2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres explained

The women's 400 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–16.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Natalya Nazarova	Christine Amertil	Grit Breuer

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			51.24	Q
	3			51.89	Q, SB
	1			52.04	Q, PB
	5			52.10	Q
	2			52.15	Q
	4			52.20	Q
	5			52.46	Q
	1			52.62	Q
	5			52.72	q, NR
10	1			52.74	q, PB
11	2			52.83	Q
12	4			52.86	Q, SB
13	4			53.50
14	1			53.51
15	1			53.57
16	2			53.59
17	4			53.64
18	2			53.65
19	3			53.66	SB
20	5			54.01
21	5			54.23
22	1			54.38
23	3			54.51
24	2			54.61
25	5			56.17
26	2			57.81
27	4			58.88
	3
	4

Semifinals

First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1			50.90	Q
	1			51.11	Q, NR
	2			51.56	Q, SB
	2			51.74	Q, PB
	2			51.89	Q, PB
	1			52.18	Q
	1			52.20	SB
	1			52.74	SB
	2			53.07
10	1			53.36
	2
	2

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			50.83
			51.11	NR
			51.13	SB
4			51.99
5			52.08
6			52.72

References

• Results