1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres explained

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 31 August 1987.

Results

Final

Monday, 31 August 1987

Rank	Name	Result	Notes
		49.38
		49.94
		50.20
4		50.53
5		50.82
6		51.03
7		51.13
8		51.20

Semifinals

Sunday, 30 August 1987

Rank	Heat	Name	Result	Notes
1	2		50.15	Q
2	3		50.53	Q
3	1		50.83	Q
4	3		50.83	Q
5	2		50.88	Q
6	1		50.91	Q
7	1		50.95	q
8	3		51.07	q
9	3		51.23
10	2		51.28
11	3		51.54
12	2		51.69
13	3		51.75
14	1		52.15
15	2		52.24
16	1		52.51
17	1		52.58
18	2		52.66
19	1		52.80
20	3		52.86
21	2		52.99
22	2		53.35
23	1		54.72
24	3		DNS

Heats

Saturday, 29 August 1987

Rank	Heat	Name	Result	Notes
1	3		51.38	Q
2	1		51.62	Q
2	6		51.62	Q
4	2		51.68	Q
5	6		51.72	Q
6	5		51.94	Q
7	4		51.96	Q
8	5		52.04	Q
9	3		52.06	Q
10	1		52.07	Q
11	4		52.16	Q
12	4		52.21	Q
13	5		52.29	Q
14	2		52.34	Q
15	2		52.46	Q
16	3		52.48	Q
17	1		52.49	Q
18	2		52.59	q
19	3		52.64	q
20	5		52.80	q
21	5		53.15	q
22	1		53.21	q
23	6		53.59	Q
24	2		53.64	q
25	3		54.13
26	1		54.18
27	5		54.50
28	4		54.56
29	2		55.61
30	6		56.36
31	2		57.20
32	3		57.64
33	5
34	4
	3
	1
	1
	4
	4
	6
	6

References

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