2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 7–8 March 2014.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeFrancena McCororyKaliese SpencerShaunae Miller

Records Standing records prior to the 2014 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsWorld record49.59Milan, Italy7 March 1982Championship record50.04Moscow, Russia12 March 2006World Leading50.85Albuquerque, United States23 February 2014African record50.73Stuttgart, Germany1 February 1998Asian record52.27Beijing, China24 February 1996European record49.59Milan, Italy7 March 1982North and Central American and Caribbean record50.34 Moscow, Russia12 March 2006Oceanian Record52.17Budapest, Hungary4 March 1989South American record51.83New York City, United States26 February 2010

Qualification standards IndoorOutdoor 53.15 51.20

Schedule Date Time Round7 March 2014 10:05 Heats7 March 2014 20:55 Semifinals8 March 2014 19:40 Final

Results

Heats Qualification: First 2 (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.Heats results

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Regina George 51.60 Q, SB 2 3 Shaunae Miller 52.10 Q, SB 3 1 Justyna Święty 52.13 Q, PB 4 1 Patricia Hall 52.19 q 5 2 Kaliese Spencer 52.26 Q 6 4 Francena McCorory 52.37 Q 7 4 Denisa Rosolová 52.37 Q, SB 3 Kseniya Ryzhova 52.47 Q, Doping 8 2 Lisanne de Witte 52.61 Q, PB 9 2 Joanna Atkins 52.61 q 10 1 Margaret Adeoye 52.69 q, SB 11 4 Esther Cremer 52.71 q 12 4 Kineke Alexander 52.80 SB 13 3 Małgorzata Hołub 53.07 14 2 Shana Cox 53.10 15 3 Nicky van Leuveren 53.34 16 3 Melissa Caddle 54.56 17 4 Samantha Edwards 54.74

Semifinals Qualification: First 3 (Q) qualified for the final.Semifinals results

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Francena McCorory 51.35 Q 2 2 Kaliese Spencer 51.58 Q, PB 3 2 Shaunae Miller 51.63 Q, SB 2 Kseniya Ryzhova 51.64 Doping 4 1 Patricia Hall 52.82 Q 5 1 Justyna Święty 52.97 Q 6 1 Joanna Atkins 53.20 Q 7 2 Margaret Adeoye 53.59 8 2 Esther Cremer 53.60 1 Denisa Rosolová 1 Lisanne de Witte R163.2(b)Disqualified for jostling with Denisa Rosolová which led to her falling 1 Regina George

Final Final results

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Francena McCorory 51.12 Kaliese Spencer 51.54 PB Shaunae Miller 52.06 4 Justyna Święty 52.20 5 Patricia Hall 52.51 6 Joanna Atkins 52.55

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