400 Metres Summary | 1st IAAF World Championships in Athletics

POS	Rank	Heat	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	RESULTS
1	1	1	Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina	URS	51.05
2	1	2	Irina Baskakova	URS	51.07
3	2	2	Gaby Bussmann	FRG	51.15
4	2	1	Rosalyn Bryant	USA	51.44
5	3	1	Sabine Busch	GDR	51.46
6	4	1	Charmaine Crooks	CAN	51.57
7	3	2	Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer	GDR	51.62
8	1	4	Tatána Kocembová	TCH	51.88
9	5	1	Denise Robertson-Boyd	AUS	52.03
10	2	4	Judit Forgács	HUN	52.18
11	3	4	Rositsa Stamenova	BUL	52.22
12	1	3	Marita Payne-Wiggins	CAN	52.23
13	4	2	Molly Killingbeck	CAN	52.25
14	4	4	Denean Howard-Hill	USA	52.34
15	2	3	Katya Ilieva	BUL	52.37
16	3	3	Jarmila Kratochvílová	TCH	52.40
17	4	3	Michelle Scutt	GBR	52.70
18	5	2	Roberta Belle	USA	53.43
19	5	3	June Griffith	GUY	53.47
20	6	1	Cathy Rattray-Williams	JAM	53.78
21	5	4	Erica Rossi	ITA	53.88
22	6	3	Leticia Athanas	TAN	56.92
23	6	2	Elanga Buala	PNG	56.96
24	7	2	Iyiechia Petrus	ISV	57.24
25	7	3	Irina Ambulo	PAN	58.33
26	6	4	Patricia Meighan	GUA	59.85
		4	Eucaris Caicedo	COL	DNS
		4	Fatalmoudou Toure	MLI	DNS
		3	Sandra Liburd	SKN	DNS
		2	Hala El Moughrabi	SYR	DNS
		1	Margarita Grun	URU	DNS
		1	Cornelia Baptiste	LCA	DNS

400 Metres women