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Host City: Sydney, Australia
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Date Started: September 24, 2000
Date Finished: September 24, 2000
Format: Top two in each and next six fastest advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Irina Privalova |
| Silver: | Deon Hemmings |
| Bronze: | Nezha Bidouane |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nezha Bidouane | 30 | Morocco | MAR | 55.38 | 0,162 | 4 | QU |
| 2 | Kim Batten | 31 | United States | USA | 56.28 | 0,162 | 6 | QU |
| 3 | Andrea Blackett | 24 | Barbados | BAR | 56.31 | 0,174 | 2 | QC |
| 4 | Sinead Dudgeon | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | 57.82 | 0,201 | 5 | |
| 5 | Mary-Estelle Kapalu | 34 | Vanuatu | VAN | 1:02.68 | 0,437 | 3 | |
| AC | Nataliya Chulkova | 22 | Russia | RUS | 0,343 | 8 | DNF |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daimí Perniá | 23 | Cuba | CUB | 55.53 | 0,256 | 7 | QU |
| 2 | Heike Meißner | 30 | Germany | GER | 55.58 | 0,224 | 8 | QU |
| 3 | Tasha Danvers | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 55.68 | 0,160 | 3 | QC |
| 4 | Yuliya Nosova-Pechonkina | 22 | Russia | RUS | 56.11 | 0,293 | 6 | QC |
| 5 | Catherine Pomales-Scott | 27 | Jamaica | JAM | 56.17 | 0,187 | 5 | QC |
| 6 | Tetiana Debela | 30 | Ukraine | UKR | 57.33 | 0,164 | 4 | |
| 7 | Cherry | 26 | Myanmar | MYA | 1:00.81 | 0,218 | 2 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deon Hemmings | 31 | Jamaica | JAM | 55.44 | 0,219 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Tetiana Tereshchuk-Antypova | 30 | Ukraine | UKR | 56.27 | 0,329 | 2 | QU |
| 3 | Jana Pittman | 17 | Australia | AUS | 56.76 | 0,196 | 4 | |
| 4 | Anna Olichwierczuk-Jesień | 21 | Poland | POL | 57.36 | 0,229 | 5 | |
| 5 | Monika Niederstätter | 26 | Italy | ITA | 58.02 | 0,268 | 3 | |
| 6 | Mame Tacko Diouf | 23 | Senegal | SEN | 58.65 | 0,173 | 7 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandra Glover | 31 | United States | USA | 55.76 | 0,207 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Ulrike Urbansky | 23 | Germany | GER | 55.93 | 0,297 | 8 | QU |
| 3 | Nataliya Torshina-Alimzhanova | 31 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 56.38 | 0,289 | 7 | QC |
| 4 | Susan Smith-Walsh | 28 | Ireland | IRL | 57.08 | 0,152 | 4 | |
| 5 | Irēna Žauna | 19 | Latvia | LAT | 57.79 | 0,299 | 3 | |
| 6 | Lauren Poetschka | 25 | Australia | AUS | 58.06 | 0,183 | 5 | |
| 7 | Khrysoula Goudenoudi | 23 | Greece | GRE | 1:01.59 | 0,223 | 2 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | RT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irina Privalova | 31 | Russia | RUS | 55.89 | 3 | 0,204 | QU |
| 2 | Guðrún Arnardóttir | 28 | Iceland | ISL | 56.30 | 6 | 0,201 | QU |
| 3 | Ionela Târlea-Manolache | 24 | Romania | ROU | 56.40 | 2 | 0,246 | QC |
| 4 | Tonja Buford-Bailey | 29 | United States | USA | 57.02 | 8 | 0,206 | |
| 5 | Keri Maddox | 28 | Great Britain | GBR | 57.44 | 4 | 0,220 | |
| 6 | Stephanie Price | 28 | Australia | AUS | 58.81 | 5 | ||
| 7 | Patrina Allen | 25 | Jamaica | JAM | 59.36 | 7 | 0,328 |