2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
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The Women's 400 metres event at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships
2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Budapest Arena, Hungary between March 5 and March 7, 2004...

 was held on March 5–6.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Natalya Nazarova
Natalya Nazarova
Natalya Viktorovna Nazarova is a sprint athlete.She was born in Moscow.Following a personal best time of 49.65 seconds run a fortnight earlier, Natalya had lost form by the start of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and only just made the final finishing 8th...


Olesya Forsheva
Olesya Forsheva
Olesya Aleksandrovna Forsheva is a Russian athlete.She was born in Nizhny Tagil and is married to Dmitriy Forshev.Specializing in the 400 metres, she won a silver medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships...


Tonique Williams-Darling
Tonique Williams-Darling
Tonique Williams-Darling is a Bahamian sprint athlete. She won the gold medal in the 400 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-College:...



Heat

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Tonique Williams-Darling
Tonique Williams-Darling
Tonique Williams-Darling is a Bahamian sprint athlete. She won the gold medal in the 400 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-College:...

 
51.76 Q, PB
2 Fani Chalkia  51.77 Q, NR
Greek records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Greece maintained by Greece's national athletics federation: Association Hellenique d'Athlétisme Amateur .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not officially ratified by IAAF...

4 Natalya Nazarova
Natalya Nazarova
Natalya Viktorovna Nazarova is a sprint athlete.She was born in Moscow.Following a personal best time of 49.65 seconds run a fortnight earlier, Natalya had lost form by the start of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and only just made the final finishing 8th...

 
51.77 Q
1 Ionela Târlea  52.00 Q
3 Olesya Forsheva
Olesya Forsheva
Olesya Aleksandrovna Forsheva is a Russian athlete.She was born in Nizhny Tagil and is married to Dmitriy Forshev.Specializing in the 400 metres, she won a silver medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships...

 
52.17 Q
2 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 52.18 Q, SB
2 Sviatlana Usovich
Sviatlana Usovich
Sviatlana Usovich is a Belarusian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...

 
52.19 q
1 Helen Karagounis   United Kingdom 52.66 q, PB
3 Julian Clay  53.04 Q
10 4 Hrisoula Goudenoudi  53.09 Q
11 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:...

 
53.16 q
12 2 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...

 
53.17 q
13 3 Ronetta Smith
Ronetta Smith
Ronetta Smith is a Jamaican sprinter.A 400m runner with a personal best of 51.23 , Smith has never reached an international final in an individual race. However, she was a part of the Jamaican 4 x 400 meters relay teams that won the bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships and the silver medal...

 
53.39
14 1 Androula Sialou  53.62
15 2 Virginia Johnson  53.71
16 1 Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni  53.72 SB
17 2 Barbara Petráhn  53.78 SB
18 3 Beatrice Dahlgren  53.90
19 1 Joanne Cuddihy
Joanne Cuddihy
Joanne Cuddihy is an Irish sprint athlete. She is the current Irish 400m outdoor women's record holder, having recorded a time of 50.73 seconds at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan - this made her the first Irish woman to have run under 51 seconds at this distance.She won...

 
54.02
20 4 Michelle Burgher
Michelle Burgher
Michelle Burgher is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....

 
54.18
21 3 Roqaya Al-Gassra  54.24 NR
Bahraini records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Bahrain maintained by Bahrain Athletics Association .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not officially ratified by federation-External links:* * *...

22 3 Karen Shinkins  54.37
23 4 Klodiana Shala
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...

 
54.62
24 4 Carmo Tavares  54.79

Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified for the final.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
2 Natalya Nazarova
Natalya Nazarova
Natalya Viktorovna Nazarova is a sprint athlete.She was born in Moscow.Following a personal best time of 49.65 seconds run a fortnight earlier, Natalya had lost form by the start of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and only just made the final finishing 8th...

 
50.91 Q
1 Olesya Forsheva
Olesya Forsheva
Olesya Aleksandrovna Forsheva is a Russian athlete.She was born in Nizhny Tagil and is married to Dmitriy Forshev.Specializing in the 400 metres, she won a silver medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships...

 
51.53 Q
2 Fani Chalkia  51.68 Q, NR
Greek records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Greece maintained by Greece's national athletics federation: Association Hellenique d'Athlétisme Amateur .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not officially ratified by IAAF...

1 Tonique Williams-Darling
Tonique Williams-Darling
Tonique Williams-Darling is a Bahamian sprint athlete. She won the gold medal in the 400 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-College:...

 
51.85 Q
1 Ionela Târlea  51.95 Q
1 Sviatlana Usovich
Sviatlana Usovich
Sviatlana Usovich is a Belarusian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...

 
52.21
2 Julian Clay  52.35 Q, PB
1 Helen Karagounis   United Kingdom 52.53 PB
2 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 52.59
10 2 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:...

 
52.60
11 1 Hrisoula Goudenoudi  52.84
12 2 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...

 
53.22

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Natalya Nazarova
Natalya Nazarova
Natalya Viktorovna Nazarova is a sprint athlete.She was born in Moscow.Following a personal best time of 49.65 seconds run a fortnight earlier, Natalya had lost form by the start of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and only just made the final finishing 8th...

 
50.19 CR
Olesya Forsheva
Olesya Forsheva
Olesya Aleksandrovna Forsheva is a Russian athlete.She was born in Nizhny Tagil and is married to Dmitriy Forshev.Specializing in the 400 metres, she won a silver medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships...

 
50.65 PB
Tonique Williams-Darling
Tonique Williams-Darling
Tonique Williams-Darling is a Bahamian sprint athlete. She won the gold medal in the 400 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-College:...

 
50.87 NR
Bahamian records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Bahamas maintained by Bahamas' national athletics federation: Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not officially ratified...

4 Ionela Târlea  51.58 SB
5 Julian Clay  52.82
6 Fani Chalkia 52.90
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