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400-Meter Hurdles Women's Olympic Medalists

By Mike Rosenbaum, About.com

The gold, silver, and bronze medal winners in the women’s 400-meter hurdles from the Summer Olympic games.

  • 1984
    GOLD Nawal El Moutawakel, MAR 54.61
    SILVER Judi Brown, USA 55.20
    BRONZE Cristieana Cojocaru, ROM 55.41

  • 1988
    GOLD Debbie Flintoff-King, AUS 53.17
    SILVER Tatyana Ledovskaya, URS 53.18
    BRONZE Ellen Fiedler, GDR 53.63

  • 1992
    GOLD Sally Gunnell, GBR 53.23
    SILVER Sandra Farmer-Patrick, USA 53.69
    BRONZE Janeene Vickers, USA 54.31

  • 1996
    GOLD Deon Hemmings, JAM 52.82
    SILVER Kim Batten, USA 53.08
    BRONZE Tonja Buford-Bailey, USA 53.22

  • 2000
    GOLD Irina Privalova, RUS 53.02
    SILVER Deon Hemmings, JAM 53.45
    BRONZE Nezha Bidouane, MAR 53.57

  • 2004
    GOLD Faní Halkiá, GRE 52.82
    SILVER Ionela Tirlea-Manolache, ROM 53.38
    BRONZE Tatyana Tereshchuk, UKR 53.44

  • 2008
    GOLD Melaine Walker, JAM 52.64
    SILVER Sheena Tosta, USA 53.70
    BRONZE Tasha Danvers, GBR 53.84


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