1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 8, 9 and 10 March.
Medalists[edit]
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Diane Dixon![]() | Sandra Myers![]() | Anita Protti![]() |
Results[edit]
Heats[edit]
First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.[1]
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | Aelita Yurchenko | ![]() | 52.15 | Q |
2 | 3 | Noémi Bátori | ![]() | 52.60 | Q, PB |
3 | 3 | Julia Merino | ![]() | 52.68 | q |
4 | 2 | Diane Dixon | ![]() | 52.72 | Q |
5 | 2 | Sandra Myers | ![]() | 53.01 | Q |
6 | 2 | Vivienne Spence-Gardner | ![]() | 53.34 | q |
7 | 2 | Lyudmila Dzhigalova | ![]() | 53.87 | q |
8 | 1 | Jearl Miles | ![]() | 53.88 | Q |
9 | 1 | Katrin Schreiter | ![]() | 54.00 | Q |
10 | 1 | Anita Protti | ![]() | 54.01 | q |
11 | 1 | Iolanda Oanță | ![]() | 54.26 | q |
12 | 2 | Rosey Edeh | ![]() | 54.53 | q |
13 | 3 | Norfalia Carabalí | ![]() | 54.78 | |
14 | 3 | Nezha Bidouane | ![]() | 55.69 | |
15 | 1 | Claudia Acerenza | ![]() | 56.57 | NR |
16 | 1 | Lasnet Nkouka | ![]() | 58.50 | NR |
3 | Fatima Yusuf | ![]() | DQ |
Semifinals[edit]
First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.[2]
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Diane Dixon | ![]() | 51.97 | Q |
2 | 2 | Aelita Yurchenko | ![]() | 52.14 | Q |
3 | 1 | Sandra Myers | ![]() | 52.16 | Q |
4 | 2 | Anita Protti | ![]() | 52.18 | Q, NR |
5 | 1 | Jearl Miles | ![]() | 52.43 | Q |
6 | 1 | Lyudmila Dzhigalova | ![]() | 52.68 | Q |
7 | 1 | Vivienne Spence-Gardner | ![]() | 52.84 | PB |
8 | 2 | Katrin Schreiter | ![]() | 53.05 | |
9 | 2 | Iolanda Oanță | ![]() | 53.40 | |
10 | 2 | Julia Merino | ![]() | 53.51 | |
11 | 1 | Rosey Edeh | ![]() | 54.51 | |
1 | Noémi Bátori | ![]() | DNF |
Final[edit]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Diane Dixon | ![]() | 50.64 | CR, AR |
![]() | Sandra Myers | ![]() | 50.99 | NR |
![]() | Anita Protti | ![]() | 51.41 | NR |
4 | Aelita Yurchenko | ![]() | 51.59 | PB |
5 | Jearl Miles | ![]() | 52.00 | PB |
6 | Lyudmila Dzhigalova | ![]() | 52.19 | PB |