# Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The Women's 400 metre Hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme were held at Stadium Australia on Sunday 24 September, Monday 25 September and Wednesday 27 September 2000.
The top two runners in each of the initial five heats automatically qualified for the semifinals. The next six fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 16 runners competed in 2 heats in the semifinals, with the top three runners from each heat qualifying for the finals. The next two fastest runners from across the heats also qualified.

## Records

World and Olympic records prior to the Games :
| World Record | 52.61 | Kim Batten | USA | Gothenburg, Sweden | 11 August 1995 |
| Olympic Record | 52.82 | Deon Hemmings | JAM | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | 31 July 1996 |

## Medalists

| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| Irina Privalova, Russia | Deon Hemmings, Jamaica | Nouzha Bidouane, Morocco |

## Results

All times shown are in seconds.
* Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
* q denotes qualification by overall place.
* DNS denotes did not start.
* DNF denotes did not finish.
* DQ denotes disqualification.
* NR denotes national record.
* AR denotes area/continental record.
* OR denotes Olympic record.
* WR denotes world record.
* PB denotes personal best.
* SB denotes season best.

## Qualifying heats
### Round 1

Heat 1 of 5 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000 :
| Place | Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| Heat | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 1 | Nouzha Bidouane | Morocco | 4 | 0.162 s | 55.38 s | Q | |
| 2 | 12 | Kim Batten | United States | 6 | 0.162 s | 56.28 s | Q | |
| 3 | 14 | Andrea Blackett | Barbados | 2 | 0.174 s | 56.31 s | q | |
| 4 | 24 | Sinead Dudgeon | Great Britain | 5 | 0.201 s | 57.82 s | | |
| 5 | 32 | Mary-Estelle Kapalu | Vanuatu | 3 | 0.437 s | 1:02.68 | | |
| | | Nataliya Chulkova | Russia | 8 | 0.343 s | DNF | | |
| | | Karlene Haughton | Canada | 7 | DNS | | | |
Heat 2 of 5 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000 :
| Place | Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| Heat | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 3 | Daimí Pernía | Cuba | 7 | 0.256 s | 55.53 s | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | Heike Meissner | Germany | 8 | 0.224 s | 55.58 s | Q | |
| 3 | 5 | Natasha Danvers | Great Britain | 3 | 0.160 s | 55.68 s | q | |
| 4 | 9 | Yulia Nosova | Russia | 6 | 0.293 s | 56.11 s | q | |
| 5 | 10 | Catherine Scott-Pomales | Jamaica | 5 | 0.187 s | 56.17 s | q | |
| 6 | 20 | Tetiana Debela | Ukraine | 4 | 0.164 s | 57.33 s | | |
| 7 | 30 | Cherry | Myanmar | 2 | 0.218 s | 1:00.81 s | | |
Heat 3 of 5 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000 :
| Place | Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| Heat | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 2 | Deon Hemmings | Jamaica | 6 | 0.219 s | 55.44 s | Q | |
| 2 | 11 | Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova | Ukraine | 2 | 0.329 s | 56.27 s | Q | |
| 3 | 17 | Jana Pittman | Australia | 4 | 0.196 s | 56.76 s | | |
| 4 | 21 | Anna Olichwierczuk | Poland | 5 | 0.229 s | 57.36 s | | |
| 5 | 25 | Monika Niederstatter | Italy | 3 | 0.268 s | 58.02 s | | |
| 6 | 27 | Tacko Diouf | Senegal | 7 | 0.173 s | 58.65 s | | |
Heat 4 of 5 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000 :
| Place | Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| Heat | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 6 | Sandra Glover | United States | 6 | 0.207 s | 55.76 s | Q | |
| 2 | 8 | Ulrike Urbansky | Germany | 8 | 0.297 s | 55.93 s | Q | |
| 3 | 15 | Natalya Torshina | Kazakhstan | 7 | 0.289 s | 56.38 s | q | |
| 4 | 19 | Susan Smith-Walsh | Ireland | 4 | 0.152 s | 57.08 s | | |
| 5 | 23 | Irēna Žauna | Latvia | 3 | 0.229 s | 57.79 s | | |
| 6 | 26 | Lauren Poetschka | Australia | 5 | 0.183 s | 58.06 s | | |
| 7 | 31 | Chrysoula Gountunoudi | Greece | 2 | 0.223 s | 1:01.59 | | |
Heat 5 of 5 Date: Sunday 24 September 2000 :
| Place | Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| Heat | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 7 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 3 | 0.204 s | 55.89 s | Q | |
| 2 | 13 | Guðrún Arnardóttir | Iceland | 6 | 0.201 s | 56.30 s | Q | |
| 3 | 16 | Ionela Târlea | Romania | 2 | 0.246 s | 56.40 s | q | |
| 4 | 18 | Tonja Buford-Bailey | United States | 8 | 0.206 s | 57.02 s | | |
| 5 | 22 | Keri Maddox | Great Britain | 4 | 0.220 s | 57.44 s | | |
| 6 | 28 | Stephanie Price | Australia | 5 | | 58.81 s | | |
| 7 | 29 | Patrina Allen | Jamaica | 7 | 0.328 s | 59.36 s | | |

#### Overall

Round 1 Overall Results :
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Heat | Lane | Place | Time | Qual. |
| 1 | Nouzha Bidouane | Morocco | 1 | 4 | 1 | 55.38 s | Q |
| 2 | Deon Hemmings | Jamaica | 3 | 6 | 1 | 55.44 s | Q |
| 3 | Daimí Pernía | Cuba | 2 | 7 | 1 | 55.53 s | Q |
| 4 | Heike Meissner | Germany | 2 | 8 | 2 | 55.58 s | Q |
| 5 | Natasha Danvers | Great Britain | 2 | 3 | 3 | 55.68 s | q |
| 6 | Sandra Glover | United States | 4 | 6 | 1 | 55.76 s | Q |
| 7 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 55.89 s | Q |
| 8 | Ulrike Urbansky | Germany | 4 | 8 | 2 | 55.93 s | Q |
| 9 | Yulia Nosova | Russia | 2 | 6 | 4 | 56.11 s | q |
| 10 | Catherine Scott-Pomales | Jamaica | 2 | 5 | 5 | 56.17 s | q |
| 11 | Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 2 | 56.27 s | Q |
| 12 | Kim Batten | United States | 1 | 6 | 2 | 56.28 s | Q |
| 13 | Guðrún Arnardóttir | Iceland | 5 | 6 | 2 | 56.30 s | Q |
| 14 | Andrea Blackett | Barbados | 1 | 2 | 3 | 56.31 s | q |
| 15 | Natalya Torshina | Kazakhstan | 4 | 7 | 3 | 56.38 s | q |
| 16 | Ionela Târlea | Romania | 5 | 2 | 3 | 56.40 s | q |
| 17 | Jana Pittman | Australia | 3 | 4 | 3 | 56.76 s | |
| 18 | Tonja Buford-Bailey | United States | 5 | 8 | 4 | 57.02 s | |
| 19 | Susan Smith-Walsh | Ireland | 4 | 4 | 4 | 57.08 s | |
| 20 | Tetyana Debela | Ukraine | 2 | 4 | 6 | 57.33 s | |
| 21 | Anna Olichwierczuk | Poland | 3 | 5 | 4 | 57.36 s | |
| 22 | Keri Maddox | Great Britain | 5 | 4 | 5 | 57.44 s | |
| 23 | Irena Zauna | Latvia | 4 | 3 | 5 | 57.79 s | |
| 24 | Sinead Dudgeon | Great Britain | 1 | 5 | 4 | 57.82 s | |
| 25 | Monika Niederstatter | Italy | 3 | 3 | 5 | 58.02 s | |
| 26 | Lauren Poetschka | Australia | 4 | 5 | 6 | 58.06 s | |
| 27 | Tacko Diouf | Senegal | 3 | 7 | 6 | 58.65 s | |
| 28 | Stephanie Price | Australia | 5 | 5 | 6 | 58.81 s | |
| 29 | Patrina Allen | Jamaica | 5 | 7 | 7 | 59.36 s | |
| 30 | Cherry | Myanmar | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1:00.81 | |
| 31 | Chrysoula Gountunoudi | Greece | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1:01.59 s | |
| 32 | Mary-Estelle Kapalu | Vanuatu | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1:02.68 | |
| | Natalia Chulkova | Russia | 1 | 8 | | DNF | |
| | Karlene Haughton | Canada | 1 | 8 | | DNS | |

### Semi-finals

Heat 1 of 2 Date: Monday 25 September 2000 :
| Place | Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| Position | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 1 | Deon Hemmings | Jamaica | 3 | 0.288 s | 54.00 s | Q | SB |
| 2 | 7 | Daimí Pernía | Cuba | 5 | 0.448 s | 54.92 s | Q | |
| 3 | 8 | Natasha Danvers | Great Britain | 8 | 0.156 s | 54.95 s | Q | PB |
| 4 | 10 | Ulrike Urbansky | Germany | 4 | 0.185 s | 55.23 s | | |
| 5 | 12T | Heike Meissner | Germany | 6 | 0.399 s | 55.73 s | | |
| 6 | 12T | Kim Batten | United States | 2 | 0.207 s | 55.73 s | | |
| 7 | 15 | Natalya Torshina | Kazakhstan | 1 | 0.222 s | 56.22 s | | |
| 8 | 16 | Yulia Nosova | Russia | 7 | | 56.58 s | | |
Heat 2 of 2 Date: Monday 25 September 2000 :
| Place | Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| Position | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 2 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 5 | 0.203 s | 54.02 s | Q | PB |
| 2 | 3 | Nouzha Bidouane | Morocco | 3 | 0.190 s | 54.19 s | Q | |
| 3 | 4 | Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova | Ukraine | 6 | 0.394 s | 54.25 s | Q | |
| 4 | 5 | Ionela Târlea | Romania | 8 | 0.219 s | 54.70 s | q | |
| 5 | 6 | Guðrún Arnardóttir | Iceland | 7 | 0.171 s | 54.82 s | q | SB |
| 6 | 9 | Sandra Glover | United States | 4 | 0.473 s | 54.98 s | | |
| 7 | 11 | Andrea Blackett | Barbados | 1 | 0.194 s | 55.30 s | | |
| 8 | 14 | Catherine Scott-Pomales | Jamaica | 2 | 0.219 s | 55.78 s | | |
Semi-finals- Overall
Semi-finals Overall results :
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Heat | Lane | Place | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | Deon Hemmings | Jamaica | 1 | 3 | 1 | 54.00 s | Q | SB |
| 2 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 2 | 5 | 1 | 54.02 s | Q | PB |
| 3 | Nouzha Bidouane | Morocco | 2 | 3 | 2 | 54.19 s | Q | |
| 4 | Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova | Ukraine | 2 | 6 | 3 | 54.25 s | Q | |
| 5 | Ionela Târlea | Romania | 2 | 8 | 4 | 54.70 s | q | SB |
| 6 | Guðrún Arnardóttir | Iceland | 2 | 7 | 5 | 54.82 s | q | |
| 7 | Daimí Pernía | Cuba | 1 | 5 | 2 | 54.92 s | Q | |
| 8 | Natasha Danvers | Great Britain | 1 | 8 | 3 | 54.95 s | Q | PB |
| 9 | Sandra Glover | United States | 2 | 4 | 6 | 54.98 s | | |
| 10 | Ulrike Urbansky | Germany | 1 | 4 | 4 | 55.30 s | | |
| 11 | Andrea Blackett | Barbados | 2 | 1 | 7 | 55.30 s | | |
| 12 | Kim Batten | United States | 1 | 2 | 6 | 55.73 s | | |
| 12 | Heike Meissner | Germany | 1 | 6 | 5 | 55.73 s | | |
| 14 | Catherine Scott-Pomales | Jamaica | 2 | 2 | 8 | 55.78 s | | |
| 15 | Natalya Torshina | Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 7 | 56.22 s | | |
| 16 | Yulia Nosova | Russia | 1 | 7 | 8 | 56.58 s | | |

## Final

Heat 1 of 1 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 :
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Record |
| | Irina Privalova | Russia | 3 | 0.178 s | 53.02 s | PB |
| | Deon Hemmings | Jamaica | 6 | 0.446 s | 53.45 s | SB |
| | Nouza Bidouane | Morocco | 4 | 0.169 s | 53.57 s | |
| 4 | Daimí Pernía | Cuba | 5 | 0.447 s | 53.68 s | SB |
| 5 | Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova | Ukraine | 8 | 0.326 s | 53.98 s | SB |
| 6 | Ionela Târlea | Romania | 7 | 0.281 s | 54.35 s | SB |
| 7 | Gudrun Arnardottir | Iceland | 2 | 0.238 s | 54.63 s | |
| 8 | Natasha Danvers | Great Britain | 1 | 0.174 s | 55.00 s | |