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Host City: Beijing, China
Venue(s): Beijing National Stadium, Beijing
Date Started: August 16, 2008
Date Finished: August 16, 2008
Format: Top three in each heat and next three fastest advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Christine Ohuruogu |
| Silver: | Shericka Williams |
| Bronze: | Sanya Richards-Ross |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rosemarie Whyte | 21 | Jamaica | JAM | 51.00 | 0.207 | 4 | QU |
| 2 | Christine Amertil | 28 | Bahamas | BAH | 51.25 | 0.189 | 2 | QU |
| 3 | AJ Odumosu | 20 | Nigeria | NGR | 51.39 | 0.214 | 5 | QU |
| 4 | DeeDee Trotter | 25 | United States | USA | 51.41 | 0.256 | 8 | QC |
| 5 | Tiandra Ponteen | 23 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | SKN | 52.41 | 0.437 | 3 | |
| 6 | Antonina Yefremova | 27 | Ukraine | UKR | 53.22 | 0.204 | 6 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libania Grenot | 25 | Italy | ITA | 50.87 | 0.330 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Amantle Montsho | 25 | Botswana | BOT | 50.91 | 0.271 | 2 | QU |
| 3 | Carline Muir | 20 | Canada | CAN | 51.55 | 0.253 | 4 | QU |
| 4 | Indira Terrero | 22 | Cuba | CUB | 51.56 | 0.396 | 5 | QC |
| 5 | Makelesi Bulikiobo-Batimala | 30 | Fiji | FIJ | 52.24 | 0.216 | 8 | |
| 6 | Mandeep Kaur | 20 | India | IND | 52.88 | 0.348 | 3 | |
| 7 | Justine Bayiga | 29 | Uganda | UGA | 54.15 | 0.325 | 7 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anastasiya Kapachinskaya | 28 | Russia | RUS | 51.32 | 0.264 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Mary Wineberg | 28 | United States | USA | 51.46 | 0.197 | 7 | QU |
| 3 | Lee McConnell | 29 | Great Britain | GBR | 51.87 | 0.240 | 5 | QU |
| 4 | Barbara Petráhn | 29 | Hungary | HUN | 53.06 | 0.202 | 8 | |
| 5 | Carol Rodríguez | 22 | Puerto Rico | PUR | 53.08 | 0.183 | 4 | |
| 6 | Ginou Etienne | 23 | Haiti | HAI | 53.94 | 0.322 | 3 | |
| 7 | Rachidatou Seini Maikido | 19 | Niger | NIG | 1:03.19 | 2 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christine Ohuruogu | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | 51.00 | 0.271 | 2 | QU |
| 2 | Yuliya Gushchina | 25 | Russia | RUS | 51.18 | 0.257 | 4 | QU |
| 3 | Gabriela Medina | 23 | Mexico | MEX | 51.96 | 0.261 | 6 | QU |
| 4 | Tamsyn Lewis | 30 | Australia | AUS | 52.38 | 0.187 | 7 | |
| 5 | Maria Laura Almirão | 30 | Brazil | BRA | 53.26 | 3 | ||
| 6 | Joanne Cuddihy | 24 | Ireland | IRL | 53.32 | 0.196 | 8 | |
| 7 | Ghada Ali | 19 | Libya | LBA | 1:06.19 | 0.289 | 5 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanya Richards-Ross | 23 | United States | USA | 50.54 | 0.207 | 8 | QU |
| 2 | Aliann Pompey | 30 | Guyana | GUY | 50.99 | 0.225 | 4 | QU |
| 3 | Shade Abugan | 17 | Nigeria | NGR | 51.45 | 0.276 | 5 | QU |
| 4 | Asami Tanno | 22 | Japan | JPN | 52.60 | 0.231 | 6 | |
| 5 | Dimitra Dova | 34 | Greece | GRE | 52.69 | 0.219 | 2 | |
| 6 | Olga Tereshkova | 23 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 53.36 | 0.217 | 3 | |
| 7 | Kia Davis | 32 | Liberia | LBR | 53.99 | 0.307 | 7 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Novlene Williams-Mills | 26 | Jamaica | JAM | 51.52 | 0.202 | 8 | QU |
| 2 | Nicola Sanders | 26 | Great Britain | GBR | 51.81 | 0.279 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Nawal El-Jack | 19 | Sudan | SUD | 52.77 | 0.494 | 2 | QU |
| 4 | Kineke Alexander | 22 | Saint Vincent | VIN | 52.87 | 0.266 | 4 | |
| 5 | Trish Bartholomew | 21 | Grenada | GRN | 52.88 | 0.162 | 5 | |
| 6 | Tsholofelo Thipe | 21 | South Africa | RSA | 54.11 | 0.217 | 7 | |
| 7 | Klodiana Shala | 28 | Albania | ALB | 54.84 | 0.147 | 6 | |
| 8 | Batgereliin Möngöntuyaa | 19 | Mongolia | MGL | 58.14 | 0.247 | 9 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shericka Williams | 22 | Jamaica | JAM | 50.57 | 0.242 | 8 | QU |
| 2 | Tatyana Firova | 25 | Russia | RUS | 50.59 | 0.245 | 7 | QU |
| 3 | Rachael Nachula | 18 | Zambia | ZAM | 51.62 | 0.239 | 5 | QU |
| 4 | Joy Eze | 20 | Nigeria | NGR | 51.97 | 0.385 | 9 | QC |
| 5 | Alissa Kallinikou | 23 | Cyprus | CYP | 52.40 | 0.259 | 6 | |
| 6 | Monika Bejnar | 27 | Poland | POL | 52.80 | 0.264 | 4 | |
| 7 | Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni | 32 | Togo | TOG | 54.16 | 0.248 | 2 | |
| 8 | Temalangeni Dlamini | 21 | Swaziland | SWZ | 59.91 | 0.278 | 3 |