1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres explained

These are the results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece.

Medalists

Gold	Cathy Freeman Australia (AUS)
Silver	Sandie Richards Jamaica (JAM)
Bronze	Jearl Miles Clark United States (USA)

Results

Heats

First 4 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1			51.05	Q, PB
	4			51.43	Q
	5			51.45	Q
	5			51.53	Q
	4			51.55	Q
	2			51.57	Q
	5			51.57	Q
	1			51.61	Q
	5			51.61	Q
10	2			51.77	Q
10	4			51.77	Q
12	5			51.84	q
13	3			51.92	Q
14	2			51.97	Q
15	1			51.99	Q, NR
16	1			52.13	Q
17	4			52.15	Q
18	2			52.18	Q
19	3			52.21	Q
20	1			52.30	q
21	1			52.44	q
22	4			52.47	q
23	3			52.54	Q
24	3			52.57	Q
25	2			52.74
26	5			53.16
27	5			53.28
28	3			53.34
29	2			53.63
30	1			53.95
31	4			54.03
32	3			54.23
33	2			54.49
34	4			55.06	PB
35	3			55.19
36	2			55.54	NR
37	1			55.67
38	4			55.82
	3

Quarterfinals

First 4 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1			50.08	Q, PB
	1			50.36	Q, PB
	2			50.39	Q
	1			50.53	Q, SB
	1			50.63	Q, PB
	2			50.65	Q
	3			50.66	Q
	3			50.75	Q
	1			50.77	q
10	1			50.78	q
11	2			50.90	Q
12	3			51.03	Q
13	3			51.07	Q
14	3			51.11	q, PB
15	1			51.36	q, SB
16	3			51.42	SB
17	3			51.57
18	2			51.72	Q
19	3			52.15	SB
20	2			52.37
21	2			52.61
22	2			53.49
23	2			54.23
	1

Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1			50.05	Q
	1			50.06	Q
	1			50.11	Q
	2			50.21	Q
	2			50.33	Q, SB
	2			50.69	Q
	1			50.77	Q
	1			50.90
	2			50.98	Q
10	1			51.03
11	2			51.40
12	2			51.42
13	2			51.44
14	2			51.54
15	1			51.94
	1

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1			49.77
	5			49.79	PB
	4			49.90
4	6			50.06	SB
5	3			50.27
6	8			50.66
7	7			50.68
8	2			51.37

References

• Results
• IAAF