1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

None The women's 400 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7–9. Medalists GoldSilverBronzeJearl Miles ClarkSandie RichardsHelena Fuchsová Results Heats First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.400 m heats results Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Charity Opara 52.02 Q 2 3 Sandie Richards 52.26 Q, PB 3 2 Grit Breuer 52.43 Q 4 3 Ionela Târlea 52.49 Q 5 3 Olga Kotlyarova 52.63 q 5 4 Jearl Miles Clark 52.63 Q 7 2 Helena Fuchsová 52.69 Q 8 3 Phylis Smith 52.74 q 9 1 Natasha Kaiser-Brown 52.86 Q 10 2 Olabisi Afolabi 52.89 q 11 4 Hana Benešová 52.94 Q 12 2 Tatyana Movchan 52.96 q 13 1 Sally Gunnell 53.05 14 4 Deon Hemmings 53.22 15 4 Guðrún Arnardóttir 53.41 16 4 Nezha Bidouane 53.54 17 1 Olga Moroz 53.82 18 1 Marina Filipović SCG Yugoslavia 54.18 19 2 Adina Valdez 55.79 20 2 Erum Khanum 64.74 1:04.74 21 3 Angela Camara 99.99 DNS 21 3 Ruth Mangue Nve 99.99 DNS Semifinals First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.400 m semifinals results (archived) Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Charity Opara 51.26 Q 2 2 Sandie Richards 51.53 Q, PB 3 1 Jearl Miles Clark 51.55 Q, SB 4 1 Ionela Târlea 52.10 Q, NR 5 2 Grit Breuer 52.16 Q 6 2 Helena Fuchsová 52.43 Q 7 1 Tatyana Movchan 52.48 8 1 Hana Benešová 52.75 9 2 Natasha Kaiser-Brown 52.82 10 2 Phylis Smith 52.86 11 1 Olga Kotlyarova 53.17 12 2 Olabisi Afolabi 53.33 Final 400 m final results (archived) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jearl Miles Clark 50.96 WL Sandie Richards 51.17 PB Helena Fuchsová 52.04 PB 4 Ionela Târlea 52.06 NR 5 Charity Opara 52.19 6 Grit Breuer 52.22 References 400 Category:400 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Championships