The women's 400 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5–7.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeGrit BreuerFalilat OgunkoyaJearl Miles Clark
Results
Heats First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Grit Breuer 51.13 Q 2 1 Natalya Nazarova 51.51 Q 3 2 Jearl Miles Clark 51.79 Q, SB 4 1 Ester Goossens 52.05 q, SB 5 4 Olga Kotlyarova 52.06 Q 6 2 Deon Hemmings 52.10 Q 7 2 Charity Opara 52.11 q, SB 8 3 Sandie Richards 52.40 Q 9 4 Ana Guevara 52.43 Q 10 1 Virna de Angeli 52.50 q, SB 11 1 Alina Rîpanu 52.64 q, PB 11 3 Falilat Ogunkoya 52.64 Q 13 3 Susan Andrews 52.65 14 3 Shanelle Porter 52.65 15 4 Sinead Dudgeon 52.84 PB 16 2 Sakie Nobuoka 54.11 17 2 Kaltouma Nadjina 54.30 NR 18 4 Tonique Williams 54.65 19 4 Chen Yuxiang 55.14 2 Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová 3 Amy Mbacké Thiam 4 Ameerah Bello
Semifinals First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Jearl Miles Clark 50.83 Q, WL 2 1 Grit Breuer 50.88 Q, WL 3 2 Ana Guevara 50.93 Q, NR 4 1 Falilat Ogunkoya 51.44 Q, PB 5 2 Deon Hemmings 51.47 q, PB 6 1 Sandie Richards 51.54 q, SB 7 2 Olga Kotlyarova 51.69 8 1 Ester Goossens 52.09 9 2 Charity Opara 52.31 10 2 Virna de Angeli 52.95 11 1 Alina Rîpanu 53.29 1 Natalya Nazarova
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Grit Breuer 50.80 WL Falilat Ogunkoya 51.25 PB Jearl Miles Clark 51.45 4 Ana Guevara 51.55 5 Sandie Richards 51.75 6 Deon Hemmings 52.04
References Results