2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres explained

The women's 400 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9–11.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Sandie Richards	Olga Kotlyarova	Olesya Zykina

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1			52.11	Q
	1			52.48	Q
	4			52.49	Q
	4			52.53	Q, NR
	2			52.61	Q
	3			52.61	Q
	3			52.65	Q
	2			52.99	Q
	3			53.05	q
10	1			53.10	q
11	1			53.32	q
12	1			53.39	q
13	2			53.62
14	2			53.68	NR
15	3			53.82
15	4			53.82
15	4			53.82
18	4			53.90
	2

Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2			51.63	Q
	2			51.84	Q, SB
	2			51.92	Q, NR
	2			51.93
	1			51.98	Q
	1			52.18	Q
	1			52.43	Q
	1			52.45
	1			52.87
10	2			53.18
11	2			53.60
12	1			53.61

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			51.04
			51.56
			51.71
4			52.49
5			52.93
6

References

• Results