1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

Events at the 1987 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 41 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats and the final held on Monday 1987-08-31.

Results

Heats

Saturday, 29 August 1987

Rank	Heat	Name	Result	Notes
1.	3	Mariya Pinigina (URS)	51.38	Q
2.	1	Olga Bryzgina (URS)	51.62	Q
2.	6	Kirsten Emmelmann (GDR)	51.62	Q
4.	2	Petra Muller (GDR)	51.68	Q
5.	6	Diane Dixon (USA)	51.72	Q
6.	5	Jillian Richardson (CAN)	51.94	Q
7.	4	Dagmar Neubauer (GDR)	51.96	Q
8.	5	Olga Nazarova (URS)	52.04	Q
9.	3	Denean Howard (USA)	52.06	Q
10.	1	Sandie Richards (JAM)	52.07	Q
11.	4	Lillie Leatherwood (USA)	52.16	Q
12.	4	Marita Payne-Wiggins (CAN)	52.21	Q
13.	5	Maria Magnolia Figueiredo (BRA)	52.29	Q
14.	2	Gisela Kinzel (FRG)	52.34	Q
15.	2	Blanca Lacambra (ESP)	52.46	Q
16.	3	Ute Thimm (FRG)	52.48	Q
17.	1	Charmaine Crooks (CAN)	52.49	Q
18.	2	Fabienne Ficher (FRA)	52.59	q
19.	3	Cathy Rattray-Williams (JAM)	52.64	q
20.	5	Helga Arendt (FRG)	52.80	q
21.	5	Judit Forgacs (HUN)	53.15	q
22.	1	Francisca Chepkurui (KEN)	53.21	q
23.	6	Ilrey Oliver (JAM)	53.59	Q
24.	2	Maria Usifo (NGR)	53.64	q
25.	3	Mercy Addy (GHA)	54.13
26.	1	Bei Assumpta Achuo (CMR)	54.18
27.	5	Ester Petitón (CUB)	54.50
28.	4	Josephine Mary Singarayar (MAS)	54.56
29.	2	Joycelin Joseph (ATG)	55.61
30.	6	Ruth Morris (ISV)	56.36
31.	2	Anna Cherry (LCA)	57.20
32.	3	Diane Dunrod-Francis (SKN)	57.64
33.	5	Vanessa Barlow (SAM)	1:01.53
34.	4	Nadine Mbitoloum (CHA)	1:01.71
–	3	Mariam Zewde (ETH)	DNF
–	1	Kungu Bakombo (ZAI)	DNS
–	1	P.T. Usha (IND)	DNS
–	4	Nawal El Moutawakil (MAR)	DNS
–	4	Adina Valdez (TRI)	DNS
–	6	Cosetta Campana (ITA)	DNS
–	6	Chakma Sharmila Ray (BAN)	DNS

Semifinals

Sunday, 30 August 1987

Rank	Heat	Name	Result	Notes
1.	2	Petra Müller (GDR)	50.15	Q
2.	3	Kirsten Emmelmann (GDR)	50.53	Q
3.	1	Mariya Pinigina (URS)	50.83	Q
4.	3	Diane Dixon (USA)	50.83	Q
5.	2	Olga Bryzgina (URS)	50.88	Q
6.	1	Jillian Richardson (CAN)	50.91	Q
7.	1	Lillie Leatherwood (USA)	50.95	q
8.	3	Olga Nazarova (URS)	51.07	q
9	3	Ute Thimm (FRG)	51.23
10.	2	Denean Howard (USA)	51.28
11.	3	Sandie Richards (JAM)	51.54
12.	2	Charmaine Crooks (CAN)	51.69
13.	3	Marita Payne-Wiggins (CAN)	51.75
14.	1	Dagmar Neubauer (GDR)	52.15
15.	2	Maria Magnolia Figueiredo (BRA)	52.24
16.	1	Cathy Rattray-Williams (JAM)	52.51
17.	1	Fabienne Ficher (FRA)	52.58
18.	2	Gisela Kinzel (FRG)	52.66
19.	1	Helga Arendt (FRG)	52.80
20.	3	Francisca Chepkurui (KEN)	52.86
21.	2	Judit Forgács (HUN)	52.99
22.	2	Ilrey Oliver (JAM)	53.35
23.	1	Blanca Lacambra (ESP)	54.72
24.	3	Maria Usifo (NGR)	DNS

Final

Monday, 31 August 1987

Rank	Name	Result	Notes
	Olga Bryzgina (URS)	49.38
	Petra Müller (GDR)	49.94
	Kirsten Emmelmann (GDR)	50.20
4	Mariya Pinigina (URS)	50.53
5	Lillie Leatherwood (USA)	50.82
6	Jillian Richardson (CAN)	51.03
7	Diane Dixon (USA)	51.13
8	Olga Nazarova (URS)	51.20

References

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