2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
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The women's 400 metres hurdles
event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics
was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium
on August 10, 11 and 13.
Q denotes qualification by place.
q denotes qualification by time.
DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
AR denotes area record
NR denotes national record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes season's best.
400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...
event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics
2005 World Championships in Athletics
The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland , the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983. One theme of the 2005 championships was paralympic sports, some of...
was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Helsinki Olympic Stadium
The Helsinki Olympic Stadium , located in the Töölö district about from the center of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country, nowadays mainly used for hosting sports events and big concerts. The stadium is best known for being the center of activities in the 1952...
on August 10, 11 and 13.
Medalists
Gold | Yuliya Pechonkina Yuliya Pechonkina Yuliya Sergeyevna Pechonkina, née Nosova is a Russian former athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles and 4 x 400 metres relay.... Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... (RUS) |
Silver | Lashinda Demus Lashinda Demus Lashinda Demus is an American hurdler who specialises in the 400 meter hurdles.Her personal best time over 400m hurdles is 52.47 seconds in Daegu, South Korea on September 1, 2011, which is currently the women's 3rd fastest time ever. Also she is the American Record holder in 400m Hurdles... United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... (USA) |
Bronze | Sandra Glover Sandra Glover Sandra Glover is an African American athlete competing in the 400 metres hurdles.-Achievements:*Four-time U.S... United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... (USA) |
Results
All times shown are in seconds.Q denotes qualification by place.
q denotes qualification by time.
DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
AR denotes area record
NR denotes national record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes season's best.
Heat 1
- Yuliya PechonkinaYuliya PechonkinaYuliya Sergeyevna Pechonkina, née Nosova is a Russian former athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles and 4 x 400 metres relay....
53.77 Q - Małgorzata PskitMałgorzata PskitMałgorzata Pskit is a retired Polish athlete specializing in the 400 metres hurdles.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Outdoor*200m 24.86*400m 53.10 *400m hurdles 54.75 *800m 2:04.88Indoor...
55.72 Q - Hristina Hantzi-Neag 56.15 Q (PB)
- Andrea BlackettAndrea BlackettAndrea Blackett is a Barbadian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles. She is also an assistant women's track coach at her alma mater, Rice University.-Education:...
56.32 Q - Claudia MarxClaudia MarxClaudia 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...
56.60 q - Nicola SandersNicola SandersNicola Clare Sanders is a British sprinter and hurdler.-Early achievements:Nicola won a bronze medal in the 1999 European Athletics Junior Championships in Riga at 400 m hurdles. That same year she was 4th in the 400 m hurdles at the World Youth Championships...
56.83 q - Noraseela Mohd KhalidNoraseela Mohd KhalidNoraseela Mohd Khalid is a Malaysian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles. Her personal best is 56.02 seconds, achieved in June 2006 in Regensburg....
57.58
Heat 2
- Anna JesieńAnna JesienAnna Jesień, née Olichwierczuk is a Polish hurdler.She won the bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich...
55.79 Q - Benedetta CeccarelliBenedetta CeccarelliBenedetta Ceccarelli is an Italian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles. Her personal best time is 54.79 seconds, achieved in August 2005 in Rieti.-Achievements:-External links:...
56.00 Q - Louise Gundert 56.53 Q
- Tawa Dortch 56.54 Q
- Shevon StoddartShevon StoddartShevon Stoddart is a Jamaican hurdler.She won the bronze medal at the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships and finished fifth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games...
56.55 q - Jessica AguileraJessica AguileraJessica Aguilera is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Nicaragua.Aguilera represented Nicaragua at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed eighth in her heat without advancing to the second round. She ran the distance in...
1:04.43 (PB) Xing Wang DSQ
Heat 3
- Sandra GloverSandra GloverSandra Glover is an African American athlete competing in the 400 metres hurdles.-Achievements:*Four-time U.S...
55.31 Q - Surita FebbraioSurita FebbraioSurita Febbraio is a South African hurdler.She won a silver medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg, finished eighth at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, won the 2004 African Championships in Brazzaville and finished eighth at the 2005 World Athletics Final in Monaco.Her personal...
55.89 Q - Marta Chrust-RożejMarta Chrust-RozejMarta Chrust-Rożej is a Polish athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles and 4x400 m relay.-Achievements:-Personal bests:* 200 metres - 24.17 s * 400 metres - 53.77 s...
56.35 Q - Zuzana HejnováZuzana HejnováZuzana Hejnová is a Czech athlete. She competes in the 100 metres, the 100 metres hurdles, the 400 metres and the 400m hurdles and often the heptathlon, particularly as a junior.-Junior:...
56.86 Q - Cora Olivero 56.96 q
- Natalya Torshina-AlimzhanovaNatalya Torshina-AlimzhanovaNatalya Torshina-Alimzhanova is a Kazakhstani athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles. Her personal best time is 54.50 seconds, achieved in May 2000 in Vila Real de Santo António.-Achievements:...
58.26 - Salhate Djamaldine 1:00.33
Heat 4
- Lashinda DemusLashinda DemusLashinda Demus is an American hurdler who specialises in the 400 meter hurdles.Her personal best time over 400m hurdles is 52.47 seconds in Daegu, South Korea on September 1, 2011, which is currently the women's 3rd fastest time ever. Also she is the American Record holder in 400m Hurdles...
56.63 Q - Marjolein de JongMarjolein de JongMarjolein Elisabeth de Jong is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992....
56.95 Q - Oksana Gulumyan 57.21 Q
- Debbie-Ann Parris-ThymesDebbie-Ann Parris-ThymesDebbie-Ann Parris-Thymes is a Jamaican athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres hurdles event. She finished 4th in the 1996 Summer Olympics. She has also won medals in relay.-Achievements:-External links:...
58.27 Q - Josanne LucasJosanne LucasJosanne Lucas is a track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles.Born in Scarborough, Tobago, Lucas' first success was a win at the national championships in the 400 metres in 2005, but she focused on hurdling instead...
58.99 - Aïssata SoulamaAïssata SoulamaAïssata Soulama is a Burkinabé athlete who specialises in the 400m hurdles.She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, in the 400 metre hurdles, where she marginally qualified for the second round, being the slowest of the qualifiers with a time of 56.37 seconds.- External links :*...
59.28 - Ilona Ranta 59.42
Heat 5
- Tetiana Tereschuk-AntipovaTetiana Tereschuk-AntipovaTetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova is a female Ukrainian 400 m hurdler.She won bronze at the 2004 Olympic Games, silver at the 1998 European Championships and bronze at the 2006 European Championships....
56.16 Q - Xiaoxiao Huang 56.56 Q
- Monika NiederstätterMonika NiederstätterMonika Niederstätter is a 400 m hurdler.Her best achievement is a fourth place at the 2002 European Athletics Championships. Her personal best time of 55.10s was set on 22 August 1999 at the World Championships in Seville, Spain.-References:...
57.18 Q - Shauna Smith 58.33 Q
- Vania StambolovaVania StambolovaVania Stambolova is a Bulgarian athlete. She competes in the 400 metres hurdles and the 400 metres event. At the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships she won a silver medal over 400 metres...
58.99 Yevgeniya IsakovaYevgeniya IsakovaYevgeniya Isakova is a Russian hurdler.She won the gold medal in the 400m hurdles final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.-External links:...
DNS Thi Nu Nguyen DNS
Heat 1
- Anna JesieńAnna JesienAnna Jesień, née Olichwierczuk is a Polish hurdler.She won the bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich...
54.34 Q - Xiaoxiao Huang 54.34 Q (PB)
- Andrea BlackettAndrea BlackettAndrea Blackett is a Barbadian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles. She is also an assistant women's track coach at her alma mater, Rice University.-Education:...
55.79 q (SB) - Tetiana Tereschuk-AntipovaTetiana Tereschuk-AntipovaTetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova is a female Ukrainian 400 m hurdler.She won bronze at the 2004 Olympic Games, silver at the 1998 European Championships and bronze at the 2006 European Championships....
55.13 q (SB) - Claudia MarxClaudia MarxClaudia 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...
55.64 - Marjolein de JongMarjolein de JongMarjolein Elisabeth de Jong is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992....
55.92 - Shauna Smith 55.97
- Monika NiederstätterMonika NiederstätterMonika Niederstätter is a 400 m hurdler.Her best achievement is a fourth place at the 2002 European Athletics Championships. Her personal best time of 55.10s was set on 22 August 1999 at the World Championships in Seville, Spain.-References:...
56.14
Heat 2
- Sandra GloverSandra GloverSandra Glover is an African American athlete competing in the 400 metres hurdles.-Achievements:*Four-time U.S...
54.16 Q - Małgorzata PskitMałgorzata PskitMałgorzata Pskit is a retired Polish athlete specializing in the 400 metres hurdles.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Outdoor*200m 24.86*400m 53.10 *400m hurdles 54.75 *800m 2:04.88Indoor...
55.20 Q - Benedetta CeccarelliBenedetta CeccarelliBenedetta Ceccarelli is an Italian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles. Her personal best time is 54.79 seconds, achieved in August 2005 in Rieti.-Achievements:-External links:...
55.41 (SB) - Tawa Dortch 55.58 (PB)
- Oksana Gulumyan 56.12
- Shevon StoddartShevon StoddartShevon Stoddart is a Jamaican hurdler.She won the bronze medal at the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships and finished fifth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games...
56.49 - Hristina Hantzi-Neag 57.11 Nicola SandersNicola SandersNicola Clare Sanders is a British sprinter and hurdler.-Early achievements:Nicola won a bronze medal in the 1999 European Athletics Junior Championships in Riga at 400 m hurdles. That same year she was 4th in the 400 m hurdles at the World Youth Championships...
DSQ
Heat 3
- Yuliya PechonkinaYuliya PechonkinaYuliya Sergeyevna Pechonkina, née Nosova is a Russian former athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles and 4 x 400 metres relay....
53.86 Q - Lashinda DemusLashinda DemusLashinda Demus is an American hurdler who specialises in the 400 meter hurdles.Her personal best time over 400m hurdles is 52.47 seconds in Daegu, South Korea on September 1, 2011, which is currently the women's 3rd fastest time ever. Also she is the American Record holder in 400m Hurdles...
55.00 Q - Surita FebbraioSurita FebbraioSurita Febbraio is a South African hurdler.She won a silver medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg, finished eighth at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, won the 2004 African Championships in Brazzaville and finished eighth at the 2005 World Athletics Final in Monaco.Her personal...
55.74 - Debbie-Ann Parris-ThymesDebbie-Ann Parris-ThymesDebbie-Ann Parris-Thymes is a Jamaican athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres hurdles event. She finished 4th in the 1996 Summer Olympics. She has also won medals in relay.-Achievements:-External links:...
55.96 - Cora Olivero 56.47
- Marta Chrust-RożejMarta Chrust-RozejMarta Chrust-Rożej is a Polish athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles and 4x400 m relay.-Achievements:-Personal bests:* 200 metres - 24.17 s * 400 metres - 53.77 s...
56.80 - Zuzana HejnováZuzana HejnováZuzana Hejnová is a Czech athlete. She competes in the 100 metres, the 100 metres hurdles, the 400 metres and the 400m hurdles and often the heptathlon, particularly as a junior.-Junior:...
57.29 Louise Gundert DSQ
Final
August 13- Yuliya PechonkinaYuliya PechonkinaYuliya Sergeyevna Pechonkina, née Nosova is a Russian former athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles and 4 x 400 metres relay....
52.90 (WL) - Lashinda DemusLashinda DemusLashinda Demus is an American hurdler who specialises in the 400 meter hurdles.Her personal best time over 400m hurdles is 52.47 seconds in Daegu, South Korea on September 1, 2011, which is currently the women's 3rd fastest time ever. Also she is the American Record holder in 400m Hurdles...
53.27 (PB) - Sandra GloverSandra GloverSandra Glover is an African American athlete competing in the 400 metres hurdles.-Achievements:*Four-time U.S...
53.32 (PB) - Anna JesieńAnna JesienAnna Jesień, née Olichwierczuk is a Polish hurdler.She won the bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich...
54.17 - Xiaoxiao Huang 54.47
- Andrea BlackettAndrea BlackettAndrea Blackett is a Barbadian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles. She is also an assistant women's track coach at her alma mater, Rice University.-Education:...
55.06 - Tetiana Tereschuk-AntipovaTetiana Tereschuk-AntipovaTetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova is a female Ukrainian 400 m hurdler.She won bronze at the 2004 Olympic Games, silver at the 1998 European Championships and bronze at the 2006 European Championships....
55.09 (SB) - Małgorzata PskitMałgorzata PskitMałgorzata Pskit is a retired Polish athlete specializing in the 400 metres hurdles.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Outdoor*200m 24.86*400m 53.10 *400m hurdles 54.75 *800m 2:04.88Indoor...
55:58