Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metres
| Women's 400 metres at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
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| Venue | Centennial Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 26 July 1996 (heats) 27 July 1996 (quarter-finals) 28 July 1996 (semi-finals) 29 July 1996 (final) |
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| Competitors | 49 from 35 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 48.25 | |||||||||
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Marie-José Pérec France
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Cathy Freeman Australia
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Falilat Ogunkoya Nigeria
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These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 49 competitors.
Pérec's winning time was and remains the #3 time in history. Freeman's second place time was and remains the #6 time in history. Ogunkoya and Davis also still rank on the all-time top 20. Places 3 through 6 are all the fastest times for those places in history and all of the top six, except Miles set their lifetime personal bests in this race.
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