The women's 400 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 7, 8 and 10 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.
Medals Gold: Silver: Bronze: Tonique Williams-Darling (Bahamas) Sanya Richards (United States) Ana Guevara (Mexico)
Results All times shown are in seconds.
Heats August 7, 2005
Heat 1 Ana Guevara 51.14 Q Christine Amertil 51.35 Q Fatou Bintou Fall 51.45 Q Donna Fraser 51.68 q Anna Guzowska 52.20 q Dímitra Dóva 52.29 Egle Uljas 52.94 (SB) Kou Luogon 54.85
Heat 2 DeeDee Trotter 51.44 Q Christine Ohuruogu 51.76 Q Karen Shinkins 51.82 Q Kaltouma Nadjina 51.88 q Lucimar Teodoro 52.19 q Asami Tanno 52.80 Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni 53.39 Gayane Bulghadaryan 59.46
Heat 3 Svetlana Pospelova 50.80 Q Tiandra Ponteen 51.37 Q Nawal El Jack 51.61 Q Maria Laura Almirão 52.69 Libania Grenot 53.05 Barbara Petráhn 53.09 Kirsi Mykkänen 53.10 Shifana Ali 1:01.55 (SB)
Heat 4 Tonique Williams-Darling 51.04 Q Olesya Zykina 51.59 Q Shericka Williams 52.07 Q Anna Kozak 52.19 q Grażyna Prokopek 52.39 Solen Désert-Mariller 52.94 Amantle Montsho 53.97
Heat 5 Sanya Richards 51.00 Q Amy Mbacké Thiam 51.66 Q Lorraine Fenton 52.07 Q Hazel-Ann Regis 52.51 Antonina Yefremova 52.89 Aliann Pompey 53.12 Estie Wittstock 53.28
Heat 6 Natalya Antyukh 51.38 Q Monique Henderson 51.65 Q Ilona Usovich 51.66 Q Lee McConnell 52.00 q Ronetta Smith 52.26 Kineke Alexander 54.45 Mounira Al-Saleh 55.83 Hortense Bewouda DNF
Semifinal August 8, 2005
Heat 1 Sanya Richards 50.05 Q Amy Mbacké Thiam 50.83 Q (SB) Natalya Antyukh 50.99 Nawal El Jack 51.85 Tiandra Ponteen 51.88 Shericka Williams 52.44 Donna Fraser 52.48 Anna Kozak 52.73
Heat 2 Svetlana Pospelova 50.34 Q DeeDee Trotter 50.73 Q Christine Amertil 51.03 Christine Ohuruogu 51.43 Lorraine Fenton 51.48 Kaltouma Nadjina 52.07 Fatou Bintou Fall 52.35 Anna Guzowska 52.45
Heat 3 Tonique Williams-Darling 49.69 Q (SB) Ana Guevara 50.33 Q Olesya Zykina 50.73 q (SB) Monique Henderson 50.73 q Ilona Usovich 50.96 (PB) Lee McConnell 51.15 (SB) Lucimar Teodoro 51.98 Karen Shinkins 52.17
Final August 10, 2005
Tonique Williams-Darling 49.55 (SB) Sanya Richards 49.74 Ana Guevara 49.81 (SB) Svetlana Pospelova 50.11 DeeDee Trotter 51.14 Olesya Zykina 51.24 Monique Henderson 51.77 Amy Mbacké Thiam 52.22
External links – IAAF.org