1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

Events at the
1987 IAAF World Indoor
Championships

Track events
60 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m men women
60 m hurdles men women
3000 m walk women
5000 m walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women

The women's 400 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis on 6 and 8 March.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Sabine Busch
 East Germany
Lillie Leatherwood
 United States
Judit Forgács
 Hungary

Results

Heats

The first 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Rositsa Stamenova  Bulgaria 53.47 Q
2 4 Sabine Busch  East Germany 53.50 Q
3 4 Olga Nazarova  Soviet Union 53.68 Q
4 2 Esmie Lawrence  Canada 53.74 Q
5 3 Judit Forgács  Hungary 53.80 Q
6 2 Airat Bakare  Nigeria 53.83 q, NR
7 4 Cristina Pérez  Spain 53.84 q
8 3 Marzena Wojdecka  Poland 54.13 Q
9 1 Petra Schersing  East Germany 54.40 Q
10 1 Lillie Leatherwood  United States 54.69 Q
11 3 Marina Stepanova  Soviet Union 54.78 q
12 1 Charmaine Crooks  Canada 55.00 q
13 3 Janice Kelly  Saint Kitts and Nevis 55.20 NR
14 4 Norfalia Carabalí  Colombia 55.36 AR
15 2 Josephine Mary Singarayar  Malaysia 56.05 AR
16 1 Kehinde Vaughan  Nigeria 56.72
17 1 Esther Kavaya  Kenya 58.23
18 4 Adriana Martínez  Ecuador 59.02 NR
19 4 Rowan Maynard  Antigua and Barbuda 59.75
20 2 Ana María Luzio  Bolivia DNS
20 3 Nawal El Moutawakel  Morocco DNS

Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.[2]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Sabine Busch  East Germany 52.27 Q
2 1 Rositsa Stamenova  Bulgaria 52.69 Q
3 2 Lillie Leatherwood  United States 52.74 Q
4 1 Judit Forgács  Hungary 52.83 Q
5 1 Esmie Lawrence  Canada 52.85 Q
6 2 Olga Nazarova  Soviet Union 52.88 Q
7 2 Petra Schersing  East Germany 52.92
8 1 Marzena Wojdecka  Poland 53.27
9 2 Cristina Pérez  Spain 53.36
10 1 Charmaine Crooks  Canada 53.53
11 2 Airat Bakare  Nigeria 54.12
12 1 Marina Stepanova  Soviet Union DNS

Final

[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Sabine Busch  East Germany 51.66 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Lillie Leatherwood  United States 52.54 PB
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Judit Forgács  Hungary 52.68
4 Olga Nazarova  Soviet Union 52.76
5 Rositsa Stamenova  Bulgaria 53.56
6 Esmie Lawrence  Canada 54.38

References

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