400 Metres Summary | 3rd IAAF World Championships in Athletics

POS	Rank	Heat	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	RESULTS
1	1	1	Marie-José Pérec	FRA	51.00 Q
2	1	5	Charity Opara	NGR	51.06 Q
3	2	1	Olga Vladykina-Bryzgina	URS	51.36 Q
4	2	5	Lyudmila Dzhigalova	URS	51.45 Q
5	3	1	Linda Keough	GBR	51.51 Q
6	1	3	Jearl Miles Clark	USA	51.88 Q
7	2	3	Lorraine Hanson	GBR	52.08 Q
8	3	3	Ximena Restrepo	COL	52.41 Q
9	1	4	Diane Dixon	USA	52.43 Q
10	2	4	Grit Breuer	GER	52.56 Q
11	3	4	Aelita Yurchenko	URS	52.65 Q
12	4	4	Renée Poetschka	AUS	52.65 Q
13	1	2	Sandra Myers	ESP	52.70 Q
14	2	2	Fatima Yusuf	NGR	52.81 Q
15	4	1	Sølvi Olsen-Meinseth	NOR	52.84 Q
16	3	2	Nancy McLeon	CUB	52.87 Q
17	3	5	Lillie Leatherwood	USA	53.04 Q
18	5	4	Julia Merino	ESP	53.04
19	5	1	Cheryl Allen	CAN	53.17
20	4	5	Judit Forgács	HUN	53.24 Q
21	4	2	Norfalia Carabali	COL	53.31 Q
22	5	2	Aissatou Tandian	SEN	53.65
23	4	3	Karin Janke	GER	53.73 Q
24	5	5	Martha Grossenbacher	SUI	53.77
25	6	4	Orit Kolodni	ISR	54.26
26	6	1	Yanhong Huang	CHN	54.51
27	5	3	Reawadee Srithoa	THA	54.94
28	7	4	Claudia Acerenza	URU	55.82
29	6	5	Shermaine Ross	GRN	55.90
30	7	5	Mary-Estelle Kapalu	VAN	56.47
31	8	4	Graciela Von Schmeling	PAR	57.37
32	7	1	Lasnet Nkouka	CGO	57.85
33	6	2	Vaciseva Tavaga	FIJ	58.82
34	7	2	Juliana Nzang Obieng	GEQ	1:04.13
35	6	3	Zeinabou Jean-Wali	NIG	1:05.03
		3	Sharmaine Williams	TKS	DQ
		3	Suzie Tanefo	CMR	DNS

400 Metres women