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1995 5th IAAF World Championships - Gothenburg - Women's 400m Hurdles

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Host City: Gothenburg, Sweden

Format: First round (First 3 & 4 fastest to semi-finals) (Aug 8)

Dates: 5–13 August 1995

Format: Semi-finals (First 4 to final) (Aug 9)

Nations participating: 191

Athletes participating: 1804

Main venue: Ullevi Stadium

Overview by IAAF

Absent, for various reasons, were Sally Gunnell, Sandra FarmerPatrick and Marie-José Pérec. It was felt that the event was of a low standard and this seemed to be confirmed by the preliminary races; a time of 56.75 was sufficient to win a place in the final. There was no indication of the tremendous race which was to unfold. The principal contenders were the Americans Tonja Buford and Kim Batten. Batten (lane 5) went out hardest and led at 200m from Hemmings. Buford (lane 3) ran an excellent final bend and was level with her team-mate at the eighth barrier. Batten had a slight edge down the finishing straight but Buford did not fade. Batten’s advantage was cut when she stuttered at the 10th hurdle. Buford – shorter of the two but with a longer stride – closed further on the run-in, but at the line it was Batten who produced the more determined dip. It won her not only the gold medal but also a world record of 52.61. For the second successive World Championship, the runner-up was also inside the previous record as Buford clocked 52.62. “I was really scared,” said Batten. “Tonja’s pretty quick on her feet. I didn’t know if I’d beat her. I felt if I could get to the eighth hurdle in the lead, I could beat Kim,” said Buford. “I couldn’t quite get her but I’m still excited to beat the world record.” The winner had undergone an emergency appendectomy the previous May and only just recovered in time to contest the US trials for Gothenburg.

Women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics was held in Gothenburg, on 8, 9 and 11 August.

	400m Hurdles			*11 August*
	Final
1	Kim Batten	USA	29 Mar 69	52.61	AR WR
2	Tonja Buford-Bailey	USA	13 Dec 70	52.62
3	Deon Hemmings	JAM	9 Oct 68	53.48
4	Heike Meißner	GER	29 Jan 70	54.86
5	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova	UKR	11 Oct 69	54.94
6	Silvia Rieger	GER	14 Nov 70	55.01
7	Ionela Tîrlea	ROU	9 Feb 76	55.46	AU20R
8	Natalya Alimzhanova	KAZ	4 Oct 68	56.75
	Semifinals			*9 August*
	Heat 1
1	Tonja Buford-Bailey	USA		55,30
2	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova	UKR		56,09
3	Natalya Torshina	KZK		56,52
4	Heike Meissner	GER		56,75
5	Monika Warnicka	POL		56,88
6	Olga M. Nazarova	RUS		56,89
7	Trevaia Williams-Davis	USA		1.04.84
-	Karen Van Der Veen	RSA		DQ
	Heat 2
1	Kim Batten	USA		54,15
2	Deon Hemmings	JAM		54,33
3	Silvia Rieger	GER		55,69
4	Ionela Tirlea	ROM		56,21
5	Omolade Akinremi	NGR		57,07
6	Gudrun Arnardottir	ISL		57,29
7	Irina Lenskaya	UKR		57,33
-	Tatyana Ledovskaya	BLR		DQ
	Heats			*8 August*
	Heat 1
1	Tonja Buford-Bailey	USA		55,15
2	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova	UKR		56,16
3	Natalya Torshina	KZK		56,23
4	Monika Warnicka	POL		56,88
5	Olga M. Nazarova	RUS		57,64
6	Louise Fraser	GBR		57,99
7	Asa Carlsson	SWE		58,42
	Heat 2
1	Kim Batten	USA		55,71
2	Ionela Tirlea	ROM		58,47
3	Gudrun Arnardottir	ISL		58,57
4	Zhanna Sokolova	TJK		1.13.16
-	Pei-Chin Hsu	TPE		DQ
-	Tatyana Kurochkina	BLR		DQ
-	Rosey Edeh	CAN		DNS
	Heat 3
1	Deon Hemmings	JAM		54,72
2	Silvia Rieger	GER		55,75
3	Tatyana Ledovskaya	BLR		56,03
4	Omolade Akinremi	NGR		56,46
5	Miriam Alonso	ESP		58,36
-	Nezha Bidouane	MAR		DQ
	Heat 4
1	Heike Meissner	GER		55,95
2	Trevaia Williams-Davis	USA		55,98
3	Karen Der Van Veen	RSA		56,32
4	Irina Lenskaya	UKR		57,52
5	Debbie-Ann Parris	JAM		57,83
6	Marie Womplou	CIV		58,67

Startlist

Heat 1 08 AUG 1995 16:45

Order / Lane	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	PB	SB 1995
2	Tetiana Tereschuk-Antipova	UKR	54.96	55.82
3	Tonja Buford-Bailey	USA	53.63	53.63
4	Asa Carlsson	SWE	58.81
5	Natalya Torshina-Alimzhanova	KAZ	54.53
6	Olga M. Nazarova	RUS	54.82	55.55
7	Louise Fraser	GBR
8	Monika Warnicka	POL	57.38	57.48

Heat 2 08 AUG 1995 16:51

Order / Lane	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	PB	SB 1995
2	Pei-Chin Hsu	TPE	55.75
3	Kim Batten	USA	53.72	53.85
4	Ionela Târlea	ROU	55.26	55.26
5	Zhanna Sokolova	TJK
6	Tatyana Kurochkina	BLR	54.39	54.69
7	Rosey Edeh	CAN	54.53	56.48
8	Gudrún Arnardóttir	ISL

Heat 3 08 AUG 1995 16:57

Order / Lane	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	PB	SB 1995
2	Miriam Alonso	ESP	57.78	57.78
3	Deon Hemmings	JAM	53.62	53.62
4	Tatyana Ledovskaya	BLR	53.11	56.17
5	Omolade Akinremi	NGR	56.97
6	Silvia Rieger	GER	54.90	55.16
7	Nezha Bidouane	MAR	55.08	55.85

Heat 4 08 AUG 1995 17:03

Order / Lane	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	PB	SB 1995
2	Debbie-Ann Parris-Thymes	JAM	54.29	54.29
3	Irina Lenskiy	UKR	56.47	56.47
4	Marie Womplou	CIV	56.39
5	Karen van der Veen	RSA
6	Heike Meissner	GER	54.64	55.35
7	Trevaia Williams-Davis	USA	55.61	55.61