400 Metres women

Athína (Olympic Stadium), GREECE 01 AUG 1997 - 10 AUG 1997

First 04 in each heat (Q) and the next 04 fastest (q)

Rank	Heat	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	RESULTS
4	3	Olabisi Afolabi	NGR	51.07 Q
	1	Adri Schoeman	RSA	DNF
5	2	LaDonna Antoine-Watkins	CAN	52.37
7	1	Anja Rücker	GER	51.36 q SB
6	3	Norfalia Carabali	COL	51.42 SB
7	2	K.V.Damayanthi Dharsha	SRI	53.49
5	1	Maicel Malone-Wallace	USA	50.77 q
5	3	Donna Fraser	GBR	51.11 q
4	2	Kim Graham	USA	51.72 Q
2	1	Helena Fuchsová	CZE	50.36 Q PB
3	2	Tatyana Alekseyeva	RUS	50.90 Q
2	3	Cathy Freeman	AUS	50.75 Q
1	3	Jearl Miles Clark	USA	50.66 Q
2	2	Grit Breuer	GER	50.65 Q
1	1	Sandie Richards	JAM	50.08 Q PB
1	2	Falilat Ogunkoya	NGR	50.39 Q
4	1	Olga Kotlyarova	RUS	50.63 Q PB
3	3	Lorraine Fenton	JAM	51.03 Q
3	1	Pauline Davis-Thompson	BAH	50.53 Q SB
8	3	Patrizia Spuri	ITA	52.15 SB
8	2	Tonique Williams-Darling	BAH	54.23
6	1	Allison Curbishley	GBR	50.78 q PB
7	3	Tatyana Chebykina	RUS	51.57
6	2	Naděžda Koštovalová	CZE	52.61