2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 6 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals. Key: PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

Section Title: Heats
Table Section Text: Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 6 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals. Key: PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes

1	3	Amantle Montsho	Botswana (BOT)	50.65	Q

2	6	Antonina Krivoshapka	Russia (RUS)	51.03	Q

3	5	Sanya Richards	United States (USA)	51.06	Q

4	4	Debbie Dunn	United States (USA)	51.13	Q

5	4	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya	Russia (RUS)	51.17	Q

6	3	Shericka Williams	Jamaica (JAM)	51.23	Q

7	5	Christine Ohuruogu	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	51.30	Q

8	1	Lyudmila Litvinova	Russia (RUS)	51.31	Q

9	5	Aliann Pompey	Guyana (GUY)	51.38	Q

10	1	Libania Grenot	Italy (ITA)	51.45	Q

11	2	Novlene Williams-Mills	Jamaica (JAM)	51.55	Q

12	3	Solen Désert-Mariller	France (FRA)	51.63	Q, SB

13	6	Nicola Sanders	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	51.64	Q

14	3	Folasade Abugan	Nigeria (NGR)	51.70	q

15	2	Jessica Beard	United States (USA)	51.72	Q

16	2	Sorina Nwachukwu	Nigeria (NGR)	51.74	Q

17	5	Norma González	Colombia (COL)	51.86	q, PB

18	1	Indira Terrero	Cuba (CUB)	51.98	Q

19	2	Kineke Alexander	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN)	52.44	q, SB

20	1	Tiandra Ponteen	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	52.54	q

21	6	Amy Mbacke Thiam	Senegal (SEN)	52.79	Q

22	4	Amaka Ogoegbunam	Nigeria (NGR)	52.85	Q

23	2	Joy Nakhumicha Sakari	Kenya (KEN)	52.88	q

24	1	Christine Day	Jamaica (JAM)	53.13	q

25	3	Racheal Nachula	Zambia (ZAM)	53.21

25	6	Esther Akinsulie	Canada (CAN)	53.21

27	6	Asami Tanno	Japan (JPN)	53.30

28	4	Chandrika Rasnayake	Sri Lanka (SRI)	53.68

29	1	Marina Maslenko	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	54.38

30	4	Fatou Bintou Fall	Senegal (SEN)	54.46

31	5	Makelesi Bulikiobo	Fiji (FIJ)	54.65	SB

32	5	Trish Bartholomew	Grenada (GRN)	54.89

33	6	Sharolyn Scott	Costa Rica (CRC)	55.63	PB

34	2	Kia Davis	Liberia (LBR)	56.85

35	5	Claudine Yemalin	Benin (BEN)	58.82

36	1	Khin Phyo Thet	Myanmar (MYA)	1:00.35	PB

37	4	Rozina Shafqat	Pakistan (PAK)	1:00.72	SB

38	6	Rania Alqebali	Jordan (JOR)	1:00.90	SB

2	Khoury Keita	Mauritania (MTN)	DQ

4	Christine Amertil	Bahamas (BAH)	DQ

3	Nawal El Jack	Sudan (SUD)	DNF

3	Evodie Lydie Saramandji	Central African Republic (CAF)	DNS

Sentence(s)

Amantle Montsho had the fastest time with 50.65 seconds.

final_sentence: Amantle Montsho had the fastest time with 50.65 seconds.