2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

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The winning margin was 0.01 seconds which as of July 2024 is the only time the women's 400 metres has been won by less than a tenth of a second at these championships. Of the six finalists, the winner had the slowest reaction time.

Medallists

Gold
	Olesya Zykina	Russland
Silver
	Natalya Nazarova	Russland
Bronze
	Shareese Woods	Vereinigte Staaten

Heats

Heat	Lane	Name	Land	Mark	Q	React
1	6	Olesya Zykina	Russland	51.96	Q	0.244
1	4	Moushaumi Robinson	Vereinigte Staaten	52.45	Q	0.258
1	3	Makelesi Batimala	Fidschi	54.02 PB	Q	0.217
1	1	Nikolett Listar	Ungarn	55.37		0.237
1	2	Martina Xuereb	Malta	57.62 NR		0.282
1	5	Moya Thompson	Jamaika	DNF		0.315
2	5	Natalya Nazarova	Russland	52.40	Q	0.157
2	3	Antonina Yefremova	Ukraine	52.64	Q	0.163
2	6	Shareese Woods	Vereinigte Staaten	52.65	Q	0.240
2	4	Zuzana Hejnová	Tschechische Republik	53.04	q	0.146
2	1	Racheal Nachula	Sambia	53.52 NR	q	0.257
2	2	Vera Barbosa	Kap Verde	57.55		0.281
3	6	Amantle Montsho	Botswana	52.96 PB	Q	0.290
3	2	Angela Moroșanu	Rumänien	53.32 SB	Q	0.249
3	5	Christy Ekpukhon Ihunaegbo	Nigeria	53.34	Q	0.187
3	3	Nataliya Pyhyda	Ukraine	53.44	q	0.187
3	4	Tsvetelina Kirilova	Bulgarien	53.66		0.195
3	1	Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni	Togo	54.02 SB	0.209

Semifinals

Heat	Lane	Name	Land	Mark	Q	React
1	5	Olesya Zykina	Russland	51.75	Q	0.315
1	3	Antonina Yefremova	Ukraine	51.79 PB	Q	0.228
1	6	Moushaumi Robinson	Vereinigte Staaten	51.85 PB	Q	0.248
1	1	Racheal Nachula	Sambia	53.30 NR		0.317
1	2	Makelesi Batimala	Fidschi	54.23		0.275
1	4	Christy Ekpukhon Ihunaegbo	Nigeria	DNS
2	6	Natalya Nazarova	Russland	51.62	Q	0.287
2	3	Shareese Woods	Vereinigte Staaten	51.87 PB	Q	0.193
2	4	Angela Moroșanu	Rumänien	52.83 SB	Q	0.273
2	2	Zuzana Hejnová	Tschechische Republik	53.16		0.142
2	5	Amantle Montsho	Botswana	53.21		0.266
2	1	Nataliya Pyhyda	Ukraine	53.33

Final

Heat	Lane	Name	Land	Mark	React
	6	Olesya Zykina	Russland	51.09 WL	0.297
	5	Natalya Nazarova	Russland	51.10 SB	0.247
	3	Shareese Woods	Vereinigte Staaten	51.41 PB	0.237
4	4	Antonina Yefremova	Ukraine	51.53 PB	0.147
5	2	Angela Moroșanu	Rumänien	53.07	0.269
6	1	Moushaumi Robinson	Vereinigte Staaten	53.10	0.257