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1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

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

Medalists

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

Results

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Heats

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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 Katrin Schreiter  Germany 54.00 Q
10 1 Anita Protti   Switzerland 54.01 q
11 1 Iolanda Oanță  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
3 Fatima Yusuf  Nigeria DQ

Semifinals

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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 Katrin Schreiter  Germany 53.05
9 2 Iolanda Oanță  Romania 53.40
10 2 Julia Merino  Spain 53.51
11 1 Rosey Edeh  Canada 54.51
1 Noémi Bátori  Hungary DNF

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Diane Dixon  United States 50.64 CR, AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sandra Myers  Spain 50.99 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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