	Q
	2	Kaltouma Nadjina Kaltouma Nadjina Kaltouma Nadjina is a Chadian sprinter. Her specialities are the 200 and 400 metres.Born in Bol by a modest family, her sportif career began when she participated in 1993 at Moundou to the National Sport Week...		50.38	Q, NR Chadian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Chad maintained by Chad's national athletics federation: Federation Tchadienne d'Athletisme .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing-External links:...
	2	Falilat Ogunkoya Falilat Ogunkoya Falilat Ogunkoya is a Nigerian athlete.Ogunkoya has won a number of national championships, including a gold medal in 1996 in the 400 metres, gold in the 200 metres and 400 m in 1998, and gold again in 1999 and 2001 in the 400 m. At the 1987 All Africa Games in Kenya she won the silver medal in...		50.50	q, SB
	3	Ana Guevara Ana Guevara Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza is a now-retired Mexican track and field athlete, specialized in the 400 meters. Her career began in 1996 carrying out diverse tours, participating in her first international competences...		50.58	Q
	1	Olesya Zykina Olesya Zykina Olesya Nikolaevna Zykina is a Russian athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.-Achievements:...		50.59	Q
	3	Lorraine Fenton Lorraine Fenton Lorraine Fenton is a retired Jamaican athlete who specialized in the 400 metres....		50.61	Q, SB
	1	Mireille Nguimgo Mireille Nguimgo Mireille Nguimgo is a Cameroonian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.She has not competed on top level since the 2004 season.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*200 metres - 23.64 s...		50.71	q, SB
	2	Heide Seyerling		50.87
10	2	Monique Hennagan Monique Hennagan Monique Hennagan is an American athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 meters. She won her first relay medal at the 1999 World Indoor Championships and her second in 2003....		50.98	SB
11	3	Michelle Collins		51.22
12	1	Demetria Washington Demetria Washington Demetria Washington is an athlete who attended the University of South Carolina, graduating in 2003. She was a member of the US team that won at 2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 400 metres relay. She is known as a "sprinter" and was trained by Curtis Frye.- References :...		51.26	PB
13	2	Sandie Richards Sandie Richards Alexandra Richards is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....		51.40
14	3	Florence Ekpo-Umoh Florence Ekpo-Umoh Florence Ekpo-Umoh is a Nigerian-German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.She last competed for her birth country Nigeria at the 1994 World Junior Championships. She defected to Germany in 1995 during a training camp there, married her German trainer in 1998 and received German...		51.47
15	1	Karen Shinkins		51.66
16	3	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Anastasiya Alexandrovna Kapachinskaya is a sprint athlete.At the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 2004 she won the 200 m, but was stripped of the title after testing positive for the banned anabolic steroid stanozolol...		51.68
17	2	Claudia Marx Claudia Marx Claudia Marx, born September 16, 1978, in Berlin, is a German sprint athlete. She runs in the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles . She also competes in the German team in the 4 by 400 metres relay. She won the 400 metres at the national championships in 2003 in the and National Indoor...		51.75
18	3	Donna Fraser Donna Fraser Donna Karen Fraser in Thornton Heath, Croydon is an English athlete who mainly competed in the 200 and 400 metres.-Career:...	United Kingdom	51.77	SB
19	1	K.V.Damayanthi Dharsha		51.83	SB
20	3	Aliann Pompey Aliann Pompey Aliann Pompey is a Guyanese sprinter who specializes in the 400 meters.Aliann graduated from Cohoes High School and received her bachelor's degree from Manhattan College in 1999....		51.96	PB
21	3	Anna Kozak Anna Kozak Anna Kozak is a Belarusian sprinter.Together with Natallia Solohub, Ilona Usovich and Svetlana Usovich she won a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships. For the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships, the Belarusian team had substituted Svetlana Usovich with...		52.13
22	1	Grażyna Prokopek Grazyna Prokopek Grażyna Prokopek is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres and 4x400 m relay.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 11.67 s *200 metres - 23.22 s *400 metres - 51.29 s -External links:...		52.28
23	2	K. Mathews Beenamol		52.68

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Natallia Solohub

Natallia Solohub, sometimes spelt Sologub , is a Belarusian sprinter.She has won silver medals in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 and 2006 World Indoor Championships, and a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships.At the 2001 World Championships she failed a drugs test...

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Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Amy Mbacke Thiam Amy Mbacke Thiam Amy Mbacke Thiam is a Senegalese athlete competing in the 400 metres. She has won medals in two World Championships, but at the 2004 Olympics she was knocked out in the heats...		49.86	NR Senegalese records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Senegal maintained by its national athletics federation: Fédération Sénégalaise d'Athlétisme .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:A = affected by altitudeht = hand timing-External links:* *...
	7	Lorraine Fenton Lorraine Fenton Lorraine Fenton is a retired Jamaican athlete who specialized in the 400 metres....		49.88	SB
	3	Ana Guevara Ana Guevara Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza is a now-retired Mexican track and field athlete, specialized in the 400 meters. Her career began in 1996 carrying out diverse tours, participating in her first international competences...		49.97	SB
4	5	Grit Breuer Grit Breuer Grit Breuer is a former East German athlete, who competed in the women's 200m, 400m, 4x100m, and 4x400m events....		50.49
5	6	Kaltouma Nadjina Kaltouma Nadjina Kaltouma Nadjina is a Chadian sprinter. Her specialities are the 200 and 400 metres.Born in Bol by a modest family, her sportif career began when she participated in 1993 at Moundou to the National Sport Week...		50.80
6	2	Olesya Zykina Olesya Zykina Olesya Nikolaevna Zykina is a Russian athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.-Achievements:...		50.93
7	1	Mireille Nguimgo Mireille Nguimgo Mireille Nguimgo is a Cameroonian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.She has not competed on top level since the 2004 season.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*200 metres - 23.64 s...		51.97

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Falilat Ogunkoya

Falilat Ogunkoya is a Nigerian athlete.Ogunkoya has won a number of national championships, including a gold medal in 1996 in the 400 metres, gold in the 200 metres and 400 m in 1998, and gold again in 1999 and 2001 in the 400 m. At the 1987 All Africa Games in Kenya she won the silver medal in...

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