Women 400m Athletics XXVI Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 1996 - Monday, 29th July - Gold Medal: Marie-Jose Perec, France
FinaltimeL200m400mAge
1. Marie-Jose PerecFRAFRA48.25s OR323.25s25.00s28
2. Catherine FreemanAUSAUS48.63s423.47s25.16s23
3. Falilat OgunkoyaNGRNGR49.10s523.54s25.56s27
4. Pauline DavisBAHBAH49.28s223.23s26.05s30
5. Jearl MilesUSAUSA49.55s823.97s25.58s29
6. Fatima YusufNGRNGR49.77s623.30s26.47s25
7. Sandie RichardsJAMJAM50.45s723.64s26.81s27
8. Grit BreuerGERGER50.71s123.76s26.95s24

world Women 400m History

Venue: Centennial Olympic Stadium.
49 competitors from 35 nations.
RoundHAthlDate
Semi-Finals21628.07
Quarter-Finals43227.07
Heats74926.07
World record: 47.60s Marita Koch, East Germany Canberra, Australia October 6, 1985
Olympic record: 48.65s Olga Bryzgina, Soviet Union Seoul, South Korea September 26, 1988
Pérec, the World and Olympic Champion, was the big favourite, but coasted the first two rounds before opening up in the semi-finals, running 49.19 after passing 200m in 23.7. Behind her Ogunkoya (49.57), Davis (49.85) and Miles (50.21) all ran quicker than Freeman, winner of the other semi-final in 50.32.
In the final Davis ran even with Pérec to halfway, and the reigning champion surged at 250m, virtually the same moment as Freeman, who closed to within a metre of Pérec coming off the final curve. Pérec’s long stride and strength eventually wore Freeman down in the last 25m. The strong-running Ogunkoya slipped by Davis just before the end. These four plus Miles all ran lifetime bests, as Yusuf became the first woman to run under 50 seconds in sixth place.
Splits300m
Pérec35.0s
Freeman35.1s
Ogunkoya35.5s
Davis35.4s
Miles36.1s
Yusuf35.7s
Richards36.1s
Breuer36.3s

Semi-Finals - Sunday 29th, July

First 4 from each of 2 Semis advanced to Final.
Semi 1timeL
1. Catherine FreemanAUSAUS50.32s3
2. Fatima YusufNGRNGR50.36s6
3. Sandie RichardsJAMJAM50.74s8
4. Grit BreuerGERGER50.75s4
5. Kim GrahamUSAUSA51.13s2
6. Maicel MaloneUSAUSA51.16s5
7. Merlene FrazerJAMJAM51.18s1
8. Bisi AfolabiNGRNGR51.40s7
Semi 2timeL
1. Marie-Jose PerecFRAFRA49.19s5
2. Falilat OgunkoyaNGRNGR49.57s4
3. Pauline DavisBAHBAH49.85s3
4. Jearl MilesUSAUSA50.21s6
5. Svetlana GoncharenkoRUSRUS50.84s7
6. Sandra MyersESPESP51.42s8
7. Renee PoetschkaAUSAUS51.49s2
8. Juliet CampbellJAMJAM51.65s1

Quarter-Finals - Saturday 28th, July

First 4 from each of 4 Quarters advanced to Semi-Finals.
Quarter 1timeL
1. Catherine FreemanAUSAUS50.43s3
2. Grit BreuerGERGER50.57s4
3. Kim GrahamUSAUSA50.96s6
4. Bisi AfolabiNGRNGR51.07s5
5. Hana BenesovaCZECZE51.30s7
6. Olga KotlyarovaRUSRUS51.36s2
7. Donna FraserGBRGBR51.58s8
8. Dora KyriakouCYPCYP52.26s1
Quarter 2timeL
1. Marie-Jose PerecFRAFRA51.00s3
2. Pauline DavisBAHBAH51.08s5
3. Juliet CampbellJAMJAM51.17s4
4. Svetlana GoncharenkoRUSRUS51.35s6
5. Maria Magnolia FigueiredoBRABRA51.98s2
6. Ladonna AntoineCANCAN52.03s8
7. Grace-Ann DinkinsLBRLBR52.53s7
8. Yana ManuylovaUKRUKR52.82s1
Quarter 3timeL
1. Falilat OgunkoyaNGRNGR50.65s5
2. Jearl MilesUSAUSA50.84s6
3. Sandie RichardsJAMJAM51.22s4
4. Renee PoetschkaAUSAUS51.33s2
5. Virna de AngeliITAITA51.77s3
6. Anna KozakBLRBLR52.14s8
7. Diane FrancisSKNSKN52.24s7
8. Nadezda KostovalovaCZECZE53.21s1
Quarter 4timeL
1. Maicel MaloneUSAUSA51.16s6
2. Fatima YusufNGRNGR51.27s1
3. Sandra MyersESPESP51.53s3
4. Merlene FrazerJAMJAM51.57s7
5. Helena FuchsovaCZECZE51.70s5
6. Phylis SmithGBRGBR52.16s4
7. Patrizia SpuriITAITA52.78s8
8. Lee NaylorAUSAUS53.75s2

Heats - Friday 27th, July

First 4 from each of 7 Heats and Best 4 times advanced to Quarter-Finals.
Heat 1timeL
1. Pauline DavisBAHBAH51.00s3
2. Svetlana GoncharenkoRUSRUS51.07s1
3. Phylis SmithGBRGBR51.29s8
4. Renee PoetschkaAUSAUS51.55s5
5. Dora KyriakouCYPCYP52.09s4
6. Grace BirungiUGAUGA53.12s2
7. Ahamada HaoulataCOMCOM1:03.447
Heat 2timeL
1. Maicel MaloneUSAUSA51.28s3
2. Juliet CampbellJAMJAM51.57s2
3. Grace-Ann DinkinsLBRLBR51.83s1
4. Olga KotlyarovaRUSRUS51.90s4
5. Hana BenesovaCZECZE52.28s6
6. Yana ManuylovaUKRUKR52.51s5
7. Ameerah BelloISVISV53.40s8
Heat 3timeL
1. Kim GrahamUSAUSA51.70s5
2. Helena FuchsovaCZECZE51.71s7
3. Fatima YusufNGRNGR52.25s2
4. Lee NaylorAUSAUS52.53s1
5. Olena RurakUKRUKR52.92s3
6. Marina ZivkovicYUGYUG53.10s6
7. Melrose MansaraySLESLE54.37s4
Heat 4timeL
1. Virna de AngeliITAITA51.68s5
2. Sandie RichardsJAMJAM51.79s7
3. Marie-Jose PerecFRAFRA51.82s3
4. Ladonna AntoineCANCAN51.99s6
5. Ngozi MwanamwambwaZAMZAM54.12s2
6. Mercy AddyGHAGHA54.92s1
-. Ximena RestrepoCOLCOLDNF4
Heat 5timeL
1. Jearl MilesUSAUSA51.96s2
2. Grit BreuerGERGER52.20s6
3. Merlene FrazerJAMJAM52.20s1
4. Maria Magnolia FigueiredoBRABRA52.41s7
5. Diane FrancisSKNSKN52.48s5
6. Melissa StrakerBARBAR52.92s3
7. Guilhermina CruzANGANG55.42s8
Heat 6timeL
1. Sandra MyersESPESP52.54s5
2. Falilat OgunkoyaNGRNGR52.65s2
3. Donna FraserGBRGBR52.78s3
4. Nadezda KostovalovaCZECZE53.03s8
5. Svetlana BodritskayaKAZKAZ53.24s1
6. Xiujie DuCHNCHN53.95s4
7. Arely FrancoESAESA1:01:387
Heat 7timeL
1. Bisi AfolabiNGRNGR51.80s8
2. Catherine FreemanAUSAUS51.99s4
3. Anna KozakBLRBLR52.39s6
4. Patrizia SpuriITAITA52.45s1
5. Zoila StewartCRCCRC52.66s3
6. Corinne SimasotchiSUISUI53.69s2
7. Denise OuabanguiCAFCAF55.74s7
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