1991_World_Championships_in_Athletics_-_Women's_400_metres

1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

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These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 37 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats and the final held on Tuesday 27 August 1991.

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Gold	Marie-José Pérec France (FRA)
Silver	Grit Breuer Germany (GER)
Bronze	Sandra Myers Spain (ESP)

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Marie-José Pérec (FRA)	49.13
	Grit Breuer (GER)	49.42
	Sandra Myers (ESP)	49.78
4.	Olga Bryzgina (URS)	49.82
5.	Jearl Miles (USA)	50.50
6.	Ximena Restrepo (COL)	50.79
7.	Lillie Leatherwood (USA)	51.53
8.	Diane Dixon (USA)	51.73

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Marie-José Pérec (FRA)	49.94
2.	Grit Breuer (GER)	50.14
3.	Olga Bryzgina (URS)	50.26
4.	Diane Dixon (USA)	50.75
5.	Lorraine Hanson (GBR)	50.93
6.	Norfalia Carabalí (COL)	52.40
7.	Renee Poetschka (AUS)	52.76
8.	Julia Merino (ESP)	53.41

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Sandra Myers (ESP)	50.64
2.	Lillie Leatherwood (USA)	50.68
3.	Jearl Miles Clark (USA)	50.79
4.	Ximena Restrepo (COL)	50.82
5.	Lyudmila Dzhigalova (URS)	50.85
6.	Fatima Yusuf (NGR)	50.91
7.	Linda Keough (GBR)	50.98
8.	Solvi Olsen-Meinseth (NOR)	53.63

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Jearl Miles Clark (USA)	51.88
2.	Sandra Myers (ESP)	52.01
3.	Grit Breuer (GER)	52.16
4.	Fatima Yusuf (NGR)	52.46
5.	Solvi Olsen-Meinseth (NOR)	52.95
6.	Aïssatou Tandian (SEN)	53.06
7.	Cheryl Allen (CAN)	53.21
–	Aelita Yurchenko (URS)	DNF

1991_World_Championships_in_Athletics_-_Women's_400_metres

1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

Medalists

Schedule

Final

Semifinals

Quarterfinals

Qualifying heats

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RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Lyudmila Dzhigalova (URS)	50.76
2.	Diane Dixon (USA)	50.84
3.	Linda Keough (GBR)	51.13
4.	Renee Poetschka (AUS)	51.65
5.	Julia Merino (ESP)	51.82
6.	Norfalia Carabalí (COL)	52.38
7.	Judit Forgacs (HUN)	53.79
–	Charity Opara (NGR)	DQ

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Marie-José Pérec (FRA)	50.61
2.	Ximena Restrepo (COL)	50.66
3.	Lillie Leatherwood (USA)	50.75
4.	Olga Bryzgina (URS)	50.79
5.	Lorraine Hanson (GBR)	51.02
6.	Karin Janke (GER)	53.08
7.	Nancy McLeon (CUB)	53.72
–	Martha Grossenbacher (SUI)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Marie-José Pérec (FRA)	51.00
2.	Olga Bryzgina (URS)	51.36
3.	Linda Keough (GBR)	51.51
4.	Solvi Olsen-Meinseth (NOR)	52.84
5.	Cheryl Allen (CAN)	53.17
6.	Huang Yanhong (CHN)	54.51
7.	Lasnet Nkouka (CGO)	57.85

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Sandra Myers (ESP)	52.70
2.	Fatima Yusuf (NGR)	52.81
3.	Nancy McLeon (CUB)	52.87
4.	Norfalia Carabalí (COL)	53.31
5.	Aïssatou Tandian (SEN)	53.65
6.	Vaciseva Tavaga (FIJ)	58.82
7.	Obieng Juliana Nzang (GEQ)	1:04.13

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Diane Dixon (USA)	52.43
2.	Grit Breuer (GER)	52.56
3.	Aelita Yurchenko (URS)	52.65
4.	Renee Poetschka (AUS)	52.65
5.	Julia Merino (ESP)	53.04
6.	Orit Kolodni (ISR)	54.26
7.	Claudia Acerenza (URU)	55.82
8.	Graciela von Schmeling (PAR)	57.37

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Charity Opara (NGR)	51.07
2.	Lyudmila Dzhigalova (URS)	51.45
3.	Lillie Leatherwood (USA)	53.04
4.	Judit Forgacs (HUN)	53.24
5.	Martha Grossenbacher (SUI)	53.77
6.	Shermaine Ross (GRN)	55.90
7.	Mary-Estelle Kapalu (VAN)	56.47

Heats
24.08.1991 – 16:00h
Quarterfinals
25.08.1991 – 18:20h
Semifinals
26.08.1991 – 17:55h
Final
27.08.1991 – 19:30h