1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

None These are the results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece. Medalists GoldAUS Cathy FreemanAustralia (AUS)SilverJAM Sandie RichardsJamaica (JAM)BronzeUSA Jearl Miles ClarkUnited 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 01 1 1 Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová 51.05 Q, PB 02 2 4 Grit Breuer Germany 51.43 Q 03 3 5 Lorraine Graham 51.45 Q 04 4 5 Cathy Freeman Australia 51.53 Q 05 5 4 Olga Kotlyarova Russia 51.55 Q 06 6 2 Sandie Richards 51.57 Q 06 6 5 Maicel Malone-Wallace United States 51.57 Q 08 8 1 Tatyana Alekseyeva Russia 51.61 Q 08 8 5 Pauline Davis-Thompson 51.61 Q 10 2 Jearl Miles Clark United States 51.77 Q 10 4 Falilat Ogunkoya 51.77 Q 12 5 Anja Rucker Germany 51.84 q 13 3 Kim Graham United States 51.92 Q 14 2 Allison Curbishley Great Britain 51.97 Q 15 1 Damayanthi Dharsha 51.99 Q, NR 16 1 Olabisi Afolabi 52.13 Q 17 4 Naděžda Koštovalová 52.15 Q 18 2 Norfalia Carabalí 52.18 Q 19 3 Donna Fraser Great Britain 52.21 Q 20 1 Tonique Williams 52.30 q 21 1 Ladonna Antoine Canada 52.44 q 22 4 Adri de Jongh South Africa 52.47 q 23 3 Patrizia Spuri Italy 52.54 Q 24 3 Tatyana Chebykina Russia 52.57 Q 25 2 Hana Benešová 52.74 26 5 Marina Filipović SCG Yugoslavia 53.16 27 5 Svetlana Bodritskaya 53.28 28 3 Inez Turner 53.34 29 2 Mayra González Mexico 53.63 30 1 Maria Figueiredo Brazil 53.95 31 4 Zoila Stewart 54.03 32 3 Christina Panagou 54.23 33 2 Nadjina Kaltouma 54.49 34 4 Dijana Kojić Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992 55.06 PB 35 3 Grace Dinkins 55.19 36 2 Cathalina Staye Saint Lucia 1979 55.54 NR 37 1 Charmaine Smit 55.67 38 4 Olga Conte 55.82 99 3 Charity Opara 99.99 DNS Quarterfinals First 4 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 01 1 1 Sandie Richards 50.08 Q, PB 02 2 1 Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová 50.36 Q, PB 03 3 2 Falilat Ogunkoya 50.39 Q 04 4 1 Pauline Davis-Thompson 50.53 Q, SB 05 5 1 Olga Kotlyarova Russia 50.63 Q, PB 06 6 2 Grit Breuer Germany 50.65 Q 07 7 3 Jearl Miles Clark United States 50.66 Q 08 8 3 Cathy Freeman Australia 50.75 Q 09 9 1 Maicel Malone-Wallace United States 50.77 q 10 1 Allison Curbishley Great Britain 50.78 q 11 2 Tatyana Alekseyeva Russia 50.90 Q 12 3 Lorraine Graham 51.03 Q 13 3 Olabisi Afolabi 51.07 Q 14 3 Donna Fraser Great Britain 51.11 q, PB 15 1 Anja Rucker Germany 51.36 q, SB 16 3 Norfalia Carabalí 51.42 SB 17 3 Tatyana Chebykina Russia 51.57 18 2 Kim Graham United States 51.72 Q 19 3 Patrizia Spuri Italy 52.15 SB 20 2 Ladonna Antoine Canada 52.37 21 2 Naděžda Koštovalová 52.61 22 2 Damayanthi Darsha 53.49 23 2 Tonique Williams 54.23 99 1 Adri de Jongh South Africa 99.99 DNF Semifinals First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 01 1 1 Jearl Miles Clark United States 50.05 Q 02 2 1 Falilat Ogunkoya 50.06 Q 03 3 1 Cathy Freeman Australia 50.11 Q 04 4 2 Sandie Richards 50.21 Q 05 5 2 Grit Breuer Germany 50.33 Q, SB 06 6 2 Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová 50.69 Q 07 7 1 Pauline Davis-Thompson 50.77 Q 08 8 1 Lorraine Graham 50.90 09 9 2 Tatyana Alekseyeva Russia 50.98 Q 10 1 Olga Kotlyarova Russia 51.03 11 2 Maicel Malone-Wallace United States 51.40 12 2 Allison Curbishley Great Britain 51.42 13 2 Olabisi Afolabi 51.44 14 2 Kim Graham United States 51.54 15 1 Anja Rucker Germany 51.94 99 1 Donna Fraser Great Britain 99.99 DNS Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Cathy Freeman Australia 49.77 5 Sandie Richards 49.79 PB 4 Jearl Miles Clark United States 49.90 4 6 Grit Breuer Germany 50.06 SB 5 3 Falilat Ogunkoya 50.27 6 8 Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová 50.66 7 7 Pauline Davis-Thompson 50.68 8 2 Tatyana Alekseyeva Russia 51.37 References Results IAAF - Women's 400 Metres Category:400 metres at the World Athletics Championships