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

Women's 400 metres at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 25 – October 26
Competitors	14 from 10 nations
Medalists
Jennifer Padilla   Colombia   Daisurami Bonne   Cuba   Geisa Coutinho   Brazil
«2007	2015»

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
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The women's 400 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games will take place between the 24 and 26 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.^[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion is Ana Guevara of Mexico, who has since retired.

Records

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

World record	Marita Koch (GDR)	47.60	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
Pan American Games record	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	49.61	Havana, Cuba	August 5, 1991

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (53.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).^[2]

Schedule

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on October 25. The top three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.^[3][4]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Jennifer Padilla	Colombia	51.76	Q
2	2	Daisurami Bonne	Cuba	52.20	Q
3	2	Patricia Hall	Jamaica	52.47	Q
4	2	Geisa Coutinho	Brazil	52.56	q
5	1	Norma González	Colombia	52.67	Q
6	1	Aymée Martínez	Cuba	52.76	Q
7	1	Joelma Sousa	Brazil	52.96	Q
8	1	Raysa Sánchez	Dominican Republic	53.08	q
9	1	Nallely Vela	Mexico	53.29
10	1	Christian Brennan	Canada	53.34
11	1	Leslie Cole	United States	53.38
12	2	Kineke Alexander	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	53.42	SB
13	2	Jessica Cousins	United States	54.38
14	2	Kanika Beckles	Grenada	56.43

Final

The final was held on October 26.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time[5]	Notes
01 !	Jennifer Padilla	Colombia	51.53	PB
02 !	Daisurami Bonne	Cuba	51.69	PB
03 !	Geisa Coutinho	Brazil	51.87
4	Aymée Martínez	Cuba	52.09
5	Norma González	Colombia	52.18
6	Joelma Sousa	Brazil	52.34
7	Patricia Hall	Jamaica	52.69
8	Raysa Sánchez	Dominican Republic	52.86

References