2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
The Women's 400 metres event at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10–12.
Medalists[edit]
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Olesya Forsheva![]() | Vania Stambolova![]() | Christine Amertil![]() |
Results[edit]
Heats[edit]
First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Vania Stambolova | ![]() | 51.04 | Q |
2 | 3 | Olesya Forsheva | ![]() | 51.18 | Q |
3 | 1 | Novlene Williams | ![]() | 51.57 | Q, PB |
4 | 1 | Ilona Usovich | ![]() | 51.71 | q, PB |
5 | 2 | Natalya Nazarova | ![]() | 51.77 | Q |
6 | 2 | Mariyana Dimitrova | ![]() | 52.07 | Q |
7 | 4 | Sanya Richards | ![]() | 52.25 | Q |
8 | 4 | Christine Amertil | ![]() | 52.33 | Q |
9 | 2 | Monika Bejnar | ![]() | 52.36 | q, NR |
10 | 1 | Angela Moroșanu | ![]() | 52.49 | q |
11 | 4 | Grażyna Prokopek | ![]() | 52.89 | q, SB |
12 | 2 | Danijela Grgić | ![]() | 52.91 | PB |
13 | 3 | Claudia Hoffmann | ![]() | 53.05 | Q |
14 | 3 | Mary Wineberg | ![]() | 53.07 | |
15 | 3 | Ronetta Smith | ![]() | 53.57 | |
16 | 4 | Aliann Pompey | ![]() | 53.72 | |
17 | 3 | Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni | ![]() | 53.83 | SB |
18 | 2 | Klodiana Shala | ![]() | 54.21 | |
1 | Alissa Kallinikou | ![]() | DNS |
Semifinals[edit]
First 3 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Olesya Forsheva | ![]() | 50.61 | Q |
2 | 1 | Vania Stambolova | ![]() | 50.66 | Q |
3 | 1 | Natalya Nazarova | ![]() | 50.67 | Q |
4 | 2 | Christine Amertil | ![]() | 51.09 | Q, PB |
5 | 1 | Novlene Williams | ![]() | 51.25 | Q, PB |
6 | 1 | Ilona Usovich | ![]() | 51.53 | PB |
7 | 2 | Mariyana Dimitrova | ![]() | 52.17 | Q |
8 | 1 | Claudia Hoffmann | ![]() | 52.32 | |
9 | 2 | Sanya Richards | ![]() | 52.46 | |
10 | 2 | Angela Moroșanu | ![]() | 52.57 | |
11 | 2 | Monika Bejnar | ![]() | 52.60 | |
12 | 1 | Grażyna Prokopek | ![]() | 53.64 |
Final[edit]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Olesya Forsheva | ![]() | 50.04 | CR |
![]() | Vania Stambolova | ![]() | 50.21 | NR |
![]() | Christine Amertil | ![]() | 50.34 | AR |
4 | Natalya Nazarova | ![]() | 50.60 | |
5 | Novlene Williams | ![]() | 51.82 | |
6 | Mariyana Dimitrova | ![]() | 52.66 |