1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres explained

The women's 400 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5–7.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Grit Breuer	Falilat Ogunkoya	Jearl Miles Clark

Results

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			51.13	Q
2	1			51.51	Q
3	2			51.79	Q, SB
4	1			52.05	q, SB
5	4			52.06	Q
6	2			52.10	Q
7	2			52.11	q, SB
8	3			52.40	Q
9	4			52.43	Q
10	1			52.50	q, SB
11	1			52.64	q, PB
11	3			52.64	Q
13	3			52.65
14	3			52.65
15	4			52.84	PB
16	2			54.11
17	2			54.30	NR
18	4			54.65
19	4			55.14
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	3
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Semifinals

First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			50.83	Q, WL
2	1			50.88	Q, WL
3	2			50.93	Q, NR
4	1			51.44	Q, PB
5	2			51.47	q, PB
6	1			51.54	q, SB
7	2			51.69
8	1			52.09
9	2			52.31
10	2			52.95
11	1			53.29
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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			50.80	WL
			51.25	PB
			51.45
4			51.55
5			51.75
6			52.04

References

• Results