400 Metres Summary | 1st IAAF World Championships in Athletics

POS	Rank	Heat	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	RESULTS
1	1	1	Jarmila Kratochvílová	TCH	52.42
2	1	4	Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina	URS	52.49
3	2	1	Molly Killingbeck	CAN	52.62
4	1	3	Tatána Kocembová	TCH	52.74
5	2	3	Denean Howard-Hill	USA	52.78
6	3	1	Roberta Belle	USA	53.01
7	1	5	Sabine Busch	GDR	53.16
8	3	3	Katya Ilieva	BUL	53.21
9	4	1	Michelle Scutt	GBR	53.30
10	4	3	Cathy Rattray-Williams	JAM	53.40
11	2	5	Irina Baskakova	URS	53.45
12	5	1	Erica Rossi	ITA	53.51
13	3	5	Rosalyn Bryant	USA	53.64
14	1	2	Rositsa Stamenova	BUL	53.81
15	2	4	Charmaine Crooks	CAN	53.83
16	2	2	Gaby Bussmann	FRG	53.93
17	4	5	Marita Payne-Wiggins	CAN	53.96
18	3	2	June Griffith	GUY	54.02
19	3	4	Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer	GDR	54.47
20	4	4	Denise Robertson-Boyd	AUS	54.70
21	4	2	Eucaris Caicedo	COL	55.09
22	5	2	Judit Forgács	HUN	55.15
23	5	4	Iyiechia Petrus	ISV	55.87
24	5	5	Irina Ambulo	PAN	56.08
25	6	2	Leticia Athanas	TAN	56.54
26	6	4	Margarita Grun	URU	56.84
27	5	3	Elanga Buala	PNG	57.37
28	6	5	Patricia Meighan	GUA	58.07
29	6	3	Fatalmoudou Toure	MLI	59.37
30	6	1	Hala El Moughrabi	SYR	59.58
31	7	4	Cornelia Baptiste	LCA	1:00.79
32	7	2	Sandra Liburd	SKN	1:02.46
33	7	1	Marjorie Gentle	BIZ	1:04.00
		5	Rose Tata-Muya	KEN	DNS
		3	Florence Gaza	SOL	DNS

400 Metres women