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Host City: Sydney, Australia
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Date Started: September 22, 2000
Date Finished: September 22, 2000
Format: Top three in each heat and next eight fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.
| Gold: | Cathy Freeman |
| Silver: | Lorraine Graham |
| Bronze: | Katharine Merry |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LaTasha Colander-Richardson | 24 | United States | USA | 51.75 | 0,212 | 5 | QU |
| 2 | Mireille Nguimgo | 23 | Cameroon | CMR | 51.88 | 0,242 | 6 | QU |
| 3 | Heide Seÿerling | 24 | South Africa | RSA | 51.92 | 0,428 | 3 | QU |
| 4 | Foy Williams | 27 | Canada | CAN | 52.94 | 0,343 | 2 | QC |
| 5 | Christine Amertil | 21 | Bahamas | BAH | 53.12 | 0,254 | 4 | |
| 6 | Oksana Luneva | 21 | Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 54.98 | 0,403 | 8 | |
| 7 | Hazel-Ann Regis | 19 | Grenada | GRN | 55.11 | 7 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | RT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charity Opara | 28 | Nigeria | NGR | 51.77 | 4 | 0,204 | QU |
| 2 | Nataliya Nazarova | 21 | Russia | RUS | 52.05 | 2 | 0,207 | QU |
| 3 | Damayanthi Dharsha | 25 | Sri Lanka | SRI | 52.13 | 6 | 0,242 | QU |
| 4 | Kaltouma Nadjina | 23 | Chad | CHA | 52.34 | 3 | 0,202 | QC |
| 5 | Lee Naylor | 29 | Australia | AUS | 53.10 | 1 | QC | |
| 6 | Svetlana Bodritskaya | 28 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 53.91 | 5 | 0,199 | |
| 7 | Lilian Bwalya | 25 | Zambia | ZAM | 54.77 | 8 | 0,403 | |
| 8 | Maritza Figueroa | 24 | Nicaragua | NCA | 58.82 | 7 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amy Mbacké Thiam | 23 | Senegal | SEN | 51.79 | 0,217 | 8 | QU |
| 2 | Ana Guevara | 23 | Mexico | MEX | 52.34 | 0,315 | 5 | QU |
| 3 | Otilia Silvia Ruicu | 22 | Romania | ROU | 52.65 | 4 | QU | |
| 4 | Karen Shinkins | 23 | Ireland | IRL | 53.27 | 0,258 | 2 | |
| 5 | Norma González | 18 | Colombia | COL | 53.34 | 0,220 | 6 | |
| 6 | Safia Abukar Hussein | 19 | Somalia | SOM | 1:13.25 | 3 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cathy Freeman | 27 | Australia | AUS | 51.63 | 0,258 | 3 | QU |
| 2 | Monique Hennagan | 24 | United States | USA | 51.73 | 0,320 | 4 | QU |
| 3 | Claudine Komgang | 26 | Cameroon | CMR | 51.74 | 0,551 | 8 | QU |
| 4 | Norfalia Carabalí | 36 | Spain | ESP | 52.36 | 7 | QC | |
| 5 | Olena Rurak | 28 | Ukraine | UKR | 53.45 | 0,202 | 2 | |
| 6 | Kristina Perica | 20 | Croatia | CRO | 53.72 | 0,523 | 6 | |
| 7 | Awatef Ben Hassine | 20 | Tunisia | TUN | 54.50 | 0,308 | 5 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | RT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katharine Merry | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | 51.61 | 7 | 0,336 | QU |
| 2 | Sandie Richards | 31 | Jamaica | JAM | 51.86 | 4 | 0,294 | QU |
| 3 | Nova Peris-Kneebone | 29 | Australia | AUS | 52.51 | 8 | 0,191 | QU |
| 4 | Hana Benešová | 25 | Czech Republic | CZE | 52.85 | 6 | QC | |
| 5 | Aliann Pompey | 22 | Guyana | GUY | 53.09 | 2 | 0,226 | QC |
| 6 | Verneta Lesforis | 25 | Saint Lucia | LCA | 54.67 | 5 | 0,520 | |
| 7 | Klodiana Shala | 21 | Albania | ALB | 56.41 | 1 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jitka Burianová | 23 | Czech Republic | CZE | 51.59 | 0,302 | 4 | QU |
| 2 | Bisi Afolabi | 24 | Nigeria | NGR | 51.61 | 0,221 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Lorraine Graham | 27 | Jamaica | JAM | 51.65 | 5 | QU | |
| 4 | Allison Curbishley | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | 52.20 | 0,209 | 6 | QC |
| 5 | Barbara Petráhn | 21 | Hungary | HUN | 52.86 | 0,189 | 2 | QC |
| 6 | Tonique Williams-Darling | 24 | Bahamas | BAH | 53.43 | 0,174 | 7 | |
| 7 | Marcia Daniel | 22 | Dominica | DMA | 58.20 | 0,222 | 8 | |
| 8 | Haissa Ali Garba | 18 | Niger | NIG | 1:07.49 | 1 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | RT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. M. Beenamol | 25 | India | IND | 51.51 | 8 | QU | |
| 2 | Olga Kotlyarova | 24 | Russia | RUS | 51.99 | 6 | 0,190 | QU |
| 3 | Žana Minina | 23 | Lithuania | LTU | 52.38 | 7 | 0,201 | QU |
| 4 | Michelle Collins | 29 | United States | USA | 53.66 | 4 | 0,295 | |
| 5 | Tanya Oxley | 21 | Barbados | BAR | 54.22 | 3 | ||
| 6 | Daniela Georgieva | 30 | Bulgaria | BUL | 54.46 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Dijana Kojić | 18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | 55.61 | 2 | ||
| 8 | Awmima Mohamed | 15 | Sudan | SUD | 1:02.94 | 5 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | RT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LaDonna Antoine | 25 | Canada | CAN | 51.78 | 5 | QU | |
| 2 | Falilat Ogunkoya | 31 | Nigeria | NGR | 51.88 | 6 | 0,187 | QU |
| 3 | Donna Fraser | 27 | Great Britain | GBR | 52.33 | 8 | 0,209 | QU |
| 4 | Yelena Piskunova | 20 | Uzbekistan | UZB | 55.40 | 2 | 0,285 | |
| 5 | Ann Mooney | 25 | Papua New Guinea | PNG | 55.55 | 4 | 0,378 | |
| AC [4] | Svetlana Pospelova | 20 | Russia | RUS | [53.34] | 3 | DQ |