1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

Heats

First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	50.60	Q
2	5	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	50.72	Q
3	5	Jearl Miles-Clark	United States	50.94	Q
4	4	Sandra Myers	Spain	51.14	Q
5	4	Pauline Davis-Thompson	Bahamas	51.21	Q
6	2	Maicel Malone-Wallace	United States	51.22	Q
7	3	Marie-José Pérec	France	51.24	Q
8	7	Renee Poetschka	Australia	51.26	Q
9	1	Cathy Freeman	Australia	51.29	Q
10	6	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	51.30	Q
11	5	Claudine Williams	Jamaica	51.32	Q
11	6	Yelena Rurak	Ukraine	51.32	Q
13	6	Daniela Georgieva	Bulgaria	51.37	Q
14	1	Melanie Neef	Great Britain	51.39	Q
14	3	Yuliya Sotnikova	Russia	51.39	Q
14	4	Kim Graham	United States	51.39	Q
14	5	Nancy McLeón	Cuba	51.39	q
18	4	Li Jing	China	51.50	q
19	3	Zhang Hengyun	China	51.51	Q
20	2	Julia Duporty	Cuba	51.55	Q
21	2	Olga Nazarova	Russia	51.55	Q
22	7	Ximena Restrepo	Colombia	51.57	Q
23	1	Tatyana Chebykina	Russia	51.58	Q
24	3	Uta Rohländer	Germany	51.68	q
25	2	Olabisi Afolabi	Nigeria	51.79
26	1	Linda Kisabaka	Germany	51.96
26	3	Norfalia Carabali	Colombia	51.96
26	6	Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová	Czech Republic	51.96
29	4	Sandra Kuschmann	Germany	51.99
30	7	Ludmila Formanová	Czech Republic	52.05
31	1	Idalmis Bonne	Cuba	52.10
32	7	Merlene Frazer	Jamaica	52.24
33	4	Olga Moroz	Ukraine	52.31
34	6	Lee Naylor	Australia	52.37
35	7	Dora Kyriakou	Cyprus	52.81
36	5	Evelyne Elien	France	53.34
37	1	Zoila Stewart	Costa Rica	53.48
38	2	Grace Birungi	Uganda	53.92
38	2	Ngozi Mwanamwambwa	Zambia	53.92	NR
38	7	Mary-Estelle Kapalu	Vanuatu	53.92	NR
41	3	Öznur Dursun	Turkey	54.21
42	5	Mercy Addy	Ghana	54.28
43	1	Hsu Pei-Chin	Chinese Taipei	54.93
44	6	Vernetta Lesforis	Saint Lucia	56.43
45	2	Lu Xifang	China	56.64
46	6	Mirna El-Laz	Lebanon	59.96
47	4	Sharron Celecia	Gibraltar	1:01.03
48	7	Bipendu Mbombo	Zaire	1:01.60
	5	Bernice Morton	Saint Kitts and Nevis	DQ
	6	Francine Landre	France	DNF
	3	Kannan Solaimathi	India	DNS
	4	Kate Clarke	Liberia	DNS

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Jearl Miles-Clark	United States	50.39	Q
2	3	Marie-José Pérec	France	50.42	Q
3	2	Pauline Davis-Thompson	Bahamas	50.43	Q
4	1	Cathy Freeman	Australia	50.49	Q
5	1	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	50.56	Q
6	1	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	50.64	q
7	2	Maicel Malone-Wallace	United States	50.77	Q
8	3	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	50.85	q
9	2	Renee Poetschka	Australia	51.00
10	2	Sandra Myers	Spain	51.03
11	1	Melanie Neef	Great Britain	51.18
12	1	Yuliya Sotnikova	Russia	51.41
13	2	Nancy McLeón	Cuba	51.46
14	2	Daniela Georgieva	Bulgaria	51.65
15	2	Tatyana Chebykina	Russia	51.67
16	1	Kim Graham	United States	51.77
17	1	Ximena Restrepo	Colombia	51.82
18	3	Olga Nazarova	Russia	51.83
19	3	Julia Duporty	Cuba	51.85
20	3	Uta Rohländer	Germany	51.99
21	3	Yelena Rurak	Ukraine	52.01
22	3	Zhang Hengyun	China	52.59
23	2	Claudine Williams	Jamaica	52.99
24	1	Li Jing	China	53.46

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Marie-José Pérec	France	49.28
	5	Pauline Davis-Thompson	Bahamas	49.96	NR
	3	Jearl Miles-Clark	United States	50.00
4	4	Cathy Freeman	Australia	50.60
5	1	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	50.70
6	8	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	50.77
7	7	Maicel Malone-Wallace	United States	50.99
8	2	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	51.13