Olympic Track and Field 2024: Women's 400m Medal Winners, Times and Results

Marileidy Paulino became the first woman from the Dominican Republic to ever win gold at the Summer Olympics on Friday.

Paulino won the women's 400 meters in a landslide over Bahrain's Salwa Eid Naser inside the Stade de France.

Paulino took gold in an Olympic record time of 48.17 seconds to win just the third medal of the Paris Games for the Dominican Republic.

Results

1. Marileidy Paulino (Dominican Republic) - 48.17 seconds

2. Salwa Eid Naser (Bahrain) - 48.53

3. Natalia Kaczmarek (Poland) - 48.98

4. Rhasidat Adeleke (Ireland) - 49.28

5. Amber Anning (Great Britain) - 49.29

6. Alexis Holmes (United States) - 49.77

7. Sada Williams (Barbados) - 49.83

8. Henriette Jaeger (Norway) - 49.96

No one in the field was going to catch Paulino at her pace on Friday.

Paulino took down the Olympic record, which was previously set in 1996, by eight-hundredths of a second.

Paulino's only competition in the final 200 meters was the clock. She cleared the rest of the field by the turn home for the final 100 meters.

She made history with the first-ever female gold medal at the Summer Games for the Dominican Republic.

The Caribbean nation only has three medals at the Paris Games. The other two were bronze medals in boxing.

Salwa Eid Naser brought home the silver for Bahrain, while Natalia Kaczmarek landed the bronze medal for Poland.