1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

Events at the 1999 World Championships

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 52 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final held on Thursday 26 August 1999 at 20:30h.

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Cathy Freeman (AUS)	49.67
	Anja Rücker (GER)	49.74
	Lorraine Graham (JAM)	49.92
4.	Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR)	50.03
5.	Katharine Merry (GBR)	50.52
6.	Natalya Nazarova (RUS)	50.61
7.	Grit Breuer (GER)	50.67
8.	Olga Kotlyarova (RUS)	50.72

Semi-final

Held on Tuesday 24 August 1999

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR)	49.96
2.	Lorraine Graham (JAM)	50.05
3.	Anja Rücker (GER)	50.09
4.	Natalya Nazarova (RUS)	50.48
5.	Michelle Collins (USA)	50.67
6.	Ana Guevara (MEX)	50.70
7.	Helena Fuchsová (CZE)	50.84
8.	Suziann Reid (USA)	50.90

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Cathy Freeman (AUS)	49.76
2.	Grit Breuer (GER)	50.16
3.	Katharine Merry (GBR)	50.21
4.	Olga Kotlyarova (RUS)	50.32
5.	Olabisi Afolabi (NGR)	50.40
6.	Charity Opara (NGR)	50.52
7.	Amy Mbacké Thiam (SEN)	50.77
8.	Maicel Malone-Wallace (USA)	50.93

Quarter-finals

Held on Monday 23 August 1999

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Charity Opara (NGR)	50.82
2.	Katharine Merry (GBR)	50.86
3.	Helena Fuchsová (CZE)	51.18
4.	Suziann Reid (USA)	51.19
5.	Claudine Williams (JAM)	51.40
6.	Otilia Ruicu (ROM)	51.86
7.	Mireille Ngiumgo (CMR)	51.98
8.	Foy Williams (CAN)	54.34

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Anja Rücker (GER)	50.62
2.	Michelle Collins (USA)	50.75
3.	Lorraine Graham (JAM)	51.02
4.	Olga Kotlyarova (RUS)	51.21
5.	Claudine Komgang (CMR)	51.73
6.	Susan Andrews (AUS)	52.05
7.	Karen Shinkins (IRL)	52.08
8.	Chen Yuxiang (CHN)	52.93

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Grit Breuer (GER)	50.41
2.	Olabisi Afolabi (NGR)	50.47
3.	Cathy Freeman (AUS)	50.49
4.	Ana Guevara (MEX)	51.08
5.	Francine Landre (FRA)	52.07
6.	Nadjina Kaltouma (CHA)	52.47
7.	Virna de Angeli (ITA)	52.78
8.	Maria do Carmo Tavares (POR)	52.86

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR)	50.59
2.	Natalya Nazarova (RUS)	50.77
3.	Maicel Malone-Wallace (USA)	50.82
4.	Amy Mbacké Thiam (SEN)	51.05
5.	Uta Rohländer (GER)	51.45
6.	Donna Fraser (GBR)	52.01
7.	Jitka Burianová (CZE)	52.52
8.	Damayanthi Darsha-Kobalavithanage (SRI)	53.33

Heats

Held on Tuesday 24 August 1999

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Grit Breuer (GER)	51.13
2.	Michelle Collins (USA)	51.14
3.	Ana Guevara (MEX)	51.23
4.	Virna de Angeli (ITA)	52.60
5.	Leanie van der Walt (RSA)	53.53
6.	Zoila Stewart (CRC)	54.55
7.	Yelena Piskunova (UZB)	55.44

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Maicel Malone-Wallace (USA)	51.13
2.	Lorraine Graham (JAM)	51.32
3.	Uta Rohländer (GER)	51.87
4.	Francine Landre (FRA)	52.07
5.	Tonique Williams (BAH)	52.95
6.	Svetlana Bodritskaya (KAZ)	53.74
7.	Ann Mooney (PNG)	57.30

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Charity Opara (NGR)	51.42
2.	Natalya Nazarova (RUS)	52.25
3.	Jitka Burianová (CZE)	52.49
4.	Damayanthi Darsha-Kobalavithanage (SRI)	52.68
5.	Tracey Barnes (JAM)	53.41
6.	Kristina Perica (CRO)	53.52
7.	Diala Al Chabi (LIB)	57.22
8.	Donata Mutegwamaso (RWA)	1:00.04

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR)	51.43
2.	Amy Mbacké Thiam (SEN)	51.59
3.	Claudine Komgang (CMR)	51.68
4.	Karen Shinkins (IRL)	52.12
5.	Maria do Carmo Tavares (POR)	52.74
6.	Louise Ayetotche (CIV)	55.44
7.	Hazel-Ann Regis (GRN)	57.64

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Katharine Merry (GBR)	51.48
2.	Helena Fuchsová (CZE)	51.71
3.	Nadjina Kaltouma (CHA)	51.90
4.	Susan Andrews (AUS)	51.99
5.	Otilia Ruicu (ROM)	52.04
6.	Chen Yuxiang (CHN)	52.76
7.	Maritza Figueroa (NCA)	57.64
	Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy (MAD)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	Cathy Freeman (AUS)	51.49
2.	Olabisi Afolabi (NGR)	51.50
3.	Olga Kotlyarova (RUS)	51.70
4.	Mireille Ngiumgo (CMR)	51.89
5.	Donna Fraser (GBR)	52.38
6.	Lisette Ferri (ESP)	54.50
7.	Dijana Kojić (BIH)	56.08

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.	Anja Rücker (GER)	51.09
2.	Suziann Reid (USA)	51.94
3.	Claudine Williams (JAM)	52.01
4.	Foy Williams (CAN)	53.07
5.	Grace Dinkins (LBR)	53.25
6.	Melissa Straker (BAR)	53.97
	Haoulatta Ahmed (COM)	DQ
	Lee Naylor (AUS)	DQ

References

v t e 400 metres at the World Athletics Championships
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v t e World champions in women's 400 metres
1983: Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 1987: Olha Bryzhina (URS) 1991: Marie-José Pérec (FRA) 1993: Jearl Miles (USA) 1995: Marie-José Pérec (FRA) 1997: Cathy Freeman (AUS) 1999: Cathy Freeman (AUS) 2001: Amy Mbacké Thiam (SEN) 2003: Ana Guevara (MEX) 2005: Tonique Williams-Darling (BAH) 2007: Christine Ohuruogu (GBR) 2009: Sanya Richards (USA) 2011: Amantle Montsho (BOT) 2013: Christine Ohuruogu (GBR) 2015: Allyson Felix (USA) 2017: Phyllis Francis (USA) 2019: Salwa Eid Naser (BHR) 2022: Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH) 2023: Marileidy Paulino (DOM)

World champions in women's 400 metres

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