The women's 400 metres hurdles competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games will take place between the 6 and 8 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Shamier Little from the United States.

Summary Running unobtrusively on the outside, Anna Cockrell pushed out to an early lead down the backstretch. Through the final turn Zurian Hechaverría asserted herself, pulling ahead, with Sage Watson the closes competitor over a stride behind. Watson pulled even as they cleared the 9th hurdle, but upon landing Watson exploded ahead as Hechaverría was swimming in mud. Rushell Clayton was the closest chaser as they ran for home, but she wasn't making up any ground on Watson's lead. Watson went on to an easy victory in 55.16. Cockrell made a late rush to nip Clayton at the line for silver.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record52.34Tula, RussiaAugust 8, 2003Pan American Games record53.44Winnipeg, CanadaJuly 28, 1999

Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 6, 2019 16:15 SemifinalAugust 8, 2019 17:55 Final

Results All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:qQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Semifinal Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final. The results were as follows: Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Zurian Hechavarría 55.00 Q, PB 2 1 Rushell Clayton 55.93 Q 3 1 Anna Cockrell 56.04 Q 4 2 Grace Claxton 56.30 Q, SB 5 2 Sage Watson 56.37 Q 6 2 Ronda Whyte 56.47 Q 7 2 Tia-Adana Belle 56.53 q 8 2 Gianna Woodruff 56.70 q 9 2 Melissa Gonzalez 56.78 10 1 Gabriella Scott 56.88 11 1 Sparkle McKnight 57.04 12 1 Kimberly Cardoza 58.04 NR 13 2 Reanda Richards 59.42 14 1 Katrina Seymour 15 1 Fiorella Chiappe y Madsen

Final The results were as follows: Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Sage Watson 55.16 SB 8 Anna Cockrell 55.50 4 Rushell Clayton 55.53 4 5 Zurian Hechavarría 55.85 5 3 Tia-Adana Belle 55.93 6 7 Grace Claxton 56.04 SB 7 2 Gianna Woodruff 57.20 8 9 Ronda Whyte 57.42

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