400 Metres Hurdles Summary | 2nd IAAF World Championships in Athletics

POS	Rank	Heat	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	RESULTS
1	1	4	Margarita Khromova-Ponomaryova	URS	55.21
2	1	3	Judi Brown-King	USA	55.35
3	2	3	Tuija Helander-Kuusisto	FIN	55.42
4	1	1	Sabine Busch	GDR	55.51
5	2	4	Schowonda Williams	USA	55.53
6	3	3	Pilavulakandi T. Usha	IND	55.73
7	3	4	Gudrun Abt	FRG	55.83
8	1	2	LaTanya Sheffield	USA	55.93
9	4	3	Maria Usifo	NGR	56.13
10	2	2	Debbie Flintoff-King	AUS	56.31
11	2	1	Anna Ambraziené	URS	56.50
12	1	5	Cornelia Feuerbach-Ullrich	GDR	56.75
13	2	5	Sandra Farmer-Patrick	JAM	56.76
14	3	2	Christina Wennberg	SWE	56.91
15	4	2	Irmgard Trojer	ITA	57.09
16	3	5	Rose Tata-Muya	KEN	57.11
17	5	2	Helene Huart	FRA	57.13
18	3	1	Nawal El Moutawakel	MAR	57.21
19	4	5	Cristina Pérez	ESP	57.23
20	4	1	Jenny Laurendet	AUS	57.41
21	5	3	Helga Halldorsdottir	ISL	57.82
22	5	5	Erika Szopori	HUN	58.09
23	4	4	Liliana Chala	ECU	58.39
24	6	3	Marie Womplou	CIV	58.46
25	7	3	Gerda Haas	AUT	58.65
26	5	4	Gwen Wall	CAN	58.66
27	5	1	Barbara Johnson	IRL	58.72
28	6	1	Tania Fernandez	CUB	58.78
29	6	2	Maria João Lopes	POR	58.86
30	6	5	Sally Fleming	AUS	58.87
31	6	4	Maria Do Carmo Fialho	BRA	58.93
32	7	2	Semra Aksu	TUR	59.13
33	7	1	Mariam Zewde	ETH	1:00.57
		5	Fatimata Podie	BUR	DQ
		4	Genowefa Blaszak	POL	DQ

400 Metres Hurdles women