1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

Events at the
1991 IAAF World Indoor
Championships

Track events
60 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m men women
60 m hurdles men women
4×400 m relay men women
3000 m walk women
5000 m walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women

The women's 400 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 8, 9 and 10 March.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Diane Dixon
 United States
Sandra Myers
 Spain
Anita Protti
  Switzerland

Results

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Aelita Yurchenko  Soviet Union 52.15 Q
2 3 Noémi Bátori  Hungary 52.60 Q, PB
3 3 Julia Merino  Spain 52.68 q
4 2 Diane Dixon  United States 52.72 Q
5 2 Sandra Myers  Spain 53.01 Q
6 2 Vivienne Spence-Gardner  Jamaica 53.34 q
7 2 Lyudmila Dzhigalova  Soviet Union 53.87 q
8 1 Jearl Miles  United States 53.88 Q
9 1 Kathrin Schreiter  Germany 54.00 Q
10 1 Anita Protti   Switzerland 54.01 q
11 1 Iolanda Oanţă  Romania 54.26 q
12 2 Rosey Edeh  Canada 54.53 q
13 3 Norfalia Carabalí  Colombia 54.78
14 3 Nezha Bidouane  Morocco 55.69
15 1 Claudia Acerenza  Uruguay 56.57 NR
16 1 Lasnet Nkouka  Republic of the Congo 58.50 NR
17 3 Fatima Yusuf  Nigeria DQ

Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.[2]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Diane Dixon  United States 51.97 Q
2 2 Aelita Yurchenko  Soviet Union 52.14 Q
3 1 Sandra Myers  Spain 52.16 Q
4 2 Anita Protti   Switzerland 52.18 Q, NR
5 1 Jearl Miles  United States 52.43 Q
6 1 Lyudmila Dzhigalova  Soviet Union 52.68 Q
7 1 Vivienne Spence-Gardner  Jamaica 52.84 PB
8 2 Kathrin Schreiter  Germany 53.05
9 2 Iolanda Oanţă  Romania 53.40
10 2 Julia Merino  Spain 53.51
11 1 Rosey Edeh  Canada 54.51
12 1 Noémi Bátori  Hungary DNF

Final

[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Diane Dixon  United States 50.64 CR, AR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Sandra Myers  Spain 50.99 NR
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Anita Protti   Switzerland 51.41 NR
4 Aelita Yurchenko  Soviet Union 51.59 PB
5 Jearl Miles  United States 52.00 PB
6 Lyudmila Dzhigalova  Soviet Union 52.19 PB

References

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