1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

Events at the
1991 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
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
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
 

These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres Hurdles event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 33 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Thursday August 29, 1991.

Contents

Schedule

Heats
26.08.1991 – 15:30h
Semi-Finals
27.08.1991 – 17:30h
Final
29.08.1991 – 19:00h

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS) 53.11 CR
 Sally Gunnell (GBR) 53.16
 Janeene Vickers (USA) 53.47
4.  Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA) 53.95
5.  Kim Batten (USA) 53.98
6.  Anita Protti (SUI) 54.25
7.  Heike Meißner (GER) 55.26
8.  Margarita Ponomaryova (URS) 55.27

Semi-Finals

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Anita Protti (SUI) 54.26
2.  Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA) 54.44
3.  Janeene Vickers (USA) 54.63
4.  Heike Meißner (GER) 54.77
5.  Gowry Retchakan-Hodge (GBR) 54.88
6.  Frida Johansson (SWE) 55.36
7.  Anna Chuprina-Knoroz (URS) 55.81
8.  Nezha Bidouane (MAR) 56.62
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Sally Gunnell (GBR) 54.24
2.  Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS) 54.36
3.  Kim Batten (USA) 54.70
4.  Margarita Ponomaryova (URS) 55.22
5.  Monica Westen (SWE) 55.51
6.  Irmgard Trojer (ITA) 55.66
7.  Sabine Busch (GER) 55.93
8.  Gudrun Abt (GER) 56.17

Qualifying heats

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Janeene Vickers (USA) 54.85
2.  Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS) 54.94
3.  Gowry Retchakan-Hodge (GBR) 54.95
4.  Frida Johansson (SWE) 55.60
5.  Ann Maenhout (BEL) 58.39
6.  Marie Womplou (CIV) 58.80
7.  Elma Muros-Posadas (PHI) 59.90
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Anita Protti (SUI) 54.53
2.  Margarita Ponomaryova (URS) 55.87
3.  Gudrun Abt (GER) 56.16
4.  Lency Montelier (CUB) 57.72
5.  Yanhong Huang (CHN) 58.05
6.  Omotayo Akinremi (NGR) 58.25
RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Sally Gunnell (GBR) 54.70
2.  Anna Chuprina-Knoroz (URS) 56.15
3.  Sabine Busch (GER) 56.37
4.  Donalda Duprey (CAN) 56.38
5.  Lyn Massey (NZL) 57.55
6.  Junko Hasegawa (JPN) 59.71
7.  Gretha Tromp (NED) 1:00.45
RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Irmgard Trojer (ITA) 55.77
2.  Kim Batten (USA) 55.77
3.  Monica Westen (SWE) 55.79
4.  Deon Hemmings (JAM) 57.13
5.  Nicoleta Carutasu (ROM) 57.26
6.  Liliana Chalá (ECU) 1:01.49
7.  Mirenda Francourt (SEY) 1:05.92
RANK HEAT 5 TIME
1.  Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA) 55.81
2.  Heike Meißner (GER) 56.00
3.  Nezha Bidouane (MAR) 56.35
4.  Rosey Edeh (CAN) 57.32
5.  Jacqui Parker (GBR) 57.81
6.  Reawadee Srithoa (THA) 58.74
7.  Mari Bjone (NOR) 59.00

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