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

None These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres Hurdles event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Thursday 1987-09-03. Final RANK FINAL TIME Sabine Busch GDR 53.62 CR Debbie Flintoff-King AUS 54.19 Cornelia Ullrich GDR 54.31 4. Sandra Farmer JAM 54.38 5. Tuija Helander-Kuusisto FIN 54.62 6. Anna Ambrazienė URS 55.68 7. Schowonda Williams USA 55.86 8. Judi Brown-King USA 56.10 Semi-finals Held on Tuesday 1987-09-01 RANK HEAT 1 TIME 1. Sabine Busch GDR 54.41 2. Sandra Farmer JAM 54.68 3. Tuija Helander-Kuusisto FIN 54.76 4. Schowonda Williams USA 54.82 5. Margarita Khromova URS 54.86 6. LaTanya Sheffield USA 56.65 7. Rose Tata-Muya KEN 57.65 — Maria Usifo NGR DNS RANK HEAT 2 TIME 1. Cornelia Ullrich GDR 54.72 2. Debbie Flintoff-King AUS 55.08 3. Anna Ambrazienė URS 55.47 4. Judi Brown-King USA 55.55 5. Gudrun Abt FRG 55.59 6. P.T. Usha IND 55.89 7. Christina Wennberg SWE 57.64 8. Irmgard Trojer ITA 57.86 Qualifying heats Held on Monday 1987-08-31 RANK HEAT 1 TIME 1. Sabine Busch GDR 55.51 2. Anna Ambrazienė URS 56.50 3. Nawal El Moutawakil MAR 57.21 4. Jenny Laurendet AUS 57.41 5. Barbara Johnson IRL 58.72 6. Tania Fernández CUB 58.78 7. Mariam Zewde ETH 1987 1:00.57 RANK HEAT 2 TIME 1. LaTanya Sheffield USA 55.93 2. Debbie Flintoff-King AUS 56.31 3. Christina Wennberg SWE 56.91 4. Irmgard Trojer ITA 57.09 5. Hélène Huart FRA 57.13 6. Maria João Lopes POR 58.86 7. Semra Aksu TUR 59.13 RANK HEAT 3 TIME 1. Judi Brown-King USA 55.35 2. Tuija Helander-Kuusisto FIN 55.42 3. P.T. Usha IND 55.73 4. Maria Usifo NGR 56.13 5. Helga Halldorsdottir ISL 57.82 6. Marie Womplou CIV 58.46 7. Gerda Haas AUT 58.65 RANK HEAT 4 TIME 1. Margarita Khromova URS 55.21 2. Schowonda Williams USA 55.53 3. Gudrun Abt FRG 55.83 4. Liliana Chala ECU 58.39 5. Gwen Wall CAN 58.66 6. Maria do Carmo Fialho BRA 1968 58.93 – Genowefa Błaszak POL DQ RANK HEAT 5 TIME 1. Cornelia Ullrich GDR 56.75 2. Sandra Farmer JAM 56.76 3. Rose Tata-Muya KEN 57.11 4. Cristina Pérez ESP 57.23 5. Erika Szopori HUN 58.09 6. Sally Flemming AUS 58.87 – Fatimata Podie BUR DQ See also 1984 Women's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Los Angeles) 1986 Women's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Stuttgart) 1988 Women's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Seoul) 1990 Women's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Split) References Results H Category:400 metres hurdles at the World Athletics Championships