Track and field at the 2011 Military World Games – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2011 Military World Games was held on 21 and 22 July at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and CISM record were as follows:

World Record	Marita Koch (GDR)	47.60	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
CISM World Record

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
21 July 2011		Semifinals
22 July 2011	11:30	Final

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Geisa Coutinho Brazil	Olga Tereshkova Kazakhstan	Jailma de Lima Brazil

Results

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Geisa Coutinho	Brazil	51.08	CR
	7	Olga Tereshkova	Kazakhstan	51.27
	5	Jailma de Lima	Brazil	51.77
4	1	Libania Grenot	Italy	52.43
5	4	Rmcs Rasnayake	Sri Lanka	52.52
6	2	Sylvie Zimbere	Cameroon	54.26
7	6	Yolanda Osana	Dominican Republic	54.86
	8	Hayat Lambarki	Morocco	DNF