# 2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 27, 28 and 30 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Jana Rawlinson Australia | Yuliya Pechenkina Russia | Anna Jesień Poland |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 27, 2007 | 10:50 | Heats |
| August 28, 2007 | 21:40 | Semifinals |
| August 30, 2007 | 20:25 | Final |

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | WR | World record | AR | Area record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Tiffany Ross-Williams | United States | 54.24 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Yuliya Pechenkina | Russia | 54.50 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Tetiana Tereschuk-Antipova | Ukraine | 54.74 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 4 | Jana Rawlinson | Australia | 54.77 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Anna Jesień | Poland | 55.01 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Nickiesha Wilson | Jamaica | 55.15 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Melaine Walker | Jamaica | 55.40 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Natalia Ivanova | Russia | 55.52 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | Huang Xiaoxiao | China | 55.64 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Fani Chalkia | Greece | 55.66 | Q, SB |
| 11 | 1 | Tasha Danvers-Smith | United Kingdom | 55.67 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Muna Jabir Adam | Sudan | 55.80 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Zuzana Hejnová | Czech Republic | 55.87 | Q, SB |
| 14 | 4 | Ionela Târlea-Manolache | Romania | 55.90 | Q, SB |
| 15 | 2 | Tatyana Azarova | Kazakhstan | 55.93 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | Kaliese Spencer | Jamaica | 55.93 | q |
| 17 | 1 | Nicole Leach | United States | 55.95 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | Yevgeniya Isakova | Russia | 56.02 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | Erica Mårtensson | Sweden | 56.19 | q, PB |
| 20 | 3 | Yekaterina Bikert | Russia | 56.23 | q |
| 21 | 5 | Sheena Johnson | United States | 56.30 | Q |
| 22 | 1 | Hristína Hantzi-Neag | Greece | 56.37 | q |
| 23 | 3 | Élodie Ouédraogo | Belgium | 56.44 | |
| 24 | 3 | Ulrike Urbansky | Germany | 56.76 | |
| 25 | 2 | Tsvetelina Kirilova | Bulgaria | 56.77 | Q |
| 26 | 1 | Satomi Kubokura | Japan | 57.01 | |
| 27 | 2 | Aïssata Soulama | Burkina Faso | 57.06 | |
| 28 | 3 | Michelle Carey | Ireland | 57.10 | |
| 29 | 5 | Christina Kron | Germany | 57.28 | Q |
| 30 | 2 | Anastasiya Rabchenyuk | Ukraine | 57.31 | |
| 31 | 2 | Özge Gürler | Turkey | 57.40 | |
| 32 | 1 | Ilona Ranta | Finland | 57.64 | |
| 33 | 5 | Andrea Blackett | Barbados | 57.70 | |
| 34 | 5 | Lamiae Lhabze | Morocco | 57.81 | |
| 35 | 5 | Lucimar Teodoro | Brazil | 58.32 | |
| 36 | 4 | Muizat Ajoke Odumosu | Nigeria | 59.05 | |
| 37 | 1 | Nadia Nazir | Pakistan | 1:04.76 | PB |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Jana Rawlinson | Australia | 53.57 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Yuliya Pechenkina | Russia | 53.82 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Anna Jesień | Poland | 53.86 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 3 | Nickiesha Wilson | Jamaica | 53.97 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 2 | Huang Xiaoxiao | China | 54.00 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 1 | Tasha Danvers-Smith | United Kingdom | 54.08 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | Yevgeniya Isakova | Russia | 54.11 | q, SB |
| 8 | 3 | Tiffany Williams | United States | 54.15 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Tetiana Tereschuk-Antipova | Ukraine | 54.38 | SB |
| 10 | 2 | Melaine Walker | Jamaica | 54.54 | |
| 11 | 1 | Sheena Johnson | United States | 54.55 | |
| 12 | 3 | Natalya Ivanova | Russia | 54.88 | |
| 13 | 1 | Zuzana Hejnová | Czech Republic | 55.04 | NR |
| 14 | 3 | Ionela Târlea-Manolache | Romania | 55.41 | SB |
| 15 | 3 | Muna Jabir Adam | Sudan | 55.65 | |
| 16 | 2 | Tatyana Azarova | Kazakhstan | 55.74 | |
| 17 | 3 | Tsvetelina Kirilova | Bulgaria | 56.03 | PB |
| 18 | 2 | Christina Kron | Germany | 56.05 | |
| 19 | 2 | Nicole Leach | United States | 56.10 | |
| 20 | 3 | Hristina Hantzi-Neag | Greece | 56.35 | |
| 21 | 1 | Erica Mårtensson | Sweden | 56.46 | |
| 22 | 2 | Fani Chalkia | Greece | 56.58 | |
| 23 | 1 | Kaliese Spencer | Jamaica | 56.69 | |
| 24 | 2 | Yekaterina Bikert | Russia | 1:00.07 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Jana Rawlinson | Australia | 53.31 | SB |
| | Yuliya Pechenkina | Russia | 53.50 | SB |
| | Anna Jesień | Poland | 53.92 | |
| 4 | Nickiesha Wilson | Jamaica | 54.10 | |
| 5 | Huang Xiaoxiao | China | 54.15 | |
| 6 | Yevgeniya Isakova | Russia | 54.50 | |
| 7 | Tiffany Williams | United States | 54.63 | |
| 8 | Tasha Danvers-Smith | United Kingdom | 54.94 | |