400 Metres women

Athína (Olympic Stadium), GREECE 01 AUG 1997 - 10 AUG 1997

First 04 in each heat (Q)

Rank	Heat	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	RESULTS
1	1	Jearl Miles Clark	USA	50.05 Q
7	2	Olabisi Afolabi	NGR	51.44
4	1	Pauline Davis-Thompson	BAH	50.77 Q
2	1	Falilat Ogunkoya	NGR	50.06 Q
3	1	Cathy Freeman	AUS	50.11 Q
6	1	Olga Kotlyarova	RUS	51.03
	1	Donna Fraser	GBR	DNS
3	2	Helena Fuchsová	CZE	50.69 Q
1	2	Sandie Richards	JAM	50.21 Q
8	2	Kim Graham	USA	51.54
5	1	Lorraine Fenton	JAM	50.90
2	2	Grit Breuer	GER	50.33 Q SB
4	2	Tatyana Alekseyeva	RUS	50.98 Q
5	2	Maicel Malone-Wallace	USA	51.40
6	2	Allison Curbishley	GBR	51.42
7	1	Anja Rücker	GER	51.94