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Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

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Women's 400 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueCentennial Olympic Stadium
Dates28 July 1996 (heats)
29 July 1996 (semi-finals)
31 July 1996 (final)
Competitors29 from 22 nations
Winning time52.82 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Deon Hemmings
 Jamaica
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kim Batten
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tonja Buford-Bailey
 United States
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These are the official results of the Women's 400m Hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There were 30 competitors.[1]

Results

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Heats

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Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified to the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Deon Hemmings  Jamaica 54.70 Q
2 1 Guðrún Arnardóttir  Iceland 54.88 Q
3 4 Heike Meissner  Germany 55.05 Q
4 4 Susan Smith  Ireland 55.22 Q
5 2 Tonja Buford-Bailey  United States 55.23 Q
6 2 Sally Gunnell  Great Britain 55.29 Q
7 2 Silvia Rieger  Germany 55.33 Q
8 1 Sandra Farmer-Patrick  United States 55.55 Q
9 1 Debbie Parris  Jamaica 55.64 Q
9 2 Rosey Edeh  Canada 55.64 q
11 1 Michèle Schenk  Switzerland 55.70 q
12 1 Tatyana Ledovskaya  Belarus 55.82 q
13 3 Kim Batten  United States 54.92 Q
14 4 Ionela Târlea  Romania 55.42 q
15 3 Tetyana Tereshchuk  Ukraine 55.82 Q
16 3 Ann Mercken  Belgium 55.88 Q
17 2 Natalya Torshina  Kazakhstan 55.94
18 4 Lana Jēkabsone  Latvia 56.18
19 3 Anna Knoroz  Russia 56.21
20 3 Catherine Scott-Pomales  Jamaica 56.21
21 2 Martina Stoop  Switzerland 56.32
22 2 Miriam Alonso  Spain 56.53
23 2 Lade Akinremi  Nigeria 56.83
24 4 Nelli Voronkova  Belarus 56.97
25 3 Karen van der Veen  South Africa 57.00
26 1 Virna De Angeli  Italy 57.12
27 3 Tanya Kurochkina  Belarus 57.28
28 4 Eva Paniagua  Spain 58.10
29 1 Mary-Estelle Kapalu  Vanuatu 58.68
30 1 Hsu Pei-chin  Chinese Taipei 58.80

Semifinals

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Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly to the final.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 3 Deon Hemmings  Jamaica 52.99 Q
2 1 6 Tonja Buford-Bailey  United States 53.38 Q
3 2 6 Kim Batten  United States 53.65 Q
4 1 4 Heike Meissner  Germany 54.27 Q
4 2 7 Silvia Rieger  Germany 54.27 Q
6 1 2 Ionela Târlea  Romania 54.41 Q
7 2 2 Rosey Edeh  Canada 54.49 Q
8 2 1 Debbie Parris  Jamaica 54.72 Q
9 2 5 Sandra Farmer-Patrick  United States 54.73
10 2 4 Guðrún Arnardóttir  Iceland 54.81
11 1 8 Susan Smith  Ireland 54.93
12 1 1 Ann Mercken  Belgium 54.95
13 1 7 Tatyana Ledovskaya  Belarus 54.99
41 1 5 Tetyana Tereshchuk  Ukraine 55.34
15 2 8 Michèle Schenk  Switzerland 55.96
2 3 Sally Gunnell  Great Britain DNF

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Deon Hemmings  Jamaica 52.82 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Kim Batten  United States 53.08
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Tonja Buford-Bailey  United States 53.22
4 2 Debbie Parris  Jamaica 53.97
5 1 Heike Meissner  Germany 54.03
6 7 Rosey Edeh  Canada 54.39
7 8 Ionela Târlea  Romania 54.40
8 3 Silvia Rieger  Germany 54.57

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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