2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

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The winning margin was 0.01 seconds which as of July 2024 is the only time the women's 400 metres has been won by less than a tenth of a second at these championships. Of the six finalists, the winner had the slowest reaction time.

Medallists

Gold
	Olesya Zykina	Russia
Silver
	Natalya Nazarova	Russia
Bronze
	Shareese Woods	United States

Heats

Heat	Lane	Name	Country	Mark	Q	React
1	6	Olesya Zykina	Russia	51.96	Q	0.244
1	4	Moushaumi Robinson	United States	52.45	Q	0.258
1	3	Makelesi Batimala	Fiji	54.02 PB	Q	0.217
1	1	Nikolett Listar	Hungary	55.37		0.237
1	2	Martina Xuereb	Malta	57.62 NR		0.282
1	5	Moya Thompson	Jamaica	DNF		0.315
2	5	Natalya Nazarova	Russia	52.40	Q	0.157
2	3	Antonina Yefremova	Ukraine	52.64	Q	0.163
2	6	Shareese Woods	United States	52.65	Q	0.240
2	4	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	53.04	q	0.146
2	1	Racheal Nachula	Zambia	53.52 NR	q	0.257
2	2	Vera Barbosa	Cape Verde	57.55		0.281
3	6	Amantle Montsho	Botswana	52.96 PB	Q	0.290
3	2	Angela Moroșanu	Romania	53.32 SB	Q	0.249
3	5	Christy Ekpukhon Ihunaegbo	Nigeria	53.34	Q	0.187
3	3	Nataliya Pyhyda	Ukraine	53.44	q	0.187
3	4	Tsvetelina Kirilova	Bulgaria	53.66		0.195
3	1	Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni	Togo	54.02 SB	0.209

Semifinals

Heat	Lane	Name	Country	Mark	Q	React
1	5	Olesya Zykina	Russia	51.75	Q	0.315
1	3	Antonina Yefremova	Ukraine	51.79 PB	Q	0.228
1	6	Moushaumi Robinson	United States	51.85 PB	Q	0.248
1	1	Racheal Nachula	Zambia	53.30 NR		0.317
1	2	Makelesi Batimala	Fiji	54.23		0.275
1	4	Christy Ekpukhon Ihunaegbo	Nigeria	DNS
2	6	Natalya Nazarova	Russia	51.62	Q	0.287
2	3	Shareese Woods	United States	51.87 PB	Q	0.193
2	4	Angela Moroșanu	Romania	52.83 SB	Q	0.273
2	2	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	53.16		0.142
2	5	Amantle Montsho	Botswana	53.21		0.266
2	1	Nataliya Pyhyda	Ukraine	53.33

Final

Heat	Lane	Name	Country	Mark	React
	6	Olesya Zykina	Russia	51.09 WL	0.297
	5	Natalya Nazarova	Russia	51.10 SB	0.247
	3	Shareese Woods	United States	51.41 PB	0.237
4	4	Antonina Yefremova	Ukraine	51.53 PB	0.147
5	2	Angela Moroșanu	Romania	53.07	0.269
6	1	Moushaumi Robinson	United States	53.10	0.257