2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles
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...

at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics

2007 World Championships in Athletics

The 11th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007...

was held at the Nagai Stadium

Nagai Stadium

is an athletic stadium in Osaka, Japan. It is the home ground of J. League club Cerezo Osaka. The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000.-History:...

on 27, 28 and 30 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jana Rawlinson Jana Rawlinson Jana Pittman-Rawlinson is an Australian athlete, who specialises in the 400 metres run and 400 metre hurdles events. She is a two-time world champion in the 400 m hurdles, from 2003 and 2007...	Yuliya Pechenkina	Anna Jesień Anna Jesien Anna 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...

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 27, 2007	10:50	Heats
August 28, 2007	21:40	Semifinals
August 30, 2007	20:25	Final

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	WR	World record	AR	Area record	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Time	Notes
	2	Tiffany Ross-Williams Tiffany Ross-Williams Tiffany Williams is an American hurdler.She finished fourth at the 2002 World Junior Championships and second at the 2006 World Athletics Final. In addition she won a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 World Indoor Championships...	54.24	Q
	1	Yuliya Pechenkina	54.50	Q
	3	Tetiana Tereschuk-Antipova Tetiana Tereschuk-Antipova Tetyana 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....	54.74	Q, SB
	4	Jana Rawlinson Jana Rawlinson Jana Pittman-Rawlinson is an Australian athlete, who specialises in the 400 metres run and 400 metre hurdles events. She is a two-time world champion in the 400 m hurdles, from 2003 and 2007...	54.77	Q
	2	Anna Jesień Anna Jesien Anna 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...	55.01	Q
	1	Nickiesha Wilson Nickiesha Wilson Nickiesha Wilson is a female hurdler from Jamaica. She competes in the 100m hurdles and the 400m hurdles....	55.15	Q
	3	Melaine Walker Melaine Walker Melaine Walker O.D is a Jamaican 400 metres hurdler. Walker is the reigning World and Olympic 400 m hurdles champion...	55.40	Q
	4	Natalya Ivanova Natalya Ivanova Natalya Nikolaevna Ivanova is a Russian hurdler. She finished fifth in the 400m hurdles final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.She also ran in the heats for Russia's 4 x 400m relay team in the 2004 Olympics...	55.52	Q
	5	Xiaoxiao Huang	55.64	Q
10	3	Fani Chalkia	55.66	Q, SB
11	1	Tasha Danvers-Smith	55.67	Q
12	4	Muna Jabir Adam Muna Jabir Adam Muna Jabir Adam is a Sudanese athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles.-Achievements:-Personal bests:200 metres - 23.88 s - national record.400 metres - 53.34 s...	55.80	Q
13	3	Zuzana Hejnová Zuzana Hejnová Zuzana 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:...	55.87	Q, SB
14	4	Ionela Târlea-Manolache	55.90	Q, SB
15	2	Tatyana Azarova Tatyana Azarova Tatyana Azarova is a Kazakhstani athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles. Her personal best time is 54.78 seconds, achieved in May 2007 in Almaty.-Achievements:-References:...	55.93	Q
15	4	Kaliese Spencer Kaliese Spencer Kaliese Spencer is a Jamaican track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. She has finished fourth at both the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. She was heavy favourite to win the Gold Medal in 2011 but performed poorly in...	55.93	q
17	1	Nicole Leach	55.95	Q
18	5	Yevgeniya Isakova Yevgeniya Isakova Yevgeniya 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:...	56.02	Q
19	3	Erica Mårtensson	56.19	q, PB
20	3	Yekaterina Bikert Yekaterina Bikert Yekaterina Eduardovna Bikert is a Russian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles.Her personal best time is 53.72 seconds, achieved in July 2004 in Tula....	56.23	q
21	5	Sheena Johnson Sheena Johnson Sheena Tosta is an American hurdler.She finished fourth at the 2004 Summer Olympics and eighth at the 2006 World Athletics Final.Her personal best time is 52.95 seconds, achieved in July 2004 in Sacramento....	56.30	Q
22	1	Hristína Hantzi-Neag	56.37	q
23	3	Élodie Ouédraogo Élodie Ouédraogo Élodie Ouédraogo is a Belgian sprinter of Burkinabé descent, who specializes in the 200 metres and 400 m hurdles...	56.44
24	3	Ulrike Urbansky Ulrike Urbansky Ulrike Urbansky is a German hurdler who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles. Her personal best time is 54.57 seconds, achieved in July 2000 in Barcelona.- Achievements :- External links :...	56.76
25	2	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...	56.77	Q
26	1	Satomi Kubokura Satomi Kubokura is a Japanese athlete. She competes in the 200 metres, the 400 metres and the 400m hurdles.Her personal bests are 24.32 in the 200m achieved at Kobe on April 27, 2008; 38.12 in the 300 metres at Izumo on April 22, 2007; 53.08 in the 400 metres in Osaka on June 30, 2007; and 55.34 in the 400m...	57.01
27	2	Aïssata Soulama Aïssata Soulama Aïssata 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 :*...	57.06
28	3	Michelle Carey	57.10
29	5	Christina Kron	57.28	Q
30	2	Anastasiya Rabchenyuk Anastasiya Rabchenyuk Anastasiya Rabchenyuk is a Ukrainian hurdler.She was born in Ternovka, at the time in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union .She is a world top level 400m hurdles runner....	57.31
31	2	Özge Gürler Ozge Gurler Özge Gürler is a Turkish female track running athlete in the sprint category. She is the current Turkish record holder at 400 m and 400 m hurdles disciplines....	57.40
32	1	Ilona Ranta	57.64
33	5	Andrea Blackett Andrea Blackett Andrea 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:...	57.70
34	5	Lamia Elhabz	57.81
35	5	Lucimar Teodoro Lucimar Teodoro Lucimar Teodoro is a Brazilian track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres sprint and the 400 metres hurdles.Teodoro was born in Guararapes, São Paulo and began competing in senior athletics in 2001. She attended her first Olympics at the 2004 Athens Games as part of the 4×400 metres...	58.32
36	4	Muizat Ajoke Odumosu Muizat Ajoke Odumosu Muizat Ajoke Odumosu is a Nigerian track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles. She represented Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics and competed at the World Championships in Athletics in 2007 and 2009...	59.05
37	1	Nadia Nazir		PB

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Time	Notes
	1	Jana Rawlinson Jana Rawlinson Jana Pittman-Rawlinson is an Australian athlete, who specialises in the 400 metres run and 400 metre hurdles events. She is a two-time world champion in the 400 m hurdles, from 2003 and 2007...	53.57	Q
	2	Yuliya Pechenkina	53.82	Q
	3	Anna Jesień Anna Jesien Anna 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...	53.86	Q, NR Polish records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Poland maintained by its national athletics federation: Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not recognised by federation-External links:* * * * *...
	3	Nickiesha Wilson Nickiesha Wilson Nickiesha Wilson is a female hurdler from Jamaica. She competes in the 100m hurdles and the 400m hurdles....	53.97	Q, PB
	2	Xiaoxiao Huang	54.00	Q, PB
	1	Tasha Danvers-Smith	54.08	Q, SB
	1	Yevgeniya Isakova Yevgeniya Isakova Yevgeniya 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:...	54.11	q, SB
	3	Tiffany Ross-Williams Tiffany Ross-Williams Tiffany Williams is an American hurdler.She finished fourth at the 2002 World Junior Championships and second at the 2006 World Athletics Final. In addition she won a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 World Indoor Championships...	54.15	q
	1	Tetiana Tereschuk-Antipova Tetiana Tereschuk-Antipova Tetyana 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....	54.38	SB
10	2	Melaine Walker Melaine Walker Melaine Walker O.D is a Jamaican 400 metres hurdler. Walker is the reigning World and Olympic 400 m hurdles champion...	54.54
11	1	Sheena Johnson Sheena Johnson Sheena Tosta is an American hurdler.She finished fourth at the 2004 Summer Olympics and eighth at the 2006 World Athletics Final.Her personal best time is 52.95 seconds, achieved in July 2004 in Sacramento....	54.55
12	3	Natalya Ivanova Natalya Ivanova Natalya Nikolaevna Ivanova is a Russian hurdler. She finished fifth in the 400m hurdles final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.She also ran in the heats for Russia's 4 x 400m relay team in the 2004 Olympics...	54.88
13	1	Zuzana Hejnová Zuzana Hejnová Zuzana 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:...	55.04	NR Czech records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in the Czech Republic maintained by the Czech Athletic Federation: Český atletický svaz .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:x = mark was made in a mixed race+ = en route to a longer distance...
14	3	Ionela Târlea-Manolache	55.41	SB
15	3	Muna Jabir Adam Muna Jabir Adam Muna Jabir Adam is a Sudanese athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles.-Achievements:-Personal bests:200 metres - 23.88 s - national record.400 metres - 53.34 s...	55.65
16	2	Tatyana Azarova Tatyana Azarova Tatyana Azarova is a Kazakhstani athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles. Her personal best time is 54.78 seconds, achieved in May 2007 in Almaty.-Achievements:-References:...	55.74
17	3	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...	56.03	PB
18	2	Christina Kron	56.05
19	2	Nicole Leach	56.10
20	3	Hristina Hantzi-Neag	56.35
21	1	Erica Mårtensson	56.46
22	2	Fani Chalkia	56.58
23	1	Kaliese Spencer Kaliese Spencer Kaliese Spencer is a Jamaican track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. She has finished fourth at both the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. She was heavy favourite to win the Gold Medal in 2011 but performed poorly in...	56.69
24	2	Yekaterina Bikert Yekaterina Bikert Yekaterina Eduardovna Bikert is a Russian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles.Her personal best time is 53.72 seconds, achieved in July 2004 in Tula....

Final

Name	Time	Notes
Jana Rawlinson Jana Rawlinson Jana Pittman-Rawlinson is an Australian athlete, who specialises in the 400 metres run and 400 metre hurdles events. She is a two-time world champion in the 400 m hurdles, from 2003 and 2007...	53.31	SB
Yuliya Pechenkina	53.50	SB
Anna Jesień Anna Jesien Anna 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...	53.92
Nickiesha Wilson Nickiesha Wilson Nickiesha Wilson is a female hurdler from Jamaica. She competes in the 100m hurdles and the 400m hurdles....	54.10
Xiaoxiao Huang	54.15
Yevgeniya Isakova Yevgeniya Isakova Yevgeniya 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:...	54.50
Tiffany Williams	54.63
Tasha Danvers-Smith	54.94

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