400m, Women 1964-2016


1964
1 Elizabeth Cuthbert AUS 52"0
2 Ann Packer GBR 52"2
3 Judith Amoore AUS 53"4
4 Antonia Munkacsi HUN 54"4
5 Maria Itkina URS 54"6
6 Mathilda van der Zwaard NED 55"2
7 Gertrud Schmidt GER 55"4
8 Evelyne Lebret FRA 55"5

1968
1 Colette Besson FRA 52"0
2 Lilyan Board GBR 52"1
3 Natalya Pechenkina GBR 52"1
4 Janet Simpson GBR 52"5
5 Aurelia Penton CUB 52"7
6 Jarvis Scott USA 52"7
7 Helga Henning RFT 52"8
8 Hermina Van Der Hoeven NED 53"0
Heat (5º) Donata Gavoni ITA 54"7

1972
1 Monika Zehrt RDT 51"08
2 Rita Wilden RFG 51"21
3 Kathy Hammond USA 51"64
4 Helga Seidler RDT 51"86
5 Mable Fergerson USA 51"96
6 Charlene Rnedina AUS 51"99
7 Dagmar Kaesling RDT 52"19
8 Gyorgy Balogh HUN 52"39
Qf. (8º) Donata Gavoni ITA 53"78

1976
1 Irena Szewinska POL 49"29
2 Christina Brehmer RDT 50"51
3 Ellen Streidt RDT 50"55
4 Pirjo Haggman FIN 50"56
5 Rosalyn Bryant USA 50"65
6 Sheila Ingram USA 50"90
7 Rita Salin FIN 50"98
8 Debra Sapenter USA 51"66
Qf. (6º) Rita Bottiglieri ITA 52"51

1980
1 Marita Koch RDT 48"88
2 Jarmila Kratochvilova TCH 49"46
3 Christina Lathan RDT 49"66
4 Irina Nazarova URS 50"07
5 Nina Zyuskova URS 50"17
6 Gabriele Lowe RDT 51"33
7 Pirjo Haggman FIN 51"35
8 Linsey McDonald GBR 52"40
Batt. (5º) Erica Rossi ITA 52"98

1984
1 Valerie Brisco-Hooks USA 48"83
2 Chandra Cheeseborough USA 49"05
3 Kathryn Cook GBR 49"42
4 Marita Payne CAN 49"91
5 Lillie Leatherwood USA 50"25
6 Ute Thimm RFG 50"37
7 Chamaine Crooks CAN 50"45
8 Ruth Waithera KEN 51"56
Heat (6º) Erica Rossi ITA 53"04

1988
1 Olha Bryzgina URS 48"65
2 Petra Mueller RDT 49"45
3 Olga Nazarova URS 49"90
4 Valerie Briscoe USA 50"16
5 Diane Dixon USA 50"72
6 Denean Howard USA 51"12
7 Helga Arendt RFG 51"17
8 Maree Holland AUS 51"25

1992
1 Marie-José Pérec FRA 48"83
2 Olha Bryzgina SUN/UKR 49"05
3 Ximena Restrepo COL 49"64
4 Olga Nazarova SUN/RUS 49"69
5 Jilian Richardson-Briscoe CAN 49"93
6 Rochelle Stevens USA 50"11
7 Sandie Richards JAM 50"19
8 Phylis Smith GBR 50"87

1996
1 Marie-Josè Perec FRA 48"25
2 Cathy Freeman AUS 48"63
3 Falilat Ogunkoya NGR 49"10
4 Pauline Davis BRN 49"28
5 Jearl Miles USA 49"55
6 Fatima Yusuf NGR 49"77
7 Sandie Richards JAM 50"45
8 Grit Breuer GER 50"71
Qf. (5º) Virna De Angeli ITA 51"77
Heat (4º) Patrizia Spuri ITA 52"45

2000
1 Cathy Freeman AUS 49"11
2 Lorraine Graham JAM 49"58
3 Katharine Merry GBR 49"72
4 Donna Fraser GBR 49"79
5 Ana Guevara MEX 49"96
6 Heide Seyerling RSA 50"05
7 Falilat Ogunkoya NGR 50"12
8 Olga Kotlyarova RUS 51"04

2004
1 Tonique Williams-Darling BAH 49"41
2 Ana Guevara MEX 49"56
3 Natalya Antyukh RUS 49"89
4 Monique Hennagan USA 49"97
5 DeeDee Trotter USA 50"00
6 Sanya Richards USA 50"19
7 Christine Amertil BAH 50"37
8 Natalya Nazarova RUS 50"65

2008
1 Christine Ohuruogu GBR 49"62
2 Shericka Williams JAM 49"69
3 Sanya Richards USA 49"93
4 Yulia Gushchina RUS 50"01
5 Rosemarie Whyte JAM 50"68
6 Amantle Montsho BOT 51"18
Semif. Libania Grenot Martinez ITA 50"83

Anastasia Kapachinskaya RUS (50"03) and Tatiana Firova RUS (50"11) have been disqualified due to anti-doping violations.

2012
1 Sanya Richards-Ross USA 49"55
2 Christine Ohuruogu GBR 49"70
3 Dee Dee Trotter USA 49"72
4 Amantle Montsho BOT 49"75
5 Novlene Williams-Mills JAM 50"11
6 Francena McCorory USA 50"33
7 Rosemarie Whyte JAM 50"79
8 Libania Grenot Martinez ITA 51"18

Antonina Krivoshapka RUS (50"17) has been disqualified due to anti-doping violations.

2016
1 Shaunae Miller BAH 49"44
2 Allyson Felix USA 49"51
3 Shericka Jackson JAM 49"85
4 Natasha Mastings USA 50"34
5 Phyllis Francis USA 50"41
6 Stephenie Ann McPherson JAM 50"97
7 Libania Grenot ITA 51"25
25 Mariabenedicta Chigbolu ITA

Olha Zemlyak UKR 51"24 has been disqualified by CAS