Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metres


The women's 400 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games will take place between the 7 and 8 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Kendall Baisden from the United States.

Summary

Right out of the blocks, Shericka Jackson was moving ahead of the stagger. Just inside of her, Paola Morán was trying to key off of her. Down the backstretch the center lanes of the track, including Courtney Okolo were moving ahead. The separation continued all the way to the finish.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record47.60Canberra, AustraliaOctober 6, 1985
Pan American Games record49.61Havana, CubaAugust 5, 1991

Schedule

Results

All times shown are in seconds.
KEY:qQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Semifinal

Qualification: First 3 in each heat and next 2 fastest qualified for the final. The results were as follows:
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Paola Morán51.58Q
21Shericka Jackson51.99Q
31Roxana Gómez52.04Q
41Jaide Stepter52.17Q
52Courtney Okolo52.31Q
62Sada Williams52.39Q
71Kyra Constantine52.92q
81Aliyah Abrams52.95q
92Natassha McDonald53.15
101Yenifer Padilla53.20
112Lina Licona53.53
121Noelia Martinez53.96
132Maria MacKenna54.11
142Anastasia Le-Roy54.18
152Ashley Kelly54.42
161Kanika Beckles54.64
171Maitte Torres54.66

Final

The results were as follows:
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Shericka Jackson50.73
4Paola Morán51.02PB
6Courtney Okolo51.22
47Roxana Gómez51.65SB
53Kyra Constantine51.99
69Sada Williams52.25
72Aliyah Abrams52.63
8Jaide Stepter