| Date | 22 – 24 August 2004 |
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| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Olympiako Stadio, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi |
| Participants | 37 from 23 countries |
For the fourth straight Olympics, Gail Devers continued her personal high hurdles soap opera. This time she started the first round with a wrap around an injured calf, and she did not make it over the first hurdle, her Olympic hurdling career over. The favorite’s role in Athina fell to Canada’s Perdita Felicien, who had been World Champion in 2003, and she posted the fastest time in the semi-finals. In the final, Felicien hit the first hurdle hard, and moved into the adjacent lane, taking out Russia’s Irina Shevchenko, both falling. There was now nobody left in the race with any significant high hurdle record. America’s Joanna Hayes, a converted 400 hurdler, went on to win in 12.37. Russian officials protested the race, demanding that it be re-run but this was not done.
| Date | 22 August 2004 — 19:35 |
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| Format | Top 2 in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the semi-finals. |
| Time | 19:35 |
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| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | Reaction Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melissa Morrison |  USA | 12.76 | 0.154 | ||
| 2 | Delloreen Ennis-London |  JAM | 12.77 | 0.157 | ||
| 3 | Nadine Faustin-Parker |  HAI | 12.94 | 0.191 | ||
| 4 | Aliuska López |  ESP | 13.21 | 0.210 | ||
| 5 | Anay Tejeda |  CUB | 13.24 | 0.157 | ||
| 6 | Juliane Sprenger-Afflerbach |  GER | 13.28 | 0.202 | ||
| 7 | Irina Lenskiy |  ISR | 13.75 | 0.248 | ||
| 8 | Céline Laporte |  SEY | 13.92 | 0.172 |
| Time | 19:42 |
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| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | Reaction Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brigitte Foster | JAM | 12.83 | 0.154 | ||
| 2 | Glory Alozie Oluchi | ESP | 12.92 | 0.279 | ||
| 3 | Angela Whyte |  CAN | 13.01 | 0.245 | ||
| 4 | Linda Ferga-Khodadin |  FRA | 13.02 | 0.279 | ||
| 5 | Jenny Kallur |  SWE | 13.11 | 0.233 | ||
| 6 | Nadine Hentschke | GER | 13.36 | 0.176 | ||
| 7 | Rosa Rakotozafy |  MAD | 13.67 | 0.179 | ||
| 8 | Tricia Roberts |  THA | 13.80 | 0.252 |
| Time | 19:49 |
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| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | Reaction Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mariya Koroteyeva |  RUS | 12.72 | 0.194 | ||
| 2 | Perdita Felicien | CAN | 12.73 | 0.173 | ||
| 3 | Lacena Golding-Clarke | JAM | 12.86 | 0.165 | ||
| 4 | Susanna Kallur | SWE | 12.89 | 0.242 | ||
| 5 | Flora Rentoumi |  GRE | 13.14 | 0.184 | ||
| 6 | Maíla Machado |  BRA | 13.35 | 0.226 | ||
| 7 | Su Yiping |  CHN | 13.53 | 0.230 |
| Time | 19:56 |
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| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | Reaction Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joanna Hayes | USA | 12.71 | 0.175 | ||
| 2 | Nataliya Kresova | RUS | 12.90 | 0.201 | ||
| 3 | Aurelia Trywiańska-Kollasch |  POL | 13.01 | 0.184 | ||
| 4 | Nicole Ramalalanirina | FRA | 13.07 | 0.185 | ||
| 5 | Priscilla Lopes-Schliep | CAN | 13.08 | 0.205 | ||
| 6 | Sarah Claxton |  GBR | 13.14 | 0.241 | ||
| 7 | Derval O'Rourke |  IRL | 13.46 | 0.198 | ||
| 8 | Marie-Joëlle Conjungo |  CAF | 14.24 | 0.183 |
| Time | 20:03 |
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| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | Reaction Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reïna-Flor Okori | FRA | 12.81 | 0.186 | ||
| 2 | Irina Shevchenko | RUS | 12.82 | 0.180 | ||
| 3 | Olena Ovcharova-Krasovska |  UKR | 12.84 | 0.201 | ||
| 4 | Kirsten Bolm | GER | 12.85 | 0.170 | ||
| 5 | Lucie Škrobáková-Martincová |  CZE | 13.51 | 0.189 | ||
| Gail Devers | USA | – | 0.170 | |||
| Svetla Dimitrova |  BUL | – | – |
| Date | 23 August 2004 — 19:00 |
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| Format | Top 4 in each heat advanced to the final. |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time (automatic) | Reaction Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joanna Hayes | USA | 12.48 | 0.190 | ||
| 2 | Perdita Felicien | CAN | 12.49 | 0.171 | ||
| 3 | Melissa Morrison | USA | 12.53 | 0.156 | ||
| 4 | Olena Ovcharova-Krasovska | UKR | 12.58 | 0.145 | ||
| 5 | Mariya Koroteyeva | RUS | 12.60 | 0.166 | ||
| 6 | Delloreen Ennis-London | JAM | 12.60 | 0.167 | ||
| 7 | Glory Alozie Oluchi | ESP | 12.62 | 0.165 | ||
| =8 | Susanna Kallur | SWE | 12.67 | 0.173 | ||
| =8 | Irina Shevchenko | RUS | 12.67 | 0.160 | ||
| 10 | Lacena Golding-Clarke | JAM | 12.69 | 0.153 | ||
| 11 | Angela Whyte | CAN | 12.69 | 0.117 | ||
| 12 | Nadine Faustin-Parker | HAI | 12.74 | 0.170 | ||
| 13 | Nataliya Kresova | RUS | 12.76 | 0.178 | ||
| 14 | Reïna-Flor Okori | FRA | 12.81 | 0.187 | ||
| Kirsten Bolm | GER | – | 0.194 | |||
| Brigitte Foster | JAM | – | – |
| Time | 19:00 |
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| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | Reaction Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perdita Felicien | CAN | 12.49 | 0.171 | ||
| 2 | Melissa Morrison | USA | 12.53 | 0.156 | ||
| 3 | Olena Ovcharova-Krasovska | UKR | 12.58 | 0.145 | ||
| 4 | Mariya Koroteyeva | RUS | 12.60 | 0.166 | ||
| 5 | Delloreen Ennis-London | JAM | 12.60 | 0.167 | ||
| 6 | Glory Alozie Oluchi | ESP | 12.62 | 0.165 | ||
| 7 | Susanna Kallur | SWE | 12.67 | 0.173 | ||
| 8 | Nadine Faustin-Parker | HAI | 12.74 | 0.170 |
| Time | 19:08 |
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| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | Reaction Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joanna Hayes | USA | 12.48 | 0.190 | ||
| 2 | Irina Shevchenko | RUS | 12.67 | 0.160 | ||
| 3 | Lacena Golding-Clarke | JAM | 12.69 | 0.153 | ||
| 4 | Angela Whyte | CAN | 12.69 | 0.117 | ||
| 5 | Nataliya Kresova | RUS | 12.76 | 0.178 | ||
| 6 | Reïna-Flor Okori | FRA | 12.81 | 0.187 | ||
| Kirsten Bolm | GER | – | 0.194 | |||
| Brigitte Foster | JAM | – | – |
| Date | 24 August 2004 — 22:30 |
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| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | Reaction Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joanna Hayes | USA | 12.37 | 0.169 | ||
| 2 | Olena Ovcharova-Krasovska | UKR | 12.45 | 0.151 | ||
| 3 | Melissa Morrison | USA | 12.56 | 0.145 | ||
| 4 | Mariya Koroteyeva | RUS | 12.72 | 0.195 | ||
| 5 | Lacena Golding-Clarke | JAM | 12.73 | 0.149 | ||
| 6 | Angela Whyte | CAN | 12.81 | 0.155 | ||
| Perdita Felicien | CAN | – | 0.167 | |||
| Irina Shevchenko | RUS | – | 0.155 |
