1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

Events at the 1995 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
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		women
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 results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Medalists

Gold	Marie-José Pérec France (FRA)
Silver	Pauline Davis-Thompson Bahamas (BAH)
Bronze	Jearl Miles-Clark United 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	Nigeria	50.60	Q
2	5	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	50.72	Q
3	5	Jearl Miles-Clark	United States	50.94	Q
4	4	Sandra Myers	Spain	51.14	Q
5	4	Pauline Davis-Thompson	Bahamas	51.21	Q
6	2	Maicel Malone-Wallace	United States	51.22	Q
7	3	Marie-José Pérec	France	51.24	Q
8	7	Renee Poetschka	Australia	51.26	Q
9	1	Cathy Freeman	Australia	51.29	Q
10	6	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	51.30	Q
11	5	Claudine Williams	Jamaica	51.32	Q
11	6	Yelena Rurak	Ukraine	51.32	Q
13	6	Daniela Georgieva	Bulgaria	51.37	Q
14	1	Melanie Neef	Great Britain	51.39	Q
14	3	Yuliya Sotnikova	Russia	51.39	Q
14	4	Kim Graham	United States	51.39	Q
14	5	Nancy McLeón	Cuba	51.39	q
18	4	Li Jing	China	51.50	q
19	3	Zhang Hengyun	China	51.51	Q
20	2	Julia Duporty	Cuba	51.55	Q
21	2	Olga Nazarova	Russia	51.55	Q
22	7	Ximena Restrepo	Colombia	51.57	Q
23	1	Tatyana Chebykina	Russia	51.58	Q
24	3	Uta Rohländer	Germany	51.68	q
25	2	Olabisi Afolabi	Nigeria	51.79
26	1	Linda Kisabaka	Germany	51.96
26	3	Norfalia Carabali	Colombia	51.96
26	6	Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová	Czech Republic	51.96
29	4	Sandra Kuschmann	Germany	51.99
30	7	Ludmila Formanová	Czech Republic	52.05
31	1	Idalmis Bonne	Cuba	52.10
32	7	Merlene Frazer	Jamaica	52.24
33	4	Olga Moroz	Ukraine	52.31
34	6	Lee Naylor	Australia	52.37
35	7	Dora Kyriakou	Cyprus	52.81
36	5	Evelyne Elien	France	53.34
37	1	Zoila Stewart	Costa Rica	53.48
38	2	Grace Birungi	Uganda	53.92
38	2	Ngozi Mwanamwambwa	Zambia	53.92	NR
38	7	Mary-Estelle Kapalu	Vanuatu	53.92	NR
41	3	Öznur Dursun	Turkey	54.21
42	5	Mercy Addy	Ghana	54.28
43	1	Hsu Pei-Chin	Chinese Taipei	54.93
44	6	Vernetta Lesforis	Saint Lucia	56.43
45	2	Lu Xifang	China	56.64
46	6	Mirna El-Laz	Lebanon	59.96
47	4	Sharron Celecia	Gibraltar	1:01.03
48	7	Bipendu Mbombo	Zaire	1:01.60
	5	Bernice Morton	Saint Kitts and Nevis	DQ
	6	Francine Landre	France	DNF
	3	Kannan Solaimathi	India	DNS
	4	Kate Clarke	Liberia	DNS

Semifinals

First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Jearl Miles-Clark	United States	50.39	Q
2	3	Marie-José Pérec	France	50.42	Q
3	2	Pauline Davis-Thompson	Bahamas	50.43	Q
4	1	Cathy Freeman	Australia	50.49	Q
5	1	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	50.56	Q
6	1	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	50.64	q
7	2	Maicel Malone-Wallace	United States	50.77	Q
8	3	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	50.85	q
9	2	Renee Poetschka	Australia	51.00
10	2	Sandra Myers	Spain	51.03
11	1	Melanie Neef	Great Britain	51.18
12	1	Yuliya Sotnikova	Russia	51.41
13	2	Nancy McLeón	Cuba	51.46
14	2	Daniela Georgieva	Bulgaria	51.65
15	2	Tatyana Chebykina	Russia	51.67
16	1	Kim Graham	United States	51.77
17	1	Ximena Restrepo	Colombia	51.82
18	3	Olga Nazarova	Russia	51.83
19	3	Julia Duporty	Cuba	51.85
20	3	Uta Rohländer	Germany	51.99
21	3	Yelena Rurak	Ukraine	52.01
22	3	Zhang Hengyun	China	52.59
23	2	Claudine Williams	Jamaica	52.99
24	1	Li Jing	China	53.46

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Marie-José Pérec	France	49.28
	5	Pauline Davis-Thompson	Bahamas	49.96	NR
	3	Jearl Miles-Clark	United States	50.00
4	4	Cathy Freeman	Australia	50.60
5	1	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	50.70
6	8	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	50.77
7	7	Maicel Malone-Wallace	United States	50.99
8	2	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	51.13

References

• Results
• IAAF