These are the results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Medalists Gold Marie-José PérecFrance (FRA)Silver Pauline DavisBahamas (BAH)Bronze Jearl MilesUnited States (USA)
Results
Heats First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 Fatima Yusuf 50.60 Q 2 5 Falilat Ogunkoya 50.72 Q 3 5 Jearl Miles 50.94 Q 4 4 Sandra Myers 51.14 Q 5 4 Pauline Davis 51.21 Q 6 2 Maicel Malone-Wallace 51.22 Q 7 3 Marie-José Pérec 51.24 Q 8 7 Renee Poetschka 51.26 Q 9 1 Cathy Freeman 51.29 Q 10 6 Sandie Richards 51.30 Q 11 5 Claudine Williams 51.32 Q 11 6 Yelena Rurak 51.32 Q 13 6 Daniela Georgieva 51.37 Q 14 1 Melanie Neef 51.39 Q 14 3 Yuliya Sotnikova 51.39 Q 14 4 Kim Graham 51.39 Q 14 5 Nancy McLeón 51.39 q 18 4 Li Jing 51.50 q 19 3 Zhang Hengyun 51.51 Q 20 2 Julia Duporty 51.55 Q 21 2 Olga Nazarova 51.55 Q 22 7 Ximena Restrepo 51.57 Q 23 1 Tatyana Chebykina 51.58 Q, PB 24 3 Uta Rohländer 51.68 q 25 2 Olabisi Afolabi 51.79 26 1 Linda Kisabaka 51.96 26 3 Norfalia Carabalí 51.96 26 6 Helena Fuchsová 51.96 29 4 Sandra Kuschmann 51.99 30 7 Ludmila Formanová 52.05 31 1 Idalmis Bonne 52.10 32 7 Merlene Frazer 52.24 33 4 Olga Moroz 52.31 34 6 Lee Naylor 52.37 35 7 Dora Kyriakou 52.81 36 5 Evelyne Elien 53.34 37 1 Zoila Stewart 53.48 38 2 Grace Birungi 53.92 38 2 Ngozi Mwanamwambwa 53.92 NR 38 7 Mary-Estelle Kapalu 53.92 NR 41 3 Öznur Dursun 54.21 42 5 Mercy Addy 54.28 43 1 Hsu Pei-Chin 54.93 44 6 Vernetta Lesforis 56.43 45 2 Lu Xifang 56.64 46 6 Mirna El-Laz 59.96 47 4 Sharron Celecia 48 7 Bipendu Mbombo 5 Bernice Morton 6 Francine Landre 3 Kannan Solaimathi 4 Kate Clarke
Semifinals First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Jearl Miles 50.39 Q 3 Marie-José Pérec 50.42 Q 2 Pauline Davis 50.43 Q 1 Cathy Freeman 50.49 Q 1 Fatima Yusuf 50.56 Q 1 Sandie Richards 50.64 q 2 Maicel Malone-Wallace 50.77 Q 3 Falilat Ogunkoya 50.85 q 2 Renee Poetschka 51.00 10 2 Sandra Myers 51.03 11 1 Melanie Neef 51.18 12 1 Yuliya Sotnikova 51.41 13 2 Nancy McLeón 51.46 14 2 Daniela Georgieva 51.65 15 2 Tatyana Chebykina 51.67 16 1 Kim Graham 51.77 17 1 Ximena Restrepo 51.82 18 3 Olga Nazarova 51.83 19 3 Julia Duporty 51.85 20 3 Uta Rohländer 51.99 21 3 Yelena Rurak 52.01 22 3 Zhang Hengyun 52.59 23 2 Claudine Williams 52.99 24 1 Li Jing 53.46
Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Marie-José Pérec 49.28 5 Pauline Davis 49.96 NR 3 Jearl Miles 50.00 4 4 Cathy Freeman 50.60 5 1 Fatima Yusuf 50.70 6 8 Falilat Ogunkoya 50.77 7 7 Maicel Malone-Wallace 50.99 8 2 Sandie Richards 51.13
References Results IAAF