A competição dos 400 metros rasos feminino nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2008 aconteceu no dias 16 a 19 de Agosto no Estádio Nacional de Pequim.
Recordes Antes desta competição, os recordes mundiais e olímpicos da prova eram os seguintes:
Resultados Ronda 1 Eliminatória Pista Nome País Resultado Notas 5 8 Sanya Richards 50.54 Q 7 8 Shericka Williams 50.57 Q 7 7 Tatyana Firova 50.59 Q 2 6 Libania Grenot Martinez 50.87 Q, NR 2 2 Amantle Montsho 50.91 Q 5 4 Aliann Pompey 50.99 Q, SB 1 4 Rosemarie Whyte 51.00 Q 4 2 Christine Ohuruogu 51.00 Q 4 4 Yulia Gushchina 51.18 Q 1 2 Christine Amertil 51.25 Q, SB 3 6 Anastasia Kapachinskaya 51.32 Q 1 5 Ajoke Odumosu 51.39 Q, PB 1 8 Deedee Trotter 51.41 q 5 5 Folashade Abugan 51.45 Q 3 7 Mary Wineberg 51.46 Q 6 8 Novlene Williams 51.52 Q 2 4 Carline Muir 51.55 Q, PB 2 4 Indira Terrero 51.56 q 7 5 Rachael Nachula 50.62 Q 6 3 Nicola Sanders 51.81 Q 3 5 Lee McConnell 51.87 Q 4 6 Gabriela Medina 51.96 Q 7 9 Joy Amechi Eze 51.97 q 2 8 Makelesi Bulikiobo Batimala 52.24 SB 4 7 Tamsyn Lewis 52.38 7 6 Alissa Kallinikou 52.40 1 3 Tiandra Ponteen 52.41 5 6 Asami Tanno 52.60 5 2 Dimitra Ntova 52.69 6 2 Nwal Eljack 52.77 Q 7 4 Monika Bejnar 52.80 6 4 Kineke Alexander 52.87 2 3 Mandeep Kaur 52.88 6 5 Trish Batholomew 52.88 3 8 Barbara Petrahn 53.06 3 4 Carol Rodríguez 53.08 1 6 Antonina Yefremova 53.22 4 3 Maria Laura Almirão 53.26 4 8 Joanne Cuddihy 53.32 5 3 Olga Tereshkova 53.36 3 3 Ginou Etienne 53.94 5 7 Kia Davis 53.99 6 7 Tsholofelo Thipe 54.11 2 7 Justine Bayigga 54.15 7 2 Sandrine Thiebaud-Kangni 54.16 6 6 Klodiana Shala 54.84 6 9 Munguntuya Batgerel 58.14 7 3 Temalangeni Dlamini 59.91 3 2 Rachidatou Seini Maikidou NR 4 5 Ghada Ali
Semi-finais Eliminatória Pista Nome País Resultado Notas 2 7 Sanya Richards 49.90 Q 1 4 Christine Ohuruogu 50.14 Q, SB 1 5 Shericka Williams 50.28 Q, SB 2 4 Anastasia Kapachinskaya 50.30 Q, PB 1 7 Tatyana Firova 50.31 q 3 7 Yulia Gushchina 50.48 Q 3 6 Amantle Montsho 50.54 Q 3 6 Rosemarie Whyte 50.63 q 3 9 Nicola Sanders 50.71 SB 3 5 Libania Grenot Martinez 50.83 NR 1 6 Aliann Pompey 50.93 =NR 2 5 Novlene Williams 51.06 1 8 Mary Wineberg 51.13 3 8 Folashade Abugan 51.30 2 6 Christine Amertil 51.51 1 3 Indira Terrero 51.80 2 2 Joy Amechi Eze 51.87 3 2 Deedee Trotter 51.87 2 3 Lee McConnell 52.11 2 9 Carline Muir 52.37 1 9 Ajoke Odumosu 52.45 2 8 Rachael Nachula 52.67 1 2 Gabriela Medina 52.97 3 3 Nwal Eljack 54.18
Final # Pista Nome País Resultado Notas 4 Christine Ohuruogu 49.62 SB 6 Shericka Williams 49.69 PB 7 Sanya Richards 49.93 4 5 Yulia Gushchina 50.01 PB 5 2 Rosemarie Whyte 50.68 6 8 Amantle Montsho 51.18 DSQ 9 Anastasia Kapachinskaya 50.03 PB DSQ 3 Tatyana Firova 50.11 SB
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