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400 metres Hurdles, Women

Date	24 – 27 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	33 from 21 countries

Irina Privalova started out her career as a sprinter, running in the sprints at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. She only began hurdling earlier in 2000 and the first round of the 400 hurdles in Sydney was only her sixth race in this event. The semi-finals were won by Privalova and the defending champion, Deon Hemmings. In the final, they led thru seven hurdles, running a near dead heat, but Privalova pulled away as they neared the eighth hurdle. She had much more left and won easily, by almost four metres over Hemmings.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	2966	Irina Privalova	RUS	55.89 (1 h5)	54.02 (1 h2)	53.02 (1)	Gold
2	2287	Deon Hemmings	JAM	55.44 (1 h3)	54.00 (1 h1)	53.45 (2)	Silver
3	2532	Nezha Bidouane	MAR	55.38 (1 h1)	54.19 (2 h2)	53.57 (3)	Bronze
4	1497	Daimí Pernía	CUB	55.53 (1 h2)	54.92 (2 h1)	53.68 (4)
5	3246	Tetiana Tereshchuk-Antypova	UKR	56.27 (2 h3)	54.25 (3 h2)	53.98 (5)
6	2836	Ionela Târlea	ROU	56.40 (3 h5)	54.70 (4 h2)	54.35 (6)
7	2165	Guðrún Arnardóttir	ISL	56.30 (2 h5)	54.82 (5 h2)	54.63 (7)
8	1824	Tasha Danvers	GBR	55.68 (3 h2)	54.95 (3 h1)	55.00 (8)
4 h1 r2/3	1929	Ulrike Urbansky	GER	55.93 (2 h4)	55.23 (4 h1)	–
5 h1 r2/3	1913	Heike Meißner	GER	55.58 (2 h2)	55.73 (5 h1)	–
6 h1 r2/3	3327	Kim Batten	USA	56.28 (2 h1)	55.73 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	3351	Sandra Glover	USA	55.76 (1 h4)	54.98 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r2/3	2365	Nataliya Torshina	KAZ	56.38 (3 h4)	56.22 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	1190	Andrea Blackett	BAR	56.31 (3 h1)	55.30 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r2/3	2962	Yuliya Nosova	RUS	56.11 (4 h2)	56.58 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r2/3	2295	Catherine Pomales-Scott	JAM	56.17 (5 h2)	55.78 (8 h2)	–
3 h3 r1/3	1128	Jana Pittman	AUS	56.76 (3 h3)	–	–
4 h1 r1/3	1826	Sinead Dudgeon	GBR	57.82 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	2735	Anna Olichwierczuk	POL	57.36 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	2160	Susan Smith-Walsh	IRL	57.08 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r1/3	3330	Tonja Buford-Bailey	USA	57.02 (4 h5)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	3411	Mary-Estelle Kapalu	VAN	1:02.68 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	2239	Monika Niederstätter	ITA	58.02 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	2467	Irēna Žauna	LAT	57.79 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	1834	Keri Maddox	GBR	57.44 (5 h5)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	3226	Tetiana Debela	UKR	57.33 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	3002	Mame Tacko Diouf	SEN	58.65 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	1129	Lauren Poetschka	AUS	58.06 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r1/3	1130	Stephanie Price	AUS	58.81 (6 h5)	–	–
7 h2 r1/3	2465	Cherry	MYA	1:00.81 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h4 r1/3	1991	Chrysoula Gountenoudi	GRE	1:01.59 (7 h4)	–	–
7 h5 r1/3	2273	Patrina Allen	JAM	59.36 (7 h5)	–	–
AC h1 r1/3	2979	Nataliya Chulkova	RUS	– (DNF h1)	–	–
DNS	1342	Karlene Haughton	CAN	– (DNS h1)	–	–

Round One (24 September 2000)

Top two in each and next six fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (19:15)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Nezha Bidouane	MAR	55.38	0.162	Q
2	6	Kim Batten	USA	56.28	0.162	Q
3	2	Andrea Blackett	BAR	56.31	0.174	q
4	5	Sinead Dudgeon	GBR	57.82	0.201
5	3	Mary-Estelle Kapalu	VAN	1:02.68	0.437
DNF	8	Nataliya Chulkova	RUS	–	0.343
DNS	7	Karlene Haughton	CAN	–	–

Heat Two (19:22)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	7	Daimí Pernía	CUB	55.53	0.256	Q
2	8	Heike Meißner	GER	55.58	0.224	Q
3	3	Tasha Danvers	GBR	55.68	0.160	q
4	6	Yuliya Nosova	RUS	56.11	0.293	q
5	5	Catherine Pomales-Scott	JAM	56.17	0.187	q
6	4	Tetiana Debela	UKR	57.33	0.164
7	2	Cherry	MYA	1:00.81	0.218

Heat Three (19:29)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Deon Hemmings	JAM	55.44	0.219	Q
2	2	Tetiana Tereshchuk-Antypova	UKR	56.27	0.329	Q
3	4	Jana Pittman	AUS	56.76	0.196
4	5	Anna Olichwierczuk	POL	57.36	0.229
5	3	Monika Niederstätter	ITA	58.02	0.268
6	7	Mame Tacko Diouf	SEN	58.65	0.173

Heat Four (19:36)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Sandra Glover	USA	55.76	0.207	Q
2	8	Ulrike Urbansky	GER	55.93	0.297	Q
3	7	Nataliya Torshina	KAZ	56.38	0.289	q
4	4	Susan Smith-Walsh	IRL	57.08	0.152
5	3	Irēna Žauna	LAT	57.79	0.299
6	5	Lauren Poetschka	AUS	58.06	0.183
7	2	Chrysoula Gountenoudi	GRE	1:01.59	0.223

Heat Five (19:43)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	3	Irina Privalova	RUS	55.89	0.204	Q
2	6	Guðrún Arnardóttir	ISL	56.30	0.201	Q
3	2	Ionela Târlea	ROU	56.40	0.246	q
4	8	Tonja Buford-Bailey	USA	57.02	0.206
5	4	Keri Maddox	GBR	57.44	0.220
6	5	Stephanie Price	AUS	58.81	–
7	7	Patrina Allen	JAM	59.36	0.328

Semi-Finals (25 September 2000)

Top three in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Heat One (19:15)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	3	Deon Hemmings	JAM	54.00	0.288	Q
2	5	Daimí Pernía	CUB	54.92	0.448	Q
3	8	Tasha Danvers	GBR	54.95	0.156	Q
4	4	Ulrike Urbansky	GER	55.23	0.185
5	6	Heike Meißner	GER	55.73	0.399
6	2	Kim Batten	USA	55.73	0.207		1
7	1	Nataliya Torshina	KAZ	56.22	0.222
8	7	Yuliya Nosova	RUS	56.58	–

Heat Two (19:23)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Irina Privalova	RUS	54.02	0.203	Q
2	3	Nezha Bidouane	MAR	54.19	0.190	Q
3	6	Tetiana Tereshchuk-Antypova	UKR	54.25	0.394	Q
4	8	Ionela Târlea	ROU	54.70	0.219	q
5	7	Guðrún Arnardóttir	ISL	54.82	0.181	q
6	4	Sandra Glover	USA	54.98	0.473
7	1	Andrea Blackett	BAR	55.30	0.194
8	2	Catherine Pomales-Scott	JAM	55.78	0.219

Final (27 September 2000 — 20:55)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	3	Irina Privalova	RUS	53.02	0.178
2	6	Deon Hemmings	JAM	53.45	0.446
3	4	Nezha Bidouane	MAR	53.57	0.169
4	5	Daimí Pernía	CUB	53.68	0.447
5	8	Tetiana Tereshchuk-Antypova	UKR	53.98	0.326
6	7	Ionela Târlea	ROU	54.35	0.281
7	2	Guðrún Arnardóttir	ISL	54.63	0.238
8	1	Tasha Danvers	GBR	55.00	0.174