The women's
400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women.
On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once ...
at the
2017 World Championships in Athletics
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was held at the London
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on and 10 August.
Summary
Olympic champion
Dalilah Muhammad
Dalilah Muhammad (born February 7, 1990) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 400 meters hurdles. She is the 2016 Rio Olympics champion and 2020 Tokyo Olympics silver medalist, becoming at the latter the second-fastest ...
(USA) duplicated her strategy by running aggressively from the start of the final, making up the stagger on
Léa Sprunger
Léa Sprunger (born 5 March 1990) is a former Swiss track and field athlete. Originally a heptathlete like her older sister Ellen, she began concentrating on the 200 metres and 400 metres in 2011, and then on the 400 metres hurdles from 2015. He ...
(SUI) to her outside during the first turn and passing two-time defending champion
Zuzana Hejnová (CZE) another lane over by the third hurdle. The closest to keep pace with Muhammad was
Kori Carter
Kori Carter (born June 3, 1992) is an American track and field athlete specializing in hurdle races, the World Champion in the 400 metres hurdles event in 2017. Kori Carter was a nine-time All-American at Stanford University sponsored by Jordan ...
(USA) almost unnoticed out in lane 9. By the time they arrived on the home stretch, Muhammad had a step on Carter, with Hejnová another two steps back. But Carter closed quickly, passing Muhammad before the final hurdle and running powerfully to the finish for the win. Also closing fast from two steps behind,
Ristananna Tracey (JAM) caught Hejnová over the tenth hurdle and widened the gap for a clear bronze.
Records
Before the competition, the records were as follows:
No records were set at the competition.
Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 56.10.
Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:
Results
Heats
The first round took place on 7 August in five heats as follows:
The first four in each heat (
Q ) and the next four fastest (
q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:
Semifinals
The semifinals took place on 8 August in three heats as follows:
The first two in each heat (
Q ) and the next two fastest (
q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
Final
The final took place on 10 August at 21:38. The results were as follows
photo finish:
References
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400 metres hurdles at the World Athletics Championships
Women's sport in London