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2005 World Championships In Athletics – Women's 400 Metres
The women's 400 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 7, 8 and 10 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Medals Results All times shown are in seconds. Heats August 7, 2005 Heat 1 # Ana Guevara 51.14 Q # Christine Amertil 51.35 Q # Fatou Bintou Fall 51.45 Q # Donna Fraser 51.68 q # Anna Guzowska 52.20 q # Dímitra Dóva 52.29 # Egle Uljas 52.94 (SB) # Kou Luogon 54.85 Heat 2 # DeeDee Trotter 51.44 Q # Christine Ohuruogu 51.76 Q # Karen Shinkins 51.82 Q # Kaltouma Nadjina 51.88 q # Lucimar Teodoro 52.19 q # Asami Tanno 52.80 # Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni 53.39 # Gayane Bulghadaryan 59.46 Heat 3 # Svetlana Pospelova 50.80 Q # Tiandra Ponteen 51.37 Q # Nawal El Jack 51.61 Q # Maria Laura Almirão 52.69 # Libania Grenot 53.05 # Barbara Petráhn 53.09 # Kirsi Mykkänen 53.10 # Shifana Ali 1:01.55 (SB) Heat 4 # Tonique Williams-Darling 51.04 Q # Olesya Zykina 51.59 Q # Shericka Williams 52.07 Q # Anna Kozak 52.19 q # Grażyna Prokopek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
400 Metres
The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and race in separate lanes for the entire course. In many countries, athletes previously competed in the 440-yard dash (402.336 m)—which is a quarter of a mile and was referred to as the 'quarter-mile'—instead of the 400 m (437.445 yards), though this distance is now obsolete. Like other sprint disciplines, the 400 m involves the use of starting blocks. The runners take up position in the blocks on the 'ready' command, adopt a more efficient starting posture which Isometric exercise#Isometric presses as preparation for explosive power movements, isometrically preloads their muscles on the 'set' command, and stride forwards from the block ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaltouma Nadjina
Kaltouma Nadjina (born November 16, 1976) is a Chadian sprinter. Her specialities are the 200 and 400 metres, and she holds Chadian records in those events, the 100 m, and the 800m. She won the 200 m events at the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and the 200 and 400 m in the 2002 African Championships held in Tunis. Early life and background Born in Bol to a modest family, her athletic career began when she participated in 1993 at Moundou to the National Sport Week. Her victory in the 400 metres opened her the road to the selection for the 1994 World Junior Championships held in Lisbon. In February 1997, with the help of a grant obtained by the International Olympic Committee, she left Chad for the United States. She settled in Savannah, Georgia in 1996. In 2000, she moved to Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where she trained under former Canadian Olympic coach John Cannon. Athletics career To this day, her most important victories are the 200 m in the 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olesya Zykina
Olesya Nikolaevna Zykina (russian: Олеся Николаевна Зыкина, born October 7, 1980 in Kaluga) 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. International competitions Personal bests * 100 metres - 11.84 s (1998) * 200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ... - 22.55 s (2005) * 400 metres - 50.15 s (2001) References * 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Kaluga Russian female sprinters Olympic female sprinters Olympic athletes of Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shifana Ali
Shifana Ali (born 6 June 1984) is a Maldivian sprinter. She competed in the women's 400 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), .... References External links * 1984 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Maldivian female sprinters Olympic athletes for the Maldives Olympic female sprinters {{Maldives-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsi Mykkänen
Kirsi Mykkänen (born 7 February 1978) is a Finnish sprinter. She competed in the women's 400 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics. References 1978 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Finnish female sprinters Olympic athletes for Finland Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic female sprinters Finnish Athletics Championships winners {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Petráhn
Barbara Petráhn (born 16 September 1978 in Sopron) is a Hungarian track and field sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres. An 11 time Hungarian Athletics Championships winner in 400 metres, Petráhn matched the national record of the distance (51.50 seconds) in 2006, tying Ilona Pál's record set in 1980. She raced at two Olympics in this event in 2000 and 2008. In her first participation at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Petráhn made it from the first round to the quarterfinals, where she came last in her heat and did not advance further. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ... she came only fourth in her first round heat thus did not manage to go to the quarterfinals. Beside 400 metres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libania Grenot
Libania Grenot Martinez (born 12 July 1983) is a Cuban-born Italian former athlete specialising in the 400 metres. Two times European champion (2014, 2016), she holds the Italian records in the 200 and 400 metres. Biography Born in Santiago de Cuba on 12 July 1983, Grenot started running at the age of 9. In 2003-05, she was a Cuban champion in the 400 metres. In 2006, she married an Italian man and relocated to Casal Palocco, a XXXIV zone of Rome. Grenot acquired Italian citizenship in 2008, and that same year, she broke an Italian record in the 400 meters with a time of 51.05 s and then 50.83 seconds. The latter performance took place at the Beijing Olympics during the semi-final, but despite this effort she did not reach the final. In 2009, she won a gold medal in the distance at the XVI Mediterranean Games with a time of 50.30 s, a new Italian record. In 2014, she won a gold medal in the 400 metres at the European Championships, becoming the first Italian woman to win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Laura Almirão
Maria Laura Almirão (born September 20, 1977 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres. She is a two-time Olympian and a five-time medalist for the 400 metres and sprint relay at the Ibero-American Championships. Almirao qualified for the women's 400 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by winning the gold medal from the Ibero-American Championships in Huelva, Spain. She finished fifth in the second heat of the event by six hundredths of a second (0.06) behind Jamaica's Nadia Davy, with a time of 52.10 seconds. Almirao eventually joined the national sprint team for the women's 4 × 400 m relay, along with her compatriots Josiane Tito, Lucimar Teodoro, and Geisa Coutinho. She and her team placed sixth on the second heat of the relay, for a seasonal best time of 3:28.43. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Almirao competed again for the second time in individual and relay sprint events. For her first event, 400 metres, Almirao ran i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nawal El Jack
Malbas Jamous Nawal El Jack ( ar, ملبس جاموس نوال الجاك; born 17 October 1988 in Khartoum) is a Sudanese sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She represented her nation at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na .... International competitions Personal bests * 200 metres – 23.97 s (2005) * 400 metres – 51.19 s (2005) * 400 metres hurdles – 57.86 s (2005) References * 1988 births Living people Sudanese female sprinters Sportspeople from Khartoum Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Olympic athletes for Sudan World Athletics Championships athletes for Sudan African Games bronze medalists for Sudan African Games medalists in athleti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiandra Ponteen
Tiandra Tamika Ponteen (born 9 November 1984) is a Saint Kitts and Nevis sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres and the 400 metres. She won the 400 metres silver medal at the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships. She reached the semi-final at the 1999 World Youth Championships, the 2002 World Junior Championships (in 200 m), the 2004 Olympic Games, the 2005 World Championships and the 2009 World Championships. She also competed at the 2000 World Junior Championships, the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2010 World Indoor Championships without progressing from the first round. Her personal best times are 23.41 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in April 2005 in Oxford; and 50.83 in the 400 metres, achieved in June 2005 in Sacramento. On the indoor track she has 23.24 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in February 2006 in Fayetteville. She also holds the Saint Kitts record in the 4 x 100 metres relay, with 44.41 seconds achieved in July 2004 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetlana Pospelova
Svetlana Mikhailovna Pospelova (russian: Светлана Михайловна Поспелова; born December 24, 1979, in Saint Petersburg) is a Russian sprinter who primarily competes over 400 metres. She was banned from competing in 2000 after she failed an out-of-competition test at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She received a two-year ban from the sport for the positive test for stanozolol. Rediff (2000-09-30). Retrieved on 2010-12-18. International competitions Personal bests * - 11.32 (2005) * - 22.3 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gayane Bulghadaryan
Gayane or Gayaneh is an Armenian female name, which may refer to: * Gayane (given name), a given name * Saint Gayane, a 4th-century abbess and martyr of the Armenian Apostolic Church * Saint Gayane Church The Saint Gayane Church ( hy, Սուրբ Գայանե եկեղեցի; pronounced ''Surb Gayane'') is a 7th-century Armenian church in Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), the religious center of Armenia. It is located within walking distance from the Etch ..., an Armenian Apostolic church in Etchmiadzin * ''Gayane'' (ballet), a 1942 ballet by Aram Khachaturian {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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