Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metres hurdles

Women's 400 metres hurdles at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 24 – October 26
Competitors	13 from 11 nations
Medalists
Princesa Oliveros   Colombia   Lucy Jaramillo   Ecuador   Yolanda Osana   Dominican Republic
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Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 400 metres hurdles sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place between the 24 and 26 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Sheena Johnson of the United States.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record	Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS)	52.34	Tula, Russia	August 8, 2003
Pan American Games record	Daimi Pernia (CUB)	53.44	Winnipeg, Canada	July 28, 1999

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter one athlete regardless if they had met the qualification standard. To enter two entrants both athletes had to have met the minimum standard (60.40) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).^[2]

Schedule

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

Semifinals

Held on October 24. The first three in each heat and the next two fastest advanced to the finals.^[3][4]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Sharolyn Scott	Costa Rica	57.23	Q, PB
2	1	Princesa Oliveros	Colombia	57.55	Q, PB
3	2	Mackenzie Hill	United States	57.82	Q
4	2	Yolanda Osana	Dominican Republic	57.86	Q
5	2	Jailma de Lima	Brazil	58.29	q
6	1	Lucy Jaramillo	Ecuador	58.54	Q, PB
7	1	Takecia Jameson	United States	58.68	Q
8	1	Karla Saviñón	Mexico	59.00	q
9	1	Sheryl Morgan	Jamaica	59.59
10	1	Katrina Seymour	Bahamas	1:00.34
11	2	Deborah Rodriguez	Uruguay	1:00.72
12	2	Rushell Clayton	Jamaica	1:03.44
13	1	Jessica Aguilera	Nicaragua	1:03.75

Final

Held on October 26.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time[5]	Notes
01 !	Princesa Oliveros	Colombia	56.26	PB
02 !	Lucy Jaramillo	Ecuador	56.95	PB
03 !	Yolanda Osana	Dominican Republic	57.08	NR
4	Sharolyn Scott	Costa Rica	57.40
5	Jailma de Lima	Brazil	57.71
6	Takecia Jameson	United States	57.89
7	Mackenzie Hill	United States	58.08
8	Karla Saviñón	Mexico	58.57

References