The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 12–15 August.Start list

Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record52.34Tula, Russia8 August 2003Championship record52.42Berlin, Germany20 August 2009World Leading53.07London, United Kingdom26 July 2013African Record52.90Seville, Spain25 August 1999Asian Record53.96Beijing, People's Republic of China9 September 1993North, Central American and Caribbean record52.42Berlin, Germany20 August 2009South American Record55.84Belém, Brazil24 May 2009European Record52.34Tula, Russia8 August 2003Oceanian record53.17Seoul, South Korea27 September 1988

Qualification standards

A timeB time 55.40 56.55

Schedule Date Time Round12 August 2013 11:50 Heats13 August 2013 19:05 Semifinals15 August 2013 21:45 Final

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.Heats Results

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 2 Perri Shakes-Drayton 54.42 Q 2 4 5 Dalilah Muhammad 54.90 Q 3 3 3 Lashinda Demus 54.94 Q 4 4 1 Eilidh Child 55.17 Q 5 2 8 Zuzana Hejnová 55.25 Q 6 3 1 Natalya Antyukh 55.29 Q 7 3 4 Lauren Boden 55.37 q 8 1 2 Denisa Rosolová 55.44 Q 9 1 8 Meghan Beesley 55.45 Q 9 4 7 Irina Davydova 55.45 Q 11 2 5 Hanna Titimets 55.50 Q 12 4 4 Hanna Yaroshchuk 55.73 q 13 2 7 Nickiesha Wilson 55.75 Q 14 1 1 Vania Stambolova 55.91 Q 15 3 6 Ristananna Tracey 55.94 q 16 2 6 Christine Spence 55.96 q 17 1 7 Satomi Kubokura 56.33 SB 18 2 3 Anastasiya Ott 56.39 19 4 3 Jennifer Rockwell-Grossarth 56.53 20 3 7 Phara Anacharsis 56.73 21 1 5 Axelle Dauwens 56.85 22 4 6 Danielle Dowie 57.03 23 4 8 Ugonna Ndu 57.27 24 4 2 Noelle Montcalm 57.50 25 2 4 Anneri Ebersohn 57.90 26 2 2 Amaliya Sharoyan 57.97 NR 27 1 3 Hayat Lambarki 58.00 28 3 8 Sparkle McKnight 58.85 29 1 4 Georganne Moline 59.05 1 6 Kaliese Spencer Improper hurdling 2 1 Muizat Ajoke Odumosu False start 3 5 Christine Sonali Merrill

Semifinals Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.Semifinals Results

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 4 Zuzana Hejnová 53.52 Q 2 2 5 Perri Shakes-Drayton 53.92 Q 3 1 5 Dalilah Muhammad 54.08 Q 4 2 4 Lashinda Demus 54.22 Q, SB 5 1 6 Eilidh Child 54.32 Q 6 2 3 Hanna Titimets 54.63 Q, PB 7 1 1 Hanna Yaroshchuk 54.92 q 8 1 7 Nickiesha Wilson 54.94 q, SB 9 1 3 Meghan Beesley 54.97 PB 10 1 8 Irina Davydova 55.05 11 2 6 Denisa Rosolová 55.14 12 2 2 Ristananna Tracey 55.43 13 2 8 Natalya Antyukh 55.55 14 2 1 Lauren Boden 55.75 15 2 7 Vania Stambolova 56.58 16 1 2 Christine Spence 58.35

Final The final was started at 20:45.Final Results

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Zuzana Hejnová 52.83 WL, NR 4 Dalilah Muhammad 54.09 6 Lashinda Demus 54.27 4 7 Hanna Titimets 54.72 5 8 Eilidh Child 54.86 6 1 Hanna Yaroshchuk 55.01 7 5 Perri Shakes-Drayton 56.25 8 2 Nickiesha Wilson 57.34

References

External links 400 metres hurdles results at IAAF website