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Women's 400 metres
at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships
Women's 400 metres ; at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships
	Medalists Lieke Klaver, Femke Bol, and Alexis Holmes
Venue	Commonwealth Arena
Location	Glasgow, United Kingdom
Dates	1 March 2024 (round 1 and semi-finals); 2 March 2024 (final);
Competitors	24 from 19 nations
Winning time	49.17 s i WR
Medalists
	← 2022 2026 →

The women's 400 metres at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place in three rounds at the Commonwealth Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, on 1 and 2 March 2024. It was contested by twenty-four athletes from nineteen different nations.

The four heats of round 1 were held in the morning of 1 March, where twelve athletes qualified for the next round. Susanne Gogl-Walli of Austria set a national record of 51.43 seconds. The two heats of the semi-finals were held in the evening of 1 March, where six athletes qualified for the final round. Sharlene Mawdsley of Ireland was disqualified for obstruction.

The final was held in the evening of 2 March. Femke Bol of the Netherlands won the gold medal finishing in a new short track world record of 49.17 seconds, followed by Lieke Klaver of the Netherlands in 50.16 seconds and Alexis Holmes of the United States in 50.24 seconds. Gogl-Walli set another Austrian record of 51.37 seconds.

Background

On 18 February 2024, Femke Bol of the Netherlands had broken the 400 metres short track world record in a time of 49.24 s at the Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships.^[2] The championship record of 50.04 s was set by Olesya Forsheva of Russia on 12 March 2006.^[3]

Records before the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships^[3]
Record	Athlete (Nation)	Time in s	Location	Date
World record	Femke Bol (NED)	49.24 i	Apeldoorn, Netherlands	18 February 2024
World leading	Femke Bol (NED)	49.24 i	Apeldoorn, Netherlands	18 February 2024
Championship record	Olesya Forsheva (RUS)	50.04 i	Moscow, Russia	12 March 2006

Qualification

For the women's 400 metres event, the qualification period was from 1 January 2023 until 18 February 2024. Athletes could qualify by running the entry standard of 51.60 s indoor or 50.50 s outdoor, by receiving a wild card for the overall winner of an event in the World Athletics Indoor Tour in 2023 or 2024, or by their position on the World Athletics Ranking for the event up to the target of 30 athletes.^[4]

Results

Round 1

The four heats of round 1 were held on 1 March, starting at 10:20 (UTC) in the morning. The first two athletes in each heat (Q) and the next four fastest athletes (q) qualified for the semi-finals. In the second heat, Susanne Gogl-Walli set an Austrian record (NR) of 51.43 seconds. In the third heat, three athletes finished second in 52.229 seconds and all were advanced to the next round (Q), leaving only two instead of four time-fastest spots (q) for the semi-finals.^[3]

Results of round 1^[3]
Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	MS	Notes
1	2	6	Lieke Klaver	Netherlands	51.31		Q
2	2	4	Susanne Gogl-Walli	Austria	51.43		Q, NR
3	1	5	Laviai Nielsen	Great Britain	51.82		Q
4	2	5	Lada Vondrová	Czech Republic	51.94		q
5	4	6	Femke Bol	Netherlands	52.00		Q
6	2	3	Stacey-Ann Williams	Jamaica	52.16		q
7	3	5	Talitha Diggs	United States	52.17	52.167	Q
8	1	6	Andrea Miklós	Romania	52.17	52.168	Q
9	3	3	Sharlene Mawdsley	Ireland	52.23	52.229	Q^[a]
	3	6	Henriette Jæger	Norway	52.23	52.229
	3	4	Amandine Brossier	France	52.23	52.229
12	1	3	Tereza Petržilková	Czech Republic	52.31		^[a]
13	4	5	Alexis Holmes	United States	52.53		Q
14	1	4	Cátia Azevedo	Portugal	52.92		^[a]
15	4	4	Charokee Young	Jamaica	53.04
16	1	2	Eva Santidrián	Spain	53.07
17	2	1	Gunta Vaičule	Latvia	53.09		SB
18	4	1	Ayomide Folorunso	Italy	53.15
19	4	3	Tiffani Marinho	Brazil	53.48
20	4	2	Grace Claxton	Puerto Rico	54.62
21	3	2	Lauren Hoffman	Philippines	54.66
22	2	2	Yanique Haye-Smith	Turks and Caicos Islands	54.98		SB
23	1	1	Shalysa Wray	Cayman Islands	55.82		SB
24	3	1	Tábata de Carvalho	Brazil	57.73

Semi-finals

The two heats of the semi-finals were held on 1 March, starting at 20:50 (UTC) in the evening. The first three athletes in each heat (Q) qualified for the final. In the first heat, Lieke Klaver received a yellow card for improper conduct of disturbing the start and Sharlene Mawdsley was disqualified for obstruction during the race.^[6]

Results of the semi-finals^[6]
Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Femke Bol	Netherlands	50.66	Q
2	2	2	Alexis Holmes	United States	50.99	Q
3	1	5	Lieke Klaver	Netherlands	51.18	Q
4	1	6	Talitha Diggs	United States	51.28	Q
5	2	6	Laviai Nielsen	Great Britain	51.44	Q
6	2	3	Henriette Jæger	Norway	51.48
7	2	4	Andrea Miklós	Romania	51.83
8	1	3	Susanne Gogl-Walli	Austria	52.47	Q
9	2	1	Lada Vondrová	Czech Republic	52.48
10	1	1	Stacey-Ann Williams	Jamaica	52.72
11	1	2	Amandine Brossier	France	53.26
	1	4	Sharlene Mawdsley	Ireland	DQ	TR17.1.2^[b]

Final

The final was held on 2 March, starting at 21:00 (UTC) in the evening. Femke Bol of the Netherlands was leading early in the race and she had the fastest intermediate times at 100 metres of 11.89 s, at 200 metres of 23.61 s, and at 300 metres of 36.06 s. Bol won the race in 49.17 seconds, improving her own 400 metres short track world record (WR) with 0.07 seconds and the championship record by Olesya Forsheva with 0.87 seconds. She was followed in 0.99 seconds by Lieke Klaver of the Netherlands who finished in second place in 50.16 seconds. Alexis Holmes of the United States finished third in 50.24 seconds in a new personal best (PB). Laviai Nielsen also ran a personal best of 50.89 seconds and Susanne Gogl-Walli set another Austrian record (NR) of 51.37 seconds.^[7]

Results of the final^[7]
Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Femke Bol	Netherlands	49.17	WR
	6	Lieke Klaver	Netherlands	50.16
	3	Alexis Holmes	United States	50.24	PB
4	2	Laviai Nielsen	Great Britain	50.89	PB
5	4	Talitha Diggs	United States	51.23	=SB
6	1	Susanne Gogl-Walli	Austria	51.37	NR

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Although only the top two places per heat were set to automatically advance, there was a three-way dead heat for 2nd place in the third heat. This meant that all three second-place finishers advanced, and because only twelve spots are available for the semifinals, there were two less time qualifiers than expected and Tereza Petržilková and Cátia Azevedo did not advance in accordance with rule 21.4 of the competition rules.^[5] Petržilková protested the decision.
^ Obstruction^[6]

References

^ Lori Ewing, "Bol crushes world record, Kerr thrills home crowd at world indoors", Reuters, 3 March 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
^ "Bol breaks world indoor 400m record with 49.24 in Apeldoorn", World Athletics, 18 February 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Results 400 Metres Women - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 1 March 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24 – Qualification System and Entry Standards", World Athletics. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
^ "Competition & Technical Rules". World Athletics. 2024-03-01. p. 40. Archived from the original on 2024-03-01. Retrieved 2024-03-01. 21.4 Where qualifying for the next round is based on place and time (e.g. the first three in each of two heats plus the next two fastest), and there is a tie for the last qualifying position based on place, placing the tied athletes in the next round shall reduce the number of athletes qualifying based on time.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Summary 400 Metres Women - Semi-Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 1 March 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Results 400 Metres Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 2 March 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.