title: 2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
text: # 2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
  
  These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 29 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Thursday 2003-08-28 at 22:00h.
  
  ## Final
  
  | RANK | FINAL | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Jana Rawlinson (AUS) | 53.22 |
  | | Sandra Glover (USA) | 53.65 |
  | | Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS) | 53.71 |
  | 4. | Ionela Târlea (ROU) | 54.41 |
  | 5. | Tetiana Tereschuk-Antipova (UKR) | 54.61 |
  | 6. | Andrea Blackett (BAR) | 54.79 |
  | 7. | Heike Meissner (GER) | 55.60 |
  | 8. | Surita Febbraio (RSA) | 55.90 |
  
  ## Semi-final
  
  * Held on Monday 2003-08-25
  
  | RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Jana Rawlinson (AUS) | 53.77 |
  | 2. | Sandra Glover (USA) | 53.90 |
  | 3. | Tetiana Tereschuk-Antipova (UKR) | 54.26 |
  | 4. | Heike Meissner (GER) | 55.00 |
  | 5. | Natalya Torshina (KAZ) | 55.24 |
  | 6. | Joanna Hayes (USA) | 55.35 |
  | 7. | Tasha Danvers (GBR) | 55.48 |
  | 8. | Cora Olivero (ESP) | 55.82 |
  | RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
  | 1. | Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS) | 53.57 |
  | 2. | Ionela Târlea (ROU) | 54.84 |
  | 3. | Surita Febbraio (RSA) | 55.18 |
  | 4. | Andrea Blackett (BAR) | 55.33 |
  | 5. | Stephanie Kampf (GER) | 55.35 |
  | 6. | Allison Beckford (JAM) | 55.76 |
  | 7. | Małgorzata Pskit (POL) | 56.21 |
  | — | Raasin McIntosh (USA) | DNF |
  
  ## Heats
  
  Held on Sunday 2003-08-25
  
  | RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS) | 54.01 |
  | 2. | Tetiana Tereschuk-Antipova (UKR) | 55.28 |
  | 3. | Joanna Hayes (USA) | 56.10 |
  | 4. | Androula Sialou (CYP) | 56.11 |
  | 5. | Rebecca Wardell (NZL) | 56.51 |
  | 6. | Monika Niederstatter (ITA) | 56.62 |
  | 7. | Salhate Djamaldine (COM) | 58.91 |
  | RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
  | 1. | Surita Febbraio (RSA) | 55.41 |
  | 2. | Heike Meissner (GER) | 55.80 |
  | 3. | Natalya Torshina (KAZ) | 55.86 |
  | 4. | Tasha Danvers (GBR) | 56.02 |
  | 5. | Andrea Blackett (BAR) | 56.05 |
  | 6. | Mame Tacko Diouf (SEN) | 56.22 |
  | 7. | Jessica Miller (URU) | 1:01.03 |
  | 8. | Diala El Chab (LIB) | 1:02.90 |
  | RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
  | 1. | Jana Rawlinson (AUS) | 54.80 |
  | 2. | Raasin McIntosh (USA) | 55.53 |
  | 3. | Stephanie Kampf (GER) | 55.79 |
  | 4. | Anna Jesień (POL) | 56.07 |
  | 5. | Ieva Zunda (LAT) | 56.87 |
  | 6. | Velveth Moreno (PAN) | 1:03.55 |
  | — | Yvonne Harrison (PUR) | DNF |
  | RANK | HEAT 4 | TIME |
  | 1. | Sandra Glover (USA) | 54.48 |
  | 2. | Ionela Târlea (ROU) | 54.98 |
  | 3. | Małgorzata Pskit (POL) | 55.18 |
  | 4. | Allison Beckford (JAM) | 55.75 |
  | 5. | Cora Olivero (ESP) | 55.95 |
  | 6. | Makiko Yoshida (JPN) | 57.08 |
  | 7. | Aïssata Soulama (BUR) | 1:01.86 |
  