2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on and 9 August.

Summary

In wet conditions, Shaunae Miller-Uibo took an early lead, which she maintained coming onto the home stretch, with Allyson Felix in second and Phyllis Francis and Salwa Eid Naser gaining on both of them. Miller-Uibo stumbled and slowed to a jog, being passed by Francis, Felix, and Nasser. Francis continued on to win while Nasser, breaking her own national record, dipped past Felix on the line.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:

Record		Athlete	Date	Location
World	47.60	Marita Koch	6 Oct 1985	Canberra, Australia
Championship	47.99	Jarmila Kratochvílová		Helsinki, Finland
World leading	49.65	Allyson Felix	9 Jul 2017	London, Great Britain
African	49.10	Falilat Ogunkoya	29 Jul 1996	Atlanta, United States
Asian	49.81	Ma Yuqin	11 Sep 1993	Beijing, China
NACAC	48.70	Sanya Richards-Ross	16 Sep 2006	Athens, Greece
South American	49.64	Ximena Restrepo	5 Aug 1992	Barcelona, Spain
European	47.60	Marita Koch	6 Oct 1985	Canberra, Australia
Oceanian	48.63	Cathy Freeman	29 Jul 1996	Atlanta, United States

The following records were set at the competition:

Record		Athlete	Date
Sierra Leonean	53.20	Maggie Barrie	6 Aug 2017
Bahraini	50.57	Salwa Eid Naser	6 Aug 2017
Bahraini	50.08	Salwa Eid Naser	7 Aug 2017
Bahraini	50.06	Salwa Eid Naser	9 Aug 2017

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 52.10.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time, is as follows:

Date	Time	Round
6 August	11:55	Heats
7 August	20:55	Semifinals
9 August	21:50	Final

Results

Heats

The first round took place on 6 August in six heats as follows:

Heat	1	2	3	4	5	6
Start time	11:54	12:03	12:12	12:21	12:30	12:39
Photo finish

The first three in each heat and the next six fastest qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	3	Salwa Eid Naser		50.57	, '
2	4	9	Phyllis Francis		50.94
3	2	3	Shaunae Miller-Uibo		50.97
4	4	4	Novlene Williams-Mills		51.00
5	3	2	Kabange Mupopo		51.09	,
6	6	4	Chrisann Gordon		51.14
7	3	4	Shericka Jackson		51.26
8	2	7	Stephenie Ann McPherson		51.27
9	6	2	Amantle Montsho		51.37	,
10	3	6	Gunta Latiševa-Čudare		51.37	,
11	3	8	Lydia Jele		51.41
12	5	8	Quanera Hayes		51.43
13	6	3	Margaret Bamgbose		51.57	,
14	2	9	Yinka Ajayi		51.58
15	2	6	Bianca Răzor		51.64
16	3	3	Ruth Spelmeyer		51.72	,
17	5	9	Patience Okon George		51.83
18	5	4	Zoey Clark		51.88
19	6	7	Iga Baumgart		51.88
20	3	5	Roxana Gomez		51.98
21	5	2	Nirmala Sheoran		52.01
22	3	7	Elea-Mariama Diarra		52.06
23	6	6	Tamara Salaški		52.13
24	6	5	Kendall Ellis		52.18
25	2	4	Emily Diamond		52.20
26	5	7	Morgan Mitchell		52.22
27	5	5	Anastasiia Bryzgina		52.26
28	4	8	Małgorzata Hołub		52.26
29	1	1	Allyson Felix		52.44
30	4	5	Lisanne de Witte		52.48
31	6	9	Déborah Sananes		52.50
32	2	5	Aiyanna Stiverne		52.55
33	4	6	Amalie Iuel		52.55
34	6	8	Anyika Onuora		52.58
35	1	2	Irini Vasiliou		52.61
36	5	6	Carline Muir		52.70
37	1	6	Ashley Kelly		52.70
38	3	9	Anita Horvat		52.78
39	2	2	Cátia Azevedo		52.79
40	1	9	Maria Benedicta Chigbolu		53.00
41	1	4	Maggie Barrie		53.20	'
42	4	2	Eleni Artymata		53.26
43	2	8	Christine Botlogetswe		53.50
44	1	8	Justyna Święty		53.62
45	4	7	Domonique Williams		53.72
46	1	5	Maximila Imali		53.97
47	1	7	Travia Jones		54.02
48	5	3	Djénébou Danté		54.04
49	1	3	Samantha Dirks		54.74

Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 7 August in three heats as follows:

Heat	1	2	3
Start time	20:55	21:03	21:11
Photo finish

The first two in each heat and the next two fastest qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	7	Salwa Eid Naser		50.08	,
2	2	4	Allyson Felix		50.12
3	1	5	Shaunae Miller-Uibo		50.36
4	3	5	Phyllis Francis		50.37
5	1	7	Stephenie Ann McPherson		50.56	,
6	3	4	Kabange Mupopo		50.60	,
7	2	9	Novlene Williams-Mills		50.67
8	2	5	Shericka Jackson		50.70
9	1	6	Quanera Hayes		50.71
10	3	7	Chrisann Gordon		50.87
11	3	6	Amantle Montsho		51.28
12	1	8	Gunta Latiševa-Čudare		51.57
13	2	2	Lydia Jele		51.57
14	3	3	Ruth Spelmeyer		51.77
15	3	2	Iga Baumgart		51.81
16	3	8	Zoey Clark		51.81
17	1	3	Roxana Gomez		52.01
18	1	2	Bianca Răzor		52.09
19	2	8	Yinka Ajayi		52.10
20	3	9	Margaret Bamgbose		52.23
21	1	4	Patience Okon George		52.60
22	2	3	Nirmala Sheoran		53.07
23	2	6	Irini Vasiliou		53.27
24	1	9	Ashley Kelly		54.50

Final

The final took place on 9 August at 21:50. The results were as follows:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Phyllis Francis		49.92
	4	Salwa Eid Naser		50.06
	5	Allyson Felix		50.08
4	7	Shaunae Miller-Uibo		50.49
5	2	Shericka Jackson		50.76
6	8	Stephenie Ann McPherson		50.86
7	9	Kabange Mupopo		51.15
8	3	Novlene Williams-Mills		51.48

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