1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

Events at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m		men		women
60 m hurdles		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
3000 m walk				women
5000 m walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women

The women's 400 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 8, 9 and 10 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Diane Dixon  United States	Sandra Myers  Spain	Anita Protti   Switzerland

Results

Heats

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	Soviet Union	52.15	Q
2	3	Noémi Bátori	Hungary	52.60	Q, PB
3	3	Julia Merino	Spain	52.68	q
4	2	Diane Dixon	United States	52.72	Q
5	2	Sandra Myers	Spain	53.01	Q
6	2	Vivienne Spence-Gardner	Jamaica	53.34	q
7	2	Lyudmila Dzhigalova	Soviet Union	53.87	q
8	1	Jearl Miles	United States	53.88	Q
9	1	Kathrin Schreiter	Germany	54.00	Q
10	1	Anita Protti	Switzerland	54.01	q
11	1	Iolanda Oanţă	Romania	54.26	q
12	2	Rosey Edeh	Canada	54.53	q
13	3	Norfalia Carabalí	Colombia	54.78
14	3	Nezha Bidouane	Morocco	55.69
15	1	Claudia Acerenza	Uruguay	56.57	NR
16	1	Lasnet Nkouka	Republic of the Congo	58.50	NR
17	3	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	DQ

Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Diane Dixon	United States	51.97	Q
2	2	Aelita Yurchenko	Soviet Union	52.14	Q
3	1	Sandra Myers	Spain	52.16	Q
4	2	Anita Protti	Switzerland	52.18	Q, NR
5	1	Jearl Miles	United States	52.43	Q
6	1	Lyudmila Dzhigalova	Soviet Union	52.68	Q
7	1	Vivienne Spence-Gardner	Jamaica	52.84	PB
8	2	Kathrin Schreiter	Germany	53.05
9	2	Iolanda Oanţă	Romania	53.40
10	2	Julia Merino	Spain	53.51
11	1	Rosey Edeh	Canada	54.51
12	1	Noémi Bátori	Hungary	DNF

Final

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Diane Dixon	United States	50.64	CR, AR
	Sandra Myers	Spain	50.99	NR
	Anita Protti	Switzerland	51.41	NR
4	Aelita Yurchenko	Soviet Union	51.59	PB
5	Jearl Miles	United States	52.00	PB
6	Lyudmila Dzhigalova	Soviet Union	52.19	PB

References

1. Heats results
2. Semifinals results
3. Final results