The women's 400 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 and 3 March 2018.Start list
Summary The two Americans with the fastest times in the semi-final round, Shakima Wimbley and Courtney Okolo were given the outer two lanes in the final, 5 and 6 respectively. Wimbley started quickly, making up a little ground on Okolo's stagger, while Okolo took a more measured approach to her speed, putting on a burst just before the cones, then taking the tangent to lane 1 to take the lead unobstructed. Wimbley closed in much sooner, forcing Eilidh Doyle to squeeze inside to take second position with a lap to go. Okolo just continued to extend her lead, seven metres by the finish for a clear win. Wimbley ran on Doyle's outside through most of the last lap, finally conceding to run the last part of the last turn behind Doyle. On the final straightaway, Wimbley took one more run at Doyle, passing her for the silver. Justyna Święty-Ersetic also closed quickly but could not catch Doyle for bronze.
Results Heats The heats were started on 2 March at 12:10.Heats results
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 1 5 Courtney Okolo 51.54 Q2 5 4 Stephenie Ann McPherson 52.18 Q, SB3 1 6 Maria Belibasaki 52.27 Q, PB4 5 5 Eilidh Doyle 52.31 Q5 4 5 Shakima Wimbley 52.43 Q6 2 6 Léa Sprunger 52.46 Q7 2 5 Madiea Ghafoor 52.54 Q8 3 6 Zoey Clark 52.75 Q9 5 6 Phil Healy 52.75 q10 2 3 Nadine Gonska 52.77 q, PB11 5 3 Alexandra Bezeková 52.78 q12 4 3 Agnė Šerkšnienė 52.81 Q, NR13 1 2 Anna Yaroshchuk-Ryzhykova 52.96 q, PB14 4 2 Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo 52.98 q, PB15 3 5 Justyna Święty-Ersetic 53.05 Q16 1 4 Lada Vondrová 53.05 q17 4 4 Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz 53.22 18 3 1 Ayomide Folorunso 53.24 19 3 3 Kelsey Balkwill 53.29 20 2 4 Travia Jones 53.31 21 6 5 Tovea Jenkins 53.39 Q22 3 4 Svetlana Golendova 53.44 23 4 6 Anita Horvat 53.52 24 5 2 Tamara Salaški 53.61 25 2 1 Laura Bueno 53.66 26 1 3 Elina Mikhina 53.90 27 5 1 Grace Claxton 53.92 28 6 4 Iveta Putalová 53.97 Q29 6 1 Cátia Azevedo 54.17 30 3 2 Kineke Alexander 55.46 31 6 2 Djénébou Danté 57.85 SB 6 3 Maja Ćirić 163.3(a)Lane infringement 2 2 Miriama Senokonoko 163.3(a) 6 6 Patience Okon George
Semifinal The semifinals were started on 2 March at 20:32.Semifinals results
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 5 Shakima Wimbley 51.34 Q 2 3 5 Courtney Okolo 51.79 Q 3 1 4 Eilidh Doyle 52.15 Q 4 3 6 Tovea Jenkins 52.42 Q 5 1 3 Agnė Šerkšnienė 52.62 NR 6 2 3 Justyna Święty-Ersetic 52.63 Q 7 2 6 Zoey Clark 52.63 Q 8 1 2 Anna Yaroshchuk-Ryzhykova 52.74 PB 9 1 1 Alexandra Bezeková 53.05 10 2 4 Madiea Ghafoor 53.14 11 2 2 Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo 53.18 12 3 1 Phil Healy 53.26 13 3 2 Lada Vondrová 53.32 14 2 1 Nadine Gonska 53.45 15 3 3 Iveta Putalová 53.46 1 6 Léa Sprunger 163.3(a) 3 4 Maria Belibasaki 163.3(a) 2 5 Stephenie Ann McPherson 163.3(a)
Final The final was started on 3 March at 20:05.Final results
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Courtney Okolo 50.55 PB 5 Shakima Wimbley 51.47 4 Eilidh Doyle 51.60 SB 4 3 Justyna Święty-Ersetic 51.85 5 1 Tovea Jenkins 52.12 PB 6 2 Zoey Clark 52.16
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