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Women's 400 metres hurdles
at the 2013 World Championships
Women's 400 metres hurdles ; at the 2013 World Championships
	Gold medalist Zuzana Hejnová
Venue	Luzhniki Stadium
Dates	12 August (heats); 13 August (semifinals); 15 August (final)
Competitors	32 from 19 nations
Winning time	52.83
Medalists
	Zuzana Hejnová; Czech Republic (CZE)
	Dalilah Muhammad; United States (USA)
	Lashinda Demus; United States (USA)
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The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 12–15 August.^[1]

Running on home soil, reigning Olympic Champion Natalya Antyukh might have been expected to be the favorite. Instead she made a quick exit, finishing sixth in her semifinal. The Olympic silver medalist from that close Olympic final is the returning champion Lashinda Demus, but having a bye, she has raced sparingly. She ran her season best to qualify in that same semi. The distant bronze medalist Zuzana Hejnová in 2012 was the 2013 world leader. She won the first semi, almost half a second faster than the other qualifiers. Perri Shakes-Drayton won the second semi passing a fading Demus.

In the final, Hejnová in lane 3 was first to the first hurdle but backed off. It was Demus took off in lane 4 and was the leader down the back stretch, with training partner Dalilah Muhammad almost on the same pace. Both are trained by Demus' mom. Shakes-Drayton between them tried to keep up with the two Americans. Hejnová was gaining steadily on Demus and Muhammad through the turn. Demus, who still holds the American high school record in the 300 hurdles did that distance well, but Hejnová, who set the world best in that race just two weeks earlier, passed her over the 8th hurdle at 290 meters. Demus' arm carry noticeably dropped, she had played her best card and Hejnová had trumped it. Hejnová continued ahead to victory with Demus fighting to stay with her. Muhammad caught Demus with 10 meters to go for silver. Demus a step back for bronze. Shakes-Drayton disappeared back through the field, nobody else was in contention with the three clear winners. Hejnová's 52.83 is the Czech national record and makes her the number 12 performer of all time (Demus already number 3).

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:^[2]

World record	Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS)	52.34	Tula, Russia	8 August 2003
Championship record	Melaine Walker (JAM)	52.42	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
World Leading	Zuzana Hejnová (CZE)	53.07	London, United Kingdom	26 July 2013
African Record	Nezha Bidouane (MAR)	52.90	Seville, Spain	25 August 1999
Asian Record	Qing Han (CHN)	53.96	Beijing, People's Republic of China	9 September 1993
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Melaine Walker (JAM)	52.42	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
South American Record	Lucimar Teodoro (BRA)	55.84	Belém, Brazil	24 May 2009
European Record	Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS)	52.34	Tula, Russia	8 August 2003
Oceanian record	Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS)	53.17	Seoul, South Korea	27 September 1988

Qualification standards

A time^[3]	B time
55.40	56.55

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
12 August 2013	11:50	Heats
13 August 2013	19:05	Semifinals
15 August 2013	21:45	Final

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	2	Perri Shakes-Drayton	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	54.42	Q
2	4	5	Dalilah Muhammad	United States (USA)	54.90	Q
3	3	3	Lashinda Demus	United States (USA)	54.94	Q
4	4	1	Eilidh Child	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	55.17	Q
5	2	8	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic (CZE)	55.25	Q
6	3	1	Natalya Antyukh	Russia (RUS)	55.29	Q
7	3	4	Lauren Boden	Australia (AUS)	55.37	q
8	1	2	Denisa Rosolová	Czech Republic (CZE)	55.44	Q
9	1	8	Meghan Beesley	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	55.45	Q
9	4	7	Irina Davydova	Russia (RUS)	55.45	Q
11	2	5	Hanna Titimets	Ukraine (UKR)	55.50	Q
12	4	4	Hanna Yaroshchuk	Ukraine (UKR)	55.73	q
13	2	7	Nickiesha Wilson	Jamaica (JAM)	55.75	Q
14	1	1	Vania Stambolova	Bulgaria (BUL)	55.91	Q
15	3	6	Ristananna Tracey	Jamaica (JAM)	55.94	q
16	2	6	Christine Spence	United States (USA)	55.96	q
17	1	7	Satomi Kubokura	Japan (JPN)	56.33	SB
18	2	3	Anastasiya Ott	Russia (RUS)	56.39
19	4	3	Jennifer Rockwell-Grossarth	Italy (ITA)	56.53
20	3	7	Phara Anacharsis	France (FRA)	56.73
21	1	5	Axelle Dauwens	Belgium (BEL)	56.85
22	4	6	Danielle Dowie	Jamaica (JAM)	57.03
23	4	8	Ugonna Ndu	Nigeria (NGR)	57.27
24	4	2	Noelle Montcalm	Canada (CAN)	57.50
25	2	4	Anneri Ebersohn	South Africa (RSA)	57.90
26	2	2	Amaliya Sharoyan	Armenia (ARM)	57.97	NR
27	1	3	Hayat Lambarki	Morocco (MAR)	58.00
28	3	8	Sparkle McKnight	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	58.85
29	1	4	Georganne Moline	United States (USA)	59.05
	1	6	Kaliese Spencer	Jamaica (JAM)	DQ	^[5]
	2	1	Muizat Ajoke Odumosu	Nigeria (NGR)	DQ	^[6]
	3	5	Christine Sonali Merrill	Sri Lanka (SRI)	DQ	^[5]

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.^[7]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic (CZE)	53.52	Q
2	2	5	Perri Shakes-Drayton	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	53.92	Q
3	1	5	Dalilah Muhammad	United States (USA)	54.08	Q
4	2	4	Lashinda Demus	United States (USA)	54.22	Q, SB
5	1	6	Eilidh Child	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	54.32	Q
6	2	3	Hanna Titimets	Ukraine (UKR)	54.63	Q, PB
7	1	1	Hanna Yaroshchuk	Ukraine (UKR)	54.92	q
8	1	7	Nickiesha Wilson	Jamaica (JAM)	54.94	q, SB
9	1	3	Meghan Beesley	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	54.97	PB
10	1	8	Irina Davydova	Russia (RUS)	55.05
11	2	6	Denisa Rosolová	Czech Republic (CZE)	55.14
12	2	2	Ristananna Tracey	Jamaica (JAM)	55.43
13	2	8	Natalya Antyukh	Russia (RUS)	55.55
14	2	1	Lauren Boden	Australia (AUS)	55.75
15	2	7	Vania Stambolova	Bulgaria (BUL)	56.58
16	1	2	Christine Spence	United States (USA)	58.35

Final

The final was started at 20:45.^[8]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic (CZE)	52.83	WL, NR
	4	Dalilah Muhammad	United States (USA)	54.09
	6	Lashinda Demus	United States (USA)	54.27
4	7	Hanna Titimets	Ukraine (UKR)	54.72
5	8	Eilidh Child	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	54.86
6	1	Hanna Yaroshchuk	Ukraine (UKR)	55.01
7	5	Perri Shakes-Drayton	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	56.25
8	2	Nickiesha Wilson	Jamaica (JAM)	57.34