2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

None The women's 400 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–16. Medalists GoldSilverBronzeNatalya NazarovaChristine AmertilGrit Breuer Results Heats First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 01 1 3 Natalya Nazarova 51.24 Q 02 2 3 Catherine Murphy Great Britain 51.89 Q, SB 03 3 1 Tonique Williams-Darling 52.04 Q, PB 04 4 5 Grit Breuer 52.10 Q 05 5 2 Christine Amertil 52.15 Q 06 6 4 Sviatlana Usovich 52.20 Q 07 7 5 Sandie Richards 52.46 Q 08 8 1 Yuliya Pechenkina 52.62 Q 09 9 5 Grażyna Prokopek 52.72 q, NR 10 1 Jennifer Meadows Great Britain 52.74 q, PB 11 2 Monique Hennagan 52.83 Q 12 4 Aliann Pompey 52.86 Q, SB 13 4 Kaltouma Nadjina 53.50 14 1 Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni 53.51 15 1 Monika Niederstatter 53.57 16 2 Karen Shinkins 53.59 17 4 Antonina Yefremova 53.64 18 2 Carmo Tavares 53.65 19 3 Ronetta Smith 53.66 SB 20 5 Awatef Ben Hassine 54.01 21 5 Geisa Aparecida Coutinho 54.23 22 1 Tiffany Barnes 54.38 23 3 Maria Teresa Schutzmann 54.51 24 2 K.V.Damayanthi Dharsha 54.61 25 5 Yvonne Harrison 56.17 26 2 Klodiana Shala 57.81 27 4 Salhate Djamaldine 58.88 99 3 Mireille Nguimgo 99.99 DQ 99 4 Karla Hernández 99.99 DQ Semifinals First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 01 1 1 Natalya Nazarova 50.90 Q 02 2 1 Christine Amertil 51.11 Q, NR 03 3 2 Grit Breuer 51.56 Q, SB 04 4 2 Catherine Murphy Great Britain 51.74 Q, PB 05 5 2 Monique Hennagan 51.89 Q, PB 06 6 1 Sviatlana Usovich 52.18 Q 07 7 1 Sandie Richards 52.20 SB 08 8 1 Aliann Pompey 52.74 SB 09 9 2 Grażyna Prokopek 53.07 10 1 Jennifer Meadows Great Britain 53.36 99 2 Yuliya Pechenkina 99.99 DQ 99 2 Tonique Williams-Darling 99.99 DQ Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Natalya Nazarova 50.83 Christine Amertil 51.11 NR Grit Breuer 51.13 SB 4 Catherine Murphy Great Britain 51.99 5 Monique Hennagan 52.08 6 Sviatlana Usovich 52.72 References Results 400 Category:400 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Championships