1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres explained

These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 52 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final held on Thursday 26 August 1999 at 20:30h.

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		49.67
		49.74
		49.92
4.		50.03
5.		50.52
6.		50.61
7.		50.67
8.		50.72

Semi-final

• Held on Tuesday 24 August 1999

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		49.96
2.		50.05
3.		50.09
4.		50.48
5.		50.67
6.		50.70
7.		50.84
8.		50.90

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		49.76
2.		50.16
3.		50.21
4.		50.32
5.		50.40
6.		50.52
7.		50.77
8.		50.93

Quarter-finals

• Held on Monday 23 August 1999

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		50.82
2.		50.86
3.		51.18
4.		51.19
5.		51.40
6.		51.86
7.		51.98
8.		54.34

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		50.62
2.		50.75
3.		51.02
4.		51.21
5.		51.73
6.		52.05
7.		52.08
8.		52.93

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		50.41
2.		50.47
3.		50.49
4.		51.08
5.		52.07
6.		52.47
7.		52.78
8.		52.86

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		50.59
2.		50.77
3.		50.82
4.		51.05
5.		51.45
6.		52.01
7.		52.52
8.		53.33

Heats

• Held on Tuesday 24 August 1999

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		51.13
2.		51.14
3.		51.23
4.		52.60
5.		53.53
6.		54.55
7.		55.44

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		51.13
2.		51.32
3.		51.87
4.		52.07
5.		52.95
6.		53.74
7.		57.30

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		51.42
2.		52.25
3.		52.49
4.		52.68
5.		53.41
6.		53.52
7.		57.22
8.		1:00.04

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		51.43
2.		51.59
3.		51.68
4.		52.12
5.		52.74
6.		55.44
7.		57.64

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		51.48
2.		51.71
3.		51.90
4.		51.99
5.		52.04
6.		52.76
7.		57.64
		DNS

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.		51.49
2.		51.50
3.		51.70
4.		51.89
5.		52.38
6.		54.50
7.		56.08

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.		51.09
2.		51.94
3.		52.01
4.		53.07
5.		53.25
6.		53.97
		DQ
		DQ

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20040102130133/http://www2.iaaf.org/Sevilla99/Results/