1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

None The women's 400 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 8, 9 and 10 March. Medalists GoldSilverBronzeDiane DixonUnited StatesSandra MyersSpainAnita ProttiSwitzerland Results Heats First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.Heats results Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Aelita Yurchenko 52.15 Q 2 3 Noémi Bátori 52.60 Q, PB 3 3 Julia Merino Spain 52.68 q 4 2 Diane Dixon United States 52.72 Q 5 2 Sandra Myers Spain 53.01 Q 6 2 Vivienne Spence-Gardner 53.34 q 7 2 Lyudmila Dzhigalova 53.87 q 8 1 Jearl Miles United States 53.88 Q 9 1 Katrin Schreiter Germany 54.00 Q 10 1 Anita Protti Switzerland 54.01 q 11 1 Iolanda Oanță 54.26 q 12 2 Rosey Edeh Canada 54.53 q 13 3 Norfalia Carabalí 54.78 14 3 Nezha Bidouane 55.69 15 1 Claudia Acerenza 56.57 NR 16 1 Lasnet Nkouka 58.50 NR 17 3 Fatima Yusuf 99.99 DQ Semifinals First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.Semifinals results Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Diane Dixon United States 51.97 Q 2 2 Aelita Yurchenko 52.14 Q 3 1 Sandra Myers Spain 52.16 Q 4 2 Anita Protti Switzerland 52.18 Q, NR 5 1 Jearl Miles United States 52.43 Q 6 1 Lyudmila Dzhigalova 52.68 Q 7 1 Vivienne Spence-Gardner 52.84 PB 8 2 Katrin Schreiter Germany 53.05 9 2 Iolanda Oanță 53.40 10 2 Julia Merino Spain 53.51 11 1 Rosey Edeh Canada 54.51 12 1 Noémi Bátori 99.99 DNF Final Final results Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Diane Dixon United States 50.64 CR, AR Sandra Myers Spain 50.99 NR Anita Protti Switzerland 51.41 NR 4 Aelita Yurchenko 51.59 PB 5 Jearl Miles United States 52.00 PB 6 Lyudmila Dzhigalova 52.19 PB References 400 Category:400 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Championships