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

These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 49 competitors.^[1] The winning margin was 0.38 seconds.

Women's 400 metres at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Dates	26 July 1996 (heats) 27 July 1996 (quarter-finals) 28 July 1996 (semi-finals) 29 July 1996 (final)
Competitors	49 from 35 nations
Winning time	48.25 OR
Medalists
Marie-José Pérec  France Cathy Freeman  Australia Falilat Ogunkoya  Nigeria
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Official Video Highlights

Pérec's winning time remains the #4 time in history. Freeman's second place time remains the #8 time in history. Ogunkoya and Davis also still rank on the all-time top 20. Places 3 through 6 are all the fastest times for those places in history and all of the top six, except Miles set their lifetime personal bests in this race.^[2]

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	51.00	Q
2	1	Svetlana Goncharenko	Russia	51.07	Q
3	2	Maicel Malone	United States	51.28	Q
4	1	Phylis Smith	Great Britain	51.29	Q
5	1	Renee Poetschka	Australia	51.55	Q
6	2	Juliet Campbell	Jamaica	51.57	Q
7	4	Virna de Angeli	Italy	51.68	Q
8	3	Kim Graham	United States	51.70	Q
9	3	Helena Fuchsová	Czech Republic	51.71	Q
10	4	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	51.79	Q
11	7	Bisi Afolabi	Nigeria	51.80	Q
12	4	Marie-José Pérec	France	51.82	Q
13	2	Grace-Ann Dinkins	Liberia	51.83	Q
14	2	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	51.90	Q
15	5	Jearl Miles	United States	51.96	Q
16	4	Ladonna Antoine	Canada	51.99	Q
16	7	Cathy Freeman	Australia	51.99	Q
18	1	Dora Kyriakou	Cyprus	52.09	q
19	5	Grit Breuer	Germany	52.20	Q
20	5	Merlene Frazer	Jamaica	52.20	Q
21	3	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	52.25	Q
22	2	Hana Benešová	Czech Republic	52.28	q
23	7	Anna Kozak	Belarus	52.39	Q
24	5	Maria Magnolia Figueiredo	Brazil	52.41	Q
25	7	Patrizia Spuri	Italy	52.45	Q
26	5	Diane Francis	Saint Kitts and Nevis	52.48	q
27	2	Yana Manuylova	Ukraine	52.51	q
28	3	Lee Naylor	Australia	52.53	Q
29	6	Sandra Myers	Spain	52.54	Q
30	6	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	52.65	Q
31	7	Zoila Stewart	Costa Rica	52.66
32	6	Donna Fraser	Great Britain	52.78	Q
33	3	Olena Rurak	Ukraine	52.92
33	5	Melissa Straker	Barbados	52.92
35	6	Naděžda Koštovalová	Czech Republic	53.03	Q
36	3	Marina Živković	FR Yugoslavia	53.10
37	1	Grace Birungi	Uganda	53.12
38	6	Svetlana Bodritskaya	Kazakhstan	53.24
39	2	Ameerah Bello	Virgin Islands	53.40
40	7	Corinne Simasotchi	Switzerland	53.69
41	6	Du Xiujie	China	53.95
42	4	Ngozi Mwanamwambwa	Zambia	54.12
43	3	Melrose Mansaray	Sierra Leone	54.37
44	4	Mercy Addy	Ghana	54.92
45	5	Guilhermina Cruz	Angola	55.42
46	7	Denise Ouabangui	Central African Republic	55.74
47	6	Arely Franco	El Salvador	1:01:38
48	1	Ahamada Haoulata	Comoros	1:03.44
	4	Ximena Restrepo	Colombia	DNF

Quarterfinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Cathy Freeman	Australia	50.43	Q
2	1	Grit Breuer	Germany	50.57	Q
3	3	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	50.65	Q
4	3	Jearl Miles	United States	50.84	Q
5	1	Kim Graham	United States	50.96	Q
6	2	Marie-José Pérec	France	51.00	Q
7	1	Bisi Afolabi	Nigeria	51.07	Q
8	2	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	51.08	Q
9	4	Maicel Malone	United States	51.16	Q
10	2	Juliet Campbell	Jamaica	51.17	Q
11	3	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	51.22	Q
12	4	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	51.27	Q
13	1	Hana Benešová	Czech Republic	51.30
14	3	Renee Poetschka	Australia	51.33	Q
15	2	Svetlana Goncharenko	Russia	51.35	Q
16	1	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	51.36
17	4	Sandra Myers	Spain	51.53	Q
18	4	Merlene Frazer	Jamaica	51.57	Q
19	1	Donna Fraser	Great Britain	51.58
20	4	Helena Fuchsová	Czech Republic	51.70
21	3	Virna de Angeli	Italy	51.77
22	2	Maria Magnolia Figueiredo	Brazil	51.98
23	2	Ladonna Antoine	Canada	52.03
24	3	Anna Kozak	Belarus	52.14
25	4	Phylis Smith	Great Britain	52.16
26	3	Diane Francis	Saint Kitts and Nevis	52.24
27	1	Dora Kyriakou	Cyprus	52.26
28	2	Grace-Ann Dinkins	Liberia	52.53
29	4	Patrizia Spuri	Italy	52.78
30	2	Yana Manuylova	Ukraine	52.82
31	3	Naděžda Koštovalová	Czech Republic	53.21
32	4	Lee Naylor	Australia	53.75

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Marie-José Pérec	France	49.19	Q
2	2	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	49.57	Q
3	2	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	49.85	Q
4	2	Jearl Miles	United States	50.21	Q
5	1	Cathy Freeman	Australia	50.32	Q
6	1	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	50.36	Q
7	1	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	50.74	Q
8	1	Grit Breuer	Germany	50.75	Q
9	2	Svetlana Goncharenko	Russia	50.84
10	1	Kim Graham	United States	51.13
11	1	Maicel Malone	United States	51.16
12	1	Merlene Frazer	Jamaica	51.18
13	1	Bisi Afolabi	Nigeria	51.40
14	2	Sandra Myers	Spain	51.42
15	2	Renee Poetschka	Australia	51.49
16	2	Juliet Campbell	Jamaica	51.65

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Marie-José Pérec	France	48.25
	4	Cathy Freeman	Australia	48.63
	5	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	49.10
4	2	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	49.28
5	8	Jearl Miles	United States	49.55
6	6	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	49.77
7	7	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	50.45
8	1	Grit Breuer	Germany	50.71

See also

• Men's 400 metres

References

1. "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 400 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
2. "Women's 400m".

External links

• Official Report
• Results