These are the results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece.
Medalists Gold Cathy FreemanAustralia (AUS)Silver Sandie RichardsJamaica (JAM)Bronze Jearl Miles ClarkUnited States (USA)
Results
Heats First 4 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová 51.05 Q, PB 4 Grit Breuer 51.43 Q 5 Lorraine Graham 51.45 Q 5 Cathy Freeman 51.53 Q 4 Olga Kotlyarova 51.55 Q 2 Sandie Richards 51.57 Q 5 Maicel Malone-Wallace 51.57 Q 1 Tatyana Alekseyeva 51.61 Q 5 Pauline Davis-Thompson 51.61 Q 10 2 Jearl Miles Clark 51.77 Q 10 4 Falilat Ogunkoya 51.77 Q 12 5 Anja Rucker 51.84 q 13 3 Kim Graham 51.92 Q 14 2 Allison Curbishley 51.97 Q 15 1 Damayanthi Dharsha 51.99 Q, NR 16 1 Olabisi Afolabi 52.13 Q 17 4 Naděžda Koštovalová 52.15 Q 18 2 Norfalia Carabalí 52.18 Q 19 3 Donna Fraser 52.21 Q 20 1 Tonique Williams 52.30 q 21 1 Ladonna Antoine 52.44 q 22 4 Adri de Jongh 52.47 q 23 3 Patrizia Spuri 52.54 Q 24 3 Tatyana Chebykina 52.57 Q 25 2 Hana Benešová 52.74 26 5 Marina Filipović 53.16 27 5 Svetlana Bodritskaya 53.28 28 3 Inez Turner 53.34 29 2 Mayra González 53.63 30 1 Maria Figueiredo 53.95 31 4 Zoila Stewart 54.03 32 3 Christina Panagou 54.23 33 2 Nadjina Kaltouma 54.49 34 4 Dijana Kojić 55.06 PB 35 3 Grace Dinkins 55.19 36 2 Cathalina Staye 55.54 NR 37 1 Charmaine Smit 55.67 38 4 Olga Conte 55.82 3 Charity Opara
Quarterfinals First 4 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sandie Richards 50.08 Q, PB 1 Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová 50.36 Q, PB 2 Falilat Ogunkoya 50.39 Q 1 Pauline Davis-Thompson 50.53 Q, SB 1 Olga Kotlyarova 50.63 Q, PB 2 Grit Breuer 50.65 Q 3 Jearl Miles Clark 50.66 Q 3 Cathy Freeman 50.75 Q 1 Maicel Malone-Wallace 50.77 q 10 1 Allison Curbishley 50.78 q 11 2 Tatyana Alekseyeva 50.90 Q 12 3 Lorraine Graham 51.03 Q 13 3 Olabisi Afolabi 51.07 Q 14 3 Donna Fraser 51.11 q, PB 15 1 Anja Rucker 51.36 q, SB 16 3 Norfalia Carabalí 51.42 SB 17 3 Tatyana Chebykina 51.57 18 2 Kim Graham 51.72 Q 19 3 Patrizia Spuri 52.15 SB 20 2 Ladonna Antoine 52.37 21 2 Naděžda Koštovalová 52.61 22 2 Damayanthi Darsha 53.49 23 2 Tonique Williams 54.23 1 Adri de Jongh
Semifinals First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jearl Miles Clark 50.05 Q 1 Falilat Ogunkoya 50.06 Q 1 Cathy Freeman 50.11 Q 2 Sandie Richards 50.21 Q 2 Grit Breuer 50.33 Q, SB 2 Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová 50.69 Q 1 Pauline Davis-Thompson 50.77 Q 1 Lorraine Graham 50.90 2 Tatyana Alekseyeva 50.98 Q 10 1 Olga Kotlyarova 51.03 11 2 Maicel Malone-Wallace 51.40 12 2 Allison Curbishley 51.42 13 2 Olabisi Afolabi 51.44 14 2 Kim Graham 51.54 15 1 Anja Rucker 51.94 1 Donna Fraser
Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Cathy Freeman 49.77 5 Sandie Richards 49.79 PB 4 Jearl Miles Clark 49.90 4 6 Grit Breuer 50.06 SB 5 3 Falilat Ogunkoya 50.27 6 8 Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová 50.66 7 7 Pauline Davis-Thompson 50.68 8 2 Tatyana Alekseyeva 51.37
References Results IAAF