1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres explained

The women's 400 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7–9.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Jearl Miles Clark	Sandie Richards	Helena Fuchsová

Results

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			52.02	Q
2	3			52.26	Q, PB
3	2			52.43	Q
4	3			52.49	Q
5	3			52.63	q
5	4			52.63	Q
7	2			52.69	Q
8	3			52.74	q
9	1			52.86	Q
10	2			52.89	q
11	4			52.94	Q
12	2			52.96	q
13	1			53.05
14	4			53.22
15	4			53.41
16	4			53.54
17	1			53.82
18	1			54.18
19	2			55.79
20	2
	3
	3

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			51.26	Q
2	2			51.53	Q, PB
3	1			51.55	Q, SB
4	1			52.10	Q, NR
5	2			52.16	Q
6	2			52.43	Q
7	1			52.48
8	1			52.75
9	2			52.82
10	2			52.86
11	1			53.17
12	2			53.33

Final

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			50.96	WL
			51.17	PB
			52.04	PB
4			52.06	NR
5			52.19
6			52.22

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819044607/http://www2.iaaf.org/wic97/results/w/400/rr1.html 400 m heats results
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819045146/http://www2.iaaf.org/wic97/results/w/400/rsf.html 400 m semifinals results
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819042600/http://www2.iaaf.org/wic97/results/w/400/rf.html 400 m final results