1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

1997 IAAF World
Indoor Championships
Track events
60 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mmenwomen
60 m hurdlesmenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Heptathlonmen

The women's 400 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7–9.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Jearl Miles Clark
 United States 		Sandie Richards
 Jamaica 		Helena Fuchsová
 Czech Republic

Results

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Charity Opara  Nigeria 52.02 Q
2 3 Sandie Richards  Jamaica 52.26 Q, PB
3 2 Grit Breuer  Germany 52.43 Q
4 3 Ionela Târlea  Romania 52.49 Q
5 3 Olga Kotlyarova  Russia 52.63 q
5 4 Jearl Miles Clark  United States 52.63 Q
7 2 Helena Fuchsová  Czech Republic 52.69 Q
8 3 Phylis Smith  Great Britain 52.74 q
9 1 Natasha Kaiser-Brown  United States 52.86 Q
10 2 Olabisi Afolabi  Nigeria 52.89 q
11 4 Hana Benešová  Czech Republic 52.94 Q
12 2 Tatyana Movchan  Ukraine 52.96 q
13 1 Sally Gunnell  Great Britain 53.05
14 4 Deon Hemmings  Jamaica 53.22
15 4 Guðrún Arnardóttir  Iceland 53.41
16 4 Nezha Bidouane  Morocco 53.54
17 1 Olga Moroz  Ukraine 53.82
18 1 Marina Filipović Yugoslavia 54.18
19 2 Adina Valdez  Trinidad and Tobago 55.79
20 2 Erum Khanum  Pakistan 1:04.74
3 Angela Camara  Guinea DNS
3 Ruth Mangue Nve  Equatorial Guinea DNS

Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.[2]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Charity Opara  Nigeria 51.26 Q
2 2 Sandie Richards  Jamaica 51.53 Q, PB
3 1 Jearl Miles Clark  United States 51.55 Q, SB
4 1 Ionela Târlea  Romania 52.10 Q, NR
5 2 Grit Breuer  Germany 52.16 Q
6 2 Helena Fuchsová  Czech Republic 52.43 Q
7 1 Tatyana Movchan  Ukraine 52.48
8 1 Hana Benešová  Czech Republic 52.75
9 2 Natasha Kaiser-Brown  United States 52.82
10 2 Phylis Smith  Great Britain 52.86
11 1 Olga Kotlyarova  Russia 53.17
12 2 Olabisi Afolabi  Nigeria 53.33

Final

[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jearl Miles Clark  United States 50.96 WL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sandie Richards  Jamaica 51.17 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Helena Fuchsová  Czech Republic 52.04 PB
4 Ionela Târlea  Romania 52.06 NR
5 Charity Opara  Nigeria 52.19
6 Grit Breuer  Germany 52.22

References

  1. ^ 400 m heats results
  2. ^ 400 m semifinals results (archived)
  3. ^ 400 m final results (archived)
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