2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres explained

The Women's 400 metres event at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5–6.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=250 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Natalya Nazarova	Olesya Forsheva	Tonique Williams-Darling

Results

Heat

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1			51.76	Q, PB
	2			51.77	Q, NR
	4			51.77	Q
	1			52.00	Q
	3			52.17	Q
	2			52.18	Q, SB
	2			52.19	q
	1			52.66	q, PB
	3			53.04	Q
10	4			53.09	Q
11	4			53.16	q
12	2			53.17	q
13	3			53.39
14	1			53.62
15	2			53.71
16	1			53.72	SB
17	2			53.78	SB
18	3			53.90
19	1			54.02
20	4			54.18
21	3			54.24	NR
22	3			54.37
23	4			54.62
24	4			54.79

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2			50.91	Q
	1			51.53	Q
	2			51.68	Q, NR
	1			51.85	Q
	1			51.95	Q
	1			52.21
	2			52.35	Q, PB
	1			52.53	PB
	2			52.59
10	2			52.60
11	1			52.84
12	2			53.22

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			50.19	CR
			50.65	PB
			50.87	NR
4			51.58	SB
5			52.82
6			52.90

References

• Results