2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres


The women's 400 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 24, 25 and 27 August. Christine Ohuruogu of Great Britain entered the competition as the defending champion.

Summary

is known as a 200 metres specialist, but two years earlier her string of 200 meter championships was snapped along with her hamstring in the [|final]. Based on winning the 2014 Diamond League, Felix was qualified to enter the 200 metres here but chose to forgo that opportunity to put all her eggs in this basket. This was her bid to win the one title she didn't have under her belt, the same event she narrowly lost to Amantle Montsho of Botswana four years prior at 2011 IAAF World Championships. With world leader Francena McCorory unable to qualify to run here at the American Championships, Felix was the name to beat. The defending champion Christine Ohuruogu, known for her late rush, also made the final.
With high expectations, Felix took off strongly running her first 200 metres in the dominant fashion one would expect of a 200 metres specialist. She kept building on her lead coming off the final turn several steps ahead of Shericka Jackson the next out of the turn. The question was if she would have the strength to finish, or would her legs turn to jello as happened to Sanya Richards-Ross with the same kind of aggressive start on this same track seven years earlier.
The answer was no. While Felix didn't advance her lead, she kept her margin on Jackson for a clear win.
Shaunae Miller made a powerful rush to the finish, passing Jackson for the silver and gaining on Felix down the home stretch. Jackson beat three other Jamaican teammates for the bronze.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 6 fastest advanced to the [|semifinals].
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Stephenie Ann McPherson50.34,
25Bianca Răzor50.37,
35Shericka Jackson50.41
44Phyllis Francis50.52,
56Shaunae Miller50.53
63Christine Day50.58
71Allyson Felix50.60
83Joyce Zakary50.71,
95Patience Okon George50.87
101Floria Gueï50.89,
112Christine Ohuruogu51.01
126Novlene Williams-Mills51.07,
121Nataliya Pyhyda51.07,
145Anyika Onuora51.14,
152Marie Gayot51.24,
162Natasha Hastings51.25
171Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz51.31,
182Maureen Jelagat Maiyo51.40,
194Nadezhda Kotlyarova51.42,
206Ekaterina Renzhina51.55
203Kabange Mupopo51.55
226Libania Grenot51.64
231Anneliese Rubie51.69,
245Carline Muir51.70,
254Regina George51.74
254Małgorzata Hołub51.74
276Olha Zemlyak52.00
286Iga Baumgart52.02
293Mariya Mikhailyuk52.16
303Gunta Latiševa-Čudare52.17
311Kineke Alexander52.24
325Lisneidy Veitia52.25
332Tosin Adeloye52.42
344Justine Palframan52.45
353Maria Benedicta Chigbolu52.48
361Iveta Putalová52.52
372Geisa Coutinho52.72
386Aauri Bokesa52.98
393Audrey Jean-Baptiste53.18
402Amaliya Sharoyan54.16
414Dil Maya Karki
5Jacinter Shikanda

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat and the next 2 fastest advanced to the final.
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Allyson Felix49.89,
23Shericka Jackson50.03,
31Shaunae Miller50.12
42Christine Ohuruogu50.16,
52Stephenie Ann McPherson50.32,
63Novlene Williams-Mills50.47,
72Phyllis Francis50.50,
83Nataliya Pyhyda50.62
92Patience Okon George50.76
101Christine Day50.82
113Anyika Onuora50.87
122Marie Gayot50.97
133Bianca Răzor51.05
141Libania Grenot51.14
151Floria Gueï51.30
161Natasha Hastings51.33
172Ekaterina Renzhina51.49
181Nadezhda Kotlyarova51.86
193Maureen Jelagat Maiyo51.92
203Kabange Mupopo51.93
212Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz51.94
221Anneliese Rubie52.04
232Carline Muir52.31
1Joyce Zakary

Final

The final was held at 20:40.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
6Allyson Felix49.26
5Shaunae Miller49.67
4Shericka Jackson49.99
48Christine Day50.14
59Stephenie Ann McPherson50.42
62Novlene Williams-Mills50.47
73Phyllis Francis50.51
87Christine Ohuruogu50.63