Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

Template:Short description Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sidebar games events The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 17–20 August at the Beijing National Stadium.^[1]

The qualifying standards were 55.60 s (A standard) and 56.50 s (B standard).^[2]

Schedule

Prior to this competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading time were as follows:

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	OR	WR
20 August	Final	Melaine Walker	Template:FlagIOC	52.64	OR

The first three runners of each heat (Q) plus the next four overall fastest runners (q) qualified for the Semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes^[3]
1	3	Melaine Walker	Template:FlagIOC	54.46	Q
2	4	Ekaterina Bikert	Template:FlagIOC	55.15	Q
3	3	Anastasiya Rabchenyuk	Template:FlagIOC	55.18	Q
4	2	Tasha Danvers	Template:FlagIOC	55.19	Q, SB
5	3	Tsvetelina Kirilova	Template:FlagIOC	55.22	Q, PB
6	2	Anastasiya Ott	Template:FlagIOC	55.34	Q
7	4	Anna Jesień	Template:FlagIOC	55.35	Q
8	1	Tiffany Ross-Williams	Template:FlagIOC	55.51	Q
9	1	Irina Obedina	Template:FlagIOC	55.71	Q
10	2	Nickiesha Wilson	Template:FlagIOC	55.75	Q
11	1	Satomi Kubokura	Template:FlagIOC	55.82	Q, SB
12	4	Zuzana Hejnová	Template:FlagIOC	55.91	Q
13	3	Queen Harrison	Template:FlagIOC	55.96	q
14	2	Angela Moroșanu	Template:FlagIOC	56.07	q, SB
15	2	Sheena Tosta	Template:FlagIOC	56.12	q
16	3	Aïssata Soulama	Template:FlagIOC	56.37	q
17	1	Shevon Stoddart	Template:FlagIOC	56.52
18	2	Nikolina Horvat	Template:FlagIOC	56.65
19	4	Tatyana Azarova	Template:FlagIOC	56.88
20	4	Muna Jabir Adam	Template:FlagIOC	57.16
21	1	Ieva Zunda	Template:FlagIOC	57.43
22	1	Lucimar Teodoro	Template:FlagIOC	57.68
23	4	Josanne Lucas	Template:FlagIOC	57.76
24	3	Carole Kaboud Mebam	Template:FlagIOC	57.81
25	2	Michelle Carey	Template:FlagIOC	57.99
26	4	Laia Forcadell	Template:FlagIOC	58.64
27	3	Galina Pedan	Template:FlagIOC	1:00.31

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	1	Sheena Tosta	Template:FlagIOC	54.07	Q
2	2	Melaine Walker	Template:FlagIOC	54.20	Q
3	1	Tasha Danvers	Template:FlagIOC	54.31	Q, SB
4	1	Anna Jesień	Template:FlagIOC	54.36	Q
5	1	Ekaterina Bikert	Template:FlagIOC	54.38	Q
6	2	Anastasiya Rabchenyuk	Template:FlagIOC	54.60	Q, PB
7	1	Nickiesha Wilson	Template:FlagIOC	54.67
8	1	Anastasiya Ott	Template:FlagIOC	54.74	PB
9	2	Tiffany Ross-Williams	Template:FlagIOC	54.99	Q
10	2	Zuzana Hejnová	Template:FlagIOC	55.17	Q
11	2	Aïssata Soulama	Template:FlagIOC	55.69	SB
12	2	Irina Obedina	Template:FlagIOC	55.69
13	2	Queen Harrison	Template:FlagIOC	55.88
14	2	Tsvetelina Kirilova	Template:FlagIOC	55.97
15	1	Satomi Kubokura	Template:FlagIOC	56.69
16	1	Angela Moroșanu	Template:FlagIOC	57.67

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes^[4]
Script error: No such module "sort".	6	Melaine Walker	Template:FlagIOC	0.236	52.64	Template:OlyR, NR
Script error: No such module "sort".	5	Sheena Tosta	Template:FlagIOC	0.191	53.70
Script error: No such module "sort".	7	Tasha Danvers	Template:FlagIOC	0.189	53.84	PB
4	4	Anastasiya Rabchenyuk	Template:FlagIOC	0.248	53.96	PB
5	9	Anna Jesień	Template:FlagIOC	0.206	54.29	SB
6	2	Ekaterina Bikert	Template:FlagIOC	0.193	54.96
7	3	Zuzana Hejnová	Template:FlagIOC	0.195	54.97
8	8	Tiffany Ross-Williams	Template:FlagIOC	0.184	57.55

(OR = Olympic record; NR = National Record; PB = Personal Best; SB = Season Best.)

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:Olympics400metresHurdles Script error: No such module "Navbox".