1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

These are the results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Medalists

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Gold   Marie-José Pérec
France (FRA)
Silver   Pauline Davis
Bahamas (BAH)
Bronze   Jearl Miles
United States (USA)

Results

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Heats

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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   United States 50.94 Q
4 4 Sandra Myers   Spain 51.14 Q
5 4 Pauline Davis   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, PB
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 Carabalí   Colombia 51.96
26 6 Helena 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

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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   United States 50.39 Q
2 3 Marie-José Pérec   France 50.42 Q
3 2 Pauline Davis   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

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  6 Marie-José Pérec   France 49.28
  5 Pauline Davis   Bahamas 49.96 NR
  3 Jearl Miles   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

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