Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games will take place between the 7 and 8 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Kendall Baisden from the United States.

Women's 400 metres at the 2019 Pan American Games
Venue	Athletics Stadium
Dates	August 7 – August 8
Competitors	17 from 13 nations
Winning time	50.73
Medalists
Shericka Jackson   Jamaica   Paola Morán   Mexico   Courtney Okolo   United States
«2015 2023»

Summary

Right out of the blocks, Shericka Jackson was moving ahead of the stagger. Just inside of her, Paola Morán was trying to key off of her. Down the backstretch the center lanes of the track, including Courtney Okolo were moving ahead. The separation continued all the way to the finish.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record	Marita Koch (GDR)	47.60	Canberra, Australia	October 6, 1985
Pan American Games record	Ana Quirot (CUB)	49.61	Havana, Cuba	August 5, 1991

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 7, 2019	15:20	Semifinal
August 8, 2019	17:10	Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Semifinal

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final. The results were as follows:^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Paola Morán	Mexico	51.58	Q
2	1	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	51.99	Q
3	1	Roxana Gómez	Cuba	52.04	Q
4	1	Jaide Stepter	United States	52.17	Q
5	2	Courtney Okolo	United States	52.31	Q
6	2	Sada Williams	Barbados	52.39	Q
7	1	Kyra Constantine	Canada	52.92	q
8	1	Aliyah Abrams	Guyana	52.95	q
9	2	Natassha McDonald	Canada	53.15
10	1	Jennifer Padilla	Colombia	53.20
11	2	Lina Licona	Colombia	53.53
12	1	Noelia Martinez	Argentina	53.96
13	2	Maria MacKenna	Chile	54.11
14	2	Anastasia Le-Roy	Jamaica	54.18
15	2	Ashley Kelly	British Virgin Islands	54.42
16	1	Kanika Beckles	Grenada	54.64
17	1	Maitte Torres	Peru	54.66

Final

The results were as follows:^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	50.73
	4	Paola Morán	Mexico	51.02	PB
	6	Courtney Okolo	United States	51.22
4	7	Roxana Gómez	Cuba	51.65	SB
5	3	Kyra Constantine	Canada	51.99
6	9	Sada Williams	Barbados	52.25
7	2	Aliyah Abrams	Guyana	52.63
	8	Jaide Stepter	United States	DSQ